The City oif Victorias recently earned the distinction of winning the third slot in the Regional EXCELL Awards for the Social Services Category in the awarding ceremony held at the iloilo Grand Hotel on December 15.
The Excellence in the Local Governance Award (EXCELL Awards), now on its second year is an initiative of the Deapartment of Interior and Local Governance region VI (DILG VI) to recognize and acknowledge Local Government Units (LGUs) that have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in local legislation; administrative governance, social services, economic development and environmental management.
The city's qualification to the regional competition followed after making it to the top 5 in the Provincial EXCELL awards. Last October 13, a team of evaluators representing different regional offices visited the city to conduct series of evaluations on the performance of the state of local governance.
From the 13 component cities in the province of Negros Occidental five competed against four highly urbanized cities in Region VI. These are the cities of San Carlos, Kabankalan, Victorias, Sagay, Bago, Bacolod, Iloilo, Passi and Roxas.
Vice Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Executive Assistant to the Mayor Vincent Marie Roa, CPDO Head Evangeline Alo and LGOOO J Dignadice represented and received the award on behalf of the city government.
by: Joy P. Famini, CCIO Head
The Excellence in the Local Governance Award (EXCELL Awards), now on its second year is an initiative of the Deapartment of Interior and Local Governance region VI (DILG VI) to recognize and acknowledge Local Government Units (LGUs) that have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in local legislation; administrative governance, social services, economic development and environmental management.
The city's qualification to the regional competition followed after making it to the top 5 in the Provincial EXCELL awards. Last October 13, a team of evaluators representing different regional offices visited the city to conduct series of evaluations on the performance of the state of local governance.
From the 13 component cities in the province of Negros Occidental five competed against four highly urbanized cities in Region VI. These are the cities of San Carlos, Kabankalan, Victorias, Sagay, Bago, Bacolod, Iloilo, Passi and Roxas.
Vice Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Executive Assistant to the Mayor Vincent Marie Roa, CPDO Head Evangeline Alo and LGOOO J Dignadice represented and received the award on behalf of the city government.
by: Joy P. Famini, CCIO Head
