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Cooperatives committee organizational meeting: Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel F. Zubiri and Sen. Risa Hontiveros urge the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) during Monday’s organizational meeting, February 10, 2020, to proactively coordinate with government agencies concerned with the cooperatives sector such as the Department of Agriculture for the distribution of machineries and equipment to agricultural cooperatives; the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for its budget for new plantilla positions and the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF); the Land Bank of the Philippines for preferential loans to cooperatives; and the Civil Service Commission for the creation of new plantilla positions and guarantee of security of tenure for current staff. (Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB)