Panayam kay ASec. Myrla Paradillo ukol sa pagdariwang ng Cooperative Month sa iba't ibang rehiyon

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00:00Welcome back to Bagong Pilipinas.

00:09We have activities and preparations for this year's Cooperative Month.

00:14Joining us this year is the Cooperative Development Authority Assistant Secretary, Mirla Paradillo.

00:21Asik Paradillo, good afternoon to you.

00:24Good afternoon, Ms. Nina, and to all the listeners and viewers of your program.

00:30How is your preparation for this upcoming Cooperative Month?

00:35And what is the theme of your celebration this year?

00:39Yes, our theme today is Cooperative Stronger Together Today for a Brighter Future.

00:45We are ready and we are ready to kick off come October 1.

00:50And all the programs are already spread out from our office in the central office and to all the regional offices.

00:58Okay.

00:59You said that this Cooperative Month will be held in different regions, right?

01:06Who are the people who are expected to attend or will be a part of this celebration?

01:12Of course, the first people who will be a part of this are the stakeholders, all the cooperatives across the country.

01:19In each region, we always have our government offices partners, and of course, the LGU is there to support our coop.

01:31In the national, we have a program that is simultaneously celebrated by the whole country.

01:39We also have the Committee on Coop in the Senate and Congress, and still our national government offices of our partners.

01:49So, what are the specific activities that you are preparing for this celebration?

01:54This October 1, we have a kick-off activity that will be held at NovoTel in Cabo Quezon City

02:01where our partners and the Committee on Coop in the Senate and Congress will attend.

02:08They will give a message of support for this month's celebration.

02:13Our partners and coops will still be with us at the kick-off.

02:20Next, we will have summits in different clusters of coops nationwide.

02:28Our culmination will be on October 29, wherein we will hold the Gawad Parangal

02:37where the coops will give awards, and our government partners will also be given recognition.

02:47Okay, regarding the kick-off, are there any simultaneous events that will be held in different parts of the country?

02:54Yes, our kick-off will be held after lunch, that's at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

03:01Because in the morning, we are used to kick-off in each region or each office of the CDA

03:09together with the sectors in their respective localities.

03:13Okay, regarding the theme of Cooperative Month,

03:16what are the programs and priorities of the Cooperative Development Authority from here?

03:23The CDA has a lot of programs in our cooperatives.

03:28But in our theme, we focus on merger and consolidation

03:36because it's a fact that we have billionaires cooperatives in the country.

03:41But it is also a fact that most of our registered cooperatives are small and micro.

03:47So, we have a program where we convince our coops together with the LGUs

03:54because if a small cooperative is weak, if we bring it together, they will become strong.

04:02And we will build a coop that is not just a coop today, but tomorrow it will be gone.

04:07So, it is a coop that we really expect that its members will be able to maintain it

04:12until they are able to provide for their children or grandchildren.

04:18There is a fund where the three cooperatives will be given a CDA of P500,000

04:27and the five cooperatives will be given P750,000

04:31and if there are more than five, the authority will be given P1 million.

04:35So, we focus on the small, we will make it big and strong.

04:40In order for our countrymen to understand,

04:43maybe the small and medium sectors are listening to us,

04:48that they can join and become cooperatives and if they are not cooperatives yet,

04:53how can we convince them?

04:55For those who are not cooperatives, we encourage them to join where there are cooperatives in their locality.

05:04We do not encourage cooperatives to be placed next to each other.

05:10If there are cooperatives in your locality, join them.

05:14And the small cooperatives in one locality,

05:18we will bring them together to form a big cooperative where all the needs of the members will be met.

05:25We do not need to separate or separate each other.

05:32I hope we can work together to become a strong and prosperous cooperative.

05:40Yes, those are the things to consolidate.

05:43For example, in the transport sector, in farming, in weaving,

05:49but for example, the transport sector is a bit controversial now.

05:53Ma'am, I know you want to explain something.

05:56I know very briefly, it is hard to wait for the time,

05:59but what can you tell us about this so that we can understand?

06:02Maybe there are jeepney drivers who have not been convinced yet.

06:05How can we convince them?

06:08It is simple.

06:10If we used to be operators, we used to drive from dawn to dusk to earn a thousand pesos,

06:19that is no longer the case.

06:21We will form a co-op together,

06:23we will run units owned by the cooperative,

06:26where we are paid an 8-hour minimum wage.

06:31We also have SSS, we also have love benefits,

06:34if there are regular employees, there are also.

