TURN-OVER OF RESCUE VEHICLE (BUB PROJECT) TO MUNICIPALITY OF BALAGTAS, BULACAN
Balagtas, Bulacan- Department of the Interior and Local Government Regional Director Florida M. Dijan along with OIC Provincial Director Darwin David and LGOO VI Lydia Baltazar (Cluster Team Leader) graced the Flag-Raising Ceremony of the Municipality of Balagtas on August 24, 2015, Monday. This is to extend the congratulatory message of the Department to the local government unit for passing the 2014 Seal of the Good Local Governance and also to lead the turn-over of Rescue Vehicle (a project for Disaster Preparedness under the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB)) to the Balagtas Rescue. RD Dijan, on her message, commended the exemplary performance of the LGU and reminded them that being prepared in any disaster is everybody’s business and not solely of the government. Likewise, she reminded the LGU that the use of available disaster operation equipment is more meaningful if being utilized for disaster preparedness.
