Philippine Cotton Staff To Converge in Las Vegas

Bulak Pinoy International
This release appears in Asian Journal San Diego
by Ardee Lee

“Former employees of Philippine Cotton Corporation will be holding a reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 21-23, 2011.” This was announced by Jess Gomez who is coordinating the event. Gomez served as Area Manager for Region I covering the Ilocos sphere of the Corporation before he managed the Alacan, Pangasinan Area.

“This is going to be exciting,” remarks Rudy D. Liporada. “Former co-employees gathering from all over the world to share our past endeavor serving farmers in the Philippines in the cotton cash crop business.” Liporada served as Finance and Administrative Manager for the Tarlac Office in Area II.

“Former Technical Division Chief Johnny Capuyan will be our guest speaker during the program,” adds Gomez. “Ben Fonbuena is coordinating those coming from other countries like Canada and Australia while Rosalina Falla is our coordinator for those coming from the Philippines.”

The Philippine Cotton Corporation was a quasi-government company until it was absorbed with the Cotton Research & Development Institute into the Cotton Development Administration (CODA) on February 11, 1998 by virtue of Republic Act
8486.

CODA is the sole agency of the government tasked to undertake initiatives that will spur the growth of the local cotton industry through cotton research, development and extension. As an agency, CODA is attached to the Philippines' agriculture department, but fully autonomous in terms of its organization and management.
For more information on the Bulak Pinoy International Reunion, one can contact: Jess Gomez at 619-948-4726, Ben Fonbuena at 323-317-3005, or Rudy D. Liporada at 858-722-1465.(BPI)