Region 1 tops SGLG Awards anew
Among the 17 regions nationwide, Region 1 again registered the most number of Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardees for 2017 with a total of Sixty Eight (68) Local Government Units (LGUs), significantly surpassing its 45 LGU passers last year. The 68 LGU awardees represent 53% of the total number of LGUs assessed in Region 1, and a 51% increase from the 45 LGU passers in 2016.
The 68 SGLG awardees are composed of 3 Provinces, namely Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan; 8 Cities, namely Batac and Laoag in Ilocos Norte, Candon and Vigan in Ilocos Sur, and Alaminos, Dagupan, San Carlos, and Urdaneta in Pangasinan; and 57 Municipalities, namely Bacarra, Bangui, Banna, Marcos, Nueva Era, Paoay and Vintar in Ilocos Norte; Cabugao, Caoayan, Nagbukel, Quirino, Salcedo, San Ildefonso, San Vicente, Santa, Sta. Lucia, Santiago, Sta. Catalina, Sta. Cruz, and Sto. Domingo in Ilocos Sur; Bacnotan, Bangar, Bauang, Burgos, Caba, Pugo, San Gabriel, Sto. Tomas, and Tubao in La Union; and Aguilar, Alcala, Asingan, Balungao, Bautista, Bayambang, Binalonan, Bolinao, Bugallon, Burgos, Calasiao, Dasol, Infanta, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Rosales, San Fabian, San Manuel, San Nicolas, Sta. Barbara, Tayug, Umingan, Urbiztondo, and Villasis in Pangasinan.
The 68 LGUs successfully met the scaled-up assessment criteria using the “4+1” principle. This means that they passed all 4 Core Areas namely, Financial Administration, Social Protection, Disaster Preparedness, and Peace and Order; and at least 1 of the Essential Areas either Business Friendliness and Competitiveness, Environment Protection, or Tourism, Culture and the Arts.
The awardees shall be conferred with a 2017 SGLG marker and a cash incentive, the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) to finance their local development initiatives. Further, a special distinction shall be given to LGUs which consistently passed all assessment areas for 3 periods, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
All the 129 Local Government Units (LGUs) in the region – 4 provinces, 9 cities and 116 municipalities were assessed.
The SGLG symbolizes integrity and good performance through continuing governance reform and sustained local development. It is a progressive assessment system adopted by the DILG to give distinction to remarkable local government performance across the core and essential areas.
