The MIMAROPA Regional Gender and Development (RGADC) is the first among the regions to conduct a learning session on the formulation of gender and development (GAD)  agenda for state universities and colleges (SUCs). The activity was in partnership with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and  was  held  through  video conference on June 11. The five-hour learning session was conducted to address the absence of organizational GAD agenda among SUCs, one of the gender issues identified in the region. It […]

New  Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC) Chairperson Agustin C. Mendoza who is also  Regional Director (RD) of the NEDA Regional Office in MIMAROPA presided over the MIMAROPA RPMC  meeting through  Zoom video conference  on  June 8. In his message, Mendoza expressed his support in continuing the capability building of the Local Project Monitoring Committees and the conduct of impact evaluation of the programs and projects in MIMAROPA region. He also underscored the urgent need to facilitate the completion of all […]

The 75th MIMAROPA Regional Development Council (RDC) Full Council meeting was held last June 4 virtually through Zoom platform. RDC Chairperson and Romblon Governor Jose R. Riano presided over the meeting  attended by Presidential Adviser for Southern Tagalog Secretary Casimiro M. Ynares, Jr., Palawan Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez, Calapan City Mayor Arnan C. Panaligan, directors and representatives of regional line agencies (RLAs), local government units (LGUs), state universities and colleges (SUCs), and private sector representatives. The approval of the 2020 […]

The Regional Development Council (RDC) in MIMAROPA adopted the gender and development (GAD) mechanisms profiling and inventory of GAD policies form and enjoined all government agencies  in the region to accomplish the said form during its 2nd quarter Full Council meeting held on June 4 through  Zoom video conference. Regional GAD Committee (RGADC) Chairperson and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) MIMAROPA Regional Director Fernando R. De Villa Jr. presented the salient features of the tool to the Council. […]

In celebration of the National Heritage Month 2021, the NEDA Regional Office (NRO) MIMAROPA conducted the Webinar on MIMAROPA Cultural Heritage on May 26 through Zoom and Facebook Live. The webinar  showcased the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and some of the indigenous peoples (IP) cultures in the region. The activity, which aimed to promote public awareness on the conservation and promotion of Philippine cultural heritage and the Filipino identity, especially in the MIMAROPA region, in this time of health emergency, […]

The Office of the Cabinet Secretariat (OCS) and Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), in collaboration with the MIMAROPA Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS), National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office (NRO) MIMAROPA, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) MIMAROPA, Philippine Information Agency (PIA) MIMAROPA, Philippine National Police (PNP) MIMAROPA, and Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro conducted the 5th installment of the Kasama sa Pamana: Regional Pre-SONA Series on May 25 in Calapan City. Cabinet Secretary […]

The NEDA Regional Office (NRO) in  MIMAROPA conducted its orientation on public-private partnership (PPP) for regional line agencies (RLAs), and state universities and colleges (SUCs) on May 18 and 19 through  zoom video conference. The two-day activity was participated in by more than 100 participants including regional directors, RLA-PPP focal persons, SUC presidents, SUC-PPP focal persons and project development officers in the region.  It is the  second orientation on PPP. The first  was held on April 22  conducted primarily for […]

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) presented the National Broadband Program (NBP) during the Social Development Committee (SDC) 2nd quarter meeting on May 7 through  Zoom,  to apprise the members about the actions being taken to address the digital and internet connectivity issues in MIMAROPA. Poor internet connectivity has repeatedly been identified as one of the social development issues and concerns in the region. The matter was also brought to the SDC National-Regional Consultative Meeting for discussion and […]