“As partners for development, we need to push local government units to greater heights in their pursuit for improved local governance”, DILG Assistant Regional Director Elouisa T. Pastor stressed in her welcome remarks during the opening program of the training on Technical Writing and Documentation and Packaging of LGUs Best Practices held at Casa Eugenia continue reading : DILG conducts training on technical writing and documentation and packaging of LGUs best practices

  The members of the Legazpi City Drug Abuse Council, Barangay Drug Abuse Council and the Provincial Drug Abuse Council of Albay were sworn into office on March 7, 2011 by Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr, director general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during the General Assembly and Induction Ceremony of PDAC, CADAC continue reading : Local anti-drug abuse council members sworn into office

The Strengthening Local Governments in the Philippines (SLGP) Project of the Local Government Academy (LGA) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region V have conducted screening and selection of local government units as prequalifying requirements in the enrolment of LGUs for the SLGP Phase III Infrastructure support..        Based on the continue reading : SLGP grants infrastructure support to LGUs

  A coordinative meeting between the DILG ROV, AECID Bicol and the LGU infrastructure beneficiaries was held at the Office of the Assistant Regional Director last April 5, 2011 dedicated purposely for the initial presentation of the respective LGU infrastructure project proposals. Proposed projects of the LGUs that were presented for evaluation by the Regional continue reading : Coordinative meeting between DILG ROV, AECID and LGU infra beneficiaries held

The first Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of the Strengthening Local Governments in the Philippines (SLGP) Project was held on April 7, 2011 at the AECID Office, Makati City as one of the results of the agreements in the SLGP National Planning Conference convened early this year. Among the highlights, the PSC has approved the continue reading : 1st SLGP project steering committee meeting convened

Representatives from the Local Government Academy’s SLGP National Project Management Office visited the municipalities of Tiwi, San Andres, San Miguel and the cities of Tabaco and Iriga to conduct project proposal assessment and site evaluation on April 25 – 28 of this year. Projects of the selected LGUs were presented to the group for evaluation continue reading : LGA conducts LGU infra proposal assessment and site visit

   Mr. Gonzalo Serrano, program manager of the Agencia Español Cooperacion Internacional para El Desarollo (AECID) led the groundbreaking ceremony in Tiwi Albay on June 22, 2011 for its Livelihood and Skills Training Center. The construction of the Tiwi Livelihood and Skills Training Center is a P3M grant under the Strengthening Local Governments in the continue reading : AECID program manager leads groundbreaking ceremony in Tiwi

The municipalities of Cataingan, Cawayan, Mandaon, Milagros, Placer and Uson of the province of Masbate were among the 115 local government units nationwide identified by the National Anti-poverty Commission (NAPC) based on the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction to receive a P10M-worth each of water system project. The project is the flagship program continue reading : 6 Masbate LGUs to receive P10M-worth each of water system project

“Working without a plan is like sailing without a compass” says OPA, thus it convened all the regional informations officers of DILG for a three-day strategic communications planning in Tagaytay City from February 24-26, 2010. The information officers presented their respective 2010 communications plan for comments and/or suggestions by the group to further improve such continue reading : OPA convenes RIOs for StratCom Planning