06:37We will adapt to modern transport,

06:41because in the whole of Asia, or maybe not just Asia,

06:44we are the only ones who have this kind of operator system.

06:49It is better for our health to be taken care of,

06:53because it is not good to work from dawn to dusk for a thousand pesos.

06:59So our work is only 8 hours,

07:02we are paid, we have benefits,

07:04and at the end of the year,

07:06how much does our transport co-op earn,

07:09this is divided by each member.

07:12How about the operators,

07:14because they don't want to be operators,

07:18the control will be lost.

07:19Yes, our old system,

07:21it will no longer be a system,

07:25because our old jeep is not safe for the passenger and safe for the driver,

07:31because we know that all the materials there are not brand new,

07:35they are just combined.

07:37But then, we have been waiting for a long time,

07:41let's try the modern jeepney,

07:43where there are a lot of countries where the members are ascending,

07:47and it also provides not only a big job generation,

07:53we will employ mechanics,

07:56it will give a lot of jobs to our ordinary people.

08:02And very quickly, on food security,

08:04because I know that it is a priority of our administration,

08:07how will you convince our farmers to be cooperative,

08:10because it is hard, as you said,

08:12to look at the land that they are planting.

08:16Now, the CDA provides 3-in-1 equipment for the farmers.

08:26If we give everything to the farmers,

08:29the government will not be able to do it.

08:31But if we, small farmers,

08:34work together,

08:35we can all benefit from the help of the government.

08:38The government cannot enter small places and look at you.

08:42But if you combine 1 hectare,

08:45if in your community there are 200 hectares owned by each of you,

08:50if we combine it,

08:52the government will help you to give additional capital

08:55and modernized mechanization.

08:59You used to harvest up to 10 or 50 cabans,

09:06but now you can earn 80 per hectare

09:10because of the mechanization provided by the government.

09:13It is a huge advantage.

09:15If small farmers are listening,

09:18go to the Department of Agriculture,

09:22the CDA is already doing this,

09:25because this is the directive of our President,

09:29to bring together small-scale farmers

09:32so that the government's help will reach them.

09:36You are already big,

09:37so the government is focused on you.

09:39Because we really need to work together for our food security.

09:44We produce too much if we work together.

09:49I hope you will have more workshops and training

09:54to make our countrymen understand.

09:56Yesterday, we asked the Sugar Regulatory Authority,

10:03and they said that one of the big problems is that it does not consolidate.

10:07If you are alone and your land is small,

10:11they only earn 4,000 a month.

10:14But if you work together,

10:16it will increase to 12,000 to 15,000 a month.

10:19So it's a big jump if our farmers work together.

10:23I hope the local government units will help us understand.

10:28Actually, Ms. Nina, our partner is the LGU.

10:31We are going around to make the local executives understand

10:35to call the co-ops and we will explain.

10:38I hope the LGU really supports this.

10:42Okay.

10:43Well, let's go back to the programs that the CDA can focus on this year

10:48with the establishment of Cooperative Month.

10:53There are a lot of programs.

10:55Each CDA has 6 clusters.

11:00All of them are focused on their own clusters.

11:0322 types of cooperatives divided into 6 clusters.

11:06All of them are focused.

11:08But we focus more on the agri-sector

11:11because that is a directive from the President

11:16to take care of the farmers for food security.

11:21Now, the CDA is giving equipment for 10 per region.

11:27And this October, there are 15 co-ops per region

11:32that will give P400,000 for their additional capital.

11:36So we are focused especially on agri-sector.

11:39Okay.

11:40Do you have a message for our countrymen?

11:43If there are small farmers cooperatives listening,

11:47even if they are not farmers,

11:49if there are small and micro cooperatives,

11:51I hope we can adopt and implement the program of the government

11:55of merger and consolidation

11:57where the government gives additional capital.

12:00For you, I hope we don't open our minds

12:06on how to grow and become more sensible.

12:09Let's not get used to being small until we grow old.

12:13Where can they coordinate?

12:16To the extension offices and our field officers,

12:19just ask for merger and consolidation.

12:22We have done that in many regions.

12:26We are willing to help all the way

12:28until you merge your new registration.

12:32Okay. Stronger together.

12:34Yes.

12:35Thank you very much for your time,

12:37Cooperative Development Authority,

12:39Assistant Secretary Mirla Paradillo.

12:42Thank you very much to all the listeners and PTB4.

12:45Thank you for the opportunity.

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