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The DILG-Zambales, under the leadership of Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, spearheaded the conduct of the Participatory Project Prioritization Conference Workshop on September 8, 2017 at Vista Marina Hotel, SBFZ to ensure the alignment and responsiveness of the local development plans to the national goals and plans.
The activity, which was attended by the Municipal Mayors, Vice Mayors, members of the Local Development Council (LDC) Executive Committee and members of the Municipal Core Planning Team from the fourteen municipalities of Zambales, was a follow through to the recently concluded provincial strategic direction setting conference held on September 5-6, 2017 at Subic Travelers Hotel.
PD Bactad in her message conveyed her appreciation to the attendance and cooperation of everyone. She emphasized the need for the LGUs development plan to be responsive to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and Ambisyon 2040 and enjoined everyone’s participation. “We were given the gift to ensure the progress of our municipalities, province and our country” said PD Bactad.
The process and guidelines for the Assistance to Municipalities (AMP) 2018 was discussed by LGOO V Cindy Cagalitan. The program aims to strengthen LDCs and provide fund to improve access to public goods and services.
Eligibility for the said program relies on the compliance of the LGU to the following; obtaining a Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) mark from the DILG, LDC Functionality Assessment; and complying with both assessment and adoption of measures on Public Financial Management (PFM) as prescribed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government— Zambales led by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V evaluated the team’s performance during the Strategic Planning on the Implementation of the Locally-Funded Projects cum Team Building held on August 9 – 11, 2017 at Caliraya Beach Resort, Lumban, Laguna .
The activity served as a venue to deepen the camaraderie among the members of team Zambales. Several group activities such as Obstacle Course, Zip Line, Earthball, Slide Pinoy and Super Slide were conducted and participated by everyone that aims to help the team in realizing the importance of team communication and teamwork.
Another highlight of the activity is the trip to the historic City of San Juan where the team was warmly welcomed by none other than Honourable Mayor Guia Guanzon Gomez together with Ms. Visitacion C. Martinez, DILG City Director of San Juan, and Ms. Allenmarie DC Alejo, Head of the Tourism and Cultural Department. The team was briefed on the historical events of the city and was also given a chance to visit their inter-active museum.
The three day activity brought everyone together not only during the challenges but more so afterwards as they shared hilarious stories of how each team competed the various challenges. The main goal to encourage teamwork and for the team to get to know each other was achieved, and it's an extra bonus that we get to see the beauty of nature.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – Zambales together with the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) conducted Joint Final Inspection of road projects under the Department’s Konkreto at Ayos na LanSAngan ang Daan tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran (KALSADA) Program on August 14, 2017.
The amount of Php 94,713,679.25 is allotted for the two projects – Rehabilitation of 8.995 Km. Palauig-Subic-San Juan-Lipay Road and Rehabilitation of 4.964 Km. San Marcelino-Laoag-Rabanes-Pili Road. The Provincial Government also allotted a counterpart share of Php 23,678,099.06 for the projects.
In behalf of PD Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, LGOO V Lee Allen B. Pineda and Engr. Rose Ann D. Agostosa joined the Provincial Engineering Office Monitoring Team headed by Ms. Maria Corazon M. Feliciano, KALSADA Focal Person.
The KALSADA Program aims to help the local government units (LGUs) in improving road conditions by providing technical and capacity development assistance to provinces through training-workshops on local road management and as well as funding for road upgrading, improvement and rehabilitation.