BACOLOD City – This capital city added another feather to its cap after bagging the distinction of being the Best Performing City in Western Visayas.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) conferred the award to Bacolod during the 2019 Search for Excellence in Local Governance (Excell) Awards rites in Iloilo City.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia, represented by DILG-Bacolod City Director Ma. Joy Maredith Madayag in receiving the award, acknowledged the efforts of his fellow city officials, department and office heads, and employees for making Bacolod what it is today.
“This proves the efficiency and responsiveness of government machinery and the vibrancy of the economy and the city in general,” the mayor said in a statement on Tuesday night.
Aside from being the champion in Best in Performing City Category, Bacolod also received five special awards in the five areas of governance.
These included champion in Excellence in Local Legislation, Excellence in Administrative Governance, and Excellence in Environmental Governance as well as first runner-up in Excellence in Social Governance and Excellence in Economic Governance.
This year’s awarding ceremony dubbed “Pagdayaw 2019: Reaping Results. Upscaling Innovations,” was led by DILG-Western Visayas Regional Director Ariel Iglesia, Assistant Regional Director Maria Calpiza Sardua, and Civil Service Commission-Western Visayas Regional Director Nelson Sarmiento, who awarded the trophies to the winners.
Last month, Bacolod was also a finalist at the Digital Governance Awards presented by the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines, and the DILG./PN
