The Regional Project Monitoring Committee 3 (RPMC3) inspected the Almacen River Improvement Project in Hermosa and Orani, Bataan last 11 May 2022. Representatives from NEDA, DILG, OP PMS, DBM, AFP 7th Infantry Division, 522 ECB ,and the private sector conducted the project inspection. The project will address the flooding of communities in Hermosa and Orani continue reading : RPMC 3 inspects Almacen River Improvement Project
In its bid to boost tourism in the region, the DOT 3 with the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council and the Tourism Promotions Board held the first Central Luzon Tourism Investment Summit and Business Exchange (CLTISBEX) on May 4-5, 2022 at the Hilton Clark Sun Valley Resort in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. The two-day summit continue reading : Central Luzon Holds First Tourism Investment Summit and Business Exchange
During the committee’s second quarter meeting held on 13 May 2022 via Zoom, Ms. Arlene Torrico of the Philippine Statistics Authority discussed the importance of CBMS for LGUs in targeting beneficiaries for poverty alleviation and identifying sectors for improved infrastructure support and social assistance. The CBMS also serves as an evidence-based planning and budgeting tool continue reading : The Central Luzon Regional Development Council – Sectoral Committee on Development Administration enjoins all local government units to support the national rollout of the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS)
The 4.5 kilometer Pantabangan-Canili Bypass Road located in Pantabangan, Nueva will soon be completed and opened this 2022. The picturesque bypass which includes three bridges was inspected by the Regional Project Monitoring Committee last March 17, 2022. According to DPWH 3, it was built primarily to provide an all-weather road to different kinds of continue reading : New Bypass Road soon to Open in Nueva Ecija
The Central Luzon Special Regional Committee on the SDGs (CL-SRCS) conducted a Refresher Session on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and PSA’s Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). The refresher session entitled, “Localizing the SDGs: Learning and Practising Opportunities”, held last 31 March 2022 via Zoom had 94 participants from the provincial planning and development offices, continue reading : Central Luzon conducts refresher session on the SDGs and CBMS
The Information and Communications Technology Staff (ICTS) of NEDA Central Office conducted a 1-day training for NEDA 3 staff to capacitate them on the operation and management of the e-Regional Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (e-RPMES). The e-RPMES Central Luzon is a web-based project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system developed by ICTS for NEDA 3. continue reading : NEDA Region 3 gears up for the launch of Central Luzon e-RPMES
The first batch of beneficiaries of the BP2 Program was dispatched to Iba, Zambales on March 18. Four families composed of 16 individuals were transported from Manila for their permanent settlement in their respective hometowns. The Provincial Government (PG) of Zambales hosted the welcome ceremony and assured the beneficiaries of the government’s support and continue reading : First batch of BP2 beneficiaries returns to Zambales
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Region 3 conducted a technical training on Water Flow Accounting last March 8 – 9, 2022 at Best Western hotel, Angeles City, Pampanga. This was attended by NEDA 3 Lea C. Hernandez and Pampanga River Basin Committee staff Roi Francis A. Sagum. Water flow accounting is a tool that can continue reading : NEDA-3 Attends Technical Training on Water Flow Accounts
Engr. Rolando Soriano and Engr. Rafael Esguerra, representatives of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), confirmed that the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) Malolos-Manila and Clark Extension will be finished in 2024. This was the report of DOTr during the meeting of the Central Luzon Regional Project Monitoring Committee on March 8, 2022. The Malolos-Manila and the continue reading : North-South Commuter Railway operational in 2024
RDC III approved the applications of five LGUs to be recipients of the Central Luzon share of Energy Regulations No. 1-94 fund during its full council meeting on 03 March 2022. The municipalities of Samal in Bataan, Sta. Rita and Sto. Tomas in Pampanga, Anao in Tarlac, and Quezon in Nueva Ecija proposed projects continue reading : Five more LGUs to receive share from the ER 1-94 fund to fight COVID-19
The Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC) endorsed the FY 2023 budget proposals of regional line agencies and state universities and colleges during its First Quarter Full Council Meeting held on March 3, 2022. In the Chairman’s message delivered by RDC Co-chair Reynato C. Arimbuyutan, he said that despite the pandemic, Central Luzon continues to continue reading : Central Luzon RDC endorses PHP 325 billion budget for FY 2023
NEDA 3 joins the pool of organizations around the world that adopt and maintain processes compliant with international standards after it received ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems) certification from TÜV SÜD on March 3, 2022. NEDA 3 started its QMS journey with a Foundation Course held in September 2018. The QMS was officially launched on continue reading : NEDA 3 is now ISO 9001:2015 Certified
The Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) III approved the preparation of an action plan to make public tertiary education accessible to hearing-impaired students of Central Luzon. This action plan will help hearing-impaired students pursue a college degree. Problems such as limited access to colleges/universities, absence of programs for the hearing-impaired in SUCs, limited number continue reading : Preparation of an action plan to make public tertiary education accessible to all hearing-impaired students in the region approved
