THE recent presentation of the Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping Award by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to the Dagupan City government is another feather added to its cap.

It’s the latest of the many national awards received by the city government since Mayor Belen Fernandez took the helm of office in July 2013.

Ms. Fernandez said the award is meaningful because it recognized her efforts to protect the resources of the city which in the past were wasted through unabated graft and corruption.

The mayor received the award for the city government from DILG Region I officer-in-charge Julie Daquioag during a program shortly after the flag-raising ceremony last July 13 at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome.

The award states in part: “This Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping is conferred by the Department of Interior and Local Government to Dagupan City in recognition of its efforts in advancing the principles of accountability and transparency in local governance.”

Ms. Fernandez said the award served to validate the positive results of her policy of transparency and accountability in all areas of the city’s governance.

She said she always reminds officials and employees that “it is a sin to steal the money of the people.”

She credited full transparency and good financial management as key factors for the unprecedented increase the city’s revenues which are plowed back to the taxpayers through “unli-services” and projects in the city.

Last year, the city of Dagupan posted a surplus of P54 million pesos which was realized both from savings of various departments of the city government and increased revenue collections. (Leonardo Micua)

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