PIA Davao Region

DAVAO CITY, Mar. 03 (PIA) - MINDA Deputy Executive Director Asec. Romeo Montenegro emphasized the need to jumpstart the priority projects in Mindanao with the stronger ties between the PIA as the communication arm of the government thru the revival of Mindanao Communicators Network (MINDAComNet). In an online meeting held Monday, March 01, PIA Mindanao Regional Heads together with PIA Director General Ramon L. Cualoping III assured PIA's communication support to the MINDA's agenda in terms of social and health services, infrastructure and investments projects for the entire Mindanao. “We look forward to not just strengthening our partnership but actually reviving the partnership that we’d had for the longest time,” DG Cualoping told as he opened up the possibility of partnership with MINDA. “We look forward to a stronger partnership especially that the past six years we know that Mindanao has been at the forefront and the focus of our President and now at the tail end of his ad

DAVAO DEL  NORTE, Feb. 18 (PIA)--- In line with the full devolution implementation starting this year, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will concentrate on providing technical assistance to far-flung municipalities and isolated islands.   In her online forum with the Davao Region media, MinDA Secretary Maria Belen “Mabel” Sunga-Acosta said MinDA is targeting the 4 th  class and 5 th  class municipalities which may find themselves lacking in technical capacities to handle outpour of funds from the additional Internal Revenue Allocation (IRA).   “ Baka mamaya mabigla sila sa additional funds  (They might be astounded with the additional funds) but may not have the idea what to do with the funds,” she said.   Additional IRA share due for LGUs starting this year comes as a result of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Garcia-Mandanas petition, affirming that “local government units are entitled to ‘just share’ on all national taxes collected and not only from the Bureau of Internal R

DAVAO DEL NORTE ---  The Mindanao Dev’t Authority (MinDA) has committed to provide technical assistance in infusing the “Mindanao context” to the Metro Davao Development Authority (MDDA). In the MinDA Media Forum, MinDA Deputy Executive Director Romeo Montenegro said that MinDA’s assistance is geared towards making sure that LGUs involved in the MDDA will be contributing  to the  overall development of Metro Davao. “MinDA will continue to provide the Mindanao context in the interregional context, to make sure that everyone is making sense, not individually on its own, but on the  context of them contributing to the overall development . The Senate approved on Jan 17, 2022 on 3 rd  and final reading House Bill 8930 establishing MDDA involving the highly urbanized city of Davao;  the cities of Tagum, Panabo, Samal, and the Municipality of Carmen in Davao del Norte; and Digos City in Davao del Sur. Montenegro explained that the MDDA will soon be pursuing planning and development undertaki