GRECON CONGRESS: Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee, exhorted stakeholders in the grain industry to collaborate all efforts and initiatives, both on the national and ground level, to promote the sustainability of this sector. Speaking before the grain retailers and the grain retailers’ associations during the GRECON (Confederation of Grains Retailers’ Association of the Philippines, Inc.) Luzon Island Congress, Villar guaranteed her legislative support to their major thrusts and programs.