by Gabriel Roberto Barrios | Oct 9, 2018 | Good Business
The Philippines is blossoming with business potential, and the world is undoubtedly taking notice. That’s why Pierre Cote decided to enter an industry in the country that is already native to the land, but not being optimized – the coffee industry. Thus was born...
by Mark Anthony Toldo | Oct 2, 2018 | Good Business
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....
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Sep 27, 2018 | Good Pinoys
Junk Not, the social enterprise set up by interior designer Wilhelmina “Willie” S. Garcia, was in the spotlight during the Paris Design Week (PDW) held in September. Garcia, whose designs for Junk Not which upcycled discarded material into eco-friendly furniture...
by Rima Jessamine Granali | Sep 25, 2018 | Good Business
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....
by Jan Victor Mateo | Sep 18, 2018 | Good Business
Education is the great equalizer. That much Alvin Laurian knew so he was determined to finish college. But in 2009, after only a semester into a business administration degree at the University of Pangasinan, Laurian was forced to drop out. “We were three siblings in...
