4 cities, 46 municipalities in Region 1 get P58 million

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — Secretary of Interior and Local Government Jesse M. Robredo on Tuesday awarded P58 million worth of Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) to four cities and 46 municipalities in Region 1.

The awarding  was one  of  the highlights of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 1’s Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness and Climate  Change Adaptation held here.

According to DILG regional director Corazon P. Guray, the PCF is already on its third year of implementation.

The PCF is a financial incentive granted to LGUs that have been given a seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) to finance their local development initiatives along the areas  of tourism, local economic development, disaster risk reduction and management  and solid waste management.

Four cities were awarded P3-million check each by Robredo.

These were Laoag, and BatacIlocos Norte, Urdaneta City and San Carlos City of Pangasinan.

P1 million each was given by Robredo to six municipalities of Ilocos Norte, 10 from Ilocos Sur, six from La Union and 24 from Pangasinan.

The province of Pangasinan had the largest number of awardees, being the  largest  province  in Region 1.          

Present during the awarding ceremony were Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and  municipal mayors Amadeo Perez IV, Noel Nacar, Marcelo Navarro, and Mark Roy Macanlalay among others.

In the absence of Mayor Ricardo Camacho, Robredo assured the municipality of  Bayambang that  they can still receive their P1-million award if they complete their respective requirements.