A joint team of engineers and technical staff from the national, cluster and regional offices are set to monitor and evaluate some ongoing and completed I-BUILD subprojects in North Luzon from January 13-24, 2020. Led by NPCO I-BUILD Alternate Head Engr. Ericson Mammag, the thorough evaluation is in preparation for the cluster’s annual general assembly … read more »

City of San Fernando, PAMPANGA – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar led the ceremonial turnover and awarding of some P549 million subprojects under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) to each province in Central Luzon during the Stakeholders’ Forum on November 30, 2019 held at The Orchid Gardens, here. Attended by key officials … read more »

San Jose City, NUEVA ECIJA – Development and growth in SIKKAP Ampalaya Enterprise has remained resilient amidst management constraints and is expected to start its operations early next year. This was revealed during a field visit conducted by the National Project Coordination Office (NPCO) together with the Project Support Office and Regional Project Coordination Office … read more »

Bagac, BATAAN – The P172 million farm-to market road (FMR) project is nearing its completion of its 15.031-kilometer San Antonio – Parang – Saysain road, here. According to I-BUILD Rural Infrastructure Engineer Romel G. Tiangco, the FMR has attained 95% on its physical accomplishment which is deemed ‘substantially completed’ and will soon be open to … read more »

Pasay City, MANILA – The Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) conducted its Joint Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) and Information, Advocacy, Communication and Education (InfoACE) Workshop cum Rapid Appraisal of Emerging Benefits (RAEB) Workshop on December 2-6 held at Selah Pods, this city. The five-day workshop was attended by officers, representative and staff … read more »

After the program at Isabela State University in Echague, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar accompanied by Gov. Rodito Albano III, RED Narciso A. Edillo, Cong. Allan Ty, Asec. William Medrano, Mayor Jesus Laddaran, Mayor Larry Pagauitan, and RTD Rose Mary G. Aquino visited the 23 million pesos-worth Tilapia Production and Marketing Enterprise  managed by Ramon … read more »

Bamban, TARLAC – Farmers in Bamban has proven that mushroom growing is a profitable source of sustainable income. This was revealed during a field documentation conducted by the Philippine Rural Development Project -Project Support Office (PRDP – PSO) and the Regional Project Coordination Office (PRCO 3) I-REAP, InfoACE and Monitoring and Evaluation Unit to the Natural Farming … read more »

“The I-REAP subprojects we have visited here are impressive,” World Bank (WB) Task Team Leader Eli Weiss said in his message during the Plenary Session on November 21, 2019, at Zen Hotel, Santiago City. Together with the members of the Task Team, the Project Support Office (PSO) held a cluster-wide meeting for the feedbacking and … read more »

Ramon, ISABELA – The World Bank Task Team kicked off the 9th Implementation Support Mission in Ramon, Isabela on Nov. 20 for the mainstreaming of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). Headed by team leader Mr. Eli Weiss, the team visited the Tilapia Production and Marketing Enterprise and Oscariz- Nagbacalan FMR in this town and the … read more »

“Let us hold hands together for development.” This was how Paracelis Mayor Marcos G. Ayangwa welcomed everyone during the turnover ceremony of the Improvement of Poblacion-Bantay Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) held on November 8, 2019. Funded and implemented under the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA PRDP), the 3.19-kilometer FMR was the first infrastructure … read more »