On 17 March 2021, the 16th Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC III) held its Sixth Regular Full Council Meeting through videoconferencing to discuss the budget proposals of the regional line agencies (RLAs) and state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region for fiscal year 2022, among others. The meeting was presided by RDC III continue reading : Central Luzon RDC reviews FY 2022 agency budget proposals, pushes for funding of recovery programs

The Central Luzon Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC III) approved the Damage Report and Recovery Interventions for Areas Affected by Tropical Cyclones Rolly and Ulysses during its First Quarter Full Council Meeting on 04 March 2021 via videoconference. NEDA 3 OIC-Regional Director Agustin C. Mendoza presented the salient points of the plan continue reading : Central Luzon RDRRMC endorses Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan for TC Rolly and TC Ulysses-Affected Areas

The Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) III conducted its 1st quarter meeting on February 26, 2021 through video conference. RGADC III Chairperson and CHED Regional Director Maria Teresita M. Semana presided the meeting which was attended by directors/heads of office of regional line agencies, local government units, state universities and colleges, and private sector continue reading : Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC) III calls for application for the Central Luzon’s Regional Pool of GAD Resource Persons (RPGRP) Certification

On 22 February 2021, the 10 of the 13 Private Sector Representatives of the 16th Central Luzon Regional Development Council convened via videoconferencing.  PSRs in attendance were Dr. Reynato Arimbuyutan, Mr. Renato Romero, Engr. Severino Santos, Mr. Casiano Supan, Ms. Elena Tesoro, Mr. Hilaron Patawaran, Ptr. Romel Vallejo, Mr. Zacarias Bodoy, Ms. Amanda Battad and continue reading : 16th RDC III Private Sector Representatives convene, support reopening of the economy

The Central Luzon Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC III) 3 successfully conducted its first quarter meeting for the CY 2021 on 19 February 2021.  Among the highlights of this meeting was the discussion on strengthening local project monitoring committee (LPMCs) in the region as the 2021 top priority thrust of the committee.  The Implementation of continue reading : Strengthening local project monitoring committees tops RPMC III’s 2021 priority thrusts

The NEDA Central Luzon convened for the second time the Recovery Cluster (RC) of the Regional Task Force (RTF) on COVID-19 in Central Luzon on 17 February 2021 via video conferencing. The meeting is a follow through activity of the Inter-Agency Coordination Meeting held last 14 January 2021. It aims to tackle programs, projects, and continue reading : NEDA Central Luzon pushes for active support to NAP 3 towards a robust regional economic recovery

On 03 February 2021, the National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office (NEDA) 3 conducted a virtual technical session with its counterpart in Davao Region (NEDA 11) on the components, structure and capabilities of its Project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Dashboard. The activity aims to orient the participants on the essential features and the operating continue reading : NEDA Central Luzon meets NEDA Davao virtually to share its Project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Dashboard

The Central Luzon Subcommittee on Migration and Development (SMD), created under the Regional Development Council III – Sectoral Committee on Social Development (RDC III-SCSD), conducted its organizational meeting on 21 January 2021 via Zoom. The SMD is the region’s response to the need of having a more coherent policy framework at the regional level that continue reading : Central Luzon Subcommittee on Migration and Development holds its organizational meeting

  The Central Luzon Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC III) facilitated a two-part webinar series in light of the celebration of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) last 10 and 15 December 2020 via video conferencing.  RGADC III Chairperson and CHED III OIC-Regional Director Maria Teresita M. Semana spearheaded the two continue reading : Central Luzon RGADC conducts Webinars to commemorate the 18-Day Campaign to END VAW 2020

A team composed of members of RPMC 3, the RPMC Secretariat visited four COVID-19 isolation facilities located in New Clark City (NCC) in Capas in Tarlac, Lubao and Mexico with the assistance of the Pampanga Provincial Health Office (PHO) last November 24, 2020. The Pampanga provincial government (PG) leased two buildings at the New Clark continue reading : RPMC 3 VISITS PAMPANGA’S COVID-19 ISOLATION FACILITIES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pampanga River Basin Committee (PRBC) of the Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC III) hosted its third and final leg of its Roll-out of the Climate-Responsive Integrated Master Plan for the Pampanga River Basin (CRIMP-PRB) on October 29 via Zoom Platform, this time for continue reading : RDC III – PRBC hosted Pampanga River Basin master plan webinar to partner LGUs

NEDA Central Luzon in partnership with Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) conducted the 2020 Economic and Financial Literacy Week (EFLW) virtual forum on 11 November 2020. This year’s theme: “E-konomiya: Maingat na Pag-angat. Digital Economy for Safer and Faster Recovery” underscores the importance of digitalization in enabling economic activities and business continuity, facilitating health safety continue reading : NEDA Central Luzon holds Economic and Financial Literacy Week virtual forum

The Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC III) collaborated with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and successfully conducted “A Culture that Heals: NCCA-RDC III Webinar on Filipino Values and Culture in the Time of Pandemic” last 29 October 2020 via videoconferencing. NCCA Executive Director Al Ryan Alejandre and RDC III Chairperson continue reading : NCCA and RDC III conduct webinar on Filipino values and culture

The Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC III) – Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Special Committee convened its organizational meeting on 21 October 2020.  Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process for Operations (0PAPP) who serves as Chairperson of the committee, opened the meeting via a recorded message delivered continue reading : Central Luzon Regional Development Council – Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Special Committee Convenes Its Organizational Meeting