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Region-VI Profile
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DILG-6 bats for GMAC reorganization in barangays
Interior and Local Government Regional Director Evelyn A. Trompeta asked barangays to consider the reorganization of their respective Gabay sa Mamamayan Aksyon Centers (GMACs) in the hope that this program will continue to benefit communities.
In a memorandum issued in January this year, Trompeta directed DILG officers in the region to advocate for GMAC reorganization following changes in barangay officials brought about by the elections last October 29, 2007.
From 2005 to 2007, DILG Western Visayas conducted an annual Search for Model GMAC identified best practices and innovations in this program throughout the region. The search further improved the performance of provincial nominees through a feedback session with evaluators during the field validations. Read more
Region 6 pilots AJPP
Eleven towns of Capiz are pilots of the Access to Justice for the Poor Project (AJPP) starting June, this year. They are Sapian, Sigma, Dao, Jamindan, Cuartero, Dumarao Pilar, Pontevedra, Panay, Ivisan and Pres Roxas. Ten pilot barangays were identified per municipality, or a total of 110 barangays in all, as initial implementors of the program. Read more
Early Childhood Care and Development
The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) is a three-year cost-sharing program of the national and provincial governments that provides for the implementation and sustainability of the ECCD programs and projects implemented to target LGUs. In the whole Philippines, only San Carlos City, Negros Occidental and Roxas City, Capiz are self-starting LGUs that undertake the implementation of ECCD program. Read more
Sebaste, Antique undergoes GO-FAR Docu workshop
The municipality of Sebaste, Antique was the first replicator of the GO-FAR (Good Practices in Local Governance – Facility for Replication and Adaptation) program in Western Visayas to undergo a training to document their project in preparation for possible replication by other local governments in the country.
This LGU’s GO-FAR Team earlier went to Naawan, Misamis Oriental to undergo an inception workshop on how to manage a municipal economic enterprise. The knowledge they got from Naawan was applied to the Sebaste Municipal Waterworks, an LGU-operated potable water supply system that serves barangays within the Poblacion.
