BAGUIO CITY – NEDA Secretary and Chief planning and development adviser for the President, Ernesto Pernia, committed to include the draft Cordillera Organic Act as one of the priority bills under the President’s Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on February 7, 2019, during the Cordillera stakeholders’ meeting. Secretary Pernia heads the secretariat to the LEDAC continue reading : NEDA chief supports Cordi autonomy
Regional Identity – Autonomy advocate Gary Pekas of the Mountain Province LGU engages with the campus journalists from various higher education institutions in the region during the 20th Regional Higher Education Press Conference. BAGUIO CITY – CHED coordinated with NEDA-CAR to bring the message of Cordillera autonomy to higher education institution campus journalists during the continue reading : NEDA and CHED challenge youth in regional Press Con
Progress for All – DSWD and NEDA, as members of the Regional Development Council, help raise awareness of Cordillera autonomy as the best option for the region to achieve sustainable development. BAGUIO – DSWD held the “Strengthening Community Participation in Local Development” activity last October 3 where barangay officials from Sadanga, Mountain Province, Tinoc, Ifugao continue reading : NEDA and DSWD bring message of autonomy towards federalism to grassroots
Consultation – Members of the ConCom answered queries from Cordillera officials and elders about the proposed draft for a Federal Constitution which will be submitted to President Duterte early July before his SONA. BAGUIO CITY – The Constitutional Commission to review the 1987 Constitution (ConCom) held a public consultation with Cordillerans last June 26. The continue reading : ConCom highlights Cordillera autonomy
BAGUIO CITY – “It is mandated in our Constitution that there should be an autonomous region in the Cordilleras. As long as that mandate is there, we will keep pursuing autonomy”, so spoke Atty. Delmar Cariño, as he gave a lecture on Cordillera Autonomy during the 2017 Regional Assembly: Performance Review and Team Building Activities continue reading : Autonomy first towards federalism possible and ideal – Atty. Cariño
RDC Vice-chair and NEDA Regional Director Milagros Rimando updates participants of the new timeline to achieve autonomy by 2019, and the consensus among CAR leaders to pursue autonomy first towards federalism. BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR) through NEDA-CAR on February 20-21, 2017 continued to banner the ‘autonomy first towards federalism’ slogan continue reading : RDC retrains IEC speakers on autonomy and federalism
QUEZON CITY, MANILA – Two consecutive “Cordillera Leaders’ Forum” culminated in gaining a unified stand among CAR chief executives to pursue autonomy first before federalism. Said meetings were convened by the RDC-CAR on January 24 and 31 at Batasan Complex as follow through of the meeting with OPAPP Sec. Jesus Dureza where he manifested to continue reading : Consensus reached among CAR leaders to pursue autonomy first before federalism
[apss_share networks=’facebook, twitter, google-plus, email, print’] The Regional Development Council (RDC)- CAR, through its Social Preparation of CAR into an Autonomous Region (SPCAR) Program, spearheaded a two- day Stakeholders’ Conference on Autonomy and Federalism last May 30-31, 2016 at the Hotel Elizabeth, Baguio City. The conference aimed to enhance the understanding of autonomy stakeholders on continue reading : Cordillera Stakeholders convene, talks on autonomy and federalism underscored