BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera Great Traverse (CGT) 2015 Team has discussed the expedition they will undertake in April 2015 in a meeting with the local and regional officials on September 18. The attendees agreed that the CGT Team shall first meet with the governors of each province and the Baguio City Mayor to identify the trails… Read more »
Cordillera Great Traverse 2015 coordinates with local and regional officials
BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera Great Traverse (CGT) 2015 Team has discussed the expedition they will undertake in April 2015 in a meeting with the local and regional officials on September 18. The attendees agreed that the CGT Team shall first meet with the governors of each province and the Baguio City Mayor to identify the trails… Read more »
DepED-CAR to hold seminar-orientation on regional autonomy
DepED-CAR, in partnership of the Regional Development Council (RDC) through the Social Preparation of CAR into an Autonomous Region (SPCAR), will hold a seminar-orientation on regional autonomy on the Saturdays of October and November in its division offices in the region. The series of seminars will commence in Baguio on October 4. It will be… Read more »
INAPPROPRIATE PLANNING STANDARDS: The Case of the Roxas Law and the Cordillera Region
One reason for the insufficient budget for school buildings allotted to the region is the implementation of Republic Act No. 7880, also known as the Fair and Equitable Access to Education Act, or the Roxas Law. The law, authored by then Senator Mar Roxas, was signed in 1995. It sought to establish an objective mechanism… Read more »
“Walking the Talk”: The Story of Mars Abela – Veteran Volunteer (NOVA 2010)
He is a silent, soft-spoken man, the type who would not initiate a conversation just to kill time. But once you engage him in conversation, especially if the topic pertains to agriculture, cooperativism or volunteerism, you would see his face light up and he would start talking animatedly and passionately. A volunteer for 25 years… Read more »
BLISTT conducts executive course on Inter-Local Cooperation
“Inter-local cooperation looks at spatial dimension as an economic space where development planning can be exercised rationally. It goes beyond political jurisdiction and broadens political accountability”. This was how Dr. Gaudioso Sosmeña, former DILG Asst. Secretary for Local Government and the Founding Executive Director of the Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF), described in gist what… Read more »
Autonomy advocates warned on possible misuse of resources
by Harley Palangchao Baguio Midland Courier, Sept. 7, 2014 House Speaker Sonny Belmonte Jr. commends the efforts of Cordillera legislators and the Regional Development Council’s quest for autonomy saying that this is a manifestation of the readiness of the peoples of CAR to govern their own political affairs and to receive its fair share from… Read more »
BLISTT Mayors approve outer ring circumferential road
BAGUIO CITY—To advance interconnectivity and boost local trade and tourism, the BLISTT Mayors have unanimously approved the proposal to develop the BLISTT outer circumferential road during their July 4 Governing Council Meeting. The outer ring is approximately 87 kilometers long and will roughly cost some Php 2.6 billion. It shall link the municipalities of Itogon,… Read more »
RDC-DSWD signs MOA to reach out to CCT beneficiaries in the autonomy campaign
The Regional Development Council recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the regional Department of Social Welfare and Development to reach out to the beneficiaries of the conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) in the region in its Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign on Cordillera Regional Autonomy. The CCT also known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program… Read more »
