City accredits seven more local organizations

Mayor Benjamin Magalong ratified several city council measures approving the accreditation of various local groups in response to the city government’s Notice of Call for Accreditation.

Resolution nos. 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, and 437, all of 2022, approves the accreditations of Seven Seven Hundred Seven Association of Baguio City Inc.; 7-700-7 Livingstone Communities Credit Cooperative; Community Local Travelers and Tours Transport Service Cooperative; SLU-Extension Institute for Small Scale Industries Foundation Inc.; Cooperative Union of Baguio City and Luzon; Media for Sports Development Association Inc.; and the Baguio-Benguet Market Plaza Cooperative Multipurpose Entrepreneurs Multipurpose Cooperative, respectively.

The august body’s committee on appropriations and finance, cluster C, in its 2nd indorsement dated 14 Sept. 2022, found applicants to have sufficiently submitted and compliant with all the requirements of the law and recommended their accreditation.

The accreditations were made pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations; and pertinent Department of the Interior and Local Government memorandum circulars.

The resolutions state that the organizations are now eligible for selection as members to the city’s local special bodies in accordance with law.

The organizations are also directed to submit to the city council their annual accomplishment reports and financial statements on or before the 20th day of January of every year. – Gaby B. Keith