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 Mark Anthony Toldo | Aug 14, 2018 | Good Business
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.” It’s not surprising to hear this kind of advice making rounds in the Philippines. For many less-privileged Filipinos, working abroad...
by Mark Anthony Toldo | Jun 19, 2018 | Featured, Good Business
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. He even experienced watching helplessly as the onions...
by Mark Anthony Toldo | Dec 18, 2017 | Featured, Good Business
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...