Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced that the city received the 2021 Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (SGFH) from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Aguilar said the DILG recognized the city government’s efforts on sustained good practices in fiscal accountabilit
Mayor Isko Moreno
Our beloved city of Manila has a lot to be thankful for these past few days.
One after another, highly prestigious awards have been heaped upon Manila by various reputable award-giving bodies in recognition of efforts to provide the best kind of public service possible for Manilans who, we in the city government, believe deserve nothing less.
Most recently, Manila was hailed as the “Most Competitive” city in the country during the Department of Trade and Industry’s 8th Regional Competitiveness Summit.
Apart from the “Overall Competitiveness Award for Highly-\Urbanized Cities,” Manila was also given recognition with the “Most Competitive in Infrastructure Award in Highly-Urbanized Cities” and “Most Competitive in Government Efficiency Award for Highly- Urbanized Cities.” The local government of Manila also won third place in the following categories: Most Competitive in Resiliency for Highly Urbanized Cities and Most Competitive in Government
SunStar
+ December 15, 2020 LOCAL government units (LGUs) are being trained and reminded continuously to know how to profile the concrete issues, problems and needs of their people, covering economics (jobs, incomes, livelihood, resource control), basic services, infrastructures, environment, community conflicts, peace and order, and even politics or the dispensation of functions, powers and authority by local officials, and people s participation in governance, including tapping of academic institutions and development NGOs for certain programs and projects.
Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) and Assistance to Municipalities (formerly BUB and ADM) have been poured in billions of pesos in LGUs for basic infrastructures like roads, bridges, water systems, water impounding/ catchments, DRR center and equipment, drug rehab centers, and agri crops bagsakan centers among others. Unfortunately, not a few of these projects have been shortchanged by LGUs and went to the p