In their continuous efforts to accelerate the achievement of the Millennium Development goals (MDGs), Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda and Tabaco City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the piloting of TINGOG 2015 initiative also known as the Citizens Action for Governance.       Tingog 2015 is an innovative feedback mechanism that aims to ensure delivery of services in order to fast track achievement of the MDGs by allowing citizens to report and monitor these services in their communities. It will initially focus on responding to reported issues on maternal health care.      Present during the MOU signing were UN Millennium Campaign Global Director Corinne Woods, UN Millennium Campaign Regional Director Minar Pimple, Mr. Isagani Serrano of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), Professor Leonor Magtolis-Briones, Lead Convenor of Social Watch Philippines, DILG V Director Blandino Maceda and members of the media.      Governor Salceda gladly…

          The adage: “If Mohammed cannot go to the mountain, then let the mountain go to Mohammed” could not be more true when the House Committee on Rural Development chaired by Rep. Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga (1st District, Quezon) conducted its first out of town public hearing on HB 1330 (BIDANI Act of 2010) at the Municipality of Gubat, Sorsogon on May 20, 2011 at 1:30 P.M.      In his Welcome Remarks, 2nd District Congressman Deogracias B. Ramos, Jr., Vice-Chairman of Rural Development Committee, explained that the public hearing was meant to bring Congress closer to the people, and aimed at getting the views and sentiments of the various sectors regarding the proposed law. The well-attended public hearing was the first House activity to be conducted in the second congressional district, if not in the Province of Sorsogon.      House Bill No. 1330 entitled: “Barangay Integrated Development Approach for…