Talisay, Pilar win presidential awards for being child-friendly

CEBU, Philippines - Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez will receive the Presidential Awards for the city after it was chosen as one of the child-friendly cities and municipalities in the region for 2012.

Pilar town in Camotes Island has also been named a child-friendly town.

Both Talisay and Pilar will represent Cebu in the national search for the most child-friendly municipalities and cities.

Talisay City will also receive P50,000 as prize.

“We would like to invite you and your City Social Welfare and Development Officer to share this joyful occasion with us and receive your cash prize of P50,000 and child friendly seal as the regional winner under the component city category of the search,” the letter from DSWD-region VII read. 

Aside from Talisay City, the Presidential Awards for Child Friendly Cities and Municipalities will also be given to Bohol (1st-3rd class municipality category) and Pilar in Camotes, Island, Cebu (4th-6th class category).

Pilar was also included in the national finals last year while this is Talisay City’s first nomination.

Last October 13, both local government units were recognized by the Cebu Provincial Government, through the Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children, for this feat.

Talisay City also emerged as the top-placer in the provincial level for the component city category.

However, despite being a consistent regional and provincial winner in the past years, the municipality of Pilar was outdone by the municipality of Oslob, which won in the fourth to sixth-class municipality category in the province search.   (FREEMAN)