Mr. Francis Likigan and Prof. Greg Taag in partnership with NEDA-CAR through the Social Preparation of CAR into an Autonomous Region (SPCAR) program gathered church leaders and Sangguniang Kabataan officials from the province of Benguet for an Information, Education and Communication (IEC) forum on Cordillera Autonomy held at Wangal, La Trinidad last May 31, 2021.… Read more »
The Cordillera Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) spearheaded the conduct of a series of Provincial Levelling Sessions to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-CAR) facilitated the four legs: May 19 in Abra; May 20 in Apayao and… Read more »
Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) for CAR and Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar reported the top 5 accomplishments of the Duterte administration in the region in today’s Regional Pre-SONA Series for the Cordillera held at the Baguio Convention Center and mainstreamed live through Facebook. These major accomplishments are, (1) improved regional poverty… Read more »
On May 20, the Cordillera Regional Development Council Infrastructure Development Committee (RDC-INFRACOM) chaired by DPWH-CAR Regional Director Khadaffy Tanggol, met to review the status of Infrastructure projects in the region. The committee recommended the Masallong Foot Bridge project in Tocucan, Mt. Province for RDC endorsement to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process… Read more »
The Cordillera Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC), led by NEDA OIC-Regional Director Stephanie Christiansen, inspected two slope protection projects in Kennon Road last May 12, 2021. The two projects were reported to be substantially completed ahead of schedule thus these were selected by the RPMC to derive good practices for achieving positive slippages. Construction Division… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY – The Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC) Alert Mechanism flagged 76 delayed projects in the 1st quarter of 2021. This was presented during its meeting last April 21. The RPMC which is mandated to oversee the implementation of programs/projects in the region, instituted the RPMC alert mechanism as the basis for project inspection… Read more »
In a virtual meeting on March 18, Congressmen Mark Go of Baguio City and Maximo Dalog, Jr. of Mountain Province convened the House of Representatives Committee on Local Government technical working group (TWG) on the proposed bills establishing the Autonomous Region of the Cordillera. The CAR Congressmen invited officials, resource persons and legal experts from… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council endorsed the budgets of the regional line agencies (RLAs), their attached agencies, and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for fiscal year 2022 on March 18 during the 1st quarter full council meeting. The budgets were reviewed during the Regional Budget Consultation for FY 2022 by the Regional… Read more »
