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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is deferring its 2025 Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB) incentives program.
The DILG previously announced that the 2025 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), its incentives program for city, municipal and provincial government units, was being deferred to give way to changes to the initiative’s mechanics.
“The 2025 SGLGB assessment is deferred to support the transition toward a unified, strategic and outcome-based performance system that will cover both barangay and higher-level local government units (LGUs),” the DILG said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The new system will also follow a term-based approach, which means barangays will be given enough time to show real changes before they are assessed. The DILG wants to make sure the program is fair, realistic and encourages lasting improvements,” it added.
It aimed to issue the new guidelines for the barangays and LGUs within the year.
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The SGLGB was launched nationwide in 2023.
According to the DILG, 41,610 barangays participated in the program’s 2024 edition, with 3,283 of them qualifying as “national passers” eligible to receive incentives from their respective provinces, municipalities and cities. /das