LANANG, DAVAO CITY – Many Filipinos, especially in rural areas and isolated islands do not have access to financial services and it is a major barrier to achieving broad-based economic growth.  Studies show that 37% of municipalities have no banks.  In

GUBAT, SORSOGON – Business gurus says that an enterprise’s location is very important.  And that is exactly what the NATCCO Consultancy Group told the leadership of Gubat St. Anthony Cooperative.

It’s okay for co-ops to make money.  More importantly, they should make people happy.

But in some instances, cooperatives zealously lend money to members and then boast that they have

MONTALBAN, RIZAL – Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World, says the United Nations.

And Care Filipinos Multi-Purpose Cooperative is one prime example of that maxim.

“As far as we know, we are the only coop that produces from parts.  Other coops

To build on the momentum of the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives, the ICA has launched the final version of a  Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade .

The Blueprint, which was launched in a draft format at the ICA General Assembly

LANANG, DAVAO CITY – More than 500 cooperative leaders from all over the country met at the SMX Convention Center on April 13 for the Coop Leaders Congress

QUEZON CITY – A handsome, winsome and spunky 12-year-old boy from the province of Abra won everyone’s hearts at the CODE-NGO 5^thCongress Plenary, held at the

QUEZON CITY – The Philippine cooperative sector officially ended the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives Celebrations with a Co-op Advocacy Fun Run on December 12.  The Fun Run was themed “Run 4Ps: There’s More Fun on the Run!”

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has sent a Message to Jose Graziano da Silva, Director General of the United Nation's Rome-based