NEDA XII joins earthquake drill, observes MHP

He said the IARCDSP is originally a six-year Program that was set to end its implementation in December 2018. However, on June 14, 2018, the NEDA ICC Cabinet Committee approved a two-year Project extension until December 2020 with loan validity extended until April 11, 2021. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic that hit the country in early 2020, the NEDA ICC CabCom again approved an Ad Referendum granting the program with a 10-month extension from January 2021 until October 2021. The loan validity was likewise extended from April 11, 2021, to October 31, 2021. KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato – NEDA XII, along with the various Regional Line Agencies (RLAs) in SOCCSKSARGEN Region, participated in the CY 2022 First Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on March 10, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. The “Duck, Cover, and Hold” drill was executed while strictly complying with public health protocols prescribed by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in its Memorandum No. 71, series of 2020, on the Interim Guidelines on the Conduct of the NSED during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

SECRETARIAT NEDA XII joins earthquake drill, observes MHP

By Joseph Didius L. Clave, NEDA XII

The Italian peace projects became a success because of cooperation among various players and that the projects truly reached the people it intended to help,”

Secretary Bernie Cruz

More than 50,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) were served through the 160 completed infrastructure projects worth Php 1.2 billion. The infrastructures were composed of farm-to-market roads, bridges, irrigation facilities, postharvest facilities, potable water systems, and multi-purpose buildings constructed in target areas under IARCDSP. The program covered 35 agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in the provinces of Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao.

DAR Undersecretary for Foreign-Assisted Projects Virginia Orogo said the project was able to provide financial assistance to 35 cooperatives worth Php 191.7 million. The said amount was spent on hauling trucks, modern farm machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, animal feeds, and office equipment. In addition, she said that a total of 159 trainings for capacity building worth Php 30.6 million benefitted to more than 5,000 farmers, and livelihood assistance worth Php 8.6 million provided to 117 barangays. The activity was undertaken in compliance with NDRRMC Memorandum No. 21, series of 2022 on the conduct of the CY 2022 quarterly nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill.