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CY 2009

NEWS UPDATE

RDC approves Bicol dev’t framework

GMA highway extension approved

Bridge projects endorsed to DPWH

RDC sets meetings for 2010

Legazpi City is most outstanding PMC

BCARRD Conducts National Conference on
Climate Change

RIPC Region 5 visits Cebu

NEDA5 conducts
PEP briefing

RDC-Private Sector Representatives 
 to sit as PDC members

Regional Investment Committee recruits DILG as new member

Council backs bill vs corporal punishment

CSC orients RDC on Anti Red Tape Act

Barcelona farm-to-market road  endorsed for DA, DAR funding

Bicol bridge projects pushed for funding

Request for fund assistance from GMA for  Libmanan-Cabusao dam topographic survey ok’d

Iriga City FMR endorsed for DA assistance

RDC-RIAC, PIA 5 Conducted  Training for
Government Information Officers

   The Regional Information and Advocacy Committee (RIAC) of the Regional Development Council (RDC) 5 in cooperation with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 5 conducted a three-day live-in training workshop for government information officers in the region.  The Journalism Enhancement Training was conducted on February 17-19, at Coastal View Beach Resort in Sto. Domingo, Albay. 

 




   The training workshop was part of the Institution Building component of the Communication Plan for the advocacy of the Updated Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (MTRDP) 2008-2010.  It aimed to strengthen the capacities of public information officers as gatekeepers of government offices and improving the delivery of their services. 

 

   Mr. Jesus S. Matubis, Jr., a renowned PR man and a consultant of National Broadcasting Network (NBN) was the resource speaker.  He discussed the following topics: (1) The Role and Function of the Gatekeeper; (2) Writing Effectively for the print, radio and television; (3) Editing; (4) Media Relations; and (5) Using Internet and other IT Modes.

 

   There were sixty (60) participants from the different regional line agencies including the district offices of the Department of Public Highways (DPWH) 5 and the  provincial offices of National Statistics Office (NSO) 5 and Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 5.

 

   The workshop outputs included press releases and feature stories and a “role playing “ of radio and television newscasting.   Mr. Matubis recommended to publish the best Feature Stories entitled “Mga Dapat Maaraman sa Kangalas-ngalas  na Kalunggay”  and “Kalunggay, The Wonder Gulay”. 

Ester B. Barria, KMD, NRO 5

RDC puts on hold Libmanan-Cabusao dam




   Albay Governor Joey Salceda, Chairman of the RDC5, during the November 18, 2009 full Council meeting  directed the temporary suspension of the Libmanan- Cabusao Dam Project in Camarines Sur until a full assessment is conducted and various issues are addressed by a project review team created for the purpose. This was in reaction to reports in the media that the project was not approved by the RDC. The RDC Chair belied the allegation by citing the minutes of RDC meeting held February 4, 2009 when the said project was endorsed by the Council to the NEDA-ICC for approval. It was then fast-tracked being part of the region’s Economic Resiliency Plan, he said.

 

   Salceda instructed the team to  review  the project based on the approved standards and environment clearance certificate (ECC) issued including the reported project deviations. It is also tasked to look into the alleged complaints of various organizations concerning possible threats such as flooding and displacement of families to be affected once the dam project is completed. The team is chaired by RD Gilbert Gonzales of EMB and the members are Environment Management Bureau (EMB), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Office of the Presidential Assistant for Bicol (OPAB) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).

 

   Director William Ragodon of NIA 5 informed the RDC that the P777 Million dam construction project, which is a component of the Bicol River Basin Watershed Management Program (BRBWMP), is seven percent completed. It is being implemented by the NIA central office and the role of the NIA regional office is to monitor and supervise the project. He said the problem cropped up when the proposed flood mitigation measure was changed from that of a diversion channel to resettlement  of affected barangays per recommendation of the DPWH. The latter alternative was seen as less costly.  For that purpose, some P7 million has already been released to the NIA for the topographic survey and this activity was 10 percent completed.

