October 14, 2025
September 18, 2025 | Novotel Manila Held on September 18, 2025, at Novotel Manila, the Rural Development Forum: “Agrarian Reform and Beyond” brought together national government agencies, legislators, civil society organizations, and farmer leaders from across the country to discuss the future of agrarian reform and sustainable rural development. The activity, organized by PLCPD with […]
September 24, 2024
27-31 August, Cagayan de Oro City—PLCPD led the capacity building on policy and budget advocacy and local representation of partners of the DISCERN Project or “Developing and Strengthening CSO Capacities for Empowered Representation.” The activity aimed to capacitate partners from the civil society in local policy and budget advocacy processes, local sectoral representation, and to […]
March 12, 2024
As part of its efforts to strengthen subnational work, the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), with the support of We Effect, initiated the formation of the Alliance of Local Legislators for Human Development (ALL4HD), whose interim officers met on March 7 to finalize its Constitution and By-Laws and discuss its legislative agenda. […]
November 7, 2023
23-27 October 2023, Pasig City: PLCPD hosted a four-day orientation and capacity building activity aimed at equipping partner civil society organizations (CSO) to maximize existing mechanisms for meaningful participation in local governance by providing them with knowledge on the composition and functions of local sectoral representatives (LSR) and local special bodies (LSB) as mandated by […]
February 13, 2023
Similar to the red onion price hike also caused by excessive importation plus the persistence of illegal smuggling, electricity is definitely one of the top concerns of all Filipinos…
October 28, 2022
In the proposed 2023 budget being deliberated in Senate, the budget for the housing sector went down by 48% – from 7.67 billion in 2022 to 4.029 billion pesos for 2023. The amount is only 4% of the entire 2023 proposed budget. With this significant decrease in the budget for the housing sector, what is the assurance that the Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino program will be implemented successfully and that the government will meet the 6M housing unit target by 2028?
May 5, 2022
We looked at the position and track record of senatorial candidates on the following policy issues in inclusive and sustainable rural development: Republic Act 11203: Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) – RA 11203 was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 14 and took effect on March 5, 2019. The law removed government limits, called quantitative restrictions […]
May 2, 2022
We looked at the position and track record of presidential candidates on the following policy issues in inclusive and sustainable rural development: Republic Act 11203: Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) – RA 11203 was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 14 and took effect on March 5, 2019. The law removed government limits, called quantitative restrictions […]
April 15, 2022
Congratulations to the winners of the Vote for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Development category of the iChange x Pitik Bulag Comic Strip and Editorial Cartoon Contest!
April 7, 2022
Ngayong eleksyon, ibahagi ang iyong talento sa pagBIDA ng mga isyu sa ating KANAYUNAN at mga solusyon na tutugon dito!
