CDA: Saving money through cooperatives is beneficial

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 12/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Central Visayas hopes that more young people will join cooperatives. Cristina Villamil, regional director of CDA-7, said in a news forum of the Philippine Information Agency here that…

Modern jeep operators in CV want Dec. 31 consolidation deadline ‘firmly’ implemented

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Federation of Cebu Transport Cooperatives has called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to “firmly” implement the December 31, 2023 deadline for the…

More modern jeepneys to ply Cebu routes soon

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano commuters can expect more modern public utility jeepneys (MPUJs) plying Cebu routes soon. This after Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) director Eduardo Montealto, Jr. said about 600…

Coop-NATCCO Partylist to Cebu cooperatives: Help us

Doris C. Bongcac 04/27/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The number of votes that they had been getting from the different cooperatives in the country had been dwindling in the last three elections. From garnering about a million votes and after winning…

Cebu cooperatives embrace future-proofing of their ecosystem

PR 11/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Representatives from 15 medium and large cooperatives of Region VII gathered at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel in Cebu City on Oct 29, 2021, to gain insights on how to future-proof the cooperative…

Mabatid offers assistance to jeepney drivers to get loans

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid has expressed her support to the Jeepney Task Force’s appeal to Mayor Edgardo Labella to reopen all routes in the city. Aside from this, she is offering the…

Four Lapu-Lapu City cooperatives receive livelihood kits

Futch Anthony Inso 04/24/2018

Philmico, through its flagship CSR program, ‘Mahalin Pagkaing Atin’, has donated livelihood kits to four cooperatives in Lapu-Lapu City. AJ Belen, Corporate Social Responsibility Specialists of Pilmico, said that they will be distributing two egg-laying machines worth…

Daunting prospects for co-ops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/06/2017

Cooperatives are once again up in arms over moves in Congress to lift the tax exemption privileges enjoyed by the sector, but unlike in the previous administration when the movement overcame the test through protests waged in…

2nd-term PB member vows to help elderly, cooperatives

07/02/2016

PROGRAMS to benefit senior citizens and cooperatives will be the priorities for second-term Third District Provincial Board Member Victoria “Tata” G. Corominas. Corominas, who served as a board member from 2004 to 2010, said her inspiration for…

Capitol sponsors training for co-ops

06/02/2016

Cooperatives in southern Cebu got a needed boost as the Cebu Provincial government sponsored their mandatory training last weekend in Sibonga town. The two-day event, also supported by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) and Sibonga Multi-Purpose Cooperative…

Duterte’s take on cooperatives

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 05/04/2016

If there’s any sector that looks forward to the election of a new president, it is the cooperative movement in the country.  This is because under the Aquino administration, the sector has not only been largely ignored…

Mandaue cooperatives showcase products in mall exhibit

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/22/2015

NINE cooperatives under the Mandaue City Cooperative Development Office (MCCDO) are showcasing their products in their first joint mall exhibit and bazaar in a bid to attract a larger local customer base. The exhibit, from October 19…

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