8th Regional Advisory Committee Meeting

Members of the ARMM's Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) convened to address pressing issues and concerns on the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the Region on August 9, 2016.

As of March 2016, there are 417,216 households covered by 4Ps in the region, in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, SUlu and Tawi-Tawi.

The meeting was presided over by ARMM Governor and RAC Chairperson Mujiv Hataman, and ARMM Vice Governor and Social Welfare Secretary Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman as vice chairperson, at the ARMM governor's office in Cotabato City.

It was attended by member departments that include Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Health (DOH), Education (DepEd), Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Labor and Employment (DOLE). Other members agencies include Regional Nutrition Council (RNC), Populaion Commission (PopCom), Regional Planning and Development Office (RPDO), Bureau of Public Information (BPI) and Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC). (BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION-MINDANAO EXPOSE’)