Zambo City Receives Seal of Good Housekeeping Award

Zamboanga City (PNA) — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) formally turned over to Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar this city’s PhP3-million subsidy from the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) as part of the incentive for the local government being a recipient of the Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping for 2014.

The symbolic as well as the real check worth PhP3 million was handed over during the flag ceremony Monday in front of City Hall by DILG City Director Mohammad Taha Arakama to Salazar and Eng’r. Rodrigo Sicat, city planning and development coordinator.

The PCF for the city government is an incentive fund in the form of counterpart funding to high-impact capital investment projects in the Annual Investment Program (AIP) and funded out of the 20 percent Local Development Fund (LDF).

It is being administered by the DILG in collaboration with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to recognize good governance particularly in the adoption of “good housekeeping” along the governance areas development planning, sound financial management, transparency and accountability and valuing performance monitoring.

The city government has passed the 2012 Seal of Good Housekeeping and the 2014 Good Financial Housekeeping and is awarded the PhP3-million PCF incentive.

Salazar said the subsidy will be used to fund modular-type projects in the 2015 AIP that is to be completed within one year from the date of receipt of the PCF check.

Meanwhile, Engr. Sicat said the city government has proposed the construction of a day care center each in Barangays Tumaga and San Roque with tables and chairs and other instructional facilities and materials.

The city government’s counterpart will be the day care workers’ honorarium year round.

The proposed construction of day care centers is in line with this city’s priority thrust on Security, Health and Education (SHE). (PNA) LAP/TPGJR