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24/10/2026

Bicol’s first AI summit is almost here, and slots are filling fast. 🚀

AI NEXT PH is for people who want to move beyond AI hype and explore where it can create real, responsible, practical impact.

🚀 Startups - Build smarter, scale faster, and connect with ideas, mentors, collaborators, and opportunities.

🌾 Agriculture - Explore AI for better decisions, productivity, forecasting, resource management, and market access.

🏛️ LGUs - Discover practical ways AI and digital tools can support better public services, workflows, and local development.

💼 MSMEs - Save time, automate repetitive work, improve customer engagement, and make smarter business decisions.

🏦 Banking & Finance - Explore AI for analytics, automation, risk, fraud prevention, customer experience, and financial inclusion.

🎓 Academe - See how AI is reshaping learning, research, skills, and the future of work.

⚡ Utility Companies - Discover opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, forecasting, monitoring, and infrastructure management.

🧩 Solution Providers - Bring your expertise closer to real-world problems and connect with organizations looking for credible solutions, pilots, and partnerships.

📅 October 27–28, 2026
📍 Lendes Convention Hall, Almeda Hwy, Naga City

If you’re part of any of these sectors, this is your invitation to join the conversation.

🔥 Slots are closing fast. Register now:
https://www.nagacitystartups.org/

24/10/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY: IDEA2STARTUP PRELIMINARY ROUND ⏳💡

Got a digital solution that can solve real-world community or industry challenges?

Through the Naga Next Idea2Startup Program, aspiring student founders and local innovators have the opportunity to transform early-stage concepts into enterprises, backed by structured incubation, mentorship, and digital innovation funding.

Opportunities like this don’t come twice. Take your shot today and be part of what the city is building next! 🚀

🔗 Scan the QR code or click the link to apply:
• Registration Link: bit.ly/Idea2StartupPreliminaryApplications
• Program Info: bit.ly/Info_Idea2StartupPreliminaryApplications

🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: October 31, 2026

23/10/2026

PEZA TO ESTABLISH STRATEGIC OFFICE IN NAGA

The City Government of Naga and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have officially sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing PEZA’s physical presence in Naga City for the next five years.

Formalized by PEZA Director General Tereso "Theo" Panga and Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo, this partnership brings national economic zone incentives and investor servicing directly to local and incoming enterprises in the region.

Stay tuned as we continue to build a more connected, investor-ready city!

Invest in the Heart. Invest in Naga.

📸 Photo lifted from Leni Gerona Robredo (Facebook)

23/10/2026

WHAT’S NEXT IN NAGA? Through NAGA NEXT, the city has converged its flagship innovation programs, moving from strategy to tangible ex*****on. Discover the steps already underway and what’s in store for the heart's growing innovation landscape.

Full story: naga.gov.ph/naga-next-nagas-innovation-convergence/

21/10/2026

Naga’s dream of elevating its status from an independent component city (ICC) to a highly urbanized city (HUC) after 78 years has now been realized through Proclamation No. 1267, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in May.

What will change, and what will remain the same as when we were still an ICC? Most importantly, what are the benefits of this new city status to us Nagueños?

Watch and find out in the following video, produced through the joint efforts of the Public Information Office and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Arts of LGU Naga. | via An Naga Ngonian

21/10/2026

⏳ 6 days to go until Bicol’s first AI summit!

Ready to explore what AI can do for your business and community? Join us at AI NEXT PH 2026 to learn, connect, and turn possibilities into real-world impact. 🚀

📅 October 27–28, 2026
📍 Lendes Convention Hall, Almeda Hwy, Naga City
Register now: https://www.nagacitystartups.org/

⏳ 6 days to go until Bicol’s first AI summit!

Ready to explore what AI can do for your business and community? Join us at AI NEXT PH 2026 to learn, connect, and turn possibilities into real-world impact. 🚀

📅 October 27–28, 2026
📍 Lendes Convention Hall, Almeda Hwy, Naga City

Register now: https://www.nagacitystartups.org/

21/10/2026

𝗛𝗨𝗖 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵, 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Greater access to national government funding, a larger National Tax Allocation (NTA) and expanded revenue opportunities are among the potential benefits awaiting Naga City if its proposed conversion into a highly urbanized city (HUC) is approved in the November 21 plebiscite, according to election officials.

Atty. Maico Julia Jr., election officer IV of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Naga, said HUC status could help make the city more progressive and attract additional investments, creating opportunities to expand public services and finance development projects.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia likewise emphasized the importance of the plebiscite in determining Naga’s future, particularly for the younger generation, who will eventually shape the city’s development.

