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A Cooperatives Officer in Every Municipality, Province and City – BRAVO

  The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 5682, seeking to mandate the appointment of a cooperatives officer in every municipality, province and city to ensure the concerns of cooperatives in these local government units (LGUs) are harmonized with the sustainable economic development plans of the government. The proposed “An Act […]

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Unpaid Loan Obligations to Be Condoned – BRAVO

  The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 187 which seeks to grant farmers, fisherfolk and agrarian reform beneficiaries relief from unpaid loan obligations through a new condonation program. The proposed “Agrarian and Agricultural Loan Restructuring and Condonation Act” aims to provide farmers, fisherfolk and agrarian reform beneficiaries the […]

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Cooperatives Officer for Each and Every LGU No Longer Optional but Mandatory – BRAVO

  The House Committee on Cooperatives Development has approved a substitute bill which provides for the mandatory appointment of a cooperatives officer in every municipality, province and city to ensure the concerns of cooperatives in these local government units (LGUs) match the sustainable economic development plans of the government. The committee chaired by Rep. Rico […]

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Toys and Childcare Articles Contain Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals – BRAVO

  The House Committee on Welfare of Children, chaired by Rep. Divina Grace Yu (1st District, Zamboanga del Sur), has approved the bill seeking to regulate the importation, manufacture, distribution and sale of children’s products containing hazardous chemicals, and providing penalties for violations thereof. The bill entitled “Safe and Non-Hazardous Children’s Products Act” integrated various […]

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Coop Leaders Laud Retention of Coop Tax Exemptions in TRAIN Tax Reform Package – BRAVO

  The 14-million member-strong cooperative movement represented by COOP-NATCCO Partylist Rep. Anthony Bravo thanked leaders of the House of Representatives on Wednesday after they committed to retain the tax exemptions currently extended to the country’s close to ten thousand cooperatives. House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas had earlier announced that the tax exemptions of cooperatives would […]

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More Legislators Back Retention of Coops’ Tax Exemption – BRAVO

  More than 150 congressmen have thrown their support behind an amendment that would allow cooperatives to retain their tax exemptions as Congress works on House Bill (HB) 5636, the Administration’s major tax reform package. COOP-NATCCO Partylist Rep. Anthony Bravo thanked his fellow representatives on Tuesday for listening to their constituents and restoring their faith […]

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Agrarian and Agricultural Loans to Be Condoned – BRAVO

  The House committee on agrarian reform unanimously approved this week a bill seeking to condone the unpaid loan interests secured by farmers, fisherfolk, and agrarian reform beneficiaries. House Bill No. 187, or the “Agrarian and Agricultural Loan Restructuring and Condonation Act,” seeks to provide leniency on unsettled interests, penalties, and surcharges on loans availed […]

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Taxing Coops Anti-Poor, Will Kill Social Enterprises – BRAVO

  “Taxing cooperatives would cause the slow death of micro social enterprises and anti-poverty initiatives, especially in the countryside. The government should encourage the growth of groups that help the poor to compete against purely capitalist businesses. We should not shackle them with additional financial burdens. Please spare the coops. If government wants to generate […]

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Cooperatives Provide Social Services for Marginalized Sectors – BRAVO

  A legislator representing the 14-million strong cooperative sector is leading the charge in efforts to convince Congress to retain the tax exemptions currently extended to the country’s close to 10,000 cooperatives. COOP-NATCCO Rep. Anthony Bravo said that while the coop sector supports the administration’s tax reform efforts, it opposes any move to repeal the […]