Ormoc SP vies for legislative award

VICE Mayor Nepomuceno P. Aparis I is hopeful that the Ormoc Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will win the Local Legislative Award for 2011 after having been a finalist for the past two consecutive years. The award is given by the Department of Interior and Local Government, and Philippine Councilors League.

Aparis is pinning his hopes on the SP’s application of the Electronic Legislative Engine for Governance and Information Management Utility System which stores all records of resolutions and ordinances. “If you want to access ordinances since 1940s to present, you can have it in less than five minutes,” the vice-mayor quipped. 

The system also provides backup copy and comprehensive file of the city’s voluminous legislative codes, thus saving on paper. The system has been very useful especially during their sessions. “When we need to look up for an old ordinance, we just type the keyword in our laptops,” Aparis said.

The vice mayor proudly adds that Ormoc is the only local government in Region 8 utilizing such database. “Not to underestimate the other cities and municipalities, (but) Ormoc is the only city having this automated system in the SP,” he said. 

(West Leyte Weekly Express issue of May 28-Junr 3, 2012)