Governance
Since assuming his post in 2004, Mayor WIN has been steering Valenzuela toward major reforms. Just six months into his first term, he ended the city’s garbage woes and turned Valenzuela into an urban model of cleanliness. In the aftermath of the devastation of typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) in 2009, Valenzuela, with Mayor WIN at the helm, harnessed both public and private resources to become the first city in Metro Manila to clear its area of flood debris and rubbish. In a bid to rein in corruption and to improve public service, Mayor WIN has streamlined and simplified government transactions and integrated relevant technologies in government procedures. Improved tax collection, alongside a marked increase in taxpayers’ confidence in the local administration, has also led to a surge in city revenues. Income more than doubled from P900 million in 2004 to P2.1 billion in 2009.
Read more about this topic: Sherwin Gatchalian, Political Career
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