Subic Joins 2016 Pagyanig Challenge
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The Municipality of Subic through its Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRMC) under the supervision and leadership of Mayor Jay F. Khonghun joined the First Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on April 21, 2016 dubbed as the 2016 Pagyanig Challenge. Duck, Cover and Hold was strictly followed by all municipal employees and the 16 barangays of Subic. PNP, BFP and the Subic Public Order and Safety Office (SPOSO) Rescue Team likewise performed search and rescue to the injured personnel as part of the drill.
The quarterly conduct of drills aims to prepare the Local Government Units in responding to different types of disasters. The activity was concluded with a sharing of observations from the participants as well as from the DRRMO Ricardo F. Otero, Jr. and the team who led the drill on the areas for improvement to ensure the security and safety of the people during disasters.
SAN MARCELINO INAUGURATES THE 2014 SALINTUBIG PROJECT
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The Municipality of San Marcelino conducted the inauguration ceremony of the Level III Water Supply System Project funded under the 2014 Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on April 19, 2016. The 1st part of the activity was held at the pumping station at Barangay Linusungan, while the 2nd part was held at the Covered Court of Barangay Nagbunga. In attendance from DILG Region III were Regional Director Florida M. Dijan, DPA, CESO III, Zambales Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, LG-CDD Chief Jeffrey S. Manalastas, MLGOO Engr. Lee Allen B. Pineda and SALINTUBIG Regional Focal Person Engr. Billy Abalus. Also in attendance were the officials of San Marcelino Water District headed by their General Manager Ms. Lyn Villena. Municipal Mayor Jose F. Rodriguez together with MPDC Mr. Gilbert N. Villena, Linusungan Punong Barangay Patrocenio A. Ragadio, Nagbunga Punong Barangay Henry R. Dacayo and their Sangguniang Barangay Members hosted the program.
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DILG’s RAT Evaluates the Provincial Government of Zambales for SGLG
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The Regional Assessment Team (RAT) of DILG Region III headed by DILG Assistant Regional Director Araceli A. San Jose, CESO V conducted the 2016 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Assessment last April 7, 2016.
The assessment started with the acknowledgement of participants by HRMO Gamelia S. Datugan. On the other hand, DILG Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V introduced to the group ARD San Jose who is also the chairman of the RAT.
ARD San Jose explained the flow of the assessment. She shared that the SGLG, an upgraded version of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) aims to provide greater challenge to local governments to continue good governance practices while providing better services. She informed the group that the assessment is being conducted to gauge and improve the performance of the LGU in the six (6) basic areas: 1) financial administration; 2) disaster preparedness; 3) social protection; 4) business friendliness and competitiveness; 5) environment management; and 6) peace and order. Moreover, she introduced the members of the RAT namely: Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation Chief Rolando D. Ocampo; and Mr. Noel C. Sibal from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Politics (a civil society organization). Also present to provide technical assistance were DILG Regional Office Personnel namely: LGOOs II Fernando M. Erese Jr. and Romer T. Enaje.
Assistant MED Chief Ocampo explained that for the local government unit to pass the assessment, it needs to comply all three (3) core elements of the SGLG and at least one from the other assessment areas to be able to become an SGLG recipient, or what is known as the 3+1 formula.
Armed with the appropriate documents, the provincial department heads and representatives from the PNP and DepEd showed eagerness in entertaining the concerns of the assessment team with the aim of giving the province another shot at the coveted SGLG.
The Provincial Government of Zambales was among the provinces in Region 3 awarded with the 2015 Seal of Good Local Governance and a monetary incentive worth P7 million pesos.
In the afternoon, the on-site validation ensued. Finally, the RAT conducted an exit conference to feedback the observations generated during the assessment.