“It is important to extend to the youth the opportunity of charting the destiny of Naga in the future,” Garcia said during a coordinating conference in Legazpi City on October 9.

Garcia said voters should understand that the plebiscite directly concerns their interests and the city’s long-term prospects. He cited the potential for greater national government funding, a bigger NTA and additional revenue sources as opportunities that could strengthen Naga’s capacity to deliver public services and implement infrastructure and development programs.

He noted that some cities aspire to become highly urbanized but do not succeed, underscoring the significance of the opportunity before Naga.

The Comelec began printing ballots on October 19 at the National Printing Office in Quezon City for the November 21 plebiscite. The activity was open to accredited citizens’ arms, stakeholders and media representatives and livestreamed through the commission’s official page and YouTube channel.

In preparation for the exercise, Comelec-Naga has scheduled a final coordinating conference on November 10 at the second-floor PAGCOR Event Center at the Balatas Development Complex. The meeting will bring together representatives of the Philippine National Police, Philippine Army, the Department of Education, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Naga City government to finalize security, personnel and other operational arrangements.

Garcia, Mayor Leni Robredo, Comelec commissioners and other officials will spearhead the conduct of the conference.

Julia said the coordination would cover the police’s peace and order preparations, the deployment of teachers who will serve as election volunteers, their required training, and the Philippine Army’s security arrangements.

The information and education campaign is also expected to intensify ahead of the plebiscite. The Comelec is conducting pulong-pulong in barangays to explain the voting process and the implications of HUC conversion.

The campaign period runs from October 19 to November 19. The city government, meanwhile, is advocating a YES vote in support of the proposed conversion.

Garcia explained that the plebiscite would be decided through a plurality-vote system, under which the side receiving more votes would prevail. A YES vote would therefore not need to obtain more than half of all registered voters, but would have to receive more votes than the NO side.

Approximately 119,000 registered voters are expected to be eligible to participate, with turnout projected at around 70 percent, based on the figures provided by election officials.

Voting on November 21 will begin with an early voting period from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. for senior citizens and persons with disabilities. Regular voting will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Julia also reminded registered voters of the importance of exercising their right to vote, warning that failure to vote in two consecutive elections could result in the removal of their names from the list of qualified voters, subject to applicable Comelec rules. | via Jason B. Neola, CMO-Public Information Division head

20/10/2026

🚀 NAGA TECH ON THE RISE | PSC XI REGION V TOP 10 QUALIFIERS

Congratulations to the FIVE QUALIFIERS from Naga-based startup entries that made it into the Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC) XI - Region V Bicol Top 10 Qualifiers.

Representing Naga:

Camarines Sur National High School
- DANAW

Ateneo de Naga University
- UNITE (Apex)
- CYFR Blockchain Middleware (CYFR Security Solutions)

Naga College Foundation, Inc.
- CoopGuard (Manok.js)

University of Nueva Caceres
- TrustListo (TrustTech)

Good luck in your innovative phase!

20/10/2026

🤖 Happening Now: Regional Robotics Summit in Naga City!

The excitement is real! This year’s Regional Robotics Summit is jam-packed, welcoming over 200 participants from different schools! Due to overwhelming interest, registration had to close two weeks earlier than scheduled. 🚀

One of the highlights is the FIRST LEGO League (FLL), an exciting robotics and STEM program that inspires children to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through hands-on learning and friendly competition.

Through FIRST LEGO League, kids learn to code, design, build, and program robots using LEGO robotics kits. They also develop critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving skills as they take on real-world challenges and turn their ideas into innovative solutions.

More than just building robots, this is about empowering the next generation of innovators, engineers, and technology leaders—right here in Naga City! 🌟

The future of robotics and innovation is bright, and it starts with our kids today!

19/10/2026

Register for AI NEXT PH 2026!

Real-world challenges need more than technology. They need the right people, better questions, practical ideas, and opportunities to build together.

Join Bicol’s first AI summit for two days of keynotes, hands-on learning, co- creation, responsible AI conversations, innovation showcases, networking, and connections across business, government, startups, academe, creators, and communities.

📍 October 27–28, 2026
📅 Lendes Convention Hall, Almeda Hwy, Naga City

₱1,500 for both days, inclusive of 4 snacks and 2 lunches

Register and learn more at: https://www.nagacitystartups.org/

Bring your challenge. Find your pathway. Help shape what comes next.