Alaminos City first ISO Certified LGU in Pangasinan – Celeste

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan - The mayor here proudly announced that this thriving city hurdled the certification for International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 and becoming the first local government units (LGU) in the 44 towns and four cities in Pangasinan province to strut the international body’s diadem.

“Not only the mayor’s office weathered the ISO but all the offices of the local government unit,” Mayor Arth Bryan C. Celeste cited on the 25 departments and sections that passed the standards of the international body.

Celeste lauded the department heads and personnel for their sacrifices and perseverance for the several months’ quest.

The 23 year - old Alaminos City Mayor Arth Bryan C. Celeste.

 The 23 years old mayor, the youngest among LGUs chief executives in the Philippines, hailed the help extended by Neo Amca Innovative Solutions Corporation (NAISC) to fulfill his administration dreams for an ISO Certification.

 “Isang malaking karangalan para sa ating pamahalaang lungsod ang igagawad na sertipikasyon. Ipagpatuloy natin ang ating mga magagandang nasimulan at laging pakatatandaan na tayo ay nagpa-ISO Certification para po ito sa ating taong bayan,” he stressed.

 Celeste has big plan for the unhampered progress of the burgeoning tourist drawing city in Northern Luzon.

With the cooperation shared by the officials and his constituents, the mayor is optimistic that this city could achieve the goal of a much higher quality service to them through his vision and mission’s endeavors.

The moist eye for ISO started during the stint of the mayor’s predecessor and father Arthur F. Celeste when he signed a partnership deal with NAISC.

“25 departments at lahat ng sections ISO rated. It pays to have a youthful mayor who is malleable to better change and adapt  to the changing bureaucracy management,” City Information Office Chief Toots  M. Orfinada told this writer.

The minting into ISO of the local government here was confirmed by Gilda Ramos, Lead Auditor of Certification Partner Global (CPG), at a meeting held at the Don Leopoldo Sison Convention Center.

It only showed, she cited, the LGU here possessed the quality management system because it passed on the criteria of the ISO 9001: 2015.

 ISO, according to its website, is the world's largest developer of voluntary international standards and it facilitates world trade by providing common standards among nations. More than twenty thousand standards have been set, covering everything from manufactured products and technology to food safety, agriculture, and healthcare.

The meticulous evaluation of the CPG for the international body lasted for eight months where the city submitted a quality manual where it showed she implemented countless scope of activities.

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