Awarded April 26, 2003
"We build empowered communities in Biliran."
and Values, Incorporators
and Officers, and Staff)
2002-2006
Barangay Governance
Young Japanese
Welcome to the website of Panamao Development Initiatives (PDI), Inc., a
non-government organization (NGO) duly registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines and based in Naval, Biliran
Province.
PDI envisions a Province of Biliran whose people, rooted in its history and culture, are
critical, active and enjoying a better quality of life that does not prejudice the needs of future
generations. As a locally-initiated NGO, PDI is committed to build empowered
communities towards improving the quality of life of the Biliranons.
Join us and support our alternative and complementary programs and efforts to develop our
province and our people.
The webmaster's book, The Balangiga Conflict Revisited, is now off the press. It is published by New Day Publishers in Quezon City. Should you wish to get a copy, please call up the office of New Day Publishers at (632)928-8046, (632) 927-5982, or e-mail them at newdayorders@edsamail.com.ph. Copies are also now available at National Book Store outlets all over the country.
In the U.S., copies may be ordered from Philippine Expressions Bookshop, 2114 Trudie Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca 90275-2006, Tel. (310)514-9139, Fax (310)514-3485, email: lindanietes@earthlink.net.
The linked article above is the webmaster's column item about his book, published in the INQUIRER Visayas section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 15, 2003.
Assessing Approaches in Community-Based
Coastal Resource Management in the Philippines
Emil Justimbaste, Executive Director of the Ormoc-based Pagtinabangay Foundation, Inc. (PFI), is also a founding-member of PDI. A Ford Foundation grant led him to California, USA, as Residential Fellow of the Berkeley Workshop on Environmental Politics at the Institute of International Studies, University of California at Berkeley, from September-December 2000. The link connects to Justimbaste's fellowship research paper.
and Peace Development Fund (PDF).