Manila – Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) Executive Director Consolacion Q. Agcaoili, together with the BLGF Central and Regional Office Directors and presidents and heads of the national and regional associations and leagues of local treasurers and assessors, discussed with Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto, the BLGF’s report on the local government unit (LGU) fiscal performance for fiscal years (FYs) 2022 and 2023, and the Bureau’s accomplishments, strategies, and projects, in a Command Conference with the Secretary of Finance, on February 12, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, at the Department of Finance (DOF) Podium Conference Room at the DOF Building, Manila.

Secretary Recto commended the BLGF and the local treasurers and assessors in its electronic Statement of Receipts and Expenditures (eSRE)/LGU Integrated Financial Tool (LIFT) System saying that the data sharing between the BLGF and local treasurers and assessors are working.

Further, the Secretary fully supports the BLGF’s proposal to create an overarching policy on information and communications technology (ICT) to simplify the LGUs’ electronic payment collection systems and promote the ease of doing business, in response to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s directive to digitize government processes.

The following are the heads of the national and regional associations of local treasurers and assessors who attended the meeting:
1. Mr. Raymund D. Salazar — President, Philippine Association of Local Treasurers and Assessors, Inc. (PHALTRA)
2. Atty. Regal M. Oliva — Executive Vice President, PHALTRA
3. Mr. Allan G. Valenciano — President, Provincial and City Treasurer’s Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PACTAP) and Provincial Treasurer of Northern Samar
4. Mr. Gener R. Sison — President, Philippine Association of Assessing Officers Inc. (PAAO)
5. Mr. Charlie F. Ilagan — President, Philippine Association of Municipal Assessors, Inc. (PAMAS)
6. Dr. Anthony Pulmano — President, Assessors and Treasurers Association of Metropolitan Manila (ASTRAMM) and Treasurer of Paranaque City
7. Mr. Alexander Dimaporo — Acting Regional Director of the BLGF BARMM Regional Office and President of the Municipal Treasurers and Assessors of the Philippines, Inc. (MUNTAP)
8. Ms. Lilian B. Agtulao — President, Regional Association of Treasurers and Assessors, Inc (REGATA) of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Municipal Treasurer of Bauko, Mountain Province
9. Ms. Josephine P. Calajate — President, REGATA of Region I and Provincial Treasurer of Ilocos Norte
10. Ms. Jessa May Macaballug — President, Cagayan Valley Association of Local Treasurers and Assessors, Inc. (CVALTA) of Region II and Municipal Treasurer of Santa Maria, Isabela
11. Ms. Flordeliza D. Cruz — President, Association of Local Treasurers and Assessors (ALTA) of Region III and Acting Municipal Treasurer of Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan
12. Ms. Rosario Marilou M. Uy — President, Association of Region IV-A Treasurers and Assessors (ARIVATAS), Inc. and Provincial Treasurer of Quezon
13. Mr. Elino P. Mondragon — President, REGATA MIMAROPA and Provincial Treasurer of Palawan
14. Mr. Jose Marlon S. Masinas — President, Bicol Federated League of Treasurers and Assessors (biFelTA) and Municipal Treasure of Libon, Albay
15. Atty. Amy Grace O. Bolivar — President, REGATA Region VI and Provincial Treasurer of Negros Occidental
16. Mr. Edsel Laguda — President, Association of Local Treasurers and Assessors (ALTA) of Region VII and Municipal Treasurer of San Fernando, Cebu
17. Mr. Enriqueto O. Portula — President, REGATA Region VIII and Provincial Assessor of Leyte
18. Mr. Vicente P. Desoy — President, ALTA Region IX and Provincial Assessor of Zamboanga del Norte
19. Mr. Roel H. Molo — President, REGATA Region X and Municipal Assessor of Kitaotao, Bukidnon
20. Ms. Merlina G. Caballero — President, REGATA Region XI and City Treasurer of Island Garden City of Samal
21. Mr. Marloun C. Gumbao — President, REGATA Region XII and City Treasurer of Koronadal City, South Cotabato
22. Engr. Jopher S. Tarre — President, REGATA Region XIII and Provincial Assessor of Dinagat Islands
23. Mr. Edgar Villanueva — City Treasurer of Quezon City
24. Ms. Amy Ruth Coloma — Municipal Treasurer of Pinili, Ilocos Norte