DILG presents P3-M Pamana ng Lahi prize to Leyte province

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
December 23, 2011

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The Department of Interior and Local Government officially presented the P3 million prize as Pamana ng Lahi awardee to the Provincial Government of Leyte.

No less than Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho L. Petilla received the award from DILG-8 Regional Director Pedro Noval, during the simple ceremonies held at the new Oriental Hotel Leyte which coincided with the Christmas Party of the Provincial Government.

The Province of Leyte was adjudged as the Regional awardee for the Provincial level of the Pamana Award which qualified it to the National Awarding on October 11, during the program for the 20th year anniversary of local government autonomy at PICC.

Other Pamana ng Lahi awardees from Eastern Visayas were the city of Ormoc for the city level and Naval in the province of Biliran for the municipal level.

Aside from the plaques of appreciation, cash prizes will be awarded to the three outstanding LGUs, P3 million for the province, P2 million for the city and P1 million for the municipality.

It was learned that the DILG Region 8 has already presented the monetary award for Ormoc City and Naval.

The winning LGUs were cited by the DILG in recognition of their efforts to advance economic prosperity and improve the social well-being of the community, Director Noval said.

The Gawad Pamana ng Lahi by the DILG is a mechanism to motivate local governments in the provincial, city and municipal levels nationwide, to continuously foster and strive for good and effective local governance and further scale-up the value of accountability, transparency and inclusivity in local administration and development.

The Gawad is conferred to LGUs for reasons of exemplary performance in administrative governance, social, economic and environmental governance, drawn from the database of the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS), Seal of Good Housekeeping, International Organization or National Government Agency – bestowed awards and acknowledged innovations.