Noynoy Aquino is in Iloilo today
Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III
Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III (Tarlac, 2nd District) will be here today as a keynote speaker in the culminating program of the 2006 National Cooperative Month in the Municipality of Leon.
Before he leaves for Leon, Aquino will meet the Iloilo tri-media at 8:00 am in Governor's Office Board Room for a press conference.
The highlights of this month-long celebration will kick off with a motorcade/caravan to be participated in by more than 5,000 delegates from different primary cooperatives in the city and 42 municipalities in the Province of Iloilo where SM City-Diversion Road will serve as the jump off point.
During the program, Gov. Niel D. Tupas, Sr. will distribute the Provincial Livelihood Project (PLP) fund checks to the Coop beneficiaries.
He will also award the winners of Coop Whiz '06 which was participated in by students and coop members.
The winners of the 2005 Provincial Search of Outstanding Cooperatives will also be awarded.
In Multi-Purpose-Agri category, the winners are as follows: Pavia Entrepreneurs Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Leon Small Coconut Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Barotac Nuevo Development Cooperative and Zarraga Multi-Purpose Cooperative.
For Multi-Purpose-Non-Agri category the winner is Pototan Teachers & Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative while for Credit Cooperative category, the winners are Passi City Local Government Employees Credit Cooperative, Catmon Credit Cooperative (Sta. Barbara), and Pinili Credit Cooperative (New Lucena).
The Dingle Government Workers Credit Cooperative, a consistent winner of the provincial and regional search for outstanding cooperatives being conducted by the Iloilo Provincial Government, Cooperative Development Authority and Land Bank of the Philippines will also be given recognition.
The Cooperative Flag and Torch will be turned over to the Municipality of Badiangan as host of the 2007 National Cooperative Month celebration.
(Capitol News)