The GPH-UNDP-EC Early Recovery and Rehabilitation Project in Central Mindanao (ERRCM) is now open for interested NGOs willing to participate in the selection of Responsible Partner (RP) for the implementation of Livelihood projects, Preparation of Barangay Development Plan (BDP), Barangay Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning and Procurement and Distribution of Non-Food Items (NFI) to pre-selected 12 Barangays in Maguindanao and 6 Barangays in Lanao del Sur.

Selected NGOs will prepare project proposal(s) according the terms of reference provided by ERRCM Desk for ARMM operations. Work details per project type are as follows:

Cotabato City— Public officials and employees will have to disclose more information in their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) from this year on following the adoption of a revised SALN form for the year 2011 and onwards by the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

In its Memorandum Circular No. 19, CSC enjoined all government employees and public officials to use the new form in filing their SALN for 2011 and onwards.

According to Resurreccion Pueyo, director CSC’s field office in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), officials and employees will now have to declare the financial and business interests of their spouses and unmarried children under 18 years of age living in their households, including the amounts and sources of their income, the amounts of their personal and family expenses, and the amount of income taxes paid for the next preceding calendar year, pursuant to Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Cotabato City— Housing officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are pushing for the completion of at least 10 of the 95 houses in the first-ever housing project being built for the region’s personnel, in keeping with the first 100 days targets of ARMM Officer-in-charge (OIC) Governor Mujiv Hataman.

Amihilda Sangcopan- Abdulhakim, chief-of-staff of ARMM’s office of the regional governor and chairperson of the Regional Housing and Rural Development Authority, said they plan to have the construction of the ten houses, including the perimeter fencing, drainage system and road networks within the housing project, finished in around three months – in time for Hataman’s first 100 days report.

(From left) OPPAP Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman and Mother Kabuntalan Mayor Datu Salaban Diocolano lead the groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, February 1, of a day care center and a core shelter unit in the municipality of Mother Kabuntalan, Maguindanao. DSWD-ARMM will put up at least 480 day care centers and 699 modified core shelters in the province of Maguindanao using some of the P8.5-billion ARMM stimulus fund. Target beneficiaries will also be made to avail of a cash for work program, livelihood assistance, and supplementary feeding for day care children. (omar mangorsi/bpi-armm)

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PEACE - (right to left) ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv S. Hataman, DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman, ARMM OIC-Vice Governor Bainon Karon, OPPAP Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Mother Kabuntalan Mayor Datu Salaban Diocolano and DSWD-ARMM Acting Secretary Pombaen Karon-Kader flash peace signs as they pose for a group shot after spearheading the groundbreaking ceremony of a core shelter unit and a day care center in Kabuntalan, Maguindanao. (omar mangorsi/bpi-armm)

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ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman, DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman, OPPAP Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and DSWD-ARMM Acting Secretary Pombaen Karon-Kader greet some of the children partaking the supplemental food provided by DSWD during the launching of the Social Welfare and Development Programs & Projects under the ARMM Stimulus Funds held at the municipality of Buluan, Maguindanao on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. (omar mangorsi/bpi-armm)

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ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman underscores his commitment to reform ARMM before guests and participants at the launching of the Social Welfare and Development Programs & Projects under the ARMM Stimulus Funds in Buluan, Maguindanao, on Wednesday, February 1. “Itaga ninyo sa bato, may mga malalaking pagbabago sa ARMM sa loob ng labinglimang buwan. Pag nagawa ko ‘yun, boundary na ako sa pulitika,” Hataman said. (omar mangorsi/bpi-armm)

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ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv S. Hataman (right) hands a P10,000.00-check to one of the 1,476 beneficiaries of the ARMM government’s livelihood assistance in Maguindanao. Hataman was in Buluan, Maguindanao Wednesday, February 1, with OPPAP Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles and DSWD Secretary Dingky Soliman to spearhead the launching of a range of aid to conflict-affected families in the province. The assistance will be financed thru the P8.5-billion ARMM stimulus fund earmarked by the Aquino government to help the incumbent ARMM caretaker government alleviate social conditions in the region. (o.mangorsi/bpiarmm)

