CITY OF SAN FERNANDO Central Luzon is among the 17 regions in the country with the most number of local government units (LGUs) which passed the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) standards for Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) in 2022.
DILG released a list on its website Wednesday stating Central Luzon has 127 local LGUs which passed the GFH (formerly the Seal of Good Housekeeping).
The program measures the compliance to accounting and auditing standards, rules and regulations.
GFH is also a component of the Financial Administration, one of the seven assessment areas of the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG).
The provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales passed the good financial housekeeping standards.
City GFH passers are Balanga in Bataan; Angeles, San Fernando and Mabalacat in Pampanga; Cabanatuan, Gapan, Science City of Muñoz and San Jose in Nueva Ecija; Malolos, Meycauayan and San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan; Tarlac in Tarlac and Olongapo in Zambales.
GFH municipal govenment passers are Baler, Casiguran, Dilasag, Dinalungan, Dingalan, Dipaculao, Maria Aurora and San Luis in Aurora; Abucay, Bagac, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Limay, Mariveles, Morong, Orani, Orion, Pilar and Samal in Bataan; Angat, Balagtas, Baliwag, Bocaue, Bulakan, Bustos, Calumpit, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Guinguinto, Hagonoy, Marilao, Obando, Pandi, Paombong, Plaridel, Pulilan, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Rafael and Santa Maria in Bulacan; Bongabon, Cabiao, Cuyapo, Gabaldon, Gen. Natividad, Gen. Tinio, Guimba, Laur, Licab, Llanera, Lupao, Nampicuan, Quezon, Rizal, San Antonio, San Leonardo, Sta. Rosa, Sto. Domingo, Talavera and Zaragoza, in Nueva Ecija; Apalit, Arayat, Bacolor, Candaba, Floridablanca, Guagua, Lubao, Macabebe, Magalang, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, San Luis, San Simon, Sta. Ana, Sta. Rita, Sto. Tomas and Sasmuan in Pampanga; Anao, Bamban, Camiling, Capas, Concepcion, Gerona, La Paz, Mayantoc, Moncada, Paniqui, Pura, Ramos, San Clemente, San Jose, San Manuel, Sta. Ignacia and Victoria in Tarlac; and Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Castillejos, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Marcelino, San Narciso, Sta. Cruz and Subic in Zambales.
To pass good financial housekeeping standards, the LGUs must receive qualified and unqualified opinion from the Commission on Audit and at least 30 percent of these opinions has been acted upon, and compliance with the full disclosure policy of local budget and finances, bids and public offerings posting in three conspicuous places and in the Full Disclosure Policy Portal.
An LGU must pass all the seven areas -- financial administration, disaster preparedness, social protection, peace and order, business friendliness and competitiveness, environmental management and tourism culture and the arts -- for it to be conferred with the SGLG.