Saturnino “Turning” Distor, who started helping his parents plant crops at the tender age of five, is a witness to how Universal Leaf Philippines, Inc. (ULPI) has transformed farmers’ lives by revolutionizing the tobacco trade system.
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Pilmico turns farmers into partners for growth
When super typhoon Yolanda struck the country in 2013, it destroyed almost everything Retchel Pasturan’s family owned. “Nahurot. Naguba dyud totally an balay (Gone. Our house was totally damaged),” Pasturan, a 35-year-old backyard farmer in Ormoc City, said.
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Hapinoys: Financial security makes happy Pinoys
People who knew Mayreen Artes back when she was still a factory worker would often ask her. “How were you able to change your life?”
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Bagosphere provides training for outsourcing industry with study now, pay later program
At the age of 17, Maritess de la Peña had to drop out of college and leave Negros Occidental to work as a kasambahay (housekeeper) in Metro Manila. She did not want to, but De la Peña had no choice but to leave after her first year as a business administration student at West Negros […]
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