Press Conference with NEDA Director-General and Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning, Dr. Dante B. Calas at the Dendrobium Room, Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City  on June 21, 2001. With him is NEDA IX Regional Director Rafael G. Evangelista, Jr.

Members of both local and national press corps during the press conference at the Dendrobuim Room.

NEDA IX Conference with Sec. Dante B. Canlas (center). With him is NEDA IX RD Rafael G. Evangelista, Jr. (right) and NEDA IX OIC-ARD Efren B. Carreon. 

The Staff of the NEDA IX Regional Office (NRO) IX during the NEDA IX Conference with DG Canlas at the Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City as they discussed the concerns of NRO IX. In his message, DG Canlas commended the NRO IX for stirring up activities for the Regional Development Council IX being its Secretariat.