Angeles City Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin Jr. has been named the Top 5 Mayor in Central Luzon by the  𝗥𝗣-𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗰. (𝗥𝗣𝗠𝗗), a non-government organization which spearheaded the independent and non-commissioned performance appraisal survey, which revealed that Lazatin garnered a 78.92% appraisal rating.