The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), led by Local Affairs Coordinating and Monitoring Services (LACMS) Monitoring Division Chief Perigine Cayadong, collaborated with the City Government of Isabela under Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman to conduct an orientation seminar, July 10, on the Magna Carta of the Poor (MCP) – Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP).
City Administrator Pedrito Eisma representing Mayor Turabin-Hataman emphasized the importance of participants being comprehensively oriented and gaining in-depth knowledge of the Magna Carta of the Poor-Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (MCP-LPRAP).
The orientation seminar aims to present and discuss the salient features of RA 11291 or the MCP and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), present the local poverty situation, discuss the LPRAP formulation process and procedures, and capture field-level observations and learnings and, agree on ways forward for the MCP-LPRAP-related activities.
Republic Act 11291, or the Magna Carta of the Poor, directs the government to “establish a system of progressive realization or implementation to provide the requirements, conditions, and opportunities for the full enjoyment or realization” of the five (5) fundamental rights of the poor: a) right to adequate food; b) right to decent work; c) right to relevant and quality education; d) right to adequate housing; and e) right to the highest attainable standard of health.
Present were STO I Ma. Monina Hazel Garcia, STO I Ronaldo Crescini, TO V Anne Gabrielle Dizon and TO V Arnold Balbuena from NAPC-LACMS. Also present were DILG FOU CLGOO Arnel Alvarez and LGOO Aila Pagayonan, IPMR Mary May Julhari, SK Federation President Naila Belleng, Isabela City Peoples’ Council led by President Pastor Ronald Paulino, Nagdilaab Foundation, Inc Executive Director Miriam Suacito, EPS Ruby Ann Yu from DepEd SDO-Isabela City, Executive Assistant for IP Affairs and CSO Desk Officer Norhaya Macusang, CPDC Gay Palagtiosa, CSWDO Nor Aina Asmara and representatives from Public Employment and Service Office and City Engineering Office. (Words by SJ Asakil/Photos by M. Santos, CIO)
