TOP EMPLOYER. Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino III (third from left) and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. (fourth from left), together with other members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, present the award from the Pag-IBIG Fund to provincial government employees. Pag-IBIG Fund named Pangasinan as top employer in the government sector in North Luzon for its assistance and support to the agency's programs. (Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Pangasinan)
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) has recognized the provincial government of Pangasinan as top employer in the government sector in North Luzon.
Corina Joyce Calaguin, Pag-IBIG Fund Dagupan branch information officer, said the provincial government ranked number one for its assistance and support to Pag-IBIG Fund’s programs on membership, short-term loans, and remittances of members’ savings and loan amortization.
In a phone interview on Thursday, Calaguin said Pangasinan has 5,431 regular and job order employees with members’ savings remittances amounting to PHP11.9 million.
Calamity loan availment amounted to PHP8.49 million while multi-purpose loans totaled PHP23.62 million for its 1,041 members who availed of respective loans, she said.
Governor Amado Espino III attributed the award to the great efforts of all Pangasinan Provincial Capitol employees.
“The award reflects the hard work of all government officials and employees from the highest down to the lowest rank,” he said during the presentation of the award Monday.
The province was also cited “for its exceptional support and relentless services rendered to the Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP) in the successful and effective implementation of the Scouting Program in the province of Pangasinan” by the BSP. (PNA)
