46 P’sinan LGUs Hurdle 2024 SGFH

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY -  Forty-six Pangasinan towns and cities have passed recently the 2024 Seal Good Financial Housekeeping (SGFH), according to the Department of Interior & Local Government (DILG).

SGFH is a program through the supervision of the DILG that recognizes local government units (LGUs) that manage their public funds with transparently and responsibly.

AWARDEES. (From top left and clockwise) Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe. D. Parayon, Binalonan Mayor Ramon “RG” Guico IV, San Fabian Mayor Marlyn Agbayani, Basista Mayor Jolly “JR” Resuello, and Calasiao Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay.

The four cities and 42 towns out of the 44 are the cities of Alaminos, Dagupan, Urdaneta, and San Carlos while the towns are Agno, Aguilar, Alcala, Anda, Asingan, Balungao, Bani, Basista, Bautista, Bayambang, Binalonan, Bolinao, Bugallon, Burgos, Calasiao, Dasol, Infanta, Labrador, Laoac, Lingayen, Mabini, Malasiqui, Manaoag, Mangaldan, Mangatarem, Mapandan, Natividad, Pozorrubio, Rosales,  San Fabian, San Jacinto,  San Manuel,  San Nicolas,  San Quintin, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Santo Tomas, Sison, Sual, Tayug, Urbiztondo, and Villasis.

Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno said that the hurdling again of the first class town of the SGFH showed that her administration fulfilled its promised to be transparent and accountable to all its transactions.

The SGFH, known before as the Seal of Good Housekeeping, is vested to LGUs all over the country that strictly followed the mandated accounting and auditing starndards of the government.

To pass, an LGU should get a Qualified or Unqualified Opinon from the Commission on Audit (COA) on its last Annual Audit Report published up to September 27, 2024 on the COA’s website.

The LGU should abide by the Full Disclosure Policy (FDP) requirements for the second and fourth quarters of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024 where it showed its transparency on its budget, finances, bidding, and public transaction.

Calasiao Mayor Kevin Macanlalay espoused his fervent plaudits to the Municipality of Calasiao in garnering the SGFH for the year 2024.

“Ang parangal na ito ay patunay ng mahusay na pamamahala ng lokal na pamahalaan sa pagpapanatili ng magagandang gawain sa fiscal accountability at transparency. Muli, congrats Calasiaoeños!,” he posted on his Facebook’s page.

According to Basista Mayor Jolly “JR” Resuello, it is a big honor for the town to become a recipient of the 2024 SGFH. “Itinatampok ng pagkilalang ito ang dedikasyon at pagsisikap ng ating Lokal na Pamahalaan para sa Financial Transparency (and) Accountability, maayos na pagsunod, at responsableng pamamahala sa pondo ng ating bayan at nagagamit ng wasto para sa kapakanan ng buong pamayanan,” he posted at his Facebook’s page.

The town under the young chief executive has been a recipient of the countless awards like the SGFH, Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)  –dubbed as the gold standard of all the national fetes –from the DILG, Seal of Child Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG), Regional Anti - Drug-Abuse Council (ADAC) from the DILG, Performance Awards Gawad Kalasag from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Subaybayani, Peace & Order Council (POC), and the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) of the Department of Trade & Industry.