Pangasinan: The Country’s 4th Best Performing Province
Lingayen- - -Pangasinan scored anew as it recently climbed from its fifth position to number four top performing provinces in the country. B...

Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. earlier thanked the DILG led by the late Secretary Jesse M. Robredo for conferring Pangasinan one of the top ranks in the evaluation even as he said that the provincial government will continuously strive for excellence to attain its mission to be “number one” and to realize its vision to make the province “the best place to live, work, invest and raise a family.”
The Governor also commended the late DILG Secretary for serving as an inspiration for most Pangasinenses to achieve a clearer and cleaner perspective of genuine public service based on integrity and transparency. For 2011, the following are the top performing provincial, city and municipal governments with their corresponding LGPMS rankings: Provinces- Bohol (4.91); La Union (4.89); Cavite (4.88); Pangasinan (4.87); South Cotabato (4.864); Mountain Province (4.855); Albay (4.839); Bulacan (4.836); Rizal (4.832); and Ilocos Norte (4.828). Highly urbanized cities- San Juan City (4.9); Puerto Princesa City (4.88); Iloilo City (4.87); Valenzuela City (4.85); Makati City (4.819); Angeles City (4.816); Tacloban City (4.77); Quezon City (4.75); Taguig City (4.71); and Davao City (4.7). Component Cities- Laoag City (4.99); Naga City (4.93); Vigan City (4.91); Ligao City (4.917); Tagaytay City (4.87); Cabanatuan City (4.86); Dipolog City (4.83); Calamba City (4.82); San Fernando City, La Union (4.81); and La Carlota City (4.79). Municipalities- Ilagan, Isabela (4.92); Carmona, Cavite (4.9); Santol, La Union (4.89); Alimodian, Iloilo (4.883); San Mateo, Isabela (4.879); San Luis, Aurora (4.86); Surallah, South Cotabato (4.843); Maslog, Eastern Samar and New Lucena, Iloilo (4.839); Bacoor, Cavite (4.822); and San Gabriel, La Union (4.820). The LGPMS topnotchers do not only earn the distinction of being among the best performing LGUs but are also nominated in the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi, which is conferred to LGUs that advances the tenets of good governance based on certain criteria, including the LGPMS. The LGPMS is a self-assessment, management and development tool that enable local governments to determine their state of development using governance and development indicators.