Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) received a token of recognition for its invaluable support cooperatives in the country during the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Gawad Parangal 2022, held at the Manila Hotel, City of Manila, on October 28, 2022.

On October 2021, the PFDA and CDA inked a Memorandum of Understanding as part of the launching of the isDA ON THE GO (iOTG) partnership project. Since the collaboration started, the iOTG program has assisted more than 50 cooperatives in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The PFDA-CDA partnership has provided these cooperatives with top-of-the-line inverter chest freezers, which will be utilized for the selling of fresh-frozen fishery products under the iOTG initiative. 

The awarding ceremony is in line with the celebration of National Cooperative Month with the theme “KoopPinas: Nagkakaisang Lakas Para sa Makabuluhan at Sama-samang Pag-unlad!”

On behalf of PFDA Officer-in-Charge General Manager Ms. Iris R. de Vera, Regional Municipal Port Operations Division (RMPOD) Chief Ms. Janet T. Manalo and Ms. Cerespink A. Aguila of the PFDA – Navotas Fish Port Complex (PFDA-NFPC) received the award. 

(Mark Angelo N. Perez – Public Information Division)