The Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR), the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have endorsed the ratification of the HCA.
A highlight of that event was what UPLB Chancellor Velasco described as a relauching of the image of Maria Makiling—modelled at the event by television star and singer Karylle.
both in Indonesia; Universiti Putra Malaysia in Malaysia; Kasetsart University in Thailand; UPLB, UP Diliman, and UP Visayas, all in the Philippines, or at a university that has institutional arrangement with SEARCA.