DILG and CSC Hold 1st Regional Convention on GAD

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Written by John Oliver Lamparas

Category: Capability Development Program Facility

Published: 29 March 2012

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The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region III in partnership with the Civil Service Commission Region III spearheaded the conduct of the 1st Regional Convention of All LGU/NGA Focal Point Persons and other program implementers of Gender and Development (GAD) on March 28, 2012 at the Department of Health Region III Conference Room.  The said activity, with the theme “Where is GAD Now?” aims to re-examine the GAD Program through the Implementation of Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women along with the identification of issues and concerns on gender and development in the region. 

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DILG Pampanga Team Attends to Groundbreaking Ceremony of LGSF Project in Apalit, Pampanga

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Published: 26 March 2012

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DILG Pampanga Team led by PD Angelina S. Blanco attended the groundbreaking of another Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) Project in the province of Pampanga which was held at Barangays Tabuyok and Balucuc, Apalit, Pampanga. The project is the Upgrading/ Concreting of Tabuyok- Balucuc Farm to Market Road amounting to P1,000,000.00. The said project will  formally start on March 29, 2012 and expected to be completed on April 21, 2012.

The groundbreaking was graced by the municipality’s local officials headed by Mayor Oscar Tetangco, Jr. and Vice Mayor Peter Nucom along with SB Members, Department Heads and Barangay Officials.  MLGOO Edita Abalos of Apalit, LGOO VI Jose Algy B. Canlas and LGOO V Josephine Villanueva of DILG Pampanga Provincial Office were also present.

Mayor Jun Tetangco and the barangay officials of Tabuyoc and Balucuc expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the national government especially to DILG for the financial support extended as this project would ensure viability of transport of farm produce to the markets.

DILG Pampanga Inspects the On-Going LGSF Project on the Improvement/ Concreting of Sidewalk and Drainage Canal in Bacolor, Pampanga

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Written by PD Angelina Blanco

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Published: 20 March 2012

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Another project funded by the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) amounting to P600,000 was inspected by DILG Provincial Director Angelina S. Blanco together with the Provincial Focal Person LGOO VI Jose Algy Canlas.  Said inspection was attended by the Hon. Mayor Jose Maria Hizon, MPDC Gloria Cruz and MLGOO Rosalinda Camaya. The project is located in front of Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University. It was started on March 2, 2012 and it is expected to be finished on April 20, 2012.

The Local Government Support Fund is a fund being released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Budget and Management to provinces, cities and municipalities which have passed the DILG’s Seal of Good Housekeeping.  Said fund is intended to defray part of the decrease in the local government’s Internal Revenue Allotment for the year 2012.

The funds shall be utilized as capital expenditure and shall be used to augment the approved 2012 annual investment plan for implementation of any or combination of the following projects like rural electrification, local roads connection national roads, arterial farm-to-market roads and bridges, local economic enterprises, flood control and drainage and to support priority projects of the National Government such as Millennium Development Goals, Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.