Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong gave a tour of Baguio’s Smart City Command Center to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-CAR) delegation headed by Regional Director Susan Sumbeling and Assistant Regional Director Stephanie Christiansen on June 15, 2021. Mayor Magalong informed the delegation that the Command Center shall use the Smart City System, the… Read more »
The Regional Research, Development, and Innovation Committee (RRDIC), a support committee under the Regional Development Council (RDC), recently launched two research and development (R&D) programs, namely, the Program Boondock: A Mountain Engineering Center Towards Sustainable Infrastructure and Upland Water Security (Program Boondock); and, Ensuring Water Security and Climate Resilience for mountain Indigenous Communities of the… Read more »
BENGUET – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-CAR) joined the Commission on Higher Education (CHED-CAR) along with the state universities and colleges (SUCs), private higher education institutions (HEIs), and some regional line agencies (RLAs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in the ribbon cutting and opening ceremony of the Cordillera Gems Exhibit held last… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR) expressed its strong support for the proposed amendment of Republic Act (RA) 9176 to remove the deadline for the application of agricultural free patents and further ease the application process during its meeting on June 10, 2021. Republic Act 9176 sets the deadline for the filing… Read more »
The Cordillera Regional Development Council Development Administration (RDC-DevAd) Committee chaired by DILG-CAR OIC-Regional Director Araceli San Jose met on May 27 to discuss the implementation of the Committee’s work plan for 2021. Among the activities is a Jingle making contest in support to the “Disiplina Muna” National Advocacy Campaign which aims to activate the real… Read more »
The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR), during its meeting held last June 10, 2021 approved a resolution of support to the RDC of Region XI in urging the National Task Force on Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG) and… Read more »
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 »
