Siquijor Gov. Orlando Fua has been nominated for the Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence launched by the Local Government Development Foundation to recognize the best performing local officials in the country.

The criteria for the selection is based on the following: accountability, responsiveness, management innovation, public-private sector partnership, local government-citizen participation, decentralized management, networking and human resource management, a press release from the awarding committee said. Mayor Richard Quezon and Barangay Captain Peck Cortes, both from Siquijor town, were also nominated for the same award under the mayor and barangay captain categories.

The awarding rites will be on December 9 at the Manila Hotel, the press release added.*

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