BACOLOD City – The Regional Development Council (RDC) will hold its second quarter regular meeting today at the Seda Capitol Central hotel.
RDC chairwoman Rhodora Cadiao, governor of Antique, confirmed her attendance, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said.
The RDC is the highest planning and policymaking body in Western Visayas.
It is in charge of the preparation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of short- and long-term regional development plans and investment programs, regional physical framework plan, and special development plans.
The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Leonardia said he will give a welcome message and discuss brief updates on the developments in Bacolod.
Cadiao will deliver the chairwoman’s message and the 2017 “State of the Region Address,” while Sugar Regulatory Administration head Hermenegildo Serafic will report on the Development Directions of the Sugar Industry.
Chairpersons of the RDC’s sector and committees will report on their accomplishments:
* Department of the Interior and Local Government Unit regional director Anthony Nuyda for the Development Administration Committee
* Iloilo Business Club board member Ma. Luisa Segovia for the Infrastructure Development Committee and the Regional Investment and Competitiveness Coordination Committee
* Department of Science and Technology regional director Rowen Gelonga for the Economic Development Committee
* Department of Social Welfare and Development regional director Rebecca Geamala for the Social Development Committee
* National Economic and Development Authority regional director Ro-Ann Bacal for the Regional Land Use and the Regional Project Monitoring Committee
Signpost Philippines director Febie Ibojos will report on Region 6’s participation to the 9th National RDC-PSR Convention.
Leonardia said the local government is grateful for the opportunity to host the meeting.
“I find this very significant because the (RDC) is … the one approving the major projects of each province and city,” he said. “We have to keep abreast with what is happening in the (RDC).”
Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary Paul Anthony Pangilinan will pay Leonardia a courtesy visit at the latter’s office today.
Pangilinan, commissioner-at-large of the National Youth Commission (NYC), requested the presence of the city’s youth development officer and Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president Ayesha Joy Villaflor during his visit.
Leonardia said Pangilinan will discuss with them the Philippine Youth Development Plan for 2017-2022, the government’s comprehensive development plan for young Filipinos, and other thrusts of the NYC. (With a report from Bacolod City PIO/PN)
