Basista is Recipient of 10 Reg’l, Nat’l Awards

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 BASISTA, Pangasinan – The young mayor of this fourth-class town proudly declared that his administration since last year was recipients of 10 national and regional awards for exemplary performances in governance.

Mayor Jolly R. Resuello cited the national awards’ Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)  –dubbed as the gold standard of all the national fetes -from the Department of Interior & Local Government, Seal of Child Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG), 2022 Regional Anti - Drug-Abuse Council (ADAC) from the DILG, Performance Awards Gawad Kalasag from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), No. 8 in Region-1 for the Subaybayani 2022, Peace & Order Council (POC) from the DILG, No.3 nationally on the 2022 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) of the Department of Trade & Industry, and the latest Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (SGFH).

AWARDS WINNING MAYOR. Basista Mayor Jolly R. Resuello (4th from left, photo) and Department of Interior & Local Government Secretary Benjamin "Benjur" Abalos, Jr in one of the town's fetes as awardee of national plaudit.

“Marami kaming awards sampu,” he told Northern Watch Newspaper after seeing its previous issues how some local government units (LGUs) received the Subaybayani and the SGLG awards.

On being No.3 nationally in the CMCI award of the DTI in the Philippines for being economically resilient amidst the challenges and calamities, Resuello, a two- term serving chief executive of the landlocked town, told Northern Watch Newspaper:  

“Buong Pilipinas pangatlo kami. No. 1 kami sa Pangasinan sa third and fourth class towns’ category.”

 This after the award last year for the same towns' category given to him here by the top brass of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) Bureau of the DTI.

The plaque for the National Competitiveness Summit held last year was signed by DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez.

Compared to other third and fourth class towns in the gargantuan province, this town burgeoned after the Mayor increased the rentals of the stalls in the public market – whose occupants did not pay the rentals religiously in the past -  repaired and improve the market by using the revenues being paid to the public coffer, and aggressively invite various new investors like 7-11, basement priced selling Chinese owned store 988, Welcome Mart Grocery, Driving School Office, Siomai House, and more stalls that sprouted in the public market that erased her reputation as a sleepy town blamed on the young mayor's predecessors.

He said an investor for McDonald is looking for a land her to put shop for the U.S licensed based food chain.

Among the 44 towns in Pangasinan only 17 municipalities were feted last year with the SGLG.

 Resuello acknowledged Abalos statement that the SGLG is the golden standard in gauging how competent public officials who run an LGU.

“SGLG iyan ang pinakamataas na pagkakilala ng DILG sa isang bayan,” the young mayor of the town in central Pangasinan cited.

Resuello said the achievement of the rustic town ensued because of the cooperation of the offices of the mayor, vice mayor, the lawmaking body, and department heads.

He disclosed to Northern Watch Newspaper the town had been a recipient of the SGLG in the years 2016 under Mayor Manolito de Leon, 2019 under De Leon and himself when he became the mayor in June 30, 2019, and this year.

Aside its seal as a ticket to an expeditious bank's loan transaction for the LGU, it has a three million pesos’ award to a municipal winner.

Unlike his predecessors, Resuello is lukewarm to borrow monies from banks to fund his governance.