A ceremonial awarding of Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) check was held last February 25, 2014 at NEUST Sumacab Campus, Cabanatuan City, in recognition to the Municipality of Bongabon being one among the six(6) LGUs in Nueva Ecija conferred with the 2012 Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) Silver Award.
    
   DILG Provincial Director of Nueva Ecija and concurrent Assistant Regional Director-DILG Region III, Abraham A. Pascua handed over the PCF check amounting to P1 Million to Mayor Allan Xystus A. Gamilla, together with Vice Mayor Edmund E. Arive with his set of Municipal Councilors, and Administrator and former Mayor Amelia A. Gamilla.

    Dir. Pascua, in his message, enlightened the participants on the structure of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) Silver Award and availment of the PCF. He commended the LGU for passing the 2012 SGH Silver Criteria which include Good or Excellent Performance as indicated in the CSC Report Card Survey on the ARTA implementation, Functionality of the Bids and Awards Committee and Full Compliance to the posting requirement of PHILGEPS.  He further stated that recipients of the Seal are eligible to access the PCF amounting to P3 Million for cities and P1 Million for municipalities.

    The ceremony was held during the Barangay Clustering Seminar of the aforesaid municipality participated in by Punong Barangays, Barangay Kagawads, Barangay Secretaries, Department Heads, principals and teachers from schools, religious group representatives, senior citizen organization presidents, NGO representatives, and professors of NEUST Graduate studies.

Provincial Director Abraham A. Pascua, joined the Celebration of the 23rd PNP Foundation Day on January 20, 2014 at Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO) Gymnasium.   The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Nueva Ecija, headed by Asst. Regional Director and concurrent Provincial Director Abraham A. Pascua, joined the Celebration of the 23rd PNP Foundation Day on January 20, 2014 at Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office (NEPPO) Gymnasium.

     DILG Nueva Ecija Family, led by Provincial Director Abraham Pascua together with PNP Provincial Director Crizaldo Q. Nieves, BFP Regional Director Ariel Barayuga, Personnel of the PGRRMH and other BFP personnel under BFM Provincial Fire Marshall Gregorio S. Antonio joined the conduct of inspections on the sale of firecrackers to ensure that LGUs are on top of the implementations of the instruction to regulate the sale and the designation of dedicated places relative the use of such pyrotechnics during the 2014 New Year Day celebrations.  The team conducted inspections of the locations intended for the sale of such devices.