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JVOFI renews partnership with Philip Morris

Chris Nelson, managing director of PMPMI hands the cheque to Mr. Reynaldo Bautista Sr., JVOFI president, during the ceremonial turnover on September 5, 2008 at Mayor Reynaldo Bautista’s office. The grant will be used to fund the project Tobacco Farmers’ Cooperative Organizing and Capability Building Program which aims to support the organizing and strengthening of tobacco farmers’ cooperatives or people’s organizations to implement the fuelwood plantation project in the provinces of La Union and Ilocos Sur. Witnessing the turnover are (l-r): Atty. Wilma Eisma (Manager-Local Regulatory Affairs and Community Relations of PMPMI), Felipe Tilos (PMPMI Leaf Manager), Ma. Rosario Lopez (JVOFI Executive Director), Mariko Sorimachi Banasan (CGN Chairperson) and Colleene Lacsamana (Acting Department Head of CEPMO). [...]