DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 15 (PIA) -- The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte retained its place as the 2nd Overall Most Competitive Province in the entire country on the recently concluded awarding ceremony during the 9th Regional Competitiveness Summit yesterday, December 14, 2021, organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
There are 81 provinces in the country which are included in the roll of candidates for competitiveness ranking set by the DTI. The Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte got the same rank in 2020 this year placing in the second rank after the Province of Rizal in Region IV-A as the 1st placer and followed by the Province of Camiguin in Region 10.
The said award was among the citations received by the Provincial Government of Davao Del Norte under Governor Edwin I. Jubahib's administration following its Most Business-Friendly (MBF) Province Award in 2019, and the Best in Government Covid-19 Pandemic Response Award awarded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) during the Digital Governance Awards 2021.
Other local government units in Davao Del Norte also received awards during the said event.
The City Government of Tagum received the 3rd rank as the Overall Most Competitive Component City. It also got the 1st rank in Government Efficiency, 2nd rank in Resiliency, and 4th rank in Infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the Municipality of San Isidro was awarded as the 1st place as the Most Improved 5-6 Class Municipality and the City Government of Panabo as the 8th place in Resiliency Pillar under the Component Cities Category.
The ‘Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index’ is an annual rating of cities and municipalities by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC), through Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs), which is based on the sum of their Economic Dynamism scores, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, and Resiliency. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr.)
DIGOS CITY, Mar. 31 (PIA) – Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Aldrin A. Darilag has formally proclaimed Dr. Augie E. Fuentes as the first president of the Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) in the investiture rites held recently at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City. Dr. Fuentes has been appointed as DSSC president in 2020, but her appointment was made formal only last March 17 due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The formal proclamation highlighted the institute’s accomplishments ever since they started as a state college, and not anymore as a sister campus of the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) of Malita in Davao Occidental. “Actually I would say that we are fortunate. Though we are young, though we are still around two-years old from the time we were launched, I say we are fortunate because we did not start from zero. We were a campus of SPAMAST such that there wer...
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