LGUs get P100-M from capitol

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The provincial government has provided some P100-million for the local government units (LGUs) in the province to finance various priority development projects. 

Governor Lilia Pineda, the other day, led the distribution of priority development funds to the local mayors with their local finance officers. 

Each municipality received at least P5-million to ensure the continuity of infrastructure development down to the  barangay level.

Pineda believed that the local chief executives are in the best position to identify priority projects needed by the residents in their respective municipality. 

 “Each mayor knows best what is needed for their respective areas thus; we are letting them choose the projects needed to be prioritized and funded,” Pineda stressed.

She has been supportive with the local government units, in fact, since she became governor, the mayors were regularly receiving development funds from the provincial government. 

Governor Pineda explained that infrastructure development in the municipal level would also inure to the benefit and improvement of the province in general.