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Glan earns ‘Seal of Good Housekeeping’ |
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Written by Nonong Baliao
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 08:10 |
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GLAN, Sarangani (January 11, 2012)—In recognition of its exemplary performance in governance, transparency and accountability, the local government unit of Glan has been chosen as one of recipients of the 2012 Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) awards of the Department of Interior and Local Government.
A mechanism that recognizes good performance, the SGH is given to LGUs that have excelled in the areas of planning, budgeting, revenue mobilization, sound fiscal management and budget execution, procurement and resource mobilization, transparency and accountability, and giving value to performance management.
An SGH award means that a recipient LGU has religiously complied with all the provisions of the Anti-Red Tape Act as well as the Full Disclosure Policy of the DILG with regard to project implementation and financial transactions.
Aside from topping the standards on full disclosure and transparency, LGU-Glan bagged the award because of its “no adverse findings” from the Commission on Audit, and because of the efficiency in the implementation of its programs and projects.
A P1 million incentive from the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) is usually given to the best performing LGUs, but, for one reason or another, DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo had decided to up the PCF incentive for Glan to P2 million, according to Zorayda Grafilo-Labos, chief, DILG-Glan.
“Surely, this is something for Glan to be proud of and another feather in the cap of the administration of Mayor Victor James Yap, Sr.,” she said.
She said the incentive is in line with the Millennium Development Goals for the implementation of priority projects designed to boost tourism and local economic development as well as comply with the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and the Ecological and Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
For tourism and local economic development, the projects include school buildings, rural health units, health centers and birthing facilities, roads, bridges, tourism facilities, irrigation systems, post harvest facilities, cold storage facilities, ports and wharves and other economic infrastructures.
On the other hand, projects--such as flood control, reforestation, solid waste management facilities, storm drainage and related flood protection---are on tap for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness. (Glan Info and News Service) |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 08:30 |
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Mayor Yap wants all projects fast-tracked, finished by year-end |
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Written by alfred
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 06:11 |
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GLAN, Sarangani (January 3, 2012)—Mayor Victor James “Tata” B. Yap, Sr. held his first mini-Cabinet meeting for 2012 on Tuesday, January 3, where he spelled out his main priorities for the next 12 months.
“I want all unfinished projects finished and all pending projects started and fast-tracked as soon as possible,” Mayor Yap said at a meeting of the Management Committee (Mancom) on Tuesday.
These include the street-lighting project, the concreting of the road shoulders around the public market, the concreting of the public market’s interior road network, the construction of an P8 million foodcourt, also in the public market, the beautification of the public plaza, and the construction of the baywalk at the water front.
He said the department heads concerned should send in periodic reports so that problems that tend to slow down or block altogether the early and successful implementation of projects could be threshed out immediately.
He expressed confidence that his administration would perform better this year, with the entire officialdom and rank-and-file putting in more quality work and added sacrifices.
"Our people expect no less, and I appreciate the fact that, by and large, our officials and employees have been up to their tasks, but we need to do more this year, and there are lots of things that need to be done and done quickly without sacrificing the quality of work," he said.
The weekly Mancom also took up the renewal of business permits and licenses, building permits, the streamlining of purchase requests, especially for fuel (No P.R., No Fuel), the need for additional personnel, the full implementation of waste segregation by end of January, and the 10 percent discount for prompt payment of the assessment tax.
(For the permits and license renewal, which will run from January 3-20, a one-stop documentation center has been set up at the Municipal Hall lobby.)
Mayor Yap directed acting Municipal Engineer Jerry Baltazar and Municipal Agriculture Officer Virgie Musa to form their respective groups to monitor all new buildings being constructed, on the one hand, and the status of all the livestock and pakura already given out under the cattle dispersal and livelihood assistance program of the office of Congressman Manny Pacquiao and the local government, on the other.
The mayor said the building owners should be made to comply with all the requirements without prejudice to their business or pecuniary interests.
As to the livestock and small fishing boats, the mayor instructed Musa to verify whether the recipients had complied with all the conditions laid down in the Memorandum of Agreement they had entered into with the local government.
"If warranted, we will make the necessary adjustments in order for others to benefit from the program," the mayor said.
He also told Municipal Treasure Rani Omega to intensify tax collection but in the most judicious and equitable manner possible.
"It is only to be expected that big businesses should pay more while small businesses should pay less," he said.
(In the last elections, then mayoral candidate Yap promised a progressive development program with preferential treatment for the poor.)
It was also learned that Glan would receive from the Department of Interior and Local Government some P2 million worth of projects for having won the seal of good-housekeeping awarded to local government units which had religiously complied with full disclosure and transparency in their financial transactions.
"The usual prize is only P1 million for a recipient municipality, but, for one reason or other, Secretary Jesse Robredo decided to up the reward for Glan to P2 million," Zorayda Grafilo-Labus, chief, DILG-Glan, told the mayor.
Meanwhile, some 100 sacks of rice, repacked into 5-kilo bags, will be given out in the so-called "disparity barangays" starting this month, courtesy of Congressman Pacquiao.
For its recently retired employees, the local government will tender a testimonial dinner, also this month. (Glan Info and News Service) |
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Alegado, gi-resbakan mga kritiko |
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Written by Nonong Baliao
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Monday, 09 January 2012 05:42 |
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GLAN, Sarangani (January 9, 2012)—Gihagit ni Municipal Kagawad Vannevar Alegado ang ilang mga kritiko nga magpagawas sa igong ebidensya, kung aduna man, haron mapamatud-an nila ngadto sa korte ang kamatuoran luyo sa mga alegasyon kabahin sa matud pa nilang mga anomalya ilawom sa kasamtangan administrasyon.
