Balanga City, Bataan: Governor Albert S. Garcia joyfully celebrated with the mayors of the component city and eleven (11) municipalities of the Province for bagging the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) conferred by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Council for the Welfare of Children on October 15, 2018 at the Bataan People's Center, Balanga City, Bataan during the regular Monday Convocation of the Provincial Government.

The SCFLG is awarded to the cities and municipalities that have passed all the criteria set by the audit system subsequent to an assessment gauging their level of performance in implementing child-friendly programs and establishing measures which promotes children's welfare.

Gov. Garcia emphasized that the SCFLG award is a challenge to the local government unit to further address the child's right to survival, development, protection, and participation in the society in line with the vision of the province of attaining high quality human development index in the Philippines.