Brilliant Bicolano economist appointed Deputy Director of PhilFIDA
DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala administered the Oath of Office to Director Shandy M. Hubilla last November 21,2013.
A young and brilliant Bicolano Economist was recently appointed Director III (deputy director) of the Philippine Fiber Industry Authority (PhiILFIDA) main office in Quezon City. Shandy Marfilla Hubilla, who hails from Sipocot Camarines Sur was appointed by President Simeon Benigno S. Aquino last November 13 and DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala administered his oath of office last November 21,2013.
Hubilla , who is only 35 years old, finished his bachelor’s and master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of the Philippines , Los Baños, Laguna. Prior to his appointment to the PhilFIDA post he was working with the Department of Agriculture as Special Technical Assistant of the Office of the Secretary. Even with his recent appointment as deputy director of PhilFIDA he was issued a Special Order by Secretary Alcala as Director of the Program Support Office – Luzon B Cluster of the Philippine Rural development Project (PRDP) , which covers Region IV-A, IV-B, and Region V.
He started his work with the Department of Agriculture in 2008 when he was taken in as agricultural production specialist under the “Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector (InfRES) Project”, a collaborative project of the Asian Development Bank, the Department of Agriculture, the Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd, and the Orient Integrated Development Consultants.
In 2011, he was hired as a Special Technical Assistant, assigned at the Office of the Secretary with the task of Coordinating with the DBM, NEDA, and other members and representatives of the Rural Development Cabinet Sub-Cluster on the coconut- and fishery-focused convergence programs; and the World Bank on matters pertaining to the Philippine Rural Development Program; overseeing the preparation and finalization of the PRDP Feasibility Studies and the Manuals of Operations .
From January to November last year he was designated Program Coordinator for the Luzon B Program Support Office of the PRDP. His main function was to assist the PRDP Program Director and the Deputy Program Director in overseeing the preparatory and pre-implementation activities of the Philippine Rural Development Program.
Prior to his work in the DA he had worked at the UPLB and SEARCA as a researcher, research associate and research supervisor where he had honed his skills in research work, planning and project development , designing and packaging.
He was among the board top notchers in the 2004 Licensure Examination for Agriculturists placing 9th out of over 2,520 examinees.
He is an alumnus of St. Joseph School in Naga City and is the youngest child of Sandy D. Hubilla (Former Mun. Treasurer of Pili, Camarines Sur and President of the Mun. Treasurers’ Association of the Philippines) and the late Melburga M. Hubilla (former Mun. Councilor and Mun. Treasurer of Sipocot, Camarines Sur). (Emily B. Bordado-DA 5)
