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ADVERTISEMENT It took “another” mayor to do it. By: Central Luzon News Center | Nelson Bolos This comment came when this municipality received its first ever “Best Performing Local Government Unit (LGU)” award from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). The award was given by DILG Region 3 Director Julie Daquioag to Mayor Eloy Eclar at the Quest Hotel in Clark Economic Zone in Pampanga. According to Lorenzo Abades, this town’s DILG Municipal Officer, he himself was surprised of the “prestigious award” when he accompanied Eclar at the DILG-hosted region-wide conference held at Clark Eco-Zone. “Kahit ako hindi ko alam na mabibigyan ng (special) award ang Gerona. Nagpunta kami doon para lamang tanggapin ang P2 Million DILG special fund”, said Abades. The Best Performing LGU award is given to municipalities and cities which met the “DILG’s stringent criteria” in the implementation of the department’s “locally funded projects”. The criteria include “transparency, efficien...

ADVERTISEMENT Our perseverance and reforms paid-off. Central Luzon News Center | Nelson Bolos This was the comment of Mayor Lita Aquino after receiving the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) “Seal of Good Local Governance” (SGLG). “We have been trying our best to serve our people. The DILG award proves that we are on the right track in our policies and programs”, Aquino said. The SGLG award says “the Municipal Government of Moncada met the upgraded criteria for 2017 covering the Four core areas (of good governance), namely: Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, Social Protection and Peace and Order”. According to Aquino, “the SGLG award is very significant because we can now avail of special funds from the national government, such as the Performance Challenge Fund. And we can now access bank loans for our various projects”. Private and government financing institutions require local government units a Good Financial House keeping Certificate from the DILG ...