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Article: National Cooperative Month: 'One Coop Movement, One Vision, One Nation'.(Opinion)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- October 29, 2009
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Recognizing the vital contribution of cooperatives in the country’s development efforts, Presidential Proclamation No. 493 declared the month of October every year as National Cooperative Month.The observance seeks to create greater public awareness of the cooperative movement’s emergence and significant role in national development efforts by empowering, in particular, those in the grassroots.With the theme “One Coop Movement, One Vision, One Nation,” this year’s cooperative month will also celebrate the signing of the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008, Republic Act (RA) No. 9520, that amended the 1990 Cooperative Code of the Philippines, ...