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+ May 06, 2021 WHILE not a few local government units (LGUs) in Negros island and Panay are still unsympathetic and unsupportive of civil society organizations (CSOs), interchangeably referred to as people’s organizations (POs), in Bacolod, a city of half a million people and classified as a highly urbanized city (HUC), a sizable number of city CSOs are already represented in the City Development Council (CDC), Local Special Bodies (LSBs) and sectoral committees.
Local Development Council, LSBs like Local School Board, Local Health Board, Local Bids and Awards Committee, Local Peace and Order Council among others, the sectoral committees and the Barangay-based Institutions or BBIs, are the citizens participatory mechanisms mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 or Republic Act 7160. People’s participation is one of the important goals in the passage of LGC.