Cebu To Use PHP7-M DILG Prize To Build ICU For Danao Hospital

The Cebu provincial government will use the PHP7-million cash incentive it received from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) — for gaining the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award in 2015 — to build an intensive care unit (ICU) in the Cebu Provincial Hospital–Danao City.

The SGLG awarding ceremonies was held last July 14, 2015 with Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III receiving the plaque and replica of the cheque from then DILG Secretary Mar Roxas.

But Cebu Provincial Treasurer Emmanuel Guial said he actually received the PHP7 million cash incentive from the DILG only on March 10 this year.

Cebu province received the SGLG award from DILG for the second year in a row in 2015.

“It means that the Provincial government is practicing the Full Disclosure Policy which means we are not hiding anything from the public,” Guial said.

Guial said the 2014 cash incentive was spent on the waterworks system in the municipality of Tudela in the Camotes Islands off northern Cebu.

Out of 136 local government units in Region 7, eight municipalities from the Cebu province also got the SGLG award last year.

These towns are San Remigio, Bantayan, Medellin, Malabuyoc, Oslob, Dalaguete, Dumanjug and Argao.

Each municipality got a cash incentive of PHP3 million.

Socorro Dorina Salas, Performance Challenge Fund Regional Focal Person, said the awardees had to pass certain criteria as well as submit their accomplishments.

She said awardees have to pass requirements on social services, Commission on Audit and disaster preparedness. (PNA) JBP/EB/PR/EBP