JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING ON LCAT-VAWC AND LCPC


The Office of Provincial Social Welfare and Development, which is under the administration of the Honorable Governor Alexander Ty Pimentel who was effectively represented by Mr. Esmeraldo S. Raymundo, Provincial Administrator during the conduct of Joint Committee Meeting for the Reconstitution of the Provincial Committee Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and their Children and Local Council for the Protection of Children on November 10, 2022 at PGO Conference Room in Capitol Hills, Telaje, Tandag City.

The meeting was presided over by Mr. Raymundo, who also gave an overview of the LCPC and LCAT-VAWC. The meeting was arranged by the PSWDO personnel under the direction of Mrs. Hershe L. Nuñez, RSW, PSWDO, in collaboration with Ms. Pia B. Curada, RSW, LCAT-VAWC Focal, and Ms. Paula S. Gallardo, RSW, LCPC Focal. The guidelines for LCAT-VAWC were given to the plenary by Ms. Curada, and the guidelines for LCPC by Ms. Gallardo.

Mr. Raymundo continued to speak to the plenary on the creation of the executive orders for the LCAT-VAWC and LCPC and encouraged the participants for the necessity of the committees' reconstitution. The committee members from each department state their commitments to the council's initiatives and operations. The Provincial Budget Office, Civil Service Commission, Department of Labor and Employment, Provincial Planning and Development Office, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Office of the Provincial Agriculture, Taggapan ng Sagguniang Panlalawigan, Liga ng Barangay, Provincial Health Office, Provincial Administrators Office, Department of Social Welfare and Development Office, and Provincial Prosecutors Office were among the organizations represented at the meeting.