The Department of the Interior and Local Government-7 is now a safety seal-certified establishment—the first government office in Cebu City—following the inspection and conferment of the certification today, June 25.
During the conferment activity, DILG-7 Director Leocadio Trovela and LGCDD Chief Maria Thelya Oporto received the Safety Seal Certification from the DILG Cebu City Team headed by its chairman, Cebu City Director Atty.
Ian Kenneth Lucero and its members Cebu City Police Office City Director PCOL Josefino Ligan and Bureau of Fire Protection Cebu City Director F/CINSP Josephus Alburo who was represented by FINSP Asraf Grar.
Lucero said the DILG-7 office has complied with all the requirements stipulated in the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 21-01 of DILG, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Health, Department of Tourism, and Department of Trade and Industry, specifically the Safety Seal Certification Checklist.
In his acceptance message, Trovela said the certification serves as recognition that the office abides by the minimum public health standards.
“This is the start of the massive inspection of the thousands of government offices like barangay halls, national government agencies, and other public establishments by our DILG teams. This is not an easy task,” he said.
During the short program, Atty. Gerlyn Sayson, regional focal person, gave a short rationale of the Safety Seal Certification Program of the government.
Sayson mentioned that the main purpose of Safety Seal Certification program is to increase the compliance of private and public establishments to the strict implementation of public health standards and increase consumer confidence as the country reopens the economy.