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BUTUAN CITY - Fifty-three villages in the Caraga Region have passed the 2021 Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangay (SGLGB), the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-13) said Wednesday. The SGLGB aims to encourage the barangays to scale up their performance and practices of good governance. According to DILG-13 data, Surigao del Norte got the highest number of barangays that passed the SGLGB with 17, followed by Surigao del Sur with 13, and Agusan del Norte with 12. DILG-13 also listed seven barangays from Agusan del Sur that made it to the list of passers, three in the Province of Dinagat Islands, and one from this city. In a statement Wednesday, the local government unit (LGU) of Claver in Surigao del Norte lauded village officials who worked hard that made their barangays land in last year's SGLGB. Five barangays in Claver Patanao, Taganito, Tayaga, Hayanggabon, and Cagdianao - were counted as SGLGB passers last year. "Hats off ....
MANILA - Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago has found a new group to become part of after her Malasakit Movement Party-list was excluded from the official ballot for May 2022 polls. Pialago said she is excited to become part of Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list No. 111 in the official ballot as it has the same principles and advocacies as her former group. "Itutuloy po natin ang laban! Pero sa pagkakataong ito, ire-represent po natin ang Frontliners Ang Bida Party-list (The fight goes on but this time we will be representing Frontliners ang Bida Party-list)," she said. She also thanked the group for their warm welcome to her, saying that she feels at home with them as they only have a unifying goal which is to help front-liners. "No good things come to waste, hindi masasayang lahat ng naumpisahan natin dahil ipagpapatuloy natin dito sa (all we have started won't go to waste as we will continue the same with the) Fron ....
MMDA General Manager Jose Arturo "Jojo" Garcia (left) and spokesperson, Asec. Celine Pialago (right) (File photos) MANILA - Two executives of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Friday announced their resignation and their intention to run for congressional posts in the 2022 elections. In an online conference, MMDA General Manager Jose Arturo "Jojo" Garcia said he is planning to seek office as a representative of San Mateo, Rizal, and will file his certificate of candidacy on October 5. "Magbibitiw na po ako bilang general manager ng MMDA effective October 4 dahil may intensyon po akong tumakbo bilang kauna-unahang mambabatas ng ikatlong distrito ng Rizal, ang San Mateo (I will resign from my post as MMDA general manager effective October 4 as I intend to run as the first lawmaker of the third district of Rizal, in San Mateo)," Garcia said. He noted that his experience in law enforcement as one of the executives of the MMDA will serve h ....
SunStar 5 kagawads in Tangub file complaint vs Villarosa, 4 others BACOLOD. Five kagawads of Barangay Tangub in Bacolod City filed a complaint before the Office of President Rodrigo Duterte against their village chief and four others for alleged anomaly in their barangay. (Merlinda A. Pedrosa photo) + February 10, 2021 FIVE kagawads of Barangay Tangub in Bacolod City filed a complaint before the Office of President Rodrigo Duterte against their village chief and four others for alleged anomalies in the barangay. Kagawads Katrina Joan Sonota, Dindo Amadeo, Eduardo Lavadia, Sally Canada and Jose Montano filed a complaint against their village chief, Noli Villarosa, who was suspended for six months; Teresa Domadiego, barangay treasurer; Reystine Joy Cabalhin, secretary; and Kagawads Luz Atienza, currently the officer-in-charge of the barangay, and Jose Ray Pendon, chairperson of the committee on finance. ....