The MIMAROPA Regional Development Council (RDC) Executive Committee (ExeCom) reviewed and endorsed the reprioritized fiscal year (FY)  2021 Tier 2 proposals of 24 MIMAROPA regional line agencies (RLAs) and five  state, universities and colleges (SUCs)  amounting to ₱78.21 billion. This was held during the ExeCom’s virtual meeting held last July 3. A total of PhP299.12 million will go to the development administration sector  while  PhP5.18 billion for  the economic development sector, PhP61.86 billion for  infrastructure development sector, and PhP10.87 billion […]

The NEDA MIMAROPA, in partnership with consultants, conducted a capacity building activity  for the formulation of the Master Plan for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development (MPSUID) in Calapan City project. The activity was conducted through Zoom video conference  on June 24 and 25.  Philkoei International, Inc.  and TAM Planners Co. are the consultants for the project. In her welcome message, OIC Regional Director Susan A. Sumbeling said that the MPSUID in Calapan City was nearing its completion, as the activity was […]

The MIMAROPA Regional Development Council (RDC) has confirmed the adoption of the region’s Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan (RRP) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)  during its Full Council meeting held on June 5, virtually through Zoom. The approval of the RRP was one of the highlights of the meeting, which also included a long list of agenda items that addressed issues and concerns regarding the region’s whole-of-government approach to mitigating the effects of COVID-19. The MIMAROPA RRP for COVID-19 contains an […]

The NEDA MIMAROPA in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) MIMAROPA, conducted a mapshop of the Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) on the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-DENR-Land Registration Authority (LRA)-National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 01, s. 2012 on February 18-20 at the City Garden Suites Manila. The mapshop was participated in by NCIP MIMAROPA Regional Director (RD) Roberto L. Almonte; DENR MIMAROPA Assistant RD Vicente B. Tuddao, Jr.; LRA […]

The MIMAROPA Regional Development Council (RDC), through its sectoral committees, reviewed the FY 2021 proposed budgets of thirty eight (38) regional agencies and six state universities and colleges (SUCs) during the first quarter RDC sectoral committee meetings held on February 4-7, 2020 at the City Garden Suites in Manila. The RDC Budget Review is undertaken to ensure that the programs, activities, and projects (PAPs) proposed by the agency regional offices (AROs) and SUCs are consistent with the regional development investment […]

The region’s poverty incidence statistics showed significant progress as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) MIMAROPA during the 2018 Full Year Official Poverty Statistics Regional Dissemination Forum held on January 28, 2020 at Mahalta Convention Center in Calapan City. The poverty incidence among population dropped by 9.7 percentage points, from 24.8 percent in 2015 to 15.1 percent in 2018. Meanwhile, the poverty incidence among families dropped 7.3 percentage points, from 17.8 percent in 2015 to 10.5 percent in 2018. […]

The MIMAROPA Regional Project Monitoring Team (RPMT) conducted field monitoring visits to 28 infrastructure projects in Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT) on December 10-11, 2019. The RPMT is composed of representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), provincial project monitoring committee of Oriental Mindoro, provincial planning and development office of Oriental Mindoro, and private sector representatives from the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) and Philippine Rural […]

The NEDA MIMAROPA was recognized in two core systems under the Program of Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME HRM) Maturity Level II. These systems are the recruitment, selection and placement and performance management. The agency was given recognition during the 2019 Civil Service Commission (CSC) IV Recognition Rites at Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City, on December 11, 2019. OIC Regional Director Susan A. Sumbeling of NEDA MIMAROPA together with Joel M. Paule, OIC chief of FAD and […]

The MIMAROPA Regional Project Monitoring Team (RPMT) conducted a field monitoring visit in Busuanga, Coron, and island in Culion, Palawan on November 25-29. The RPMT is composed of representatives from the Presidential Management Staff-Regional Field Unit (PMS-RFU), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Deparment of Budget and Management (DBM), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), provincial project monitoring committee of Palawan, private sector representatives from the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) and Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM). […]