BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) started the month-long celebration of the 34th Founding Anniversary of the Cordillera Administrative Region with a region-wide tree-planting activity on July 1, 2021. A total of 4,965 seedlings were planted across the region for the opening of the celebration. The activity was led by Department of continue reading : Over 4,900 tree seedlings planted for the opening of the Cordillera Month Celebration
TUBLAY, BENGUET – Sacks of rice, seeds and planting materials, and food packs were turned over to eight barangays in Tublay last June 26. This started off from a private sector donation coursed through Regional Development Council Vice-Chair and NEDA-CAR Regional Director Milagros A. Rimando who then coordinated with other government agencies in the region continue reading : NEDA, DSWD, and DA turnover relief goods in Tublay
BANGUED, ABRA – The Cordillera Regional Development Council in its meeting on March 5 encouraged all regional government agencies, public and private schools, Civil Society Organizations in the region to actively participate in this year’s Cordillera Month celebration. With the theme “Innovative Cordillera: Prospering as One”, the Cordillera Regional Development Council Economic Development Sectoral Committee continue reading : RDC encourages region-wide participation in Cordillera Month
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Philip Tingonong of the Concerned Citizens of Abra for Good Government (CCAGG), as the new Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) Co-Chairman for 2019 to 2022. Tingonong is the first RDC-CAR Co-Chair in 7 years since Virgilio Bautista, who served from 2004 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2012. He is continue reading : Abrenian is new RDC-CAR Co-Chairman
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Congressmen and governors joined the Regional Development Budget Coordinating Committee (RDBCC) in the review of the Fiscal year 2021 budget proposals of Regional Line Agencies and State Universities and Colleges during the RDBCC Budget Consultation on February 27 and 28. With their participation in the consultation, Congressmen Solomon Chungalao of continue reading : Cordillera leaders tackle regional budgets
BAGUIO CITY – Two Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) committees refer to the lessons learned from the Chico River Pump Irrigation project to address the concerns on the proposed Ilocos Norte-Ilocos Sur-Abra Irrigation Project (INISAIP) that will source water from the Abra river. The Infrastructure Development Committee and the Watershed and Environmental Management Committee conducted continue reading : RDC Committees raise concerns about Abra-Ilocos river project
COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament passed a resolution expressing their full support to the two bills filed in both House of Congress that seeks to establish the Autonomous Region of the Cordillera. In a Facebook post on February 19, Member of the Parliament Baintain Adil-Ampatuan announced the expression of support introduced by continue reading : Bangsamoro Parliament express full support of Cordi Autonomy
BAGUIO CITY – The Regional Development Council Economic Development Committee, chaired by DTI-CAR, met to plan the theme and activities for this year’s Cordillera month celebration during their 1st quarter meeting on February 13. The committee took over as the lead Regional Development Council Sectoral committee for this year’s celebration from the Infrastructure Development Committee, continue reading : DTI-CAR and Mountain Province lead Cordillera month celebration
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Energy presented its initial findings on the geothermal potential of the Cordillera region as part of the Philippine Geothermal Resource Assessment and Inventory. The agency urged to accelerate the development of geothermal resources in CAR. The assessment report was presented during the 1st quarter Regional Development Council Infrastructure Committee continue reading : DOE assists Cordillera to tap geothermal energy potential