Hot meat” seized by Dumaguete City task force
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 5 (PIA) --- More than 150 kilos of “hot meat” were confiscated inside the Dumaguete City Public Market Building last month by a team from Task Force SAGARR.
The team led by Charles Tubog from the City Veterinary Office seized the double dead meat from three vendors inside the market, according to a release from the Dumaguete City Information Office.
Said meat vendors were caught transporting the hot meat inside the market. When asked to present their papers, the vendors were unable to produce the necessary documents.
City Veterinarian Dr. Lourdes Socorro said the city government will confiscate meat that do not pass through the City Slaughterhouse for inspection.
“We don’t allow meat that are not inspected at the City Slaugtherhouse to be sold at the market as this may cause harm to people’s health,” said Socorro.
Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria assured that the city government continues to strictly monitor the products being sold inside the public market.
Tubog’s team is part of Task Force SAGARR or Special Action Group Advocating Rapid Reform created by the city government to handle the enforcement of ordinances in the city. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
============
Negros Oriental, 16 LGUs awarded ‘Seal of Good Housekeeping’
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, January 5 (PIA) --- The provincial government of Negros Oriental and 16 other local government units (LGUs) here were cited for the “Seal of Good Housekeeping”, a good governance performance award, by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The other LGU awardees in the province are, namely: the cities of Dumaguete and Bais and the municipalities of Ayungon, Basay, Bindoy, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Mabinay, Manjuyod, Pamplona, Santa Catalina, Sibulan, Tayasan, Valencia, Vallehermoso and Zambonaguita.
Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo said the provincial government was recognized for satisfactorily complying with the “Full Disclosure Policy,” a requirement set by DILG for transparency and accountability.
“One example of this is our publication of the provincial government’s annual budget, annual investment plan and the province’s procurement procedures on our website,” said Sedillo.
The Seal of Good House Keeping is one of the flagship programs of the DILG which is also in line with the Aquino administration’s direction of transparency and accountability in all government transactions.
With the award, the provincial government is given access to a P7-million Performance Challenge Fund which, Sedillo said, can be utilized to further improve the delivery of basic services to the people.
LGU awardees have to identify projects within their Annual Investment Plan (AIP) for 2012 which needs additional funding for immediate implementation such as rural electrification, local roads connecting to national roads, farm to market roads and flood control and drainage.
Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo said the award is something Negrenses must be proud of as it is “for all the people in the province, the different sectors and local government units who rallied behind my administration after I assumed office early this year.”
“This is welcome development for all the people of Negros Oriental because this only goes to show that we are not only doing our job but doing it well. This is a fruit of our labor; that even without us thinking of the awards or other similar recognitions, there are agencies that monitor and acknowledge those who do their jobs well,” said Degamo.
This is the second time the provincial government was awarded the Seal of Good Housekeeping.
Early this year, Negros Oriental ranked fourth in DILG’s top ten best performing provinces in the country.
Both awards were given during the first few months of Governor Degamo’s administration. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)