By Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 16 (PIA) - Good performance doesn’t go unnoticed!
This holds true for
this city after it was declared as one of the top performing cities in the
country by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently.
Dipolog garnered
4.83 points and landed seventh place in the latest ranking based on Local
Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS).
Laoag City got
first with 4.99 points followed by Naga City with 4.93 points, Vigan City with
4.921 points, Ligao City with 4.917 points, Tagaytay City with 4.87 points and
Cabanatuan City with 4.86 points.
The DILG report
said Dipolog was the only city from Mindanao that made it in the top ten.
Mayor Evelyn T. Uy attributed
the new accolade received by the city to good governance as espoused by the
Aquino administration.
It was also learned
that Dipolog is the richest local government unit in the region.
LGPMS is a
self-assessment tool that seeks to measure the performance of provincial, city
and municipal governments in terms of their capabilities/capacities in
providing quality basic services aimed at promoting socio-economic development
among their constituents as well as protecting/preserving the environment. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga
del Norte)
