Pangasinan receives P7M worth of Performance Challenge Fund from DILG

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By Ruby B

Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. receives another award for the Provincial Government of Pangasinan — the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) 2014 from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office amounting to P7million for passing the second time (the first award in 2012) all mandated requirements as called for in the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH). The awarding ceremony was held at the Capitol on July 21, 2015.

DILG Regional Director Julie J. Daquioag said in an interview that to qualify for the program, a local government must score high in planning, budgeting, revenue mobilization, financial management and budget execution, procurement and resource mobilization.

Pangasinan, according to Daquioag, has complied and even exceeded the target in all aspects of good housekeeping, most especially on fiscal management which means that an LGU should never have “any adverse report from the Commission on Audit (COA).”

The SGH was launched in 2012 by former DILG secretary Jesse Robredo. It was later on continued by Sec. Mar Roxas in 2014 and Pangasinan was included in both years of implementation as one of the LGU recipients in the entire country.

Earlier, DILG provincial director Reggie Colisao disclosed that under the planning category, the LGU is required to have an updated and duly approved Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) and Annual Investment Plan (AIP).

Sound fiscal management, according to her, must be reflected on how the LGU prepares its annual budget and in the growth of local revenues over three (3) years.

Transparency in the procurement process and full disclosure in its finances and compliance with the Anti-Red Tape Law are also included.

Expressing full elation on the province’s most recent fete, Gov. Espino stressed that Pangasinan will not rest on its laurel but continue to search for more avenues of improvement until its full development will be attained.

The provincial government, the governor stressed, will work even harder to ensure a better and brighter future for Pangasinan’s populace especially the younger generation.

PCF award can be utilized in various programs and projects to be determined by the LGU.