36 Out of 48 LGUs in P’sinan Pass CFLGA

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

 Only 36 out of the 48 local government units (LGU) in Pangasinan hurdle the 2022 Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA) conducted last year by the Department of Interior & Local Government (DILG).

PANGASINAN MAYORS. Top photo first row: Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (left) and Calasiao Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay. Second row: From L-to-R: Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno, San Fabian Mayor Marlyn Agbayani and Basista Mayor Jolly R. Resuello. Third row: Manaoag Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario (left) and Sta. Barbara Mayor Lito Zaplan.

 Those that were given the awards early this month were the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan, San Carlos and Urdaneta and the towns of Aguilar, Alcala, Anda, Asingan, Balungao, Bani, Basista, Bayambang, Binalonan, Bugallon, Burgos, Calasiao, Infanta, Laoac, Lingayen, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales, San Fabian, San Manuel, San Quintin, Sta. Barbara, Santa Maria, Sto. Tomas, Sual, Umingan, Urbiztondo and Villasis.

 The CFLGA is a mandatory audit chaired by the DILG in support of the country’s commitments to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It covers all 145 cities and 1,489 municipalities in the Philippines.

 The LGUs were assessed last year using major indicators categorized based on the children’s rights on survival, development, protection, participation and governance.

Some of the indices based on the five major indicators above are the following:

Percentage covering of fully immunized children age 0-12 month old; percentage coverage of children age 3-4 years old provided with early childhood care and development (ECCD) services; both public and privately managed and home centered or community-based; management of reported cases of children in need of special protection (CNSP); child representation in the local council for the protection of children.