The full devolution of functions to LGUs in 2022 was highlighted during the second quarter meeting of the CALABARZON Regional Development Council (RDC) on June 10, 2021 via video conference. RDC Chairperson, Governor Hemilando I. Mandanas, one of the petitioners of the Mandanas-Garcia Ruling, underscored the increase and automatic release of LGUs share in national continue reading : CALABARZON RDC highlights full devolution in 2022

The NEDA Regional Office (NRO) IV-A through its Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division conducted an orientation to Region VIII via Zoom on June 3 on the implementation of its CALABARZON Project Monitoring System (cPMS). The orientation was requested by NRO VIII to look into the possibility of adopting the said online project monitoring system in continue reading : NEDA Region 4A orients Region 8 on CALABARZON Project Monitoring System

A second Gender and Development (GAD) Database Training was conducted by the CALABARZON Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC), in partnership with the Philippine Commission on Women, on May 25 to 28 via video conference. This form of support is in response to the request of CALABARZON GAD advocates to have a GAD database development continue reading : CALABARZON RGADC supports Gender and Development Database

In celebration of the 2021 National Heritage Month, the CALABARZON Regional Development Council Sub-Committee on Culture, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) conducted a Culture and Governance Training on May 19, 25 and 26 via videoconference. The training capacitated the local culture and arts focal persons in the CALABARZON continue reading : CALABARZON RDC-SCC strengthens Local Culture and Arts Councils

The CALABARZON Regional Development Council (RDC) Private Sector Representatives (PSRs) discussed the Adopt-A-Family (AAF) Initiative during their 2nd Quarter Coordination Meeting on May 27. The AAF is an RDC PSRs-led initiative which aims to provide a sustainable support system for families that were vulnerable to socioeconomic risks, and whose conditions were even more aggravated by continue reading : CALABARZON RDC PSRs discuss Adopt-a-Family Initiative

The Sectoral Committee on Infrastructure Development pushed the infrastructure connectivity in Quezon Province by endorsing the Real-Infanta-General Nakar (REINA) interconnectivity initiatives to the CALABARZON Regional Development Council during its second quarter meeting on May 18. The initiatives include the preparation of REINA Infrastructure Connectivity Plan, construction of bridges along General Nakar-Dingalan Road, and water supply continue reading : CALABARZON Infrastructure Committee pushes infrastructure connectivity in Quezon

The CALABARZON Regional Development Council-Sectoral Committee on Macroeconomy and Development Administration discussed the status of Local Government Units (LGUs) readiness to shift to digital transactions during its meeting on May 12, 2021 via videoconference. The Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Law in 2018 mandated all cities and municipalities to automate their business permitting and licensing continue reading : CALABARZON monitors LGUs’ shift to digital transactions

With the growing cases of COVID-19 in CALABARZON, the CALABARZON Social Development/Social Protection Committee tackled employment compensation for COVID-19 affected workers during its second quarter Committee on May 11, 2021 via videoconference. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) declared COVID-19 as occupational and work-related diseases by virtue of continue reading : CALABARZON SCSD/SP tackles employment compensation for COVID-19 affected workers