History of the MIMAROPA Region
MIMAROPA is the youngest among the 17 administrative regions in the country consisting of five provinces: Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. It was created as a separate region through Executive Order 103 issued on May 17, 2002 to accelerate social and economic development and improve the delivery of public services. Among the region’s provinces, Palawan is the biggest, accounting for almost 54.7% of the region’s total land area while Marinduque is the smallest with an area of only 934.7 square kilometres or barely 3.4% of the total land area of the region.
MIMAROPA’s strongest potentials are on agriculture and eco-tourism. Forty percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from agriculture and fishery. It also intensifies food production not just for the region but for CALABARZON and Metro Manila areas as well.
On September 2007, then DOST Secretary Estrella F. Alabastro signed a memorandum separating the management of DOST-MIMAROPA from DOST-IV with a common administrative personnel sharing with DOST-CALABARZON. DOST-MIMAROPA holds office at the DOST Complex in Bicutan, Taguig City with its first Regional Director, Dr. Ma. Josefina P. Abilay.
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