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UP PLANADES signs MoC with House of Representatives and DILG

 In photo are PLANADES President and SURP Dean Candido A. Cabrido, Jr.; House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles; DILG Undersecretary Marius P. Corpus and officers of SURP, PLANADES, and members of the House Special Committee on Land Use who witnessed the signing. 

May 13, 2008 --- The University of the Philippines Planning and Development Research Foundation (U.P. PLANADES) signs a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the House of Representatives through the Special Committee on Land Use and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on  capacity-building program of local government units in the preparation of Comprehensive Development Plans (CDPs) and Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs). UP PLANADES is the School of Urban and Regional Planning’s foundation engaged in research and extension services, academic development, consultancy, and training in environmental, urban and regional planning. The MoC states that the Special Committee on Land Use and the UP PLANADES shall carry out the capacity-building training programs while the DILG shall ensure the participation of LGUs.

Signatories to the memorandum are Dean Candido A. Cabrido, Jr., Speaker Prospero C. Nograles and DILG Sec. Ronaldo V. Puno, who was represented by Usec. Marius P. Corpus. Also present to witness the signing of the memorandum were PLANADES Executive Director Benjamin V. Carino, PLANADES Vice President Rosario D. Jimenez,  Prof. Ernesto M. Serote, the SURP Director of Training,  Rep. Antonio H. Cerilles, the Special Committee chair who spearheaded the MoC. Committee members Reps. Joseph Emilio A. Abaya (1st District Cavite), Florencio C. Garay (2nd District Surigao del Sur), Philip A. Pichay (1st District Surigao del Sur), Edgar L. Valdez (PL-APEC),  and House members Reps. Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. (1st District Lanao del Norte), Mark O. Cojuangco (5th District Pangasinan),  Jack R. Duavit (1st District Rizal), Florencio G. Noel (PL-AN WARAY), Jesus Crispin C. Remulla (3rd District Cavite),   Victor J. Yu (1st District Zamboanga del Sur) graced the event.

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