The Regional Validation Committee (RVC) conducts the evaluation for the CY 2022 Gawad KALASAG (KAlamidad at Sakuna LAbanan, SAriling Galing ang Kaligtasan) Seal and Special Awards for Excellence in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Humanitarian Assistance on June 27 to July 1, 2022 at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) 5, Legazpi City, Albay. continue reading : RVC evaluates CY 2022 Gawad KALASAG Seal and Special Awards for Excellence in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Humanitarian Assistance

DILG Region V, in its efforts to fulfill the initiatives under Executive Order No. 70, proudly presents BANÁ’AG: a three-part Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) Documentary Series capturing the journey of the FY 2021 SBDP beneficiary barangays in Bicol region towards sustainable peace and development. BANÁ’AG, which translates to a beam of light in continue reading : DILG RV presents BANÁ’AG: a three-part Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) Documentary Series

DILG 5 Regional Director Atty. Anthony C. Nuyda, CESO III and Members of the Third Party Monitoring-Regional Technical Working Group (TPM-RTWG) convened for the 1st RTWG Meeting on June 28, 2022 at the AVP Function Hall, Tahao Road, Legazpi City to discuss the on-going activities and plans of the Department relative to the implementation of continue reading : TPM-RTWG convenes for the implementation of the FY 2021 LGSF-SBDP Projects

The province of Camarines Norte has completed a total of 24 out of 25 (96%) subprojects granted to 8 beneficiary barangays in the province under FY 2021 Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP). These are among the first subprojects to be completed in the Bicol region since the FY 2021 SBDP commenced implementation. These projects continue reading : COMPLETED SBDP FY 2021 IN CAMARINES NORTE

Assistant Regional Director Jhoaden G. Lucero EnP, MM, CESO V represented DILG 5 during the Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Legazpi City 911 Command Center on June 24, 2022, together with Legazpi City Mayor and Albay Governor-elect Noel E. Rosal, and Next Generation Advanced (NGA) 911 CEO and Co-Founder Don continue reading : LEGAZPI CITY LGU, DILG R5, NGA 911 INK MOU

DILG Region 5 Regional Director Atty. Anthony C. Nuyda, CESO III together with the DILG regional directors and MILG-BARMM and ECLIP Regional Focal Persons attended this year’s Significant Undertakings and Celebration Centered on ECLIP Success Stories (SUCCESS) on June 21-24, 2022 at Royce Hotel, Clark, Pampanga. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año via pre-recorded video gave continue reading : SUCCESS 2022 commends achievement of program implementers

A total of eight projects granted to the Provinces of Camarines Sur and Masbate are added to the completed and turned over projects funded under FY 2021 Financial Assistance to Local Government Units (FALGU). These projects include concreting of local access roads, construction of multi-purpose buildings, installation of streetlights, and purchase of vehicles. As stipulated continue reading : COMPLETED FY 2021 FALGU PROJECTS IN CAMARINES SUR AND MASBATE

The installation of the P2M worth Solar-Powered Streetlights, one out of the four FY Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) projects granted to Barangay Benguet, Gubat, Sorsogon, reaches completion in June 2022. The provision of 27 solar-powered lights erected along approximately one kilometer path of the barangay gives the residents a safer road to tread continue reading : COMPLETED FY 2021 SBDP PROJECT IN BARANGAY BENGUET, GUBAT, SORSOGON

DILG R5 turns over brand new laptops to each of the 11 DILG R5 apprentices of the 54th Batch Apprenticeship Program for LGOOs II and III. The laptops are procured under Medium-term Information and Communications Technology Harmonization Initiative (MITHI) approved Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) 2021 Project: Office Productivity in coordination with DILG Central Office continue reading : New laptops for the DILG RV apprentices of the 54th batch apprenticeship program