Region XII recorded the highest compliance rate in the recent nationwide Subaybayan ang Proyektong Bayan (SubayBayan) update, leading other regions in the compliance ranking provided by the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Central Office. 

The Region reached a 95 percent compliance rate based on the SubayBayan portal as of August 25, 2020, the Department’s latest report. This equates to a 13 percent increase from its previous 82 percent compliance rate last July 2020 when it placed second among other regions.

Undersecretary Marivel C. Sacendoncillo, CESO III confirmed the said report through a Memorandum signed last September 18, 2020, which was made available to DILG XII earlier this week.  

Other regions with the highest compliance rates include Regions I and III with 93 percent and Region IX with 87 percent. Region I topped the list in the July 2020 compliance ranking.

The SubayBayan compliance rate refers to the conformance of local government units in encoding and updating project profiles, milestones, and physical and financial accomplishments of local projects in the Subaybayan Portal, which were subsidized by the national government through its Local Government Support Fund (LGSF).

“I hope that this new success will inspire our LGUs to continue their efforts for government transparency and accountability, and may this also motivate them to continue serving their communities, especially in this time of crisis when their constituents will need government support the most,” said DILG XII Regional Director Josephine Cabrido-Lesya, CESO III as she extended her gratitude to the LGUs.

SubayBayan serves as the Department’s official platform to monitor the status of locally-funded projects across the country to promote transparency in government projects and accountability in LGUs.