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Participants during the 2019 Midterm Election No to Vote-Buying and Vote-Selling Campaign

TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 10, 2019 – Around 250 participants gathered at the Saints Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral Covered Gym, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan on May 10, 2019 to affirm their strong support and commitment against vote-buying and vote-selling for the 2019 National and Local Elections also called Midterm Elections. The participants were composed of regional directors and heads of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Commission on Election (COMELEC), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Civil Service Commission (CSC), and representatives from other national government agencies (NGAs), academe, civil society organization, religious sector and media.

PEÑABLANCA, CAGAYAN, April 16, 2019- A total of P1,070,000.00 financial assistances were awarded to the thirty-eight (38) Former Rebels (FRs) on April 16, 2019 at Valerco Hall, Valley Hotel, Peñablanca, Cagayan.

TUGUEGARAO CITY April 9, 2019 - Section 106 of the Local Government Code of 1991 mandates each Local Government Units to prepare a Comprehensive Multi-Sectoral Development Plan to be initiated by its Local Development Council through the help of Local Technical Planning Team and approved by the Local Sanggunian. Pursuant thereto, DILG Cagayan conducts a Training-Workshop for the formulation of Comprehensive Development Plan on April 9 to 12, 2019 at Crown Hotel and Pavilion, Tuguegarao City for Municipalities with low to medium Local Development Council Functionality Compliance as per 2018 Governance Assessment Report of the Seal of Good Local Governance. The attendees were the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, Municipal Engineer, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer, Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer, Municipal Agriculture Officer, Municipal Health Officer, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer and Business Permit and Licensing Officer of Calayan, Lasam, Alcala, Santa Ana, Pamplona, Abulug.

Acknowledging the vital role of the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) in a culturally rich local governance setting and cognizant to the need to apprise them of their role in local legislation and promoting peaceful co-existence, the Office of the Provincial IPMR and Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) Quirino Chapter with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Quirino, conducted a two-day training entitled “IPMR:PReserving Our Traditions and Empowering Culture-Sensitive Tribe (I PROTECT)” on March 13-14, 2019 at Wilmer’s Hotel and Resort, Santiago City.

PEÑABLANCA, CAGAYAN, March 25, 2019 - The DILG-Cagayan awarded this morning, March 25, 2019, the financial assistance for the “Construction of Halfway House” amounting to P5,000,000.00 to the Provincial Government of Cagayan during the Flag Raising Ceremony at the Capitol Grounds.

Intensified strength was ensured in building a more disaster-resilient Cagayan Valley Region.

Around 600 participants composed of Local Chief Executives (LCEs), Philippine National Police (PNP) Chiefs of Police (COPs), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Fire Marshalls (FMs), Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (LDRRMOs), Representatives from National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 02 (DILG R02) officials and personnel renewed commitment in sustaining the disaster resiliency of the Region.