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How will UNIDA provide the training services? The network of extension schools that will be owned and operated by the cooperatives will be equipped with connectivity to Internet, mobile and television networks. Training content will be delivered by UNIDA to the extension schools using any combination of these networks. The training content will be a combination of materials for literacy and for productivity. All courses will be approved and certified by the appropriate authorities namely Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education and TESDA.

How will UNIDA provide the connectivity? UNIDA will engage the services of Internet, mobile and television connectivity providers; so that they could become the backend technology providers to the cooperatives that will operate as the front end service providers. This approach is necessary in order to provide the cooperatives with a long term source of sustainable revenues. This approach will also give the cooperative members with the triple advantage of earning from the rebates and dividends, on top of saving from group discounts.

How else could the cooperatives make money from the connectivity business? As of now, several cooperatives already provide cable television services. Some cooperatives also offer telephone services as Plain Old Telephone Service providers. Eventually, they could also become Internet Service Providers as well.

There is not much room for them in the mobile phone business, but they could still make money as bulk distributors of cell phone loads. Several companies are already poised to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) based telephone services to the cooperatives, offering both handheld and desktop units.

How could cooperatives profit from VoIP telephony? VoIP phones could enable cooperative members to call any buyer or supplier with a VoIP number anywhere in the world practically for free, paying only for the Internet connection. Towards this end, UNIDA is going to publish a VoIP phone directory, in order to help the cooperatives take advantage of this opportunity.

How could the cooperatives profit from LETS? A percentage of each and every LETS transaction goes to the cooperatives. Each and every member of the cooperatives will be provided with a cash card that will contain the value points that they have accumulated, including their earnings from the rebates and the dividends.

The cash cards are designed to jointly function as debit cards and as ATM cards, meaning that the members could also withdraw their cash values as they wish. In addition, the cooperatives will also earn each time that the cash cards are used to purchase goods and services from participating stores.
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As of February 16, I am already a producer of prime time evening shows for the Global News Network (GNN), but I will still be producing some segments in my previous assignment as a producer of the Philippine Stock Market Show in the mornings. I have also returned to my old show KA IKING LIVE!

Bombit Buencamino, president of the Metro Club near Rockwell asked me to organize seminars and other events for the club, by tapping the talents and experts that are already involved with me in my TV production business. In this connection, I organized the Penta Open Training Center , which will start operations next month.
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Starting this month, I will also be co-producing the “Learning Show” in GNN from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM. In cooperation with TESDA, GNN will be offering technical and vocational courses on the air, with corresponding hands on training in accredited testing centers nationwide. Using G-SAT which is the satellite affiliate of GNN, we will be able to deliver education even to the remote areas that could not be reached by cable TV. We are now looking for cooperatives that could host the satellite dishes.

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