Philippines
Philippines
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EconomyCongress looking to remove VAT tax exemptions for co-ops in the Philippines
The Philippines’ Department of Finance (DoF) is proposing a comprehensive tax reform that threatens to leave co-operatives worse off. Sales by co-operatives to their members, sales of co-op produce, and gross receipts from lending by credit unions...
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CommunityCo-ops join programme to rehabilitate drug users as masseurs
Co-operatives in the Philippines are joining a venture which will train reformed drug users in massage therapy to help their rehabilitation. Local authorities and the health sector in Davao City have also joined the project,...
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The Philippines celebrated co-op month by highlighting their role in combating poverty
Pilipino co-operatives celebrated the co-operative month by highlighting their sector’s contribution to overcoming poverty. October has been the National Co-op Month since 2004 by a presidential declaration. Philippines’ first co-operative law was passed in February...
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DemocracyWhat Women Want
I didn’t need to shock myself with an electric hairdryer like the character Nick Marshall (played by Mel Gibson) in the movie, What Women Want, to know what women in co-operatives want. As a man, I got...
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CommunityGlobal credit union body supports financial literacy initiatives
The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) has given support to three women credit union leaders to increase financial literacy in their communities. Each year WOCCU awards grants to members of its Global Women’s Leadership Network. This...
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CommunityCredit unions across Asia share knowledge
A network of credit union sister societies is expanding to Asia. The first three sister societies (SS) have recently been established in the Philippines, Nepal and Thailand. These are local groups of Global Women’s Leadership Network...
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CommunityCo-operative housing project aims to help recovery in the Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan has left the Philippines devastated, with 30,000 houses destroyed and over 50,000 severely damaged. Seventeen health facilities, 36 city-owned buildings and 90% of schools were also damaged. At the present rate of construction it will...
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CommunityBritish co-operatives help victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Co-operative societies from across the UK have joined the campaign to support the victims of typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines last November. The Co-operative Group is supporting the recovery efforts in the Philippines by donating £50,000...