Biggest Consortium of Mindanao Transport Coops Pursues 10-Point Agenda
By Gerry Lee Gorit
Photos by Gerry Lee Gorit, The National Federation of Transport Cooperatives & Mumzy Vany
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY hosted the last leg of the 2-day Philippine Commercial Vehicle Show ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ held at the Aquilino Pimentel International Convention Center, Cagayan de Oro City on December 7-8.
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One of the highlights of the two-day event was the oath taking by members of the biggest transport cooperatives ever formed in Mindanao.
Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) Chairman Jesus Ferdinand de Perio Ortega administered the oath of membership to 24 Transport Cooperatives, represented by their respective officers, who gathered in the event and joined the Consortium of Mindanao Transport Cooperatives (CMTC).
The transport cooperatives’ officials were from Regions 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and BARMM.
Cheng Ordoรฑez, lead convenor and Board of Director of CMTC, first gathered the transport cooperatives in July, this year, at Quezon, Bukidnon, for the transport forum organized by Chief Executive Officer David Kahale of Panta Transportation, an automatic fare collection system (AFCS) provider from Australia.
Interim officers of the CMTC include the following: Melvin Erederos โ chairman; Wenifredo Yancha Jr. – General Manager; Jeffrey Felicia – Treasurer, Ronilo Ravanera – Board Secretary, Wawie Mama-o and Cheng Ordoรฑez, Board of Directors at-Large, along with selected officers from each region as BODs.
The CMTC vows to pursue the following programs, trainings and services for its members: Transport Cooperative Operation Education; Fleet Management System; Financial Management; Fundamentals of Cooperatives; Coop Management and Good Governance; Local Public Transport Route Plan Preparation for LGUs; Legal Services; PUVMP Orientation and Updates; Loan processing assistance and Linkages; and, Establishment of a Guarantee Fund to help distressed transport coops.
Ordoรฑez, Panta Transportation Regional Head for Visayas and Mindanao, said Panta Transportation provides consultancy services on AFCS and FMS, while Antares Modern Transport Consultancy Corporation acts as the Secretariat for CMTC, even as both provides insights on transport modernization to the biggest Consortium of Mindanao transport cooperatives.
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