The implementation of Locally Funded Projects (LFPs) being monitored and evaluated by the Department was assessed by the DILG 5 Regional Management Team (RMT) on December 21, 2022, at Tanchuling Hotel, Legazpi City. The assessment is deemed necessary to sift through the progress of the projects under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) programs such continue reading : DILG 5 RMT assesses implementation of LFPs

DILG 5 Regional Management Team convened for the Regional Management Review on December 20, 2022, at Tanchuling Hotel, Legazpi City. The Regional Management Review is in compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 standards to ensure the continuing suitability, adequacy, effectiveness, and alignment to DILG’s strategic direction.The key points discussed during the Management Review are the audit continue reading : Regional Management convenes for the Management Review in compliance with ISO 9001:2015

DILG Region 5 congratulates the following 9 Local Government Units (LGUs) of Bicol Region conferred with the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) National Awards during the First Cluster Awarding Ceremony at The Manila Hotel on December 14, 2022. Legazpi City, AlbayLigao City, AlbayIriga City, Camarines SurMasbate City, MasbateSorsogon City, SorsogonBarcelona, SorsogonBulusan, SorsogonIrosin, SorsogonPilar, continue reading : 2022 SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE (SGLG) NATIONAL AWARDS

Our warmest congratulations to the awardees of the 2022 National ADAC Performance Awards held at Tent City, The Manila Hotel, 1 Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila on December 13, 2022. The 2022 National ADAC Performance Awards were given to the following city and municipalities in Region V that passed the 2021 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance continue reading : Recognizing the outstanding performance of the provincial, city, and municipal Anti-Drug Abuse councils (ADACs)

DILG 5 Regional Director Atty. Arnaldo E. Escober Jr., CESO V underscored in his speech as Guest Speaker during the 44th Annual Convention of the Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (REBAP) held at Marison Hotel, Legazpi City that “Real Estate is not only about properties and rental services. At its core, it continue reading : RD ESCOBER TO REBAP: “REAL ESTATE IS ABOUT PEOPLE”

With the full-scale implementation of the FY 2022 Local Government Support Fund – Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP), the ₱4-million worth Farm-to-Market Road at Barangay Tanawan, Capalonga, Camarines Norte officially enters construction phase in a ceremonial groundbreaking held November 18, 2022. Barangay Tanawan listed the construction of a farm-to-market road as one of their continue reading : SBDP GROUNDBREAKING & TURN-OVER CEREMONIES IN CAPALONGA, CAMARINES NORTE

DILG Region 5, in collaboration with the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte and the Municipal Government of Labo, successfully conducted the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Level II Water System Project at Barangay Tigbinan, Labo, Camarines Norte on November 17, 2022. The ₱4-million worth project came to fruition through the FY 2022 Local Government Support Fund continue reading : CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING OF LEVEL II WATER SYSTEM AT BARANGAY TIGBINAN, LABO, CAMARINES NORTE

DILG 5 Regional Director Atty. Arnaldo E. Escober Jr., CESO V represents DILG Secretary Atty. Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos Jr. as Guest of Honor and Speaker at the Opening of the Catandungan Festival 2022 bannering the theme “Catanduanes @ 77: Pagtalubo kan Kulturang Ginikanan, Sating Pakusugon” at the Catanduanes Provincial Capitol on October 24, 2022. continue reading : RD ESCOBER GRACES CATANDUNGAN FESTIVAL 2022, ENCOURAGES LOCALS TO BE CHAMPIONS OF CATANDUNGANON CULTURE

Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (SILG) Atty. Benjamin C. Abalos leads the inauguration of three (3) FY 2021 Support to Barangay Development Program Completed Projects in Brgy. Potoson, Baleno, Masbate on October 21, 2022. The inaugurated projects are the ₱10-million worth construction of farm to market road, as well as the ₱5-million worth continue reading : SILG Benjamin C. Abalos leads the inauguration of FY 2021 SBDP Completed Projects in Brgy. Potoson, Baleno, Masbate