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2024 marks another successful conduct of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP). In its continuous quest to fight insurgency and promote participatory community development in CALABARZON, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), provided 28 barangays across 13 municipalities and cities within Quezon Province with essential socioeconomic services.

Through Executive Order No. 70 (s. 2018), the Whole-of-Nation approach to address the bases of insurgencies that pose a threat to public safety was institutionalized. It serves to initiate and facilitate inclusive and sustainable peace through the promotion of participatory governance, coactive government development, and emphasis on the LGU’s responsibilities to the community. Part of this movement is the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF1-ELCAC), which oversees the conduct of RCSPs in vulnerable communities, or those affected by armed conflicts in the past, insisting upon the participation of all government agencies in providing socioeconomic services to these communities.

A Barangay Development Plan is discussed in Tagkawayan

The DILG, in partnership with LGUs and other government agencies, underscores and reinforces the importance of maintaining peace and order through progress, and guides Local Chief Executives (LCEs) towards the institutionalization of inclusive and sustainable development, further propagating the purpose of EO 70’s shift of governance towards an LGU-driven environment.

The integrated efforts of each government agency and pertinent stakeholders bore fruit through the Retooled Community Support Program or RCSP held in Quezon Province from March to June, where “Ugnayan sa Barangay” activities were held, followed by Serbisyo Caravans wherein other government agencies provided services such as free medicine and medical services, provision of seedlings, free haircuts, and livelihood training to the barangay residents at the following communities, to wit:

Free medicine is distributed to residents of Brgy. San Andres

  1. Villa Ilaya, Atimonan       
  2. De La Paz, Buenavista              
  3. Del Rosario, Buenavista            
  4. Mabini, Buenavista        
  5. San Diego, Buenavista              
  6. San Pedro, Buenavista              
  7. Ipil, Calauag       
  8. Pinagsakahan, Calauag            
  9. Pahinga Norte, Candelaria        
  10. Anusan, Catanauan       
  11. San Ignacio Ibaba, General Luna          
  12. San Ignacio Ilaya, General Luna           
  13. Pisa, General Nakar 
  14. San Jose, Mauban         
  15. Santo Niño, Mauban 

16. Ajos, Mulanay
17. San Pedro, Mulanay
18. Malapad, Real
19. Maunlad, Real
20. Masikap, Real
21. Pandan, Real
22. Talisay, San Andres
23. Ibabang Tayuman, San Francisco
24. Ilayang Tayuman, San Francisco
25. Kinatakutan, Tagkawayan
26. San Diego, Tagkawayan
27. San Isidro, Tagkawayan
28. Santa Monica, Tagkawayan

Ultimately, this year’s line of successful RCSP activities stand as enduring proof of the DILG IV-A’s dedication to community development in response to the administration’s strides in addressing socioeconomic issues at their core. Through on-the-ground engagement and capacitation of the LGUs for sustainable development, the DILG IV-A was able to guide communities towards coactive governance, paving the way for positive change.