DILG 5 Regional Director Atty. Arnaldo E. Escober, Jr., CESO III, served as the keynote speaker during the 14th Serbisyong Salud Bikolnon Awards with the theme “Matanos na Serbisyong Salud Bikolnon: Orgolyo kan Kabikolan” on December 16, 2025, at The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City, Albay. The Serbisyong Salud Bikolnon Awards is an annual recognition program continue reading : DILG 5 Regional Director Atty. Arnaldo E. Escober, serves as keynote speaker during the 14th Serbisyong Salud Bikolnon Awards

The DILG Regional Office V conducted the Regional Orientation on the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Tool and Compliance Indicators cum Regional Orientation and Workshop on SGLG Profiling on December 16, 2025, at Proxy Hotel, Legazpi City. This capacity-building activity brings together DILG 5 Provincial Directors, Cluster Heads, Provincial Focal Persons, and City/Municipal Local Government continue reading : DILG Regional Office V conducts Regional Orientation on the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Tool and Compliance Indicators cum Regional Orientation and Workshop on SGLG Profiling

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office V successfully concluded the two-day Training on “Leveraging Local Sanggunians’ Quasi-Judicial Functions and Improving Local Government Capacity on Handling Citizen’s Complaints and Grievances,” held on December 11–12, 2025 at Gamboa’s Orchard, Malilipot, Albay. Spearheaded by the DILG Regional Office V through the Bantay Korapsyon continue reading : DILG RV successfully concludes the two-day Training on Leveraging Local Sanggunians’ Quasi-Judicial Functions and Improving Local Government Capacity on Handling Citizen’s Complaints and Grievances

The Province of Catanduanes successfully concluded the 3-Day Training on the Formulation and Updating of DRRM Plans and Roll-Out of the Infrastructure Audit Program for Resilient and Safe Communities held on December 8–11, 2025 at the Provincial Capitol Dome, Virac. Spearheaded by the Provincial Government of Catanduanes through the PDRRMC, in partnership with DILG Region continue reading : Stronger, Safer Communities: 3-Day Infrastructure Audit Training Concludes in Catanduanes

The DOST-PHIVOLCS partnered with the United States Department of State Office of International Disaster Response, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and its International Tsunami Information Center to implement Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme in the Philippines. This is an international community-based recognition programme aimed continue reading : Bicol Region Participated In The 4-Day Tsunami Ready Philippines National Workshop

The Department, in coordination with the Decentralization and Local Governance Reform Advocacy Program – Project Management Office (DLGRAP-PMO), conducts the 2025 Regional Decentralization Conference: Building on Local Perspectives on November 13, 2025 at The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City, Albay, to bring together diverse perspectives from resource speakers for a knowledge-sharing, and conference on decentralization. This continue reading : 2025 Regional Decentralization Conference: Building on Local Perspectives

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 5 successfully conducted the City and Municipalities Information Management System (CMIMS) Regional Rollout 2025, attended by DILG Field Officers and LGU representatives from the nine cities and one municipality in the Bicol Region; Legazpi City, Tabaco City, Ligao City, Sorsogon City, Masbate City, Naga City, continue reading : CMIMS Regional Rollout 2025: Advancing Digital Transformation in Local Governance

Composed of eleven (11) LGUs from Balatan, Cabusao, Lagonoy, Libmanan, Ocampo, Pamplona, Siruma, Tigaon (Camarines Sur), Daet (Camarines Norte), San Miguel (Catanduanes), and Mandaon (Masbate), participants will undergo a four-day training designed to enhance government service delivery through digital transformation. With the eLGU System, expect faster, paperless, and contactless transactions for permits, clearances, and payments continue reading : DILG Region V, DICT Region V, commences the 2nd Batch of Electronic Local Government Unit (eLGU) Admin Training and System Setup

A total of 97 outstanding LGUs from across the region were recognized for their exemplary performance in advancing transparency, accountability, and people-centered service delivery. These LGUs have excelled in various fields of governance — from Exemplary Performance in Project Implementation, Best Recovery Initiatives Towards Sustained Local Economy, and High Performing Provinces in Disaster Preparedness, to continue reading : Recognition of LGU Champions of Good Local Governance