[Aug. 25] TACLOBAN CITY -- Two provinces and five towns in Eastern Visayas passed the 2014 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
DILG Regional Director Pedro A. Noval Jr. revealed on Monday the SGLG awardees in Region 8 include the provinces of Biliran and Northern Samar, and the towns of Barugo, Carigara and Jaro in Leyte; Limasawa in Southern Leyte; and Gandara in Samar.
The seven winning LGUs passed all three SGLG core indicators namely, disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM), social protection, and good financial housekeeping; and at least one other essential indicator (business friendliness and competitiveness, peace and order, and environment to earn the highly coveted award).
Noval was elated that seven local government units (LGUs) passed the high standards of the SGLG in its first year of implementation. He is optimistic that more will be able to earn the SGLG nod in the coming years.
“Most LGUs in Eastern Visayas are actually passers of the Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (SGFH), and if they are able to maintain that and perform well on DRRM and other indicators, it would enable them to cop the SGLG award,” Noval said.
He stressed that LGUs in the region could improve more on social protection, particularly on compliance to the Accessibility Law for persons with disabilities.
DILG Secretary Mar Roxas launched SGLG in 2014 to build on the successful run of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) that was introduced by his predecessor the late Secretary Jesse M. Robredo.
SGLG challenges LGUs to continue good governance practices and improve basic services, in addition to measuring their compliance to the Full Disclosure Policy and observance of COA guidelines.
To ensure objectivity, DILG cross-posted DILG field officers during the evaluations. The SGLG criteria are product of a series of workshops and consultations with trained DILG personnel.
Noval said DILG will hold appropriate awards rites this September in each winning LGU, where the SGLG marker will be formally conferred and installed in a conspicuous area in the town hall.
Further, SGLG recipients will have the opportunity to avail of the DILG performance challenge fund (PCF) to be used for development projects. Under SGLG, the PCF incentive fund for each winning province is PHP7 million, while for towns it is now PHP3 million each -- up from PHP1 million under SGH. (PNA)
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