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Amante: Good governance political will, keys to growth By PAT SAMONTE and JOEL PORTUGAL
BUTUAN City––Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. gave premium to good governance and political will as guides in steering this city into an investment hub where Filipino and foreign businessmen have shown genuine interest in pouring some P6 billion capital into the local economy to boost its development and growth. In his State of the City Address at the Balanghai Hotel and C onvention Center here, Amante said that because of an effective and efficient system of governance based on accountability, transparency and people’s participation, foreign donors like GTZ of Germany “also provided grants directly managed” by the city government. Even the national government “to ok notice w hich resulted in commitments to allocate millions of pesos for scholarships, rural electrification,
Displaced wood workers get P285.5m cash, livelihood By PAT SAMONTE and JOEL PORTUGAL BUTUAN City––The city government here has come up with a P282.5 million program apart from assistance from different Mayor Amante escorts his wife, Ivy, inside the Balanghai government agencies to Hotel and Convention Center before delivering his 2012 help thousands of people State of the City Address. Photo by Diana Generalao dependent on the wood industry for livelihood cope
livelihood, farm-to-market roads, irrigation systems, classrooms and many more,” he said. Amante recalled that when he took over the city administration, he chose to follow the path of good governance and set aside “popular whims” which a dv i s e rs w ar ne d “w a s politically risky.” Instead of constructing roads and bridges left and right, he formulated relevant programs and strengthened tax collections, he said. GOOD GOVERNANCE. Amante stresses transparency To help implement his AMANTE | page 9
mance Management System of local government units spearheaded by the DILG through the Bureau of Local Government Supervision (BLGS). From what he said as the “bleak state” of this city as depicted in the State of Local Governance before the start of his term, Amante said “we have surmounted different obstacles, defied odds, established relevant programs and accomplished concrete tasks resulting to SEAL OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. For meeting the DILG Stanan excellent performance.” dards in governance, Amante is presented a plaque and Seal of By following the path of Good Housekeeping and received for Butuan City P60 million. PERFECT | page 9
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Infras for rural devt, health, social services for poor
and good governance to achieve investor confidence and economic growth in his message. Photo by Diana Generalao
DILG gives Amante a perfect 5 for transparency BUTUAN City––The Department of Interior and Local Government scored a perfect 5 for this city’s administration in the Performance Scale in the area of Transparency in 2011. In his 2012 State of the City Address, Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. revealed that this city received the rating compared to the “sorry” 3.67 score it got in 2010, as he summarized his administration’s 2011 accomplishments. He said the perfect 5 rating was based on the Local Government Perfor-
and rise from the effects of the logging ban pursuant to Executive Order No 23. President B enigno Aquino III issued EO 23, “Declaring a Moratorium on the Cutting and Harvesting of Timber in Natural
Photo by Diana Generalao, CMO-PIO
INFRAS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. At least 40 kilometers of concreted rural roads have been turned over to villages by Mayor Amante including the Tiniwisan barangay road (above). He is flanked by Tiniwisan Barangay Chairman Demetrio Tabelon during the 1.3 – kilometer brgy. road’s inauguration last month. Photo by Diana Generalao
By PAT SAMONTE BUTUAN City––Stressing his focus on rural development, Amante said in his State of the City Address that 40 kilometers of concreted roads had already been turned over to the barangays the latest of which he inaugurated last month in Barangay Tiniwisan with a length of 1.3 kilometers. Set to be officially opened
are the cemented roads in Barangays Agusan Pequeño and Pagatpatan, he said. In consonance with his administration’s support for organic farming and his call for the establishment of ORGANIC GULAYAN in rural areas, Amante said 36 barangays are now into organic vegetable farming where natural farming technology system trainings HEALTH | page 9