MoA Signing for VLPCE in Bulusan

Village Level Processing Center Enhancement (VLPCE) Project soon to rise in San Roque, Bulusan, Sorsogon as Joel G. Fullleros, Barangay Chairperson and Cecilia G. Olan, Chairperson of Mount Bulusan Upland Farmers’ Association (MBUFA) signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Leonito M. Gaveria, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II of DAR Sorsogon on May 22, 2017 at the Barangay Hall of San Roque. Stated on the MOA is the privilege given by the Barangay to the MBUFA to construct the processing center within the Barangay lot and to use the space as long as their business is operational. This project will become the processing center of the MBUFA for their products – honey production from their honey bee culture. ###

12 ARBOs participated Organizational Management and Good Governance training

A training on Organizational Management and Good Governance was provided by DAR Sorsogon to the twelve (12) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organizations namely: Lahong- Pawa Farmers’ Irrigators’ Association (LAPAFARA); Ariman Tabi Irrigators’ Association (ATABIA); Fabrica Women’s Association (FAWAS); Mount Bintakan Farmers’ Organization (MAFO); Sorsogon Agro-Aquatic Dev’t Coop (SAADECO); San Juan Tillers’ Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Association (STARBA); Bigkis san mga Paraoma sa Bulan (BPB); Capuy-Basud Multipurpose Cooperative (CABAMUCO); ABC Irrigators’ Association (ABCIA); Naagtan-Bulacao Irrigators’ Association (NBIA); Barangay Sugod Farmers’ Association (BSUGFA); and Calateo Farmers’ Association (CAFA) on May 18-19, 2017. The participants were taught to adhere to good governance principles and practices – that is the exercise of fairness, accountability, and transparency in the management and operation in organizations; to ensure the organization’s compliance with labor and related laws; and to formulate effective policies for implementation. This activity was conducted in partnership with South-Luzon Federation of Cooperatives (SIDECO). ###

Program Beneficiaries Development (PBD) Division reaching out countryside to educate

The PBD Division in DAR Sorsogon under the leadership of CARPO Liza B. Repotente is reaching out to the area of the forty-one (41) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries’ Organizations in the province of Sorsogon in order to capacitate them by providing the training on Records Management for Non-Financial Transactions and Training on Financial Policies, Systems, and Procedures which they began last March and expected to complete in July. The trainings provided and capacitated the participants with the basic competencies and skills required to enable them to effectively formulate good organizational policies, particularly they were taught how to come up with firmed, clear and well-defined financial policies; and capacitated them with the basic competencies required in maintaining and safeguarding important records of the association, particularly in securing records through preventive and protective measures. ###