TACLOBAN CITY – Ormoc City, Leyte Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for appointing her chairperson of the Regional Development Council-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas).
"I express my deepest gratitude to President Bongbong Marcos for the honor and opportunity bestowed on me as chairperson of the Regional Development Council 8," Gomez said.
"I believe that regional development must be a collaborative effort that plays on each LGU's area of strength. I look forward to serving the region by promoting socio-economic projects that will fuel our keystone industries, most especially agriculture and tourism," she added.
Gomez will serve from 2022 to 2025 alongside Leo Christian Lauzon, RDC-8 co-chairperson.
The Regional Development Council (RDC) is the highest planning and policy-making body in the region.
It is the counterpart of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) board on the sub-national level and the primary institution that coordinates and sets the direction of all economic and social development efforts in Eastern Visayas.
The RDC also serves as a forum where local efforts can be related and integrated with regional and national development activities.