LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 16 (PNA) -– All the 11 local government units (LGUs) of Catanduanes, including the provincial government, passed the “good housekeeping” test of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) last year.
As incentive, they would be receiving a total amount of P20.7 million for their priority development projects.
DILG regional director Blandino Maceda said it is impressive that Catanduanes, despite being isolated by a wide body of water from the Bicol mainland, not one of its LGUs failed the “housekeeping” test.
Catanduanes, among the six provinces of Bicol, has performed perfectly with none of its local units failing the good local governance test, Maceda said.
According to the latest statistics released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), Catanduanes, with a rating of 132.56, had the highest Good Governance Index (GGI) among the six provinces of Bicol and ranked 25th among the 79 provinces, Maceda said.
The NSCB explained that governance, as defined in the GGI framework it had developed “is the manner in which power is exercised in the management of the country’s economic and social resources for development.
"It also refers to the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage the nation’s affairs at all levels”. (PNA)
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