 

   On the ECC of the project, Dir. Gonzales of DENR-EMB said that the project’s ECC was approved by the DENR Central Office on April 20, 2009. He clarified that the ECC covers only specific components of the project and if there are changes, such changes need to be reviewed and assessed for ECC compliance.

 

   Salceda said “the RDC as an institution believes that the project would be beneficial to  the region’s economic development but NIA has to address the fundamental issues concerning the project.”

 

   In a related development, the Bicol Mail (Dec. 24, 2009)  reported that the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) ordered for the indefinite suspension of the construction of the proposed Libmanan-Cabusao Dam (LCD) in Malaguico, Sipocot, Camarines Sur after months of controversy that split farmers’ groups in Camarines Sur. Tomasito Monzon, chief of the Bicol River Basin Watershed Management Project (BRWMP), announced  the suspension of the  P700-M LCD that he said “would give them time to attend to recommendations from groups opposing the project.”

 

   The suspension of the LCD was carried out through a directive from NIA Administrator Carlos S. Salazar dated Dec. 15, 2009. The LCD is one major component of the P1.9-B irrigation project which the NIA is implementing under the BRWMP. The project is estimated to increase irrigated lands in Libmanan and Cabusao towns from 1,000 ha. to 4,000 ha.  

NEDA Region 5 launches DRR/CCA Project




NEDA 5 Dir. Romeo C. Escandor welcomes stakeholders to the DRR/CCA launching with Peter Jensen, Counsellor of AusAID

   NEDA Region 5 launched the project Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)  in  Local  Development  Planning and Decision-making Processes on November 25, 2009 at the NEDA Regional Office, Legazpi City.

 

   Dir. Romeo C. Escandor of NEDA Region 5 underscored the importance of the DRR/CCA project in the region, Bicol being prone to practically all types of natural disasters. Peter Jensen, Counsellor at the Australian Aide for International Development (AusAID) cited the various DRR/CCA-related activities AusAID has been funding in the Philippines.  He praised local government efforts relative to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Some eighty participants from regional line agencies, local government units, private sector and the academe attended the launching.

 

   The project will be implemented in all regions and is spearheaded by the NEDA in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and AusAID. With a total budget of AUS$2.5 million,   the project aims toward building resiliency to disasters by integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in development planning and decision-making processes. It will strengthen competencies among partners and stakeholders through effective linkages and policy/program mechanisms for stakeholder cooperation at the local level.

RDC invites Private Sector Organizations (PSOs)
for accreditation

   The Regional Development Council (RDC) is inviting private sector organizations (PSOs) in the Bicol Region to apply for RDC accreditation.  This is in preparation for the election of private sector representatives (PSRs) to the RDC for 2010 to 2013.

 

   RDC accredited organizations nominate PSRs to the RDC and participate in the election of PSRs to the RDC.

 

   A PSO must have the following qualifications to be able to participate in the nomination and selection of PSRs: 

a.  Legal Personality.  The PSO must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or any government agency which registers organizations and associations for the purpose of bestowing legal personality.

 

b.  Track Record. The PSO must have conducted socio economic activities for at least three years from date of registration in the region. The scope of activities must be at least province or citywide.

 

c.  Nationality.  The PSO must be a Filipino organization. Organizations managed by foreigners, whose officers and members are primarily composed of foreign nations, or are considered branches or affiliates of foreign organizations are disqualified.

 

d.  Non-government.  Organizations which have government officials and employees as ex-officio members or whose operations are funded by the government are disqualified.  (Funding support by the government to PSO projects is not considered as funding support to operations.) 

 

   Deadline for submission of application for accreditation is on 31 March 2010.

 

   Application forms are available at the NEDA Region 5, Arimbay, Legazpi City. They can also be downloaded at www.neda5.net .

  

   For more details please contact Cha Berces at telephone 482-0498.

 

download RDC PSO ACCREDITATION FORM

 

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