‘Balanced Fertilization’ Increases Rice Yield By Marvyn N. Benaning, Manila Bulletin 3 April 2011

April 3, 2011 Manila Bulletin article reported that practitioners of balanced fertilization have been harvesting 30 percent more rice from inbred and hybrids in the past several years and progressively reducing the share of commercial fertilizers from 10 percent to 50 percent.

Considerations for Defense Secretary Reyes Meeting with Secretary Powell

Recommendations and briefing from agency to client (Dept. of National Defense) on upcoming meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell. (August 2002)

Pointers for Secretary Reyes Meeting With Vice President Cheney and Secretary Powell

Recommendations and briefing from agency to client (Dept. of National Defense) on upcoming meeting with US Vice President Richard Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell. (August 2002)

Philippine - US Defense Relations -The Way Ahead

This paper’s assessment is that transnational threats, energy geopolitics, and environmental concerns will define Philippine-US defense relations for the first three decades of the 21st century. The preoccupation of the US military will be defense of the US itself and control of international terrorism, which will rightly be perceived as more of a threat to world peace than the conventional armies of the major nation states. The US will naturally retain particular areas of special interest, for example in the Middle East and in Latin America, and it will retain an overall interest in stability in the rest of the world.

Philippine Biofuel Industry Primer

The primer was meant to familiarize foreign investors with the 2008 Philippine biofuel industry environment. It appropriately includes:

I. Acronyms for Vital Linkages and Reference
II. Other Jatropha Projects
III. Competitive Biofuel Crops and Companies
IV. Government Statements on Biofuel/ Jatropha
V. Legislative Initiatives
VI. Scientific Findings/ Research & Development
VII. Government Financial Institutions (GFIs) for funding
VIII. Biofuels Act (RA 9367) and Implementing Rules & Regulations (IRR)
IX. Department of Energy (DOE) Programs
X. Tree Plantations
XI. Carbon Credits
XII. Anti-Biofuel Groups


Philippine Biofuel Industry Primer for Investors