Two
barangays received Smart TVs through the Retooled Community Support
Program (RCSP) of the DILG in Antique during the launching of the RCSP
TV Aralan Series at Adelaide Tourist and Traveler’s Inn, San Jose,
Antique on November 25, 2020.
The
RCSP is one of the strategies employed by the government in ending
insurgency by strengthening the government’s role in establishing peace
and development in every community.
The
TV Aralan Series, which forms part of the RCSP, is an initiative by the
DILG Region 6 in partnership with the Regional Task Force (RTF) to End
Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). Along with Smart TVs, three
modules were also provided for the learning and development of key
barangay stakeholders.
“It
is a mechanism to keep the target audience in the target barangays
abreast and well-informed of the various programs, projects, and
activities of DILG and other concerned national government agencies,”
said DILG Region 6 OIC-Regional Director (RD) Juan Jovian Ingeniero
during the launching.
The
RTF-ELCAC has been active in its duty to bring peace and development in
the region through its sub-clusters.? Various efforts have been
advanced and maintained to realize its aspirations for the region.
DILG
Antique Provincial Director Cherryl Tacda said that the DILG Antique
Province has been assisting the recipient barangays in the
implementation of the RCSP by strengthening their barangay based
institutions, empowering their communities, and revisiting their
barangay development plans to ensure that the programs and projects are
shovel-ready when the appropriate budget comes in 2021.
“Of
the 74 RCSP recipient barangays in Region 6, two are from the Province
of Antique: Brgy. Bulan-Bulan, San Remigio, and Brgy. Cabladan,
Sibalom,” said RCSP Provincial Focal Person Whel Frank Santias.
The
Municipal Mayors of Sibalom and San Remigio -- Gian Carlo Occena and
Margarito Mission Jr. -- and the Punong Barangays (PBs) of the RCSP
recipient barangays -- PBs Pedro Raymundo and Porficio Cabigunda --
expressed their gratitude to DILG Region 6 during the turn-over of the
knowledge materials.
RD
Ingeniero hopes that the program will strengthen the partnership
between the local government units, beneficiaries, and stakeholders in
advancing peace and development in the communities. (Contents reposted from DILG website)
