MANILA: Malacañang has directed government agencies to observe ‘Community Development Week’ and ‘Community Development Day’ to uphold and instill the ‘bayanihan’ (teamwork) spirit and the value of community cooperation.
Under Memorandum Circular (MC) 41 inked by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Wednesday, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), in partnership with non-government and people’s organizations, is tasked to lead the activities and programs of the annual ‘Community Development Week’ and ‘Community Development Day.’
All national government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, government financial institutions, and state universities and colleges are directed to extend support and cooperation for the activities and programs during the annual celebration.
Local government units are encouraged to support the annual event.
Under Proclamation 316 issued in 1994, the first week of January and Jan. 6 of every year have been dec
lared as Community Development Week and Community Development Day, respectively.
The DILG is the lead agency in the annual celebration, in coordination with the non-government and people’s organizations.
The proclamation aims to recognize the invaluable contributions and concerted efforts of both government and non-government organizations in the development of local communities, people empowerment, and community mobilization.
Malacañang has yet to release a copy of MC 41.
Source: Philippines News Agency
Phnom Penh: Cambodian media on January 5 published articles and photos acknowledging the role of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers in the January 7, 1979 victory that overthrew the genocidal Pol Pot regime as well as in the reconstruction and development of Cambodia today.
The articles also highlighted the sound friendship between the two neighbouring countries, which continues to be enhanced and expanded in all fields and at all levels.
Electronic news outlet Thmeythmey said in its article that January 7, 1979 marked the great and historic victory of the Cambodian people over the genocidal Pol Pot regime, opening up a new era of independence, freedom, democracy and social progress. It also also paved the way for national unification in Cambodia, the newswire said.
The newspaper commented that Cambodia has achievements today thanks to the overthrowing of the genocidal regime, carried out by the United Front for National Salvation of Cambodia with the support of the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and people.
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its article published on the same day, the Koh Santepheap newspaper highlighted that this victory was a historic event, reflecting the spirit of great international solidarity between the people and armies of Cambodia and Vietnam, ushering in a new chapter in the fine friendship between the two countries.
According to the newspaper, since the complete withdrawal of the Vietnamese volunteer soldiers from Cambodia in 1989, bilateral relations have increasingly developed in many areas, bringing great interests to the two countries’ people.
This relationship has been preserved and nurtured by the leaders, people and the young generations of the two countries under the motto ‘good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, and sustainable, long-term and comprehensive cooperation’, it said./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency