Capiz receives P7-M ‘good housekeeping’ incentive

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 8 (PIA6) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 6 turned over a P7-millon cheque as part of the Seal of Good Housekeeping Award for 2011 to the Capiz provincial government last March 7 at the Provincial Capitol here.

DILG Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta led the awarding of the amount to Capiz Gov. Victor A. Tanco, Sr. before local tri-media practitioners, some provincial government officials as well as departments heads and DILG regional and provincial staff.

“This represents the hardwork in building Capiz as a model province of good governance,” noted Tanco when asked for comment after the turn over of the incentive.

He added that the amount will be used on road projects in Maayon, Dumalag ang Tapaz towns.

In September 2012, a marker for the Seal of Good Housekeeping award was given by Trompeta to Tanco in a simple ceremony.

The DILG award recognizes the LGUs exemplary performance in governance, transparency and accountability.

It is also a mechanism used to identify LGUs that exhibit strong performance in the key governance areas of planning, fiscal management, transparency and accountability and valuing performance monitoring.

The P7-million incentive for the provincial government came from the Performance Challenge Fund and will serve as a counterpart funding to high-impact capital investment projects in the Annual Investment Program consistent with national priorities. (JCM/Alex A. Lumaque/PIA 6 Capiz)

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DTI Capiz bags CSC excellence award

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 22(PIA6) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Capiz is one of the frontline agencies that was conferred the 2012 CSC Seal of Excellence Award in Western Visayas by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Capiz CSC Director lawyer Maria Lina Gonzaga disclosed that based on the ARTA Report Card Survey conducted by the CSC, DTI Capiz was rated excellent based on the different criteria set therefore.

She stressed that said office has been conferred Citizen’s Satisfaction Center Seal of Excellence Award after the conduct of surveys and first and second phase validation by the Commission.

Gonzaga said that after the conduct of the three-day survey in August last year, DTI Capiz was able to obtain a final rating of 92.55 percent which is equivalent to an excellent rating that entitles said office here to the Seal and P75,000 cash reward.

She explained that the cash reward shall be used for the purchase of equipment or materials and services that will further improve the delivery of frontline services of the recipient agency.

The granting of the Seal of Excellence Award to DTI Capiz was also supported by a CSC Resolution promulgated in December last year, which emphasizes the conduct of a survey to obtain feedback on existence and effectiveness of, as well as compliance with the Citizen’s Charter, and how the office is performing in so far as frontline services are concerned.

“This is likewise based on Republic Act No. 9485, otherwise known as An Act to Improve Efficiency in the Delivery of Government Service to the Public by Reducing Bureaucratic Red Tape, Preventing Graft and Corruption, and Providing Penalties Thereof or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007,” Gonzaga said.

According to her, the validation conducted by the trained personnel of their central office aims to confirm and strengthen the evidence of excellent service provided by the DTI Capiz Provincial Office to its clients during the survey earlier conducted.

Gonzaga revealed that aside from DTI Capiz, the provincial offices of said agency in Iloilo and Negros Occidental were likewise recipients of the same seal after they obtained an excellent rating.

On the other hand, the CSC Capiz Field Office, in partnership with the media and the Philippine Information Agency, continues to conduct on-the-spot noon-time inspections in offices, particularly delivering frontline services to the public.

The activity aims to ensure compliance on the effective and efficient delivery of services, strictly noting among others, the observance of no noon-break policy, posting of Citizen’s Charter, Anti-Fixing campaign, provision of priority lane for the elderly, pregnant women and persons with disability, establishment of complaint or assistance desk and suggestion or recommendation box, and wearing of ARTA Identification Card. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)

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Panay town is consistent winner of Excellence Awards

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Dec. 20 (PIA6) – Town officials of Panay are grateful of the recognition made by the Department of the Interior and Local Government for a job well-done.

Panay town Sangguniang Bayan member lawyer Maria Leobeth Deslate-Delicana who is also Ex-Officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Capiz said that the recognition by the DILG of their town as 1st Runner Up for the Best Performing Municipality-Category A in Western Visayas this year, again showed that the local officials of said town had been continuously working hard to provide the best for the people.

Delicana stressed that aside from the major award, Panay town was also conferred as 1st runner up in the Excellence in Administrative Governance and Excellence in Economic Governance.

Panay was also declared 2ndrunner up in the Excellence in Social Governance and Excellence in Valuing Fundamentals of Governance.

There are 74 towns in Region VI that belong to Category A or the 1st to 3rd class municipality.

