Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas visited the Province of Nueva Ecija on April 25, 2014 to personally witness how the residents of the province benefited  from the different DILG projects implemented in the locality.  He, being known as Mr. Palengke during his stint as Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry also spent time for a simple “kumustahan” with the market vendors in San Jose City.  This is after he conversed with the farmer leaders of the Kalasag Farmers Producers Cooperative where Sec. Mar pledged to give them a stall at Farmers Market in Quezon City where they can directly sell their onion products for a much cheaper price.  “Darating ang araw di na kayo farmers, kapitalista na kayo”, he said.  The cooperative received the 2012 Galing Pook Awards for its Farmer Entrepreneurship Program dubbed as Bridging Farmers to the Corporate Supply Chain.

   The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region III together with all the members of the DILG Family in the region namely: Police Regional Office, National Police Commission, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Bureau of Fire Protection and Philippine Public Safety College hosted the Unified Flag Raising Ceremony on March 17, 2014 at DSWD Regional Office.  

    The activity aims to increase the unity and camaraderie among all National Government Agencies (NGAs) in Central Luzon.   It also serves as a venue to update all employees on the different undertakings of the various NGAs in the region.

    The Regional Directors of the DILG Family led by DILG RD Florida Dijan, PRO III CSupt. Raul Petrasanta, BFP CSupt. Ariel Barayuga, BJMP SSupt. Arnulfo Obias, PPSC-RTS Supt. Rodel Pastor represented by Supt. Aquino and Napolcom RD Manuel Pontanal represented by his Division Chief expressed their gratitude to all agencies’ officers and staff who took time to participate in the activity.  The messages delivered by the Regional Directors focused on Fire Prevention and Women’s Month since these are the two important celebrations in the month of March.  

    At the end of the activity, BFP led a fire simulation drill witnessed by all the employees who participated in the flag ceremony.    
          

   The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region III has presented its proposed budget for FY 2015 to representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Chiefs of Staff (COS) of Congressmen on March 10 and March 13, 2014, respectively.  

    The presentation of the different line agencies’ budget proposal to CSOs and COS aims to further promote the Aquino Administration’s commitment to intensify and institutionalize greater transparency, accountability and citizens’ participation in governance. 

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