In celebration of the 33rd National Statistics Month, the NEDA Region 5 conducted the 1st NEDA Region 5 Statistics Quiz Bee on October 5, 2022 at the RDC Hall, NEDA Region 5, Legazpi City. Ms. Grace C. Torres, Senior Economic Development Specialist of the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division, emerged as the Champion. She will continue reading : NEDA Region 5 conducts 1st NEDA Region 5 Statistics Quiz Bee

The Bicol Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC), in its meeting held on October 3, 2022, approved the guidelines on the Certification of the Regional Pool of Gender and Development Resource Persons (RPGRP).  Creating the RPGRP is a strategy to respond to the increasing demand for technical assistance on gender and development (GAD) in the continue reading : Bicol RGADC approves Guidelines on the Certification of the GAD Resource Pool

Bicol Region eyes a wider and better network for project development and evaluation, and resource generation as more development planners build proficiency in project concept note preparation during the Training/Workshop on Project Concept Note (PCN) Preparation held on June 28 to 29, 2022 at the NEDA Regional Office 5 in Legazpi City. The endeavor is continue reading : Bicol Eyes a Wider Network for Project Development

The Bicol Regional Development Council (RDC) conducted the End-of-Term Address on June 20, 2022 at The Marison Hotel, Legazpi City. It is the first time to hold the special event which was spearheaded by the NEDA 5, as the RDC secretariat. The activity raised public awareness of the RDC as the highest policy-making body in continue reading : BICOL RDC holds its first end-of-term address, celebrates key milestones

NEDA Bicol conducted the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on June 9, 2022 at 9:00am.  This is pursuant to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Memorandum Nos. 21, and  29, s. 2022, respectively. The drill was conducted based on the hypothetical scenario of continue reading : Report on the NEDA Bicol 2nd QUARTER NATIONWIDE SIMULTANEOUS EARTHQUAKE DRILL

NEDA Bicol got a hundred percent rating in the spot-checking conducted by the Department of Energy (DOE) on May 26, 2022 following the issuance of the Inter-Agency Energy Efficiency and Conservation Committee (IAEECC) Advisory on the “Mandatory Implementation of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs, and the Strict Observance of the Government Energy Management Program (GEMP) continue reading : NEDA BICOL EXCELS IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDIT

The Bicol region’s economy starts to recover from the adverse effect of the pandemic with 4.2 percent growth rate from a contraction of 8.3 percent in 2020 as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) during a simultaneous nationwide press conference on the country’s economic performance on April 28, 2022.  “This sounds a lot of continue reading : Bicol’s economy starts to recover in 2021

As a culminating activity of the CY 2022 National Women’s Month Celebration (NWMC), the Ladies’ Choice Cook-Off Competition held on March 28 allowed the men to cook lunch for the ladies who judged the dishes based on presentation and taste. Two male representatives each from the six divisions/units cooked Beef Pares, Beef Caldereta, Binutong na continue reading : NEDA BICOL GENTLEMEN SHOWCASE COOKING TALENTS

The Special Regional Committee on the Sustainable Development Goals (SRC-SDGs) in the Bicol Region conducted a refresher session on the SDGs and the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) for 54 provincial and city planning and development officers, statisticians, SDG focal persons, and the NEDA Region 5 staff. Held on February 22, 2022 via Zoom platform, the continue reading : Bicol SDG Committee Conducts Refresher on SDGs and CBMS