Aside from the Excellence in Local Governance Awards, Panay town as also placed 4th among the 117 municipalities in Region Vi in the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi this year, she said.

In 2010, Panay town placed 2ndrunner up in the Excellence in Local Legislation and champion in Excellence in Environmental Management, Delicana said.

She added that last year, town was also declared champion in Excellence in Environmental Management, 1strunner up in Excellence in Local Legislation and 2nd runner up in the Best Performing Municipality in the region.

According to her, the recognition both at the provincial and regional levels in the Excellence in Local Governance Awards (EXCELL), particularly in environmental governance, is a proof of the barangay-based partnership of the town in its effort to protect the environment and natural resources.

Delicana pointed out that the strict enforcement of laws for the protection of mangrove and aquatic resources by barangay captains who are deputized fish wardens have contributed much to their continued recognition not only in Capiz but in the entire Western Visayas.

The Search for EXCELL was conceptualized as a continuing project of DILG 6 for best managed local governments in the region showcasing achievements in governance, administration, social services, economic development and environmental management initiatives. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)

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Capiz gets Seal of Good Housekeeping marker

THUMBS UP: Capiz Governor Victor Tanco proudly shows the Seal of Good Housekeeping marker with all the department heads making a thumb’s up sign for a job-well done by the provincial government of Capiz. In photo are (L-R) Provincial Administrator Lawyer Jose Villanueva, Vice Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II, DILG Provincial Dir. Helen Mestedio, DILG Regional Dir. Evelyn Trompeta, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist head Sylvia dela Cruz, and (Back) Provincial Health Officer Dr. Samuel Delfin and Bienvenido Acevedo, Jr. of DILG-Capiz. (PIA/JBG)

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 11 (PIA6-Capiz) – The Seal of Good Housekeeping award is a precious and prestigious award for the local government unit, says Capiz Governor Victor Tanco.

During the turn-over ceremony of the Seal of Good Housekeeping marker to the provincial government of Capiz, September 11, Tanco disclosed that the said award is one recognition that every LGU is looking forward to receive as the same is one of the best.

Department of the Interior and Local Government Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta personally turned over the said marker to Tanco in the presence of Vice Governor Esteban Evan Contreras II, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and department heads of the provincial government.

The governor recognized that the Seal of Good Housekeeping as one of the best legacy programs to the LGUs by then Sec. Jesse Robredo.

“In the said program, everybody’s involvement, from the lowest employee to the high ranking provincial official, is needed in achieving the goal,” he said.

Tanco said that the next round of competition is more challenging knowing that now DILG Secretary Mar Roxas is a Capiceño.

“Because of this award we received, many, including the different LGUs, are also expecting so much,” he said, pointing out that they will continue to sustain and maintain the principles of accountability and transparency in local governance that made the province win the award.

During the turnover of the Seal marker, Trompeta likewise turn-over to Pontevedra town mayor Esteban Jose Contreras the P1-million Performance Challenge Fund for the town’s winning the same seal.

On the other hand, Trompeta said that the P7-million Performance Challenge Fund for the province of Capiz as part of the award will soon be accessed.

She explained that they have first released the said fund to those provinces that have higher poverty incidence. (JCM/Jemin B. Guillermo/PIA6-Capiz)

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Capiz bags CSC Nat’l Pagasa Awards

The Capiz Provincial Health Office (PHO) at Arnaldo Blvd., Roxas City. (CPBB)

ROXAS City – The Capiz Provincial Health Office (PHO) and Claire Delfin-Caberoy bagged for the first time the Civil Service Commission (CSC) National Pagasa Award group and individual category, respectively, in the 2012 CSC Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees.

“This recognition is a result of the big help and support of Gov. Victor Tanco, provincial officials, health sector, local government units (and most specially all the Capiznon,” said PHO team leader and Provincial Health Officer II, Dr. Samuel Delfin.

Caberoy is one of the recipients of CSC Pagasa Award (Individual Category) through her initiative of using an Electronic Inventory System that provides a comprehensive medicines inventory that comes in and out of PHO warehouse, thereby making the provincial government of Capiz the first in Region 6 to adopt such system.

The “good practices” of the province presented to the CSC for validation were:

• Drug Management Program – quality and affordable medicines
• Health Facility Services Enhancement Program – increasing the health facilities in rural health units
• Maternal and Child Care Program – Newborn Screening, Garantisadong Pambata, and
• Surveillance Disease Monitoring via the Capiz Epidemiological Surveillance and Response Unit (CESRU).

