The Ilocos Times

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter PAOAY, Ilocos Norte—A brand new pay loader, mini-back hoe and a tractor were the new equipment the municipal government here recently acquired. Paoay mayor Jessie Galano said they acquired those through a soft loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in support of the agri-modernization program of the government. According to Mr. Galano, the municipal government acquired the pay loader and mini-back hoe for a total of PHP13.4 million, while they obtained the tractor obtained from the Department of Agriculture. The mayor said this is a dream come true for the zanjera groups here as they had been longing for serviceable heavy equipment. “There had been other suggestions on what to purchase on our existing loan with the LBP but our farmers need the new farm equipment most,” Mr. Galano said citing the town’s old pay loader is damaged and they have yet to repair it. Attended by

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter Paoay, Ilocos Norte —The multi-awarded Paoay municipal government garnered high ratings in the Citizen’s Satisfaction Index System (CSIS). CSIS measures citizens’ satisfaction on the basic services of the government. The eight basic services in the index are health, education, governance and response, infrastructure and public works, social services, environment, tourism and agriculture. Conducted by the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), the CSIS is a tool designed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to measure the satisfaction rates of the people to the LGU on the eight basic services. Garnering an overall satisfaction rating of 92% from the 150 respondents, Paoay residents expressed full satisfaction with the basic services rendered to them by the municipal government. MMSI selected the respondents randomly. The respondents underwent a face-to-face interview. Experts from the MMSU clarifi