The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development Cagayan Valley (DEPDev2) championed data-driven governance in the region through the conduct of Regional Forum on Data-Driven Planning on October 28, 2025 at the Pulsar Hotel Premiere Suites, Buntun, Tuguegarao City. The forum aimed to advocate and equip regional and local planners on the importance of data and continue reading : 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐃𝐞𝐯𝟐 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐

The Special Regional Committee on the Sustainable Development Goals (SRC-SDG) conducted its Regular Business Meeting today, October 29, 2025, at the DEPDev Regional Office. The committee was reorganized and its membership was expanded to include the new set of Private Sector Representatives of the Regional Development Council. From among the PSRs, Atty. Robin James Gunnacao continue reading : 𝐒𝐑𝐂-𝐒𝐃𝐆 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

The Regional Development Council Region 2 (RDC2) convened the region’s local planners on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, for the Cagayan Valley Regional Planners Convention. The activity coincide with the 2025 RDC Week Celebration with the theme, “𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘴.” The Convention focused mainly on three major topics presented continue reading : 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬

On 10 April 2025, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act 12145, known as the Economy, Planning, and Development Act. The new charter renames the former National Economic and Development Authority to Department of Economy, Planning, and Development. Also, the charter strengthens the agency’s mandate, institutional independence, and capacity as the country’s primary policy, continue reading : 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐃𝐞𝐯 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫

Through the leadership of RD Dionisio C. Ledres, Jr., the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development Cagayan Valley Region (DRO2) was recognized for its outstanding achievement of attaining the least number of audit observations for the calendar year 2024 during the conduct of the 2025 Focus Group Discussion of Accountants, Bookkeepers, and Other Finance Officers continue reading : 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐃𝐞𝐯𝟐 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