On March 28, 2023, the Philippine government's Department of Agriculture (DA) and the French government's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, along with the Bureau of Exportation and International Partnership, organized the 2nd Philippines-France Agriculture Forum. The forum aimed to...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has given electric cooperatives (ECs) up to May 15 this year to submit documents justifying their request for budget for their sitio electrification program (SEP) and other priority projects. In a statement to the media, NEA indicated...
TUBA, Benguet – A farmers’ cooperative here has received two vegetable greenhouses with solar-powered drip irrigation and fertigation system worth P1.5 million courtesy of the Department of Agrarian Reform-Cordillera and DAR-Benguet. DAR-Cordillera Director Samuel Solomero said the Taloy Farmers...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman believes that "cooperative competition" among local farmers can help them become prosperous. As such, the veteran lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) No. 230, or the “Farmer Coopetition Act". The bill seeks to foster cooperation among competing farmer...
Sixteen indigent members of micro and small cooperatives received medical assistance at the launching of Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)'s Program on Medical Assistance for Cooperatives (PMAC). (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FACEBOOK) CDA...
TARLAC CITY – A group of former rebels in Hacienda Luisita here, the Malayang Magbubukid ng Asyenda Luisita (Malaya), inaugurated on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, their agricultural cooperative store in Barangay Ungot, this city. MALAYA, a group of former communist rebels, opens an agricultural...
A Mindanao lawmaker appealed on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to implement an “immediate ceasefire” to protect vulnerable civilians in Basilan. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Photo from Rep. Hataman’s Facebook page) Deputy Speaker and Basilan...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)'s "Co-opbiz", an online global marketplace for its cooperative members, was formally launched on June 28 at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City. (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) It can be accessed at coopbiz.ph. The "Co-opbiz" is an e-commerce...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) signed a memorandum of understanding to promote digital financial inclusion in the country's cooperative groups. (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FACEBOOK) The contract signing was held during the...
Tilapia is the Philippines’ second-most important farmed fish, after bangus. It is also the most consumed fish in the Philippines, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The most predominant species in the country is Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus...
Society groups express alarm over dengue cases spike in super typhoon Odette-affected areas Humanitarian organizations called for continued assistance for Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) survivors amid a rise in dengue infections in typhoon-affected areas. “We hope the newly elected...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) held a tribute for the outgoing Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary, Ramon M. Lopez, on June 14 at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila in Pasig City. (COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) With the theme, "Pagbubunyi Para Kay Sec. Mon," CDA presented...
