Edsa highlights achievements in Soca

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Mayor Edwin Santiago took to report on the accomplishments of his administration over the weekend in his State of the City Address at the Laus Group Event Centre.

The event was attended by 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, city officials and the newly elected barangay and Sangguang Kabataan officials of this capital city.

Santiago highlighted the achievements of his administration in the field of social equity, economic development and governance of the city.

The mayor said that his administration was keen on the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program. He added that his administration had also funded the construction of buildings for senior high school students as well as subsidies senior and junior high school students.

Santiago also said that there are now 10, 000 registered businesses in the city as of 2017. He added that for 2017, the city’s income reached P1.376 billion, some P720 million of which are locally generated.

“We have allocated P460 million for social services in 2017,” Sa n t i a g o added, stressing that P266 million was allocated for social services.

Under Santiago’s term, the city was awarded the ISO 9001:2015 by the Anglo Japanese American Registrars Incorporated. The city was also awarded the Top 1 Most Business Friendly City by the Manila Times.

Santiago also led the oath taking of the new bar angay and Sangguniang Kabataan of the city urging them to lead in the development of their barangays and help support the city’s programs and initiatives in their respective areas.