On behalf of the Provincial Government of La Union, La Union Provincial Tourism Office (LUPTO) Officer-in-Charge Arthur S. Cortez, Jr. with local historian Dr. Adriel Obar Meimban turns over bougainvillea cuttings to City General Services Officer (GSO) Don Carlo N. Peña of the City Government of San Fernando on May 5, 2021 at the Provincial Capitol Grounds, City of San Fernando, La Union.
While the Province of La Union faces the battle against the CoViD-19 Pandemic, peace and order remains in place. As such, Gov. Pacoy continues to maintain strong alliance with the Armed Forces of the Philippines as newly installed Commander of the 702nd Infantry Defender Brigade, Philippine Army BGEN Krishnamurti A Mortela pays a courtesy visit on May 5, 2021 at the Office of the Provincial Governor, Provincial Capitol, City of San Fernando, La Union.
Also present during the visit were Major Jeffrey L. Mamuyac (FS) PA, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer Aureliano F. Rulloda III, Capt. Gregor Mendel Panelo, Consultant to the Governor, and Provincial Warden Rimas Calixto.
BGEN Mortela was formerly the Brigade Commander of the 701st Infantry Brigade based in Mindanao while former 702nd Brigade Commander BGEN Audrey L. Pasia will be assigned as the Assistant Division Commander of the 5th Infantry Division in Isabela Province.
The 22nd Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on its third and final reading the Draft Ordinance No. 281-2021, “Institutionalizing the La Union Youth Congress on Human Rights” during its 97th Regular Session on May 4, 2021 at the SP Session Hall, City of San Fernando, La Union.
With the aim to identify priority interventions, validate plans and explore future cooperation among key stakeholders, the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) through the La Union Provincial Tourism Office (LUPTO) – Culture and Arts Section conducted a consultative dialogue on local history with partner agencies in education on April 21, 2021 via video conferencing.
In its bid to promote ecological integrity and clean and healthy environment through the La Union #KalikasanNaman campaign, the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) SCUBA Diving Team assisted in the successful deployment of 70 units of Artificial Reef (AR) on April 22 to 28, 2021 in the coastal Municipalities of Balaoan, Bacnotan and San Juan, La Union .
The 22nd Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of La Union passed Resolution No. 582-202, adopting paperless transactions and online transmitting of SP resolutions on the status and review of acted referrals and in receiving communications from component local government units (LGUs), offices and agencies through its Official E-mail Address, sangguniangpanlalawiganlaunion@gmail.com.
Due to the pandemic, the SP transitioned to this innovation/digital transaction in order to safeguard the health of the people in the province in interacting with the government, businesses and their personal dealings. Board Member Gerard G. Ostrea said, the office’s first case of CoViD-19 prompted them to impose tighter measures preventing any staff from contracting the virus, through this digital/online strategy.
BM Ostrea further mentioned that all component LGUs of the Province have access to online services not just with their own local internet connections but also through their connection to the Provincial Wireless Mesh. Most, if not all stakeholders of the province have internet connections, thus, the continuity of public services is not hampered by this pandemic.
The resolution states that SP Secretariat shall adopt paperless transactions and shall act upon communications forwarded to its official email address. Also it shall transmit via official email addresses of PLGU departments, LGUs and concerned offices and agencies electronic copies of approved resolutions as well as other documents needed for review, endorsements to and from the different offices of the province and other important communications be also included and that ISO Registered procedures be re-studied to adjust to protocols so as to comply with this Resolution.
BM Ostrea said that with their new system, they can pursue substantial progress and achieve developmental local legislation.
As the Regional Peace and Order Council-1 (RPOC-1) Chairperson, Gov. Francisco Emmanuel “Pacoy” R. Ortega III affirmed RPOC-1’s support to fund the Barangay Development Program (BDP) under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in response to a query on the defunding of the NTF-ELCAC during the virtual Kapihan sa Ilocos Forum on April 29, 2021.
National Security Adviser Sec. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. clarified that the it is the BDP that has funding and not the NTF-ELCAC as they tackled Executive Order No. 70, s. 2018 or Whole-of-Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
Department of Tourism (DOT) – Office of Tourism Development Planning, Research and Information Management Tourism Operations Officer II Faeroe Jeanne M. Fontanilla addresses the importance of Tourism Statistics to the participants during the Regional Online Basic Tourism Statistics Training (BTST) conducted by the DOT-OTDPRIM in collaboration with the DOT – Region 1 on April 27 – 28, 2021 via video conferencing.
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