For years, an informal cottage industry spearheaded by rag-weavers living in Payatas, Quezon City was operated by the many artisans, mostly women, who developed a means to earn a living by recycling factory end-cuts and rejects, into hand-woven foot rugs.
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Go Negosyo Natasha: Making success stories happen in the homeland
If you want a good life, you should work as an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker). You’ll just rot here in the Philippines if you don’t.”
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Jollibee gives new hope for farmer entrepreneurs
The predicament of Wencelito Gomez was typical of a Filipino farmer in constant struggle to make a living. Like most of his peers in Nueva Ecija, he found it difficult to find a steady market for his crops.
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AKABA: Weaving a brighter future for poor Filipinos
AKABA Ltd. Design Co. seeks to not just promote indigenous peoples’ culture but also help alleviate poverty by promoting loom-weaving. Forty-year-old Liwayway Caparas from Ilocos Norte is witness to the noble work that the two-year-old Filipino travel bag and accessories brand is undertaking, being one of the 102 weavers from across the Philippines that AKABA […]
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