Tagbilaran City receives award from GCash
This infographic the virtual recognition rites of the GCASH Digital Excellence Awards 2021 on Dec. 1, 2021 where Tagbilaran City was one of the top winners. Contributed photo
The Coronavirus disease (Covid) pandemic impacted every aspect of our lives. One of the impacts is the inevitability of people to shift to contactless, digital transactions in order to prevent the spread of the virus while fulfilling their daily chores especially paying their bills.
The City Government of Tagbilaran had to do something in order to make payment contactless in the face of the pandemic.
The Office of the City Treasurer looked for ways to reach out to its clients amidst the pandemic, and one of these ways was the adoption of online payments services in collaboration with mobile e-wallet solution GCash.
Tagbilaran City has been successful in the integration of various financial transactions with the use of online platforms like GCash.
In recognition of the various institutions and organizations‘ extraordinary work to lift the lives of every Filipino, GCash honored its partners in the first-ever Digital Excellence Awards 2021.
The awards are gestures of a fitting recognition given to local government units and government agencies that paved the way for the uplifting of people’s lives especially of their constituents and clients by using digital financial products to help ensure safe financial transactions.
Now, with more than 51 million active subscribers using GCash, Filipinos can safely and conveniently pay their bills, send money, shop, save, and invest on the mobile e-wallet.
GCash has become the leading financial platform but it acknowledges that this would not have been possible without partnership with various stakeholders, especially the public sector.
The Excellence in Digital Public Service Award is a citation for public institutions that contributed to the growth of the cashless ecosystem in the Philippines by providing their stakeholders access to digital payment solutions. The awards recognize institutions or sectors that partnered with GCash in creating effective ecosystem to improve the lives of their constituents.
City Mayor John Geesnell Yap II in his message thanked the technical assistance of GCASH to the City Government.
“On behalf of the City Government of Tagbilaran, I am truly honored to receive the GCash Excellence in Digital Ecosystem Innovation, we are grateful to GCash for recognizing the efforts of Tagbilaran City in accelerating the city’s migration to electronic payments. Today our clients can pay their taxes, fees, and bills at the comfort of their homes or offices 24/7 in just one tap. Thank you GCash and AsensoPaMore!”
Tagb’s TCLCDU provides assistance to women’s groups in the 15 brgys.
Tagbilaran City Livelihood and Community Development Unit (TCLCDU) top officer, Adelfa Salutan, is shown in the photo conducting the Dec. 7, 2021 class session during the Financial Management training for the Women’s Association of Poblacion II,. Contributed photo
Aside from helping the marginalized women in the city, the Tagbilaran City Livelihood and Community Development Unit (TCLCDU) has a program that aims to educate and train community-based associations in all the city’s 15 barangays.
Currently, the TCLCDU is conducting training sessions among the members of a women association in barangay Poblacion II.
TCLCDU head Adelfa Salutan conducted a financial management workshop, while Dr. Jean Efieda Cirunay taught lessons in values orientation.
Last month, another set of beneficiaries were also trained in dressmaking and tailoring. Salutan said the 1st batch of trainees are already set to operate the garments manufacturing hub.
The 2nd batch of trainees is now under the guidance of the trainers from Bohol Island State University (BISU) led by Jo-ann Ingking, Amethyst Lloren, and Nicole Louisse Faustor.
Salutan shared that aside from the skills trainings, the beneficiaries are also provided with social preparatory trainings on values formation, responsible parenting, reproductive health, gender sensitivity and development, and financial literacy and management. Mentors from the partner institution – University of Bohol (UB), conducted the series of trainings.
The skills training will be handled by institutional partners BISU and Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA).