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(from left) FAD Chief Adriano, MED OIC Chief Hernandez, ARD Leusen, RD Dijan, AmCham Foundation Program Manager Hilario, CDD OIC Asst Chief Porres, LGOO V Gotiangco and LGOO V Quintana pose during the simple turn over ceremony
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - 3 Regional Director Florida M. Dijan warmly expressed her gratitude and appreciation to the American Chamber of Commerce for donating training equipment to the regional office. These equipment will be used in order to effectively provide capability building interventions to Local Government Units as well as in enhancing organizational needs of DILG personnel.
“On behalf of DILG R-3, I wish to convey my thanks to AmCham Foundation through Atty. Arnaldo Cariño and Program Manager Maria Delia Hilario for facilitating the approval of our proposal and the procurement of the equipment”, RD Dijan said in a simple turn over ceremony held on March 14, 2012 at the DILG Regional Office 3.
The American Chamber Foundation serves as the socio-civic arm of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines member companies, which is a private, independent, non profit association dedicated to the promotion and development of trade, commerce and industry of the United States of America in and with the Republic of the Philippines. The AmCham cultivates friendly relations between American and Filipinos, and facilitates the coordination of American business efforts geared to the Philippine nation’s progress.
The DILG 3 Regional Office was given equipment such as laptop, printer, portable sound system, LCD projector and screen amounting to P150,000.
The turn over ceremony was witnessed by DILG-3 Assistant Regional Director Jonathan Paul Leusen, Jr., FAD Chief Anita Adriano, MED OIC Chief Lerrie Hernandez, CDD OIC Assistant Chief Martin Porres, BPLS regional and provincial focal persons and other regional office personnel.
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LGOO V Mariel Estacio briefs the SB Secretary and Staff on SIS
The Sanggunian Information System (SIS) was installed by DILG Region 3 SIS focal persons to the municipality of Minalin, Pampanga on February 28-29, 2012. Minalin Mayor Arturo Naguit through Vice Mayor Arturo Yambao and the Vice Mayors’ League of Pampanga requested the DILG to install the SIS and conduct a briefing on the system as well as on the different programs of the Department.
Brief information on SIS was presented by LGOO V Mariel Estacio and LGOO V Jeffrey Manalastas to SB Secretary Carolina M. Tungol and her three Local Legislative Staff Officers and Employee. In the afternoon, action planning, actual installation and hands-on training of the System was administered. LGOO VI Jose Algy B. Canlas, SIS Provincial Focal Person also attended the activity.
During the activity, PD Angelina S. Blanco discussed the importance and benefits of the system. Mayor Naguit, on the other hand, thanked the Department for the support it is continuously extending to the LGU. He also assured the SIS team that the municipality will maintain the System until it will be completed and made available in order to further improve the delivery of services to their constituents.
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Sto. Tomas, Pampanga Mayor Joselito Naguit and DILG Pampanga Provincial Director Angelina S. Blanco with other municipal and barangay officials during the groundbreaking ceremony of the municipality’s approved project under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF)
The municipality of Sto. Tomas, Pampanga through the leadership of Mayor Joselito Naguit held a groundbreaking ceremony of the LGU’s approved project under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) on February 29, 2011. The project is the Improvement and Concreting of Balangcas Road which amounted to P700, 000.
DILG Pampanga Provincial Director Angelina S. Blanco graced the event and said that the Department will continuously support the LGU in all its endeavors in order to realize the vision of having excellent local governments. She likewise congratulated the officials of the said municipality for being the first to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in the province.
Also present in the groundbreaking ceremony were Sto. Tomas’ Municipal Officials, Department Heads, Barangays Officials and DILG MLGOO Magdalena Yonzon.
Sto. Tomas, Pampanga is one of the 137 LGU recipients of LGSF in Region 3.