Rodriguez shares award to Fernandinos
-A A +AThursday, September 20, 2012
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Mayor Oscar Rodriguez dedicated his Civil Service Commission Presidential Lingkod Bayad Award given by Malacanang to residents here, saying “I could not have done it alone.”
Rodriguez said the award he received from President Benigno Aquino III was the most fitting gift for his birthday on September 19 and another feather on the cap oh his administration.
He received the award on his birthday.
“It is always the collaborative effort of various groups in city like the business sector, the Multi-Sectoral Government Council, our city officials, volunteers and even common Fernandinos alike that leads to success. I could not have done it alone. I share the award to each and every Filipino,” he said.
Rodriguez was feted for successfully elevating the City of San Fernando through a system of managing governance and performance that is anchored on the principles of transparency, accountability and participatory governance, according to the Civil Service Commission.
The commission conducts the annual search for outstanding performers in government through its Honors Awards Program (HAP), a report from the City Information Office (CIO) said.
The same report noted during the awards ceremony in Malacañang Mayor Rodriguez’s key achievements in recent years, particularly the big increase in city revenues and the reduction in its dependence on Internal Revenue Allotments, the rise in household incomes in San Fernando, and the establishment of major projects at no cost to the city but through a strong private-public partnerships program.
The CIO earlier reported that Rodriguez, after only one year in office, implemented the Performance Governance System in the city that earned international recognition when he was named third runner-up in the World City Mayor competition.
“The medal and the citation [that went with the Lingkod Bayan Award] I dedicate to you all,” the mayor was quoted as saying in the report at the end of a concelebrated Mass at Heroes Hall in Malacanang.
Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on September 21, 2012.
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