when he served as main guest and speaker during their second annual general assembly, August 26, 2011, at Cauayan City, Isabela, while typhoon ‘Mina’ breezed through the region. Sec. Alcala committed to support the group, whose members are mostly corn farmers, by initially providing them with P1.3-million worth of hand tractors (five units), draft carabaos (five head with implements), and 100 bags each of certified palay seeds and OPV corn seeds. Handing the artwork to Sec. Alcala are CREDO Cooperative board chairman Santiago S. Corpuz and vice chairman Vicente Macapulay, while general manager Essex Lara looks on. # # # (Photo by Alan Jay Jacalan, DA Information Service)

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