BAGUIO CITY – The city’s Local Council on Disability Affairs (LCDA) will be conducting a consultative meeting and workshop to craft the local government’s three -year disability affairs plan geared towards advancing the interest of the persons with disabilities (PWDs) in a hotel along Legarda road on Monday, May 26, 2025.
Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) head Dr. Samuel G. Aquino said that the workshop will be facilitated by regional director Antonette Anaban of the Cordillera office of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) to allow the council to be able to formulate the desired disability affairs plan that will be beneficial to the PWD sector.
The council members will be briefed on the stationaries and relevant statistics on PWDs in the city that will serve as one of the basis for the formulation of the aforesaid plan,
Further, members will also be appraised on the ongoing programs, services and activities for PWDs for this year to allow the members to make the necessary suggestion and recommendations on the possibility of enhancing the said initiatives for the next three years to contribute in uplifting the status of the PWDs in the city in the coming years.
Earlier, the local government created the LCDA pursuant to existing laws, rules and regulations to contribute in advancing the welfare of PWDs within the jurisdiction of the city.
The attendees to the said consultative meeting and workshop are Councilor Arthur Alad-iw, Chairperson of the City Council Committee on PWDS, City Administrator and City Human Rights Action Officer Engr. Bonifacio dela Pena, City Social Welfare and Development officer Liza Bulayungan, Councilor Maximo Edwin, Jr., City Planning and Development Officer Arch. Donna Tabangin, Public Employment Services Officer Michelle Agbuya, City Health officer Dra. Celiaflor Brillantes, City Engineering Office officer-in-charge Engr. Richard Lardizabal, City Building Official Arch. Johnny Degay, City Public Information Officer Aileen P. Refuerzo, Department of the Interior and Local government (DILG) City Director Millicent Carin֮o, Dr. Remmel Manzano, principal of Baguio City SPED Center, City Schools Superintendent Soraya T. Faculo, District Engineer Rene Zarate, DSWD-CAR regional director Maria Catbagan-Aplaten, DOLE-CAR regional director Imelda Romanillos, TESDA-CAR regional director Francisco Jucar, Jr., DTI-CAR regional director Raymond Panhon, DOH-CAR regional director Dr. Ferdinand Benbenen, CHR-CAR regional director Atty. Romel Daguimol, Police Col. Ruel Tagel, City Director of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), Baguio City Jail – female dorm a warden Jail Senior Inspector Joan Bacayan, Baguio City Jail – male dorm warden Jail Chief Inspector Waylan Lapon, DOTR-CAR regional director Glen Dumlao, DICT-CAR regional director Reynaldo Sy, Elizabeth Bayla, president Baguio Women with Disability Organization, John Paredes, regional representative of the National P
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