For the third time, Catigbian qualified to the annual Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Cities and Municipalities regional search for 4th and 5th class municipalities.
According to Mayor Roberto Salinas, "this evaluation is an opportunity for our town to enhance our performance in the delivery of basic services, especially for the welfare of our children. Winning the search is not our primary purpose of joining, but on how we can improve our services, and of course, the experience after the tedious work we had in preparation of this search".
The regional evaluation team of the 2008 Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Cities and Municipalities - -composed of Josephine Belotindos of the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office, Lawyer Ma. Luisa Ong of the Department of Interior and Local Government regional office, and Julieta Tutor of the Department of Health regional office- -validated Catigbian's entry to the August 13 search.
"Everytime I visit Catigbian, there are new developments and it surprised me much. If I am a mother, I will surely bring my child in front of your municipal hall. It's a beautiful place. I hope this time you can make it," Belotindos, the team leader, said.
The team religiously scrutinized the local key implementers of children's programs and services together with barangays Baang, Causwagan Norte, Haguilanan and Sinakayanan that were identified through random sampling by the team, except for Baang which was picked out by the local government unit.
Mayor Salinas, Vice-Mayor Nicetas Digaum, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members and members of the Municipal Council for the Protection of Children stayed inside the municipal conference hall until the end of the validation that lasted up to 8:00 pm.
The mayor expressed gratitude to the team and hoped that the findings will also serve as basis in improving the services of the national agencies to the local governments.
According to Mayor Roberto Salinas, "this evaluation is an opportunity for our town to enhance our performance in the delivery of basic services, especially for the welfare of our children. Winning the search is not our primary purpose of joining, but on how we can improve our services, and of course, the experience after the tedious work we had in preparation of this search".
The regional evaluation team of the 2008 Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Cities and Municipalities - -composed of Josephine Belotindos of the Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office, Lawyer Ma. Luisa Ong of the Department of Interior and Local Government regional office, and Julieta Tutor of the Department of Health regional office- -validated Catigbian's entry to the August 13 search.
"Everytime I visit Catigbian, there are new developments and it surprised me much. If I am a mother, I will surely bring my child in front of your municipal hall. It's a beautiful place. I hope this time you can make it," Belotindos, the team leader, said.
The team religiously scrutinized the local key implementers of children's programs and services together with barangays Baang, Causwagan Norte, Haguilanan and Sinakayanan that were identified through random sampling by the team, except for Baang which was picked out by the local government unit.
Mayor Salinas, Vice-Mayor Nicetas Digaum, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members and members of the Municipal Council for the Protection of Children stayed inside the municipal conference hall until the end of the validation that lasted up to 8:00 pm.
The mayor expressed gratitude to the team and hoped that the findings will also serve as basis in improving the services of the national agencies to the local governments.
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