The Local Government Academy (LGA) with the assistance from European Union (EU) under the Project Strengthening LGRRCs as Harmonizing Mechanism for Effective Local Governance in the Philippines organized a 5-day Web Development Training Course for LGRRC IT Specialists last May 23-27, 2011. The training was conducted by K&SI Training Center at 4/F Suite 405 The Taipan Place, F. Ortigas Center, Pasig City.      The Information Technology Officers (ITOs) of DILG Regions 1 to 5, CAR, NCR and LGA were the participants for the 1st batch. The course content include open source web application that covers (5) modules, namely: a)Joomla (Content Management System); b)HTML (Hype Text Marked-up Language) + CSS (Cascading Style Sheet); c)PHP; d)Javascript; e)Database Concept/MySQL. Each module was discussed and several exercises were given to further enhance the trainee’s knowledge on how to create a website. Hence, at the end of training they are expected to assist…

          Representatives from the Local Government Academy’s SLGP National Project Management Office visited the municipalities of Tiwi, San Andres, San Miguel and the cities of Tabaco and Iriga to conduct project proposal assessment and site evaluation on April 25 – 28 of this year.       Projects of the selected LGUs were presented to the group for evaluation and the corresponding recommendations and some adjustments concerning project details, locations, ownership, contractual arrangements, and issues regarding real properties were provided.       Among the matters that need to be prioritized by the LGUs include the detailed Program of Work, corresponding resolutions to be adopted by the Sanggunians, opening of dedicated accounts with government banks to reflect the 20% counterpart.       The Municipality of San Andres, San Miguel, Catanduanes and the City of Iriga infrastructure projects consist of the development of Ecology Parks that will provide materials recovery, composting, recycling and livelihood facilities.…