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ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan lauded the city’s Gender and Development (GAD) Office here for being recognized for its excellent implementation of programs for the empowerment of women.
The GAD, led by its head Purita “Poyen” David, received the Gintong Dangal ng Huwarang Kababaihan award in the field of Women Empowerment thru Efficient Service from the People’s Experimental and Environmental Research Society (PEERS).
David received this distinction last March 16, 2013 at the Jade Vine Executive Hotel in Ermita, Manila.
According to Pamintuan, this is another feather in the cap of Angeleños and the local government unit of Angeles City for its practices in good governance, especially in providing equal rights to women and allowing them to play their roles in society freely.
Read more: Angeles City hailed for women empowerment programs
The City Government of Angeles received six prestigious awards on transparency and good governance from Secretary Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in ceremonies held Thursday at the Oxford Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone.
City Director Remedios M. Rodriguez issued an Advisory to all Punong Barangays of Angeles City urging them to hold a “Barangay Assembly” in their respective areas on the very day pursuant to Proclamation No. 260 dated September 30, 2011 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino III and DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2012-156 dated Sept. 18, 2012.
To further raise the city’s standards for disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation, village chiefs together with their council members convened in a four-day seminar on June 25-28, 2012 at the Maharajah Hotel, Angeles City to analyze hazards, prepare plans, identify needs and have an overall awareness for calamities.
