Regional councils meeting cancelled due to typhoon
Typhoon Frank yesterday forced the cancellation of the scheduled meetings of the Central Visayas Regional Development Council, and that of the Regional Peace and Order Council.
The meetings were supposed to be held in Siquijor but Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, chairwoman of both councils, decided to cancel and postpone the meetings due to bad weather condition.
Garcia, taking with her the department heads of the Capitol and members of the Capitol Press Corps, was already in
“We might as well cancel the meeting, kay bisan mag chopper pa ko, ang mga regional directors cannot make it unya ang mahitabo walay quorum ang meeting,” she said.
Garcia said the regional director of the National Economic and Development Authority was already in Siquijor a day before the scheduled meeting but the four governors of
She said the meeting will be held next week instead and this time it will be in
Last April, leaders of the three regional development councils (RDC-6, RDC-7, and RDC-8) elected Garcia as their head of the Visayas RD Committee.
With her at the help of the RDC and RPOC, Garcia executed plans not just for the benefit of
The RDC serves as a venue for interactions among the government and the private sector to promote growth and development in the region. It is the region’s highest policy-making body, serving as the counterpart of the NEDA Board at the sub-national level.
The RDC is the primary institution that coordinates and sets the direction of all economic and social development efforts in the region. — Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon/RAE
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