DENR-CAR joins Cordillera Day celebration
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-CAR joined the celebration of the 35th Founding Anniversary of the creation of the Cordillera Administrative Region by virtue of Executive Order 220 signed by then President Corazon Aquino on July 15, 1987.
DENR-CAR Regional Executive Director Ralph C. Pablo, Chairman of the Cordillera Regional Development Council Watershed Sectoral Committee, together with some personnel and staff of the DENR-CAR Regional Office joined the parade leading to the Baguio Convention Center as member of the National Government Agencies in the Region.
This year’s celebration with the theme, “One Autonomous Cordillera: Ensuring Social Development and Inclusive Growth in the New Normal” is jointly hosted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Provincial Government of the Province of Mountain Province.
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong welcomed all delegates who attended the face-to-face celebration after 2 years of online or virtual celebrations of the said event due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Baguio Local Chief Executive hailed the event as a promising beginning for a new positive action to achieve what was begun 35 years ago.
Meanwhile, Keynote Speaker, Incoming DSWD Secretary, Erwin Tulfo, called and highlighted the call of the present administration to continue working as one to attain the long-sought autonomy for self-determination by the people of the Cordilleras.
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