(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Tuesday, 10 December 2024) Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting the western section of Mindanao and Palawan. Shear Line affecting the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern Luzon and the rest of Central Luzon. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Moderate to Strong winds coming from East to Northeast will prevail with slight to moderate seas / (0.6 to 2.5 meters).


Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Caraga Region: Pilot for GPBP Online System

By Bryan F. Edulzura

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) - Caraga region has been chosen as one of the two regions in the country (along with Region 6) to be piloted for the implementation online reporting and monitoring system of Grassroots Participatory Budget Process (GPBP).  The system allows agencies, projects beneficiaries, stakeholders and even ordinary citizen to submit report, know status of project, and send feedbacks anytime and anywhere on real time.

The selection was made by the World Bank and the central offices of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) through its GPBP Project Management Office (PMO).

Caraga was chosen primarily because of the smooth implementation of the GPBP project in this part of the country.  “We laud DILG Region 13 Regional Director and Regional Poverty Reduction Action Team (RPRAT) Chair, Lilibeth Famacion, for a job well done,” said Richard Villacorte, Assistant Project Manager of the GPBB PMO. “Implementation is efficient and incidence of project replacements and complaints received were very minimal in the region”, he continued.

According to World Bank’s Makiko Watanabe, “GPBP creates a platform where conventional upward accountability [where ROs report to NGA Cos] can be interfaced with downward accountability [where ROs and LGUs are held accountable by the citizens].”

The online reporting system and monitoring will be launched early next year and is expected to strengthen the principles of transparency and accountability and improve people participation in local development planning and monitoring.


In the meantime, a GPBP public disclosure portal, Phase I of the online reporting system, is expected to be launched this later this month. Once online, everyone will be able to see the project list funded under GPBP. (DILG-13/PIA-Caraga)