The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) MIMAROPA through the Regional Standards and Testing Laboratory (RSTL) now plays an active role in supplying professional services needed to help ensure water and food safety and quality – from detection and identification of waterborne and foodborne pathogens  to guaranteeing that food products of MSMEs meet local, national, and international standards. DOST MIMAROPA RSTL housed at the Provincial Science and Technology Center-Palawan (PSTC-Palawan) in Sta. Monica, Puerto Princesa City, is organized into three […]

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) MIMAROPA conducted a regional consultation on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) reform and development agenda and skills needs and priorities on September 29, 2016 at Filipiniana Hotel, Calapan City. A total of 133 participants attended the regional consultation. These includes representatives from the local government units (LGUs), persons with disabilities (PWDs), women groups, indigenous peoples (IP), industries, TVET associations, TVET providers and trainers, national government agencies, non government organizations, TESDA MIMAROPA […]

Department of Health (DOH) MIMAROPA together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) signed the Social Protection Support Initiative (SPSI) – convergence project which intends to improve coordinated efforts of government agencies in improving well-being and economic status of poor households in the province of Occidental Mindoro. “Convergence projects like the SPSI plays a significant role in reducing poverty incidence in the country. It will ensure a more comprehensive response in […]

The province of Palawan has been selected as one of the two pilot provinces of the provincial statistical system development project (PSSDP) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The objective of the PSSDP is to increase local government units’ capacity in maintaining an efficient and orderly local statistical system that can be beneficial in their development planning endeavors. It proposes statistical coordination mechanisms that mirror those practiced at the national level, taking into account the administrative and political structure, as […]

Ever since the creation and establishment of Land Transportation Office (LTO) MIMAROPA as a separate and distinct regional office in 2002, it had no permanent regional office building, nor did it have a LTO information technology system facility. Since the LTO implemented Administrative Order No. AVT-2014-24 which revised the rules and regulations of the initial registration of brand new motor vehicles, the new registration unit of LTO MIMAROPA is temporarily done at LTO Region 4-A since February 2014 to June […]