Representatives of government agencies at the national, regional and local level gathered recently in Banaue, Ifugao, to participate in the Regional Conference on Culture and Arts in the Proposed Autonomous Region of the Cordillera. The conference, conducted on 13 October, aimed to strengthen the practice and promotion of culture and arts in the Cordillera Region,… Read more »

RDC Cordillera approves master plans for three river basins
The RDC CAR, in its 4th quarter meeting on 15 November 2017in Bangued, Abra, approved the Integrated Management and Development Master Plans for the Abra, Agno and Cagayan River Basins and endorsed these to the DENR for adoption and implementation. These plans support the region’s role as the Watershed Cradle of North Philippines. As articulated… Read more »

NEDA-CAR conducts Economic and Financial Literacy Forum
To celebrate this year’s Economic and Financial Literacy Week, NEDA-CAR conducted the Economic and Financial Literacy Forum on November 11 at the DOH-CAR Regional Training Center in Baguio City. Participants included representatives from 17 regional line agencies, students and teachers of four universities in Baguio City, 7 media outfits, and members of the informal sector… Read more »

4th leg of the concert-forum engages Ifugao youth
Governor Pedro G. Mayam-o welcoming the students. IFSU-Aguinaldo Band singing their hearts out and Project Jon Band performing before an eager and ecstatic Ifugao crowd LAMUT, IFUGAO – A number of college students from different municipalities in Ifugao were treated to an entertaining and informative concert-forum on Cordillera autonomy last October 12 at the Luis… Read more »

NEDA-CAR emphasizes the role of reliable statistics in development
“Know the story behind the numbers”. This was the challenge of Ms. Carmel Matabang, Chief Economic Development Specialist of NEDA-CAR, to the participants of the National Statistics Month Closing Program held on October 28 at the University of the Philippines Baguio. She represented Director Milagros Rimando who chairs the Cordillera Regional Statistics Committee (RSC) In… Read more »