A Bully-Free Christmas at San Jose Del Monte

Team Robes finally kicks-off the holiday season and culminates with the lighting of the San Jose Del Monte Christmas Tree. Congresswoman Rida and mayor Arthur Robes graced the ceremony together with City administrator Dr. Dennis Booth, city council and barangay officials.

Along with this year's theme, a bully free Christmas, San Jose Del Monte set up a 20ft. high Christmas tree filled up with pink bells, symbolizes the arrival of the season to proclaim the birth of Christ at the city hall plaza.

Congresswoman Rida and mayor Arthur Robes are very happy to celebrate and shower the love with their fellow San Josenos. They also had a bazaar that feature San Josenos cooperative.

Tanglawan ambassadors, Starstrucks season 7 final four, Kim De Leon, Shayne Sava, Allen Ansay Lexi Gonzales and Eat Bulaga Bae, Joel Palencia also joined the festivity.

San Jose Del Monte passed the 2019 Seal of the Good Local Governance

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) formally awarded 63 units  (LGUs) of local government include Bataan, Bulacan and Tarlac.

Mayor Arthur Robes is very happy that finally they have the Seal of Good Local Governance after the long wait. This is another achievements to all San Josenos and it proved that mayor Arthur and his team are pursuing the good governance in San Jose Del Monte. Watch out for more projects as he aims to be recognize as the "Highly Urbanize City" soon.

What is Seal of Good Local Governance?

According to DILG, SGLG is a mechanism which aims to gauge the performance of LGUs and thereafter provide incentives to the awardees through monetary grants."

SGLG has seven areas for assessment namely Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, Social Protection, Peace and Order, Business Friendliness and Competitiveness, Environmental Management, and Tourism, Culture and the Arts. LGUs must pass these seven areas for them to be worthy of the seal.

Congratulations to mayor Arthur Robes and to all San Josenos!!!