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An elderly woman receives a P1,500.00 worth of social pension assistance from ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman. Hataman with Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu (foreground), DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman (3^rd, left), OPAPP Sec. Teresita Quintos-Deles (4^th, left) and ARMM OIC Vice Governor Bainon Karon (2^nd, right) distributed social pensions to 100 senior citizens in Buluan, Maguindanao on Wednesday, February 1. (omar mangorsi/bpi-armm)

Convergence for peace and development in Mindanao. ARMM OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman (center) joins United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director Renaud Meyer (left) and Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Sec. Luwalhati R. Antonino in identifying opportunities for complementation and coordination of the development initiatives of the government and international donors during the recent 2nd Steering Committee Meeting of the Early Recovery and Rehabilitation for Central Mindanao (ERRCM) Program.

ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv S. Hataman with some officials of the region poses for a souvenir shot with a delegation from different UN agencies headed by UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines, Dr. Jacqui Badcock. (Omar Mangorsi/BPI-ARMM)

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Dr. Jacqui Badcock (center), UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines, assures ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman of UN agencies’ support to his the policy agenda during a courtesy meeting this morning, January 31, at the region’s seat in Cotabato City. Badcock headed a team of representatives from different UN agencies presently providing an array humanitarian and development assistance to the region. (Omar Mangorsi/BPI-ARMM)

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ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv S. Hataman gives a rundown of his reform agenda before a team of representatives of different United Nation (UN) agencies operating in the country headed by UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines, Dr. Jacqui Badcock of the UN-Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA). Hataman underscored plans to introduce open governance in ARMM as means to curb corruption and enforce a government that is transparent and accountable to its people. (Omar Mangorsi/BPI-ARMM)

Message

The above constitutes in simplified graphical form a one-page summary report on the new programs and project of the Bureau of Public Information, in support to the Open Governance Policy and the Reform agenda of the Hataman Administration: 1) Good Governance; 2) Socioeconomic Uplift; 3) Infrastructure Development, and 4) Peace and Security.

Of all four agenda, however, only infrastructure development that the BPI does not have a corresponding program or project to. Bound by time, we have set activities for planning, policy formulation, review and approval in 98 days to put in place planned changes in both the administrative and operational functions of BPI (good governance), and carry out each activity in close working coordination with higher levels and other offices, toward the 100^th day of the New Administration.

Cotabato City – In a leveling-off meeting yesterday afternoon, Jan. 30, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) headed by JICA Chief Representative Mr. Takahiro Sasaki updates the newly-appointed cabinet officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) under OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman led by Executive Secretary Atty. Anwar A. Malang on the partnership of JICA and ARMM including its basic policy for cooperation in pursuit of peace and development in Mindanao.

Sasaki pointed out that JICA would be focusing its cooperation on human resource development programs for ARMM. He was accompanied by Mr. Shinichi Masuda, JICA Senior Representative, Ms. Mayuko Shimakage, JICA Project Formulation Advisor, and other JICA officials.

HEIGHTENED SECURITY. Abdulrashid Ladayo (center), Intelligence and Security Services (ISS) director of ORG-ARMM, justifies the security measures being put in place inside the ARMM complex before members of the media in a press conference held this morning, January 30, at the new BPI office. Ladayo said security has to be tightened following the series of bombings within the premises of the region’s seat. He also announced plan to install surveillance cameras in key areas in the weeks ahead. (Omar Mangorsi/BPI-ARMM)

COTABATO CITY – Magsisimula na sa unang araw ng Pebrero taong kasalukuyan  ang pagpapatupad ng “No sticker, No Entry” sa lahat ng sasakyan na papasok sa ARMM Compound.