the same time we can be of help to the Veruela, Agusan del Sur. hospital),” said LAMUPCO Chairman Reynaldo Maido. PARPO Amatonding said that the department will never stop extending It can be recalled that on March help to the farmers especially in this 25, 2020, LAMUPCO was able to deliver trying time. “We would like to assure a total of 66 sacks of rice to Andres our farmers that we value their heroic Soriano Memorial Hospital (ASMH) in deeds despite the hurdles and that we Bislig City, 50 sacks to Barangay LGU of are behind them as they exist to feed La Fortuna and 200 sacks for Barangay the world,” he said. (DAR-Agusan del LGU of Sampaguita and Poblacion, Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
ARBs lead by example in time with COVID-19 crisis By Rechel D. Besonia
Sometimes, unforeseen circumstances hit us for which we simply cannot prepare. The health crisis nowadays causes unspeakable pain to everyone especially for those unfortunate individuals earning daily. When people are searching for meaning and a reason to hope, there is, however, some organizations that begin to heal by taking actions that demonstrate compassion towards each other. The Filipinas Palm Oil Plantation Inc. (FPPI) Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ARB MPC), an organization assisted by the Department of Agrarian Reform
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(DAR) in the province has unleashed a compassionate response to some 681 members who were also ARBs by giving them their economic benefits amounting to P10.2-million. Coop Manager Jocelyn Palen said that the distribution of the benefits is supposed to be held at the time of the General Assembly, which is yet to be conducted due to the prohibition of mass gatherings following the
