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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Dipolog City, ranks best among LGUs in region 9, says DILG LGMPS report

By Alfonso T. Ruda

DIPOLOG CITY, AUG. 15 (PIA)---Dipolog City got the highest rating among the Local Government Units in Zamboanga Peninsula region, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government’s(DILG) Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) Report.

This was disclosed by Zamboanga del Norte DILG Provincial Director Arnel Gudio during the Dipolog City Sangguniang Panlungsod’s LGPMS exit conference last August 8.

Gudio said, based on the LGPMS Report or State of Local Governance Report as summed up in its Overall Performance Index of the DILG, the Dipolog City LGU got 96.69% in 2011, the highest rating in the region.

According to some DILG officers who accompanied Gudio during the LGPMS exit conference, the rating qualifies Dipolog City for the national level competition for DILG’s “Gawad Pamana ng Lahi” Award.

In the 20 indicators adopted by DILG to gauge Mayor Evelyn T. Uy’s Local governance of the city, she came out outstanding in the 13 indicators.

These are in the fields of local legislation; resource allocation and utilization; customer service-civil applications; human resource management and development; health services; support to education services; support to housing and basic utilities; entrepreneurship, business and industry; forest ecosystems management; freshwater ecosystems management; coastal ecosystems management; participation of civil societies and other sectors; and transparency.

Dipolog City Sangguniang Panlungsod Atty. Cyril Ruiz hoped that the city’s highest rating (96.69%) on Local Governance Performance Management will silence the critics of the City Government on the alleged mishandling of city’s finances.

Ruiz stressed that the LGPMS Report is the best judge of Mayor Uy’s efficient governance of Dipolog City. (JPA/ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)