Panabo City LGU one of few passers in DILG’S Davao child-friendly audit

DAVAO CITY—THE del Norte city of Panabo announced it was one of few local government units in the davao region that passed the 2021 Child-friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLG).

Panabo City said it was one of only nine towns in the region which passed the government audit chaired by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The city government got an overall rating of 85.74 percent.

Chareina Joy S. Lacuin, head of the City Social Welfare and Development Office and City Administrator Pedrito A. Misoles represented City Mayor Jose E. Relampagos in receiving the Certificate of Commendation from the DILG Region 11 in a ceremony at Ritz Hotel in Davao City.

Panabo City said it was one of only nine municipalities, from out of 42 in the Davao Region which passed the audit, a program to support the government commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The local government units (LGU) were rated according to the social services and intervention for the youth’s welfare.

Last week, Mayor Relampagos chaired a meeting among social welfare officers and parents of Children in Need of Special Protection (CNSP) at Mayor’s Conference at City Hall to discuss further assistance and intervention for the abused and neglected children.

The CNSP includes minors who are vulnerable, or victims of abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence, discrimination, brutality, armed conflict, domestic violence and other similar situations, and those children above 18 years old who are not capable of supporting themselves.

Meanwhile, the city held its first Inter Invitational Football Festival Tournament for children at risk and in conflict with the law on December 17 and 18 at the football ground in Panabo Multi-purpose Gym.

Lt. Col. Adelon M. Caacbay, acting chief of police, said the sporting event was intended to harness the energy of the youth and to divert them from crime.

The youth were formed into 20 teams while 741 individual football enthusiasts joined or witnessed the holding of the tournament.