The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has partnered with First Gen Corporation’s 100–percent renewable energy subsidiary Energy Development Corporation in developing a strategic program to complement and enhance the existing climate action and resilience initiatives of local government units in the country.
A dream is a wish your heart makes…” so sang Cinderella, who eventually found the original Prince Charming with the help of a fairy godmother, her furry and feathered friends, and of course, a glass slipper.
Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez, the chairperson of Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council. (Photo by Ormoc city government) TACLOBAN CITY - The Regional Development Council (RDC) will form a task force to prepare a concept note for the Eastern Visayas railway system eyed more than 20 years ago. RDC chair and Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez said the region's highest policy-making body agreed in its special meeting on Jan. 31 to form the task force composed of various national government agencies and local government units. The proposed body will include members from the Department of Transportation, legislative district offices, the Department of Public Works and Highways, Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, National Economic and Development Authority, six provincial government, seven cities, and private sector representatives. "We need a concept note to get funding for the feasibility study. It is a br