15 LGUs get DILG ‘good housekeeping’ prizes

The Philippine Star
Sunday; March 20, 2011
Page 26

Fifteen fourth and fifth class municipalities received P1 million each from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for “good housekeeping” or excellent performance in governance in their respective localities.

 DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said aside from the incentives, the 15 high performing local government units (LGUs) were conferred with the Seal of Good Housekeeping.

 “The good housekeeping seal is given to LGUs that have excelled in the areas of planning, budgeting, revenue mobilization, financial management and budget execution, procurement and resource mobilization,” Robredo said.

The 15 LGU awardees are: Region 1 – Alilem, Ilocos Sur; Region 2 – Quezon, Isabela and Saguday, Quirino; Region IV-A – Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas; Region V - Camaligan, Camarines Sur; CAR – Banaue, Ifugao and Lagawe, Ifugao.

 Region VII – Amlan, Negros Oriental and Maribojoc, Bohol; Region VIII – Kawayan, Biliran; Region X – Calamba, Misamis Occidental; Region XI – Dujali, Davao del Norte; and CARAGA – Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur, and San Jose, Dinagat Islands.

 “I am elated that more and more LGUs are becoming high achievers, showcasing reforms and innovations in good governance in their respective localities,” Robredo said.

 Aspiring LGUs, he emphasized, should have no adverse report from the Commission on Audit, which means that they should have complied with all the requirements of the government’s auditing agency.

 The Philippine Community Fund (PCF), which has a P500-million fund allocated by Congress, is an incentive granted selectively by the government to best performing local government units that have excelled in the delivery of various public service to their respective constituents.

 Robredo said the incentive should be used for the implementation of priority projects aligned to national government priorities in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

 The fund can be used to maintain core road network to boost tourism and local economic development and comply with the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

 Last year, the PCF awarded a total of 30 million or P 1 million each for 30 high performing LGUs, many of them coming from Mindanao.

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