The PHO team included Dr. Evelyn Bolido, medical specialist IV; Cecile Tuazon, nurse V; Charmaine Quimpo, nurse V; Ma. Divina Bigcas, nutrition officer III; Nenita Cesar, nutrition officer III; Leo Biclar, medical technologist II; Julie Anisco, statistician II and Joeffrey Espiritu, health education and promotion officer 1.

Both the PHO team and Caberoy will receive a gilded medallion, a plaque and P100,000 cash in the awarding ceremony on September 19 at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang.

The event highlights the Civil Service Commission’s 112th anniversary.

The CSC Pag-asa Award is conferred to any individual or group for outstanding contributions resulting from an idea or performance that directly benefitted more than one department of the government. (Regie Bueno, Capiz Provincial Press Bureau/PN)

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VGs undergo DAP course, Capiz VG bags award

CAGAYAN Cong. Juan “Jack” Enrile Jr. (2nd from left) confers a bronze medal to Capiz Vice Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras (3rd from left) during the latter’s graduation. From left: Dean Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, Ph.D., MNSA; Development Academy of the Philippines president Antonio Kalaw, and Magdalina Mendoza, CESO IV, look on.

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 3 (PIA6) – Vice governors in the Philippines recently concluded the two and a half years of education in the graduate school to upgrade their knowledge on further improving the delivery of services to the public through effective and efficient local governance.

The scholarship grant for the vice governors , which was sponsored by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, was with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Graduate School of Public and Development Management.

Among the 58 vice governors and four other staff who were enrolled on a special course on Local Governance and Development, Capiz Vice Governor Esteban Evan B. Contreras II bagged a bronze medal after academically excelling in the graduate school.

Contreras, who graduated last August 29 landed as third honors in the class, receiving a bronze medal during the graduation rites and awarding of diploma and recognition.

He said that their enrolment in the graduate school, which runs for two and a half years of study, is part of the programs of the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines.

He added that their learning in the DAP provided them with the knowledge and ideas in the operation as well as running the local government units, particularly instituting management styles in governance aside from professional advancement.

“We are grateful to Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile for sponsoring the scholarship grant for the vice mayors at the DAP,” he stressed.

Contreras revealed that among those who joined their graduation ceremony were DAP President Antonio Kalaw, Jr., Senior Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School of Public and Development Management Gloria Jumamil Mercado, Managing Director Rodney Jagolino of Institute of Public Management.

He said that Cagayan 1st District Representative Juan “Jack” Enrile, Jr. who is also representing the Scholarship Benefactor of the Local Governance and Development Program for the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines was the guest of honor while Senate President Enrile also delivered his inspirational message.

Contreras, who is on his second term as vice governor of Capiz, is the LVGP Regional Director for Western Visayas. (JCM/Jemin B. Guillermo/PIA6-Capiz)

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4 more Capiz towns receive performance challenge fund

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Aug. 31 (PIA6) – Four more towns in Capiz received their respective P1 million Performance Challenge Fund from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Capiz DILG Provincial Director Helen Mestidio personally turned over to the towns of Dumarao, Mambusao, Jamindan and Panay their respective P1-milliom check for winning the Seal of Good Housekeeping award of the agency, Provincial Operations Services Office head Llanie Destacamento disclosed.

The said towns, belonging to the first to third class municipalities, are qualifiers for the Round 2 of Seal of Good Housekeeping, Destacamento said, adding that the said towns were assessed in 2011.

She also said that the P3-million and P1 million reward of Roxas City and Pontevedra, respectively, for the same competition is on the process for release.

According to her, through winning the Seal, which was one of the prime programs of then DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo, the local government unit is entitled to access to the agency’s Performance Challenge Fund which will go to the projects of the concerned winning LGU that are included in their respective Annual Investment Program (AIP).

Destacamento explained that the award recognizes the LGU’s exemplary performance in governance, public accountability and transparency.

Among those that are given emphasis are on compliance on the full disclosure policy, planning, fiscal management, performance monitoring, she said.

The round 1 recipients of the Seal of Good Housekeeping include the towns of Cuartero, Dao, Sigma, Ivisan, Dumalag and President Roxas, she said, adding that Maayon, Pilar, Panitan and Maayon were also conferred the same seal for2011.

Destacamento revealed that all the towns and city in Capiz, including the provincial government here are already winners of the said competition of DILG. (Jemin B. Guillermo/JCM/JBG/PIA6-Capiz)

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