(AWARD. Now Vice-Gov. Lilia G. Pineda holds DILG plaque of recognition for her achievements as governor. At the simple awarding rites are new provincial administrator Atty. Charlie Chua, DILG provincial director Myrvy Favia, Gov. Dennis G. Pineda, and board members Anthony Torres, Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab, Fritize David-Dizon, Rosve Henson, and Moshe Lacson. Photo by Bong Lacson)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A fi tting valedictory to the three-terms of Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda as governor of Pampanga was given by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday at the Capitol here.
DILG provincial director Myrvi Favia awarded Pineda with the agency’s Plaque of Recognition for her “unprecedented achievements” in the nine years she served as the province’s chief executive.
In her brief remarks leading to the awarding, Favia outlined Pineda’s accomplishments beginning with the highest revenue income of P3.05 billion for Pampanga, as well as P13-trillion worth of investments and the generation of 40,000 employment as a result of the massive investment.
The DILG said because of these, the Commission on Audit (COA) has given Pampanga due recognition as one of the 10 richest provinces in the Philippines with a total asset of P9.53 billion.
The DILG then cited programs that were created under Pineda’s leadership with the result of reducing the poverty rate from 6.4 percent in 2013 to 4.9 percent in 2018. This is proof that Pineda’s programs of poverty alleviation helped in uplifting the level of life of the Kapampangans, the department said.
The DILG also gave Pineda’s popular health program a special mention specifically her Point of Care, No Balance Billing, and PhilHealth coverage for every Kapampangans.
Favia said the DILG believes that every Kapampangan is happy living in the province because of the high level of service that is given by Pineda’s administration.
The DILG said aside from this, it is also noteworthy to acknowledge the different citations and recognitions that were awarded to Pampanga because of the sterling performance of Pineda’s governance.
Among these are the ability to respond and face every disaster and calamity brought upon the province with better preparedness which was given due recognition by the Office of Civil Defense with the awarding of National Gawad Kalasag award in 2018.
The DILG also mentioned the peace and order situation in the province which was recognized by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) by declaring Pampanga “insurgency free” and ready for further development.
The DILG said all the programs under Pineda’s leadership has greatly contributed to the raising of the level of lives of every Kapampangan as can be gleaned with the recognition of Pampanga as having the most number of passers in the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) in Central Luzon for three consecutive years and in 2016.
As a result, the province was given recognition with the highest percentage of SGLG passers in the whole country.
Favia said the department is also aware of other noteworthy programs undertaken by Pineda but the whole day will not be enough to cite them all as she thanked her for her outstanding governance.
