MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XIIl, No. 133
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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RC CDO, RC East Urban hold Women’s Month outreach
By MARK FRANCISCO AS culmination of the 2023 National Women’s Month, the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, Rotary Anns of RC Cagayan de Oro and Rotary Club of E ast Urban held an outreach at the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office
(COCPO) headquarters in Barangay Nazareth, this city. The beneficiaries of the outreach were victims of domestic violence under the care of COCPO who are complainants in violence against women and children (VAWC) cases
under litigation. The Rotarians distributed 100 food packs and 50 packs of rice at five kilograms each courtesy of Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro and its Rotary Anns. Meanwhile, the contribution of RC East Urban is the kabuhayan showcases
and hygiene kits. RC C D O pre s i d e nt Bong Butaslac expressed his thanks to the Rotarians for heeding his call in realizing the outreach. “Thank you fellow Rotarians and lovely spouses for attending and gracing today’s event. Thank you also
to all the sponsors, donors and benefactors of the hygiene kits, kabuhayan packages, food packs, bags of rice and a hearty lunch that definitely touched the lives of our beneficiaries,” Butaslac said. “My profoundest thanks also to Madam Juliet and
p a st pre s i d e nt D an ny Empedrad for investing their time, resources and altruistic efforts without which this eventful activity would not have been an impactful one. Cheers to another milestone in service to others!” he continued.
By Mike Baños
March 23-24, 2023. The two-day literary event was highlighted by the launch of Kalandrakas by Ricardo de Ungria, Coming Home to the Island by Arlene Yandug, and Tinubdan: New Voices from Mindanao. Kalandrakas Parts I & II: Stories and Storytellers of/on Regions in Mindanao, 1890 – 1990: A Preliminary and Continuing Survey and Literary Mapping compiled and edited by Ricardo de
TAGBO 3 launches CDA gathers Lanao del Norte XU’s 3 Anthologies of coops for industry updates Mindanao Literature 9520 is the Philippine Cooperative Code which was enacted into law in 2008 while RA 11535 is the Act Making the Position of a Cooperatives Development Officer Mandatory in the Municipal, City and Provincial Levels. The meeting was conducted last March 24 in
the capital town of Tubod, Lanao del Norte. It was jointly spearheaded by the Region 10 office of CDA as well as the provincial cooperative office of the Lanao del Norte provincial Capitol The meeting was in fulfillment of both the mandates of the CDA and the
local government unit of Lanao del Norte to promulgate and update the cooperative sector and establish areas of coordination and collaboration for co operative development in the province and introduce programs for the strengthening of cooperatives.
Mindanao Literatures got a much needed shot in the arm with the recent launching of 3 anthologies covering over a century of its writings. TAGBO 3 From Places to Pages: Writing, Publishing, Teaching, and Studying Mindanao Literatures was hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature, and Xavier University Press at the Xavier Ateneo Little Theater on
See TAGBO, page 11
By MARK FRANCISCO CO OPERATIVES from L ana o d el Nor te we re gathered by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to discuss updates on Philippine laws governing cooperatives. In p ar t i c u l ar, up d ate s of t h e fol l ow i ng we re discussed: mandatory reports, Republic Act (RA) 9520 and RA 11535. RA
Xavier Ateneo Fr Mars P. Tan, SJ welcomes participants to TAGBO 3. (RMB)
Poet Ricky de Ungria stresses a point during his Keynote Address at TAGBO 3 (RMB).