San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Rony Molina shared the town's best practice on administrative governance during the Development Talk (DevTalk) organized by Department of Interior and Local Governance (DILG) 6 held at the Central Philippine University, Iloilo City recently.

It was learned that San Jose de Buenavista is hailed “Best Performing Municipality for 1st-3rd Class Municipality Category” in the DILG's Excellence in Governance (EXCELL) Award on Administrative Governance since 2010 and was recently awarded the Seal of Good Housekeeping.

Molina said before his audience that the key to San Jose’s success in administrative governance are its roadmap of development and the leadership and peoples’ participation.

DevTalk was a showcase of the gains of DILG’s advocacy for transparency and accountability in local governance.

This year's theme is “Strengthening the Journey of Biyaheng Pinoy: Tapat na Palakad, Bayang Maunlad." 

The DevTalk was part of the celebration of the 21years of the Local Government Code organized by the DILG in partnership with Gesellschaft für Zusammenarbeit and the Canadian Urban Institute.

With the DevTalk were the Regional Land Use Forum, awarding ceremony for the Regional Winners of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi and the launching of the Western Visayas Local Governance Resource Consortium.*