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Sunday, September 10, 2006
3 LGUs nominated Most Child Friendly City, Municipality
By Rachel M. Nessia
THREE local government units in Negros Oriental are vying for the 2006 presidential awards for Most Child-Friendly Municipality and City in different categories at the national level.
Dumaguete City and Cebu City in Central Visayas region have been nominated for the highly-urbanized city and component city categories while Sibulan in Negros Oriental, Inabanga of Bohol, and Dalaguete of Cebu have been nominated for the 1st to 3rd class municipality category.
Dauin of Negros Oriental, Catigbian of Bohol, and Pilar in Cebu are vying in the 4th to 6th class category.
Regional Director Teodulo Romo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development said the Regional Awards Committee has submitted the list of provincial nominees to the members of the regional sub-committee for the Welfare of Children for review and to recommend them to the national awards.
The presidential awards for the competition was launched on November 13, 1999 but was suspended in 2004 and 2005 to review and the study the evaluation tools and guidelines.
The awards were revived this year to institutionalize "child-friendly" governance and environment and give national recognition to cities and municipalities that provide the condition.
The awards also seek to increase the level of awareness and stakeholders on the rights of children, and encourage local government units to prioritize and address issues and concerns affecting child's rights.
(September 10, 2006 issue)
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