The municipality of Amlan has received P1 million recently from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in ceremonies at Malacang as Performance Challenge Funds (PCF) for good local government housekeeping.{{more}}
DILG Provincial Director Jofralito Lorico said the municipality of Amlan is one of the 15 fourth and sixth class municipalities in the country to receive the incentives and conferred with the Seal of Good Housekeeping.
Director Lorico said the good housekeeping seal is given to local government units (LGUs) for their excellent performance in internal housekeeping in the areas in planning, sound fiscal management, transparency and accountability and valuing of performance information.
Amlan in Negros Oriental is a fourth class coastal town with 22,173 population based on the 2008 official count conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO). It has only eight barangays whose residents are mostly farmers and fishermen.
The prize would be used for the implementation of priority projects aligned to national government priorities in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
The fund can be used to maintain road network to boost tourism and local economic development and comply with the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
Among the 15 LGU awardees are: Region I — Alilem, Ilocos Sur; Region 2 — Quezon, Isabela and Saguday, Quirino; Region IV-A – Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas; Region V- Camaligan, Camarines Sur; CAR — Banaue, Ifugao and Lagawe, Ifugao.
Region VII — Amlan, Negros Oriental and Maribojoc, Bohol; Region VIII — Kawayan, Biliran; Region X — Calamba, Misamis Occidental; Region XI — Dujali, Davao del Norte; and CARAGA — Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur, and San Jose, Dinagat Islands. (PIA NegOr/JCT)