Tacloban City among LGUS with high performance index - DILG

By MYLES JOSEPH E. COLASITO
August 14, 2012

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The Highly Urbanized City of Tacloban is one of the HUCs with the highest Overall Performance Index (OPI) for the last three years in the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) administered by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

This was revealed by Director Pedro A. Noval Jr. of DILG Region 8, who said that based on data collated by DILG central office from the annual LGPMS, Tacloban City garnered an OPI of 4.77 out of a total possible of 5.00, making it among the city governments that gained the highest scores for the period 2009 to 2011.

Meanwhile, 13 provinces, cities and municipalities have emerged as consistent top performers in the local government state of performance report.

DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo identified the consistent top performing LGUs as the provinces of La Union, Cavite, Albay and Ilocos Norte; the cities of Valenzuela, Makati, Angeles, Taguig, Davao, Laoag, Vigan, and Cabanatuan; and the municipality of Ilagan in Isabela province.

“I extol these local governments for their unwavering commitment in scaling up and maintaining the highest standards of public service delivery in their respective localities. Their shining examples serve as an inspiration to others to strive hard in the performance of their mandates”, he said. The 13 LGUs regularly made it to the top 10 provincial, city and municipal governments that gained the highest scores in the LGPMS.

LGPMS is primarily a self-assessment management and development tool that not only enables local governments to determine their capabilities and limitations in the delivery of public services, but also provides information on the state of local governance performance and their state of local development.

Dir. Noval said that LGPMS rates LGUs with a performance area index ranging from one to five, with one as the lowest and five as the highest. The areas being tested are: administrative governance, social governance, economic governance, environmental governance and fundamentals of good governance, which include transparency, participation and financial accountability.

Under existing guidelines, a team composed of representatives from the national and local governments conducts the evaluation, while results are being validated by civil society organizations to maintain impartiality.

LGPMS topnotchers do not only earn the distinction of being among the best performing LGUs but they will also have a greater chance to be nominated to the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi, which is being conferred to LGUs that advances the tenets of good governance based on certain criteria, including the LGPMS.

For 2011, the following are the top performing provincial, city and municipal governments with their corresponding LGPMS rankings:

Provinces – Bohol (4.91); La Union (4.89); Cavite (4.88); Pangasinan (4.87); South Cotabato (4.864); Mountain Province (4.855); Albay (4.839); Bulacan (4.836); Rizal (4.832); and Ilocos Norte (4.828).

Highly urbanized cities – San Juan City (4.9); Puerto Princesa City (4.88); Iloilo City (4.87); Valenzuela City (4.85); Makati City (4.819); Angeles City (4.816); Tacloban City (4.77); Quezon City (4.75); Taguig City (4.71); and Davao City (4.7).

Component Cities – Laoag City (4.99); Naga City (4.93); Vigan City (4.921); Ligao City (4.917); Tagaytay City (4.87); Cabanatuan City (4.86); Dipolog City (4.83); Calamba City (4.82); San Fernando City, La Union (4.81); and La Carlota City (4.79).

Municipalities – Ilagan, Isabela (4.92); Carmona, Cavite (4.9); Santol, La Union (4.89); Alimodian, Iloilo (4.883); San Mateo, Isabela (4.879); San Luis, Aurora (4.86); Surallah, South Cotabato (4.843); Maslog, Eastern Samar and New Lucena, Iloilo (4.839); Bacoor, Cavite (4.822); and San Gabriel, La Union (4.820).