DIPOLOG CITY. NOV. 13 (PIA)--- The Department of Interior and
Local Government (DILG) has confirmed
that the Local Government Unit of Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among top
performing cities throughout the country.
According
to the DILG report, since August 12, 2012, the country’s 143 cities already included the 16
controversial cities as among the regular cities created under impeached
Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
In
that report, Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among the top performing cities throughout
the country, based on the Local Governance Performing Management System
(LGPMS), used by the DILG in rating the LGUs .
Under
the LGPMS, Dipolog City registered a performance rating of 4.83 under the
component city category.
Among
the top performing cities are : Laoag (4.99); Naga (4.93); Vigan (4.921); Ligao
(4.917); Tagaytay (4.87); Cabanatuan City (4.86), and Dipolog City in no. 7
with a rating of 4.83.
Mayor
Evelyn T. Uy was so elated upon learning
the DILG’s report, considering that Dipolog
is the only city from Mindanao which landed among the top ten performing
cities in the country.
Local
political observers consider the latest accomplishment of the City Government
as a manifestation of Mayor Uy’s good governance and strong political will. (ALT/ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)
