LGU Tacurong conducts business one stop shop

As the Local Government Unit of Tacurong welcomed another year of public service to its constituents, it opened the Business One Stop Shop from January 2-20 at the City Hall Building, City of Tacurong.

            Services offered by the Business One Stop Shop include the acquisition or renewal of business permits. To make the processing of required documents faster and hassle-free, LGU and other concerned offices are convened in just one venue.

            These offices are the City Engineering Office, City Planning and Development Coordinating Office, Environment and Natural Resources Office, Department of Trade and Industry, PhilHealth, Bureau of Fire Protection, Social Security System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Philippine National Police, and License Inspection Services Office.

            Hezel Ochada, 56, owner of a sari-sari store in Public Terminal, expressed her gratitude with this organized service of the local government. “Mas okay na subong kay ara na tanan nga kinahanglan ko. Kag step by step, gina-guide ka gid kung anu-ano ang mga himoon mo,” Ochada said.

            This undertaking of the Local Government of Tacurong in this early part of 2012 is an assurance that its services to its constituents will always be on their reach and can be easily accessed all throughout the year. [Jessa Loreta C. Billano]

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LGU Tacurong extols Inugyunay Festival 2011

            The City Government of Tacurong proved that the holiday season indeed is a period of a myriad of celebrations as it lauded the Inugyunay Festival 2011 on December 16-23, 2011 with a series of nightly presentations at the City Hall Grounds, City of Tacurong.

            Tacurongnons convened as early as 2 o’clock in the morning of December 16 to join in the festival opening where the lighting of the giant Christmas tree, belen, Philippine map, and city hall building took place. After which, the City Government Officials, together with the people of Tacurong, joined in the first Misa de Gallo in Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria Parish Church.

            The nightly presentations were sponsored by the different schools and agencies who willed to dedicate their talents not just to give entertainment for their fellow Tacurongnons but also for the aim of offering their performances to God, who is the reason of the season’s celebration.

            The night of Decemeber 19 was owned by the privates schools including NDTC – High School and College Departments, ND Sienna College of Tacurong, Inc., Centerpoint College of Arts and Sciences, St. John Learning Center, Inc., Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, VMC City College, STI College, and Quezon Colleges of Southern Philippines. The Department of Education starred the night of the 20^th while the 21^st was the time for Non-Government Organizations namely: TAMAVA, Rotary Club of Tacurong, Transport Group, SK Chamber of Commerce, Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Trucking Group, and Hotels, Inns, and Pension Houses. The Association of Barangay Council devoured the night of the 22^nd while the night of the 23^rd was reserved for the Local Government Unit of Tacurong talents and for the annual grandiose fireworks display.

            Inugyunay Festival is celebrated every December of each year to bring together the people of Tacurong in the holiday season. Inugyunay is a Hiligaynon word which means “to unite.” [Jessa Loreta C. Billano]

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DILG releases P3M incentive to Tacurong for Seal of Good Housekeeping

After being awarded the Seal of Good Housekeeping by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier this year, the city government of Tacurong has already received the P3 Million incentive dubbed as Performance Challenge Fund (PCF).

DILG 12 Director Buagas Sulaik personally handed the P3M check to the city officials of Tacurong during a turnover ceremony in front of the city hall on November 28.

The PCF, given to LGUs conferred with SGH Seal, is an incentive that the LGU beneficiaries should use in the implementation of their projects. Before officially getting the PCF however, an LGU recipient has to allocate a financial counterpart (to be taken from the 20% component of the LGU’s Internal Revenue Allotment), of the same amount or more. The LGU is also required to complete at least 40 percent of the project before DILG releases the fund.

The PCF Technical Working Group of the LGU identified the road concreting in Barangay Upper Katungal as the project for the PCF, and after going through the process, started and completed the 40 percent of the concreting in October.

Tacurong is one of the only five cities in the Philippines, and the only one from Mindanao, belonging to the 4th to 6th class to be conferred with the award this 2011.

The other awardees for the cities category are Alaminos, Pangasinan; Candon, Ilocos Sur; Passi, Iloilo; and Vigan, Ilocos Sur. Tacurong and the rest of the awardees belong to the 2nd batch of SGH recipients this year. They are joined by municipalities belonging to the 4th to 6th class stamped also with SGH seal.

The Seal of Good Housekeeping is a mechanism comprising a set of criteria aimed at recognizing Local government Units (LGUs) with good performance in internal housekeeping particularly in the areas of Planning, Sound Fiscal Management, Transparency and Accountability, and Valuing Performance Management.

Among the key components of the SGH criteria are compliance to the mandates of the Anti-Red Tape Act as well as to the Full Disclosure Policy of the DILG. Further, LGUs stamped with Good Housekeeping Seal should have “no adverse” report from the Commission on Audit, which means that they should have complied with all the requirements of the government’s auditing agency.

Emphasis is also given to the LGU’s compliance to the mandates of the Anti-Red Tape Act.

Tacurong was evaluated in May by a team from DILG Regional Office. Several data were gathered from offices concerned; interviews were conducted; and even the records of the local police station were checked as to the peace and order condition of the locality.

After passing the regional evaluation, Tacurong made it through the National Table Assessment and Validation, and subsequently stamped with SGH Seal.

“I am very happy with the most recent award we received, but then again ,we only have to work harder; after all, this is what we, public servants, are expected to do,” Mayor Montilla said. (Allan S. Freno)

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