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Mayor Evelio Leonardia, on behalf of the Bacolod City Government, turned
over yesterday at least P320,000 to various cooperatives to help fund
their various projects and skills training programs.
These cooperatives were the Luzuriaga-Bonifacio Fish
Vendors Association, Metro Bacolod Multi-Purpose Transport Service
Cooperative, Handumanan Group of Women Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Basita
MPC, and BAITODA, Inc.
The city government also turned over last week P600,000
to the Philippine Association of Social Workers Negros Occidental
chapter and to the Philippine National Red Cross to augment funds for
their various programs and activities.
Leonardia lauded the initiative and strong spirit of
cooperativism of the various groups whom he said were very instrumental
to the growth of many livelihood projects in the city.
He also encourage other groups to seek help from CCLDO
for the formal establishment of their cooperatives and the other
existing cooperatives for the holding of skills and training programs. |