CDO TASK GROUP ON FIRECRACKERS DISPOSES EXPIRED, UNLICENSED FIREWORKS SEIZED FROM DECEMBER 2020 INSPECTION The Cagayan de Oro City Task Group on Firecrackers chaired by DILG City Director Jane Docallos disposed its confiscated firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices last Friday, March 26, 2021, at Upper Gusa.  The firecrackers, which were disposed through burning, were confiscated by…

MIS. OCC. E-CLIP COMMITTEE CONVENES, TACKLES COMPLETED HALFWAY HOUSES OPERATIONALIZATION AND TURN-OVER DATE OROQUIETA CITY, Mar. 16—The Department of the Interior and Local Government-Misamis Occidental together with the Provincial Government spearheaded the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) Committee Meeting to consider essential matters in anticipation of the turn-over and operationalization of the completed halfway…

DILG MIS OCC CONDUCTS LGUs UPDATING ON THE STATUS OF RCSP AND LGSF-SBDP IMPLEMENTATION The DILG Misamis Occidental Provincial Office, headed by Provincial Director Pablio Benitez, Jr. conducted an UPDATING ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RCSP 2020 PRIORITY AREAS CUM ORIENTATION under the Local Government Support Fund – Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP)…

NORMIN IATF ADVOCATES STAY SAFE APP TO LGUS, GENERAL PUBLIC Cagayan de Oro City – The Region 10 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (R10 IATF-MEID) highly encourages local government units and the general public to use the country’s official contact tracing application – StaySafe.ph.  This in response to the national…

BUKIDNON DISASTER COUNCIL REITERATES MINIMUM HEALTH STANDARDS, PREPS FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION Bukidnon – With the prevailing concerns on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in Bukidnon convened for their first council meeting of the year on March 17.   Spearheaded by Provincial Governor Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr., the…

DILG-BUKIDNON PREPS TAC MEMBERS FOR CDP ASSESSMENT Bukidnon, March 15 – To further strengthen the alignment of plans and provincial oversight functions, the members of the Comprehensive Development Plan – Technical Assessment Committee (CDP-TAC) this province recently convened to prepare for the CDP Assessment on May.   DILG Program Manager Rowena B. Bade said the…

CAMIGUIN RCSP PILOT BARANGAYS RECEIVE LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM PROJECTS CAMIGUIN, March 12 – The five Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) Pilot barangays from the Province of Camiguin received different livelihood programs from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the conduct of turn-over ceremonies last week.  The barangays received the following livelihood projects: ·        Barangay…

FROM REBEL TO RETURNEE: A FORMER REBEL’S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE It was an unusually warm day in Malaybalay, well-known for its cold January weather, when I first met Jose (not his real name).  Jose used to be a member of the New People’s Army (NPA). He surrendered to the government on January 2020 in…

DILG PEOS, ENGRS, KICK STARTS SBDP IMPLEMENTATION With having 119 beneficiary barangays ready to receive the services from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte through the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG 10), the DILG Project Evaluation Officers (PEO) and Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) Engineers levelled-off…

The City Peace, Development and Security Council (CPDSC) held its 1st quarter meeting on March 3, 2021, at the Rosario Pavilion, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. During the said meeting, member agencies discussed peace and order and public safety concerns, and sets motion to its initiatives until 2022 as laid out in the city’s…