“Pulos na man lang gud alegasyon, panghimaraot ug panamastamas ang atong madunggan sa mga among mga kritiko pinaagi sa text brigade ug sibya ug komentaryo sa ilang mga kaalyado sa radio, nga kung buot nimong hunahunaon puros pamulitika lang ug walay lig-ong basehan,” matud ni Alegado.
Sa laing bahin, nanawagan si Alegado ngadto sa kinatibuk-an, lakip na ang private sector ug laing miyembro sa media, nga mobuhat ug kaugalingon nilang lakang harong sila mismo ang makapamatuod sa maong mga alegasyon.
Kabahin sa mga baka, kabaw ug pakura ilawom sa cattle dispersal ug livelihood assistance program ni Congressman Manny Pacquiao ug Mayor Victor James “Tata” B. Yap, Sr., mahimo mang duolan ang supplier, ang Commission on Audit, ang Municipal Agriculture Office ug laing pang ahensiya alang sa mga proseso, papeles ug laing datus kabahin sa pagpalit ug pagapud-apud sa moang mga butang, dungag pa ni Alegado.
Klaro kaayo, ingon pa niya, nga walay laing tumong ang maong mga alegasyon kung dili ang pagdaot sa kasamtangang administrasyon sa padayong paglaom sa ilang kaatbang sa pulitika nga makabalik sa gahom sa piniliay sa 2013.
“Apan nagatuo ako nga ang bagang hut-ong sa katawhan sa Glan gitak-an na sa mga pamaagi sa niaging administrayon ug dili na g’yud sila mosugot nga mabalik pa ang pang-abusar, panggukod ug pangurakot nga ilang nasinati sa nanglaba’yng panahon,” matud pa ni Alegado.
“Dili sama karon ilawom sa pagdumala ni Mayor Tata Yap, pantay-pantay ang pagtratar sa tanan, ma-dato o ma-pobre man, kaalyado o kaatbang man, basta ang tumong maayo lang, ug walay sagol pulitika, atik-atik ug pangilad,” ingon niya.
“Ug kining hagit akong ginapaabot ngadto sa pipila ka mga opisyal ug empleyado sa munisipyo nga hantod karon nagpabiling mga loyalist ug sunod-sunod sa kanhing mayor, ug, daghan ang nagatuo, mao ang iyang gihimong bantay-salakay diha sa munisipyo ug tig-sabotahe sa mga maayong programa ni ni Mayor Tata alang sa kaayuhan natong tanan.”
“Diin man ning mga tawhana dihang sa sulod sa siyam ka-tuig nga pagdumala sa niaging administrasyon, daghang kaayong milagro ug anomalya ang nanghitabo diha sa munisipyo? Naa ba kita nadungan bisa’g gamay na lang nga ek gikan kanila? See no evil, hear no evil ug speak no evil man ang nahimong baroganan nila. Ang kapait pa, pipila kanila mismo ang nalambingit sa mga anomaly. Kini sila ang angay’ng paatubangon sa Ombudsman,” dungag pa ni Alegado. (Glan Info and News Service) |
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Last Updated on Monday, 09 January 2012 06:06 |
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Glan Tourism Master Plan off the press |
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Written by Nonong Baliao
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Thursday, 29 December 2011 05:19 |
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GLAN, Sarangani (December 28, 2011) — After almost a year in the works, the Glan Tourism Master Plan is finally out.
On Tuesday (December 27), the GTMP was brought out during a simple but fitting turnover ceremony at the Glan Training Center, with Mayor Victor James B. Yap, Sr. accepting the 100-page document on behalf of the Municipality of Glan.
Glan is home to the famous Gumasa white sand beaches and scenic resorts.
“Our most sincere gratitude to the Asia Foundation, the Notre Dame Business Research Cooperative Foundation, Inc., the Technical Working Group and to all those who, in one way or the other, helped put together this great work whose profound and positive impact on the community will surely be felt in the years to come,” said Yap in brief remarks.
The mayor expressed elation at this development as it would now help guide the local government on how to go about developing the local tourism industry in a most systematic and judicious manner.
“Our approach to tourism development should be one of sustained growth and at the same time protect our environment and other equally vital components of the local economy—agriculture, fishing, livestock, etc.,” he said.
He disclosed that there had been suggestions, even premature moves, to let the mining people come in, but he had to put his foot down.
“We in the local government believe that tourism remains our best bet for economic development and prosperity, and mining will defeat our purpose because of its potential damage to the environment.”
“Mining will eventually destroy our fine white beaches and other potential tourist spots. So, either we go into tourism or none at all,” he added.
The Mindanao Tourism Council was chiefly responsible for the formulation of the plan, with the TWG providing the data and the all-important inputs without which the plan would not have come about.
“The challenge now is for the local government to carry out the plan to the letter and for the private sector to do its share for all its worth. It should be private-public partnership in action,” said Jonallier Perez, MTC secretary and GTMP consultant, whom Vice Mayor Vivien Yap described as “the genius behind the GTMP.”
“Otherwise, the GTMP would be another item gathering dust in the bookshelf,” he said.
For her part, Vice Mayor Yap, who headed the Technical Working Group, said the GTMP was a dream come true for her, having thought of coming up with such a plan since five years ago.
“With the GTMP already on hand, our dream of a sustained and progressive tourism industry will soon become a reality,” she said.
She assured all parties concerned that as called forth in the plan, the Sangguniang Bayan would take the necessary steps to have the Municipal Tourism Office set up next year.
“Tourism will also get bigger appropriations and other incentives from the local government,” she said. (GLAN INFO AND NEWS SERVICE) |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 05:39 |
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