Local government units in NCR are moving full steam ahead on the implementation of the new policy on localized quarantine measures to help curb COVID-19 infection approved by the IATF starting September 16. The Local Government Academy (LGA) and the DILG-NCR assisted Metro Manila mayors and local officials in preparing to implement this new strategy continue reading : Metro Manila LGUs gear up for small-scale lockdowns, business openings

The Regional Peace and Order Council-NCR (RPOC-NCR), through the Special Action Committee-Administrative Governance (SAC-AG), held a 2-day webinar entitled “Sound Policy Making for Peace and Order Councils” from September 20 to 21, 2021. The webinar aims to capacitate local peace and order councils on the strategies and methods of sound policymaking and familiarize them with continue reading : Webinar Upskills Peace and Order Councils in Policymaking

Experts agree: Metro Manila is a coastal megacity. Despite the region’s rapid urbanization and service-oriented economy, fisheries remains an important economic activity for particular sectors in the five coastal cities of Pasay, Las Piñas, Navotas, Parañaque, and Manila. Thus, local governance practices should reflect this reality. Towards this end, DILG-NCR, through the Manila Bay Clean-up, continue reading : Coastal LGUs to benefit from DA-BFAR online database system

The Regional Peace and Order Council-NCR, through its Special Action Committee on Administrative Governance (SAC-AG), held on September 15, 2021, the first in a series of webinars to further capacitate local and regional executives with new tools to support ongoing peace and order efforts in their respective areas of responsibility. In his keynote statement, RPOC continue reading : Regional and Local Peace Executives Learn to Think Like Futurists for Public Safety

“The government cannot bring about recovery by itself; it will need the private sector to cooperate and make investments. Let us make it easier for them to determine the potential returns of this investment by minimizing uncertainty with regard to the cost of Doing Business. In doing so we will be able to facilitate job continue reading : NCR LGUs get hands-on training on setting appropriate rates for fees and charges using LFC toolkit

The DILG National Capital Region (DILG-NCR), in partnership with the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF) held an Executive Briefing with key Local Government Units (LGUs) functionaries on August 18, 2021. The virtual meeting featured discussions on easing the cost of doing business though the Rationalization of Fees and Charges (RFC) and the continue reading : LGUs seek win-win solution in rationalization of fees and charges

Metro Manila local government units are now set to prepare their plans for full devolution following an online interfacing with government agency members of the Regional Committee on Devolution (ComDev) last September 2. The meeting with the local Devolution Transition Committees of the 16 cities and lone municipality of NCR provided a platform for local continue reading : With NCR ComDev’s help, LGUs prep plans for full devolution

The Regional Peace and Order Council of the National Capital Region (RPOC-NCR), through its Special Action Committee on Crime and Disorder and Violent Extremism and Insurgency (SAC CADVEI), held an inter-agency teleconference on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 last August 31, 2021. Representatives from RPOC-NCR member agencies and from Local Peace and Order Councils continue reading : RPOC-NCR highlights cybercrime prevention gains, updates and practices

The Special Action Committee on Public Safety under the Regional Peace and Order Council – National Capital Region (RPOC-NCR) hosted last August 25, 2021 an orientation conference on the TsuperHero: Kasangga sa Resbakuna, a vaccination program initiated by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) for transport workers. City/Municipal Health Officials and DILG-NCR Field Office focal persons continue reading : TsuperHero Vaccination Program for transport workers to be adopted by all NCR-LGUs

In a joint meeting held August 26, 2021 via Zoom, the Regional Peace and Order Council Special Action Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (SAC AID) and the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs Advocacy Cluster (ICAD) zeroed in on winning strategies to achieve drug-free communities in the NCR. The joint meeting was co-presided by PDEA Assistant Regional continue reading : Anti-Illegal Drug Committees tackle campaign successes and ways forward