BAGUIO CITY—The Regional Development Council (RDC) Full Council approved the resolution requesting the Oversight Committee of Congress to compel NCIP and DENR to issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Section 12 of Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 during their meeting, coordinated by NEDA-CAR, on October 8.… Read more »
TABUK, KALINGA—The Regional Development Council (RDC), through the Social Preparation of CAR into an Autonomous Region (SPCAR), conducted an information campaign on autonomy for the representatives of some municipalities of Kalinga at the Kalinga-Apayao State College Audio-Visual Centeron September 27, 2014. More than 150 youth, women, elders ad from the municipalities of Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil,… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY—The Regional Development Council has finally adopted the Declaration of Principles on Environmental Governance (DPEG) during Third Quarter Full Council meeting on October 8. Thirty of the 56 voting member of the RDC have approved the DPEG through a referendum facilitated by NEDA-CAR, the RDC’s secretariat. The RDC’s Executive Committee has endorsed DPEG for… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY—The Regional Development Council (RDC)-CAR, in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd)-CAR, has commenced the Information, Education, Communication (IEC) campaign on Cordillera autonomy for teachers, principals and superintendents of the Division of Baguio City on October 4. Mr. Ramon Dacawi discussed the history of the pursuit of the region towards autonomy. “When you… Read more »
● 3 out of 10 preschool children (aged 0-5 years old) and 3 out of 10 schoolchildren in CAR are short for their age. ● 6 out of 100 Cordillera pre-school children are overweight. ● About 2 out of 10 school-age children in CAR are underweight for their age, and 1 out of 10 school-age… Read more »
Recognizing the need to enhance the mainstreaming of Gender and Development (GAD) in the region’s development efforts, the RDC CAR approved during its Oct. 8 Full Council meeting the creation of a Support Committee on Gender and Development. Cutting across all sectors, the GAD Support Committee is tasked to focus on GAD issues and concerns… Read more »
An orientation on the provisions of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) conducted on Oct. 2, 2014 marked off the start of this year’s celebration of the National Indigenous Peoples’ Month. Atty. John Ray Libiran, former head of the NCIP-CAR, presented and explained the salient provisions of the IPRA to representatives of IP groups from… Read more »
The Cordillera Region ranked highest among all regions in terms of teen pregnancies, and the Cordillera Regional Development Council is bent on addressing this alarming concern. In its Executive Committee meeting held on October 2, 2014, the CAR RDC approved a resolution requesting DOH-CAR and POPCOM-CAR to strengthen intersectoral efforts to address the problem on… Read more »
