TACLOBAN CITY – The awards being given by the national government through its line agencies to local government units is a way of encouraging them to comply with what is being mandated by law, like the policy on full disclosure.
Thus said Darwin Bibar, legal officer of the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Among these awards are the Seal of Good Housekeeping and Gawad Pamana ng Lahi being given by their agency to different LGUs who were able to pass the criteria set forth for the competitions.
In the region, nine LGUs were recognized by the DILG for the SHG award. These are the province of Leyte, Ormoc City, municipalities of Naval, Guiuan, Laoang, Hinunangan, Alang-alang, Burauen and Jaro.
“No matter how we encourage them to comply with what is being mandated by law if they don’t want to comply, we can’t do anything,” Bibar explained on why only few local government units in the region were able to comply with the full disclosure policy which is one of the criteria for the SGH award.
“That is why we made an innovation by giving an award just to make them comply what is asked from them,” Bibar said.
Bibar, however, added that if the LGU still fails to comply even with the presence of innovation that they implement like giving award, their agency cannot do anything but file appropriate sanctions or penalties.
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