Honasan advocates FOI in MindaComm Congress

Sen. Gregorio Honasan II, Chairman of the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, presented the salient features of the Freedom of Information Bill during the Mindanao Communicators Congress and Workshop on November 29, 2012. Participants of the said congress were government information...

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SP approves 2013 City Budget

                During their regular session on November 7, 2013, the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Tacurong approved Ordinance No. 11 Series of 2012 or An Ordinance Appropriating an Amount of 343, 531, 335 pesos for the Annual Budget of the City of Tacurong for Calendar Year 2013.  The ordinance was...

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LGU new entrants undergo orientation

           Newly hired permanent and casual employees of the City Government of Tacurong undergone an orientation-workshop on November 13-15, 2012 at the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) Hall. Eighteen new entrants from different departments participated in the...

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Committee evaluates Tacurong for Local Legislation Award

               The Provincial Award Committee of the Local Legislative Award evaluated the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Tacurong on November 8, 2012.                 The Local Legislative...

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Aboitiz Foundation facilitates school infra rehabilitation

            Pupils of San Rafael Elementary School are now happier with their newly rehabilitated comfort rooms. Thanks to Aboitiz Foundation, pupils of one of Tacurong’s most distant barangays can now enjoy a more sanitary abode. Aboitiz Foundation representatives Theodore...

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DepEd-Tacurong trains campus journalists

   The City Schools Division of Tacurong conducted the annual Division Training for School Paper Advisers and Campus Writers on October 30-31, 2012 at the Tacurong City Pilot Elementary School Gymnasium. Over four hundred budding journalists from public and private elementary and secondary schools in the city were involved in the two-day...

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Over 1,000 join Tacurong’s 5th Limpyo Kalog activity

www.pia.gov.ph TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, Oct 31 (PIA) -- More than a thousand people joined the city government here in the latest massive cleanup of the drainage canals dubbed "Limyo Kalog". Already on its fifth year, the cleanup drive held last Friday gathered young and adult participants from...

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Montilla to youth leaders: Be involved in child protection endeavors

Mayor. Lina O. Montilla delivered her State of the Children’s Report during the opening of the 1st Konsultahan ng mga Kabataan on October 29, 2012. She shared the city government’s accomplishments that include programs for Children in Conflict with Law (CICL), the Gender and Development Code, early...

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TACEA joins 7th PSEAS Sportsfest

             The Tacurong City Employees’ Association (TACEA) was among the twenty-four local government unions that participated in the 7th Public Sector Employees Alliance of SOCSKSARGEN (PSEAS) Sports Fest held in Polomolok, South Cotabato on October 25-27, 2012....

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Senators urge local execs to institutionalize PESO

(October 24, 2012) Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Teofisto Guingona III urged the local chief executives to put on their priority lists the creation of employment service officers in their Local Government Units (LGU). Speaking in front of more than 700 Public Employment Service Officers (PESO)...

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Tacurong is Mindanao's best-performing city in local governance

       Of the five cities selected as national finalists for this year’s Gawad Pamana ng Lahi of the Department of Interior and Local Government, only Tacurong managed to join an elite group composed of cities all coming from Luzon.        Tacurong, the only city finalist from Mindanao, together...

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LGU Tacurong recognizes best-performing barangays using DILG’s SGH criteria

          Lending credence to the national government’s commitment of elevating the practice of good governance, the city government of Tacurong brings to the barangays the Good Housekeeping initiative pioneered by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).          ...

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Tacurong OSYs celebrate Children’s Month

            October 15, 2012 was a day of happiness and empowerment as hundreds of out-of-school youths (OSYs) and Pag-Asa Youth Association (PYA) Officers from different barangays of Tacurong gathered to celebrate the Children’s Month. The affair was sponsored by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO)....

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DILG names Tacurong as National Gawad Pamana ng Lahi finalist

        The LGU-Tacurong family was elated when a letter from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) dated October 15, 2012 informed Mayor Lina O. Montilla that the city had been shortlisted among the Top 5 National Gawad Pamana ng Lahi (GPL) finalists for the City category. Mayor Montilla was invited for...

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Brgy. Councils hold simultaneous assemblies, exhibit transparency

Barangays in the City of Tacurong simultaneously held their 2nd Barangay Assemblies for the year 2012 on October 14 pursuant to Malacañang Proclamation No. 260. Residents of each barangay were invited to actively participate in the said activity that serves as a strategic move in the promotion of transparent leadership in communities. During...

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SUKELCO consults members on CapEx, RPT

The Sultan Kudarat Electric Cooperative, Inc. or SUKELCO had been very keen in updating Multi-Sectoral Electrification Advisory Councils (MSEACs) on the proposed Recovery of Real Property Tax (RPT) and Additional Reinvestment Fund for Sustainable Capital Expenditures (RSF-CapEx) for CapEx Projects. On October 11, the said department met with...

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NSCB: Tacurong has least poverty incidence in the region

         The National Statistical Coordination Board or NSCB had released the results of its 2003 and 2009 Municipal/City Poverty Statistics. Region XII results show that the City of Tacurong had 18.5 percent poverty incidence, the lowest among all cities and municipalities in the region for the survey year of 2009. This means that...

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SK voters should register anew

           The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) reminded the youth who registered and voted during the 2010 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections should register anew so that they may be able to vote in the May 13, 2013 national and local elections.            ...

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