The Vigan experience

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/03/2015

The 1st Cooperatives Tourism Cluster Congress came to a close Saturday night in Vigan City with some 700 delegates and guests swapping ideas about the potentials of tourism and its prospects for cooperatives. As I mentioned in…

Coop helps Sevilla quake survivors get back on their feet

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/01/2015

She almost lost everything when the 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Bohol province on October 15, 2013, but she did not lose hope and believed that she could survive the greatest challenge of her life. Annabelle Paler, 49, said…

Never-ending coop story

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/16/2015

The Philippine cooperative movement is celebrating 100 years in October 2015. Judgeing by the schedule of activities organized by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) and coop enterprises all over the country, the sector will be fully engaged…

Definitely good news

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/06/2015

Like many people who usually hie off to different places outside Cebu, I had wanted to go on a retreat to Liptong Woodland in Bacong, Negros Oriental for a change of scenery and some quiet time during…

Co-operatives: the road to peace

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/26/2015

Mainstream media together with government information officers gathered Tuesday at an uptown hotel to interact with the top echelon of the Co-operative Development Authority, which for the first time in more than five years converged with a…

New man at the helm of co-op development agency

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/23/2015

The appointment of Orlando Ravanera as chief of the Co-operative Development Authority CDA has taken many people in the co-op sector by surprise because they thought filling-up the top post in the CDA Board of Administrators was…

Lamac mystique

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/22/2014

Iwas in Lamac, Pinamungajan last week for the inauguration of the latest addition to a string of attractions and amenities in Hidden Valley Resort, a facility owned by the Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative. My invitation to the launch…

Aboitiz Foundation gets re-accreditation as coop training provider

PR 06/28/2014

The Aboitiz Foundation recently obtained a re-accreditation as a certified technical training provider from the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA). The foundation is the first CDA-accredited corporate foundation in the country. The re-accreditation means more cooperatives throughout the…

The Malaysian model

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/23/2014

In a previous column, I wrote about Malaysia’s great strides in the cooperative movement through a mandatory co-op education in secondary schools which began 44 years ago. School cooperatives in Malaysia were set up in 1968 through…

Quo vadis, electric co-ops?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/07/2014

Part 2 In a previous column, I wrote about the 9th General Assembly Meeting of the Philippine Federation of Electric Cooperatives (Philfeco) held in a swanky resort hotel in Mactan, Cebu last April 1. It was my…

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