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About 150 representatives of the civil society, private sector and academe from all over the country participated in the “Bantay-Kaban: Kaban ng Bayan, Bantayan”, a National Conference on Citizen’s Participation in Public Finance held last November 16-18 in Clarkfield, Pampanga. ” The event was organized by Social Watch Philippines* (SWP) in collaboration with the Civil Service Commission.

Civil society in the Philippines is considered as one of the most vibrant and dynamic sectors in the entire world. Perhaps this is the reason why the country has been selected for an initiative that is looking at the state of civil society organizations (CSOs) all around Asia, to reflect on their current positions and challenges, as well as their emerging roles and strategies in relation to the current global context.

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In celebration of its first year as a consolidated microfinance institution, PRRM Microfinance Incorporated (MFI) held a conference last October 18-19, in Camiguin, aiming to rev up its capacities for sustainability.

President Benigno Aquino III reiterated his administration’s commitment to develop organic farming in the country by allocating 2 percent of the annual budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The President gave this directive to DA Secretary Proceso Alcala during his opening speech at the 8th National Organic Agriculture Congress (NOAC) held at the Aquino Center in Tarlac City, last November 8.

The trickling of a few men and women bikers in their tight cycling shorts, sturdy bikes and protective helmets grew to over two hundred by the time the “Padyak para sa Marikina Watershed” kicked off from the Quezon Memorial Circle last Oct 23, around 7:30 in the morning, following a brief opening ceremony.

The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) joined the whole world in observing the World Food Day last October 17, 2011, through an exhibit organized by the Asian Development Bank at their Philippine headquarters in Mandaluyong City. The World Food Day is celebrated each year on 16 October, the day when the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was founded in 1945.

Ka Jimmy was one of the discussants in the Policy Seminar-Workshop on Mainstreaming Brown Rice to Low- and Middle-Income Families held last September 29, 2011 at Oasis Hotel, Clark Field, Pampanga. The seminar-workshop was organized by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in collaboration with the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) and Rice Watch and Action Network (R1). Representatives from non-government organizations, government agencies, local government units, students, farmers groups and private sector participated in the event.

PRRM Chair Wigberto “Ka Bobby” Tañada was recently elected as Chairperson of the Boards of three oil mill corporations under the United Coconut Planters Bank – Coconut Industry Investment Fund (UCPB-CIIF). Last September 2011, Ka Bobby formally accepted the posts that include Granexport Manufacturing Corp. (GRANEX), Southern Coconut Oil Mill (SOLCOM), and the Ilagan Coconut Industries Inc. (ILICOCO). They are part of the oil mills group owned by the CIIF which were acquired using the coconut levy funds during the Marcos period and sequestered by the government in 1986.

As part of its year-long, pre-60th anniversary celebration, the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) teams up with The Firefly Brigade and the city governments of Quezon and Marikina for “Padyak para sa Marikina Watershed”.

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