RDC 8 tackles updates on rice situation in Eastern Visayas

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
May 13, 2008

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  –  The updates on the rice situation in Eastern Visayas will be the main topic of deliberations, among others, during the scheduled Regional Development Council meeting on May 16 at the NEDA Regional Office, Calbayog City Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento, the chairman of the Council, informed.

Mayor Sarmiento said that Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Leo Cañeda who is also the RDC Chairman for the Economic Development Committee, will present the Rice Situationer in Eastern Visayas.

In relation with the rice situationer, Ormoc City Mayor Eric Codilla will present the Rice Production Enhancement Program of Ormoc City which is considered as a good LGU practice worth replication by other LGUs.

Before the presentation on the rice situation in Eastern Visayas, a briefing on the Integrity Development Action Plan of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) will be presented by no less than the Chairman of the PAGC Dr. Constancia P. de Guzman.

Port Manager Winfred Elizalde who is the chairman of the Infrastructure Development Committee will brief the body on the updates on Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project.

Also among the issues which will be tackled during the RDC meeting, is the endorsement of the resolution requesting DILG Secretary Ronaldo V. Puno to issue a memo circular enjoining all LGUs to provide full support to local residents seeking employment abroad. This will be presented by DOLE Regional Director Forter Puguon who is the chairman of the Social Development Committee.

Director Puguon will also present another resolution, requesting Sanggunians in the provincial, city and municipal levels, to enact an ordinance regulating the practice of traditional birth attendants in Region 8 and still another resolution requesting HUDCC Chair, Vice President Noli de Castro to sponsor the lowering of Pag-Ibig Housing Loans Interest Rates.