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CAMSUR COOP SETS EXAMPLE AS TEMPLATE OF NEW NORMAL

Direct government purchase of rice and other agricultural produce should be the template for new normal in agriculture, said Senator Kiko Pangilinan. This is following the success story of the Camarines Sur Multi-Purpose Cooperative that reported, during the pandemic, an almost nine-fold increase in year-on-year sales from 2019 to 2020 due to the direct purchase of […]

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Government

ELECTRIC COOP LEADERS LAUD HOUSE FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR NEW POWER LAW

Leaders of the two most influential groups in the electric cooperative (EC) sector reiterated the “absolute need and indispensability” of assured government funding for the recently-signed law providing financial support for ECs in times of calamities and disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed last June 29 Republic Act 11039 which mandates the creation of an Electric […]