The Filipino Entrepreneur

This Sunday, November 18, 2007, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured the following episodes:

1. Choco Pix - Personalized Confectioner - it’s about chocolography. Printing photos using edible ink on chocolates made into many sorts of items like picture frames, calling cards, Chocolate CD, Chocolate coins. The owner is Chistine Cox. She said that she got the idea by researching the internet and her investment reached php500,00 and because of the demand she is positive that she will get her investment back very soon. The price range of her products is from php45.00 to php2,290.00.

2. Malou and Armel Lomi Haus - the place is in San Juan, Batangas noted for their beautiful beaches , “lambanog” a wine made from coconut sap and delicious native delicacies. The one featured is the lomi haus that became successful because of it’s unique flavor.

3. Karen and Christia Boutique - a success story of a tailoring shop that was financed by DSWD with php5,000 as added capital. The one featured is Carmen Pochero who now became successful making beautiful throw pillows. They have organized a group of 30 persons names Kapitbisig 413 to avail a loan of micro finance and used her borrowed capital for her throw pillow making venture.

4. Happy Valley Multi-Purpose Cooperative - the place is in Roxas, Oriental Mindoro where a cooperative came up an idea of making charcoal briquettes made from trashed items like dried twigs, coconut husks, corn husks, dried bamboo and dried leaves which are processed and molded into briquettes. One of the member said that this technology was introduced to them by the ARTB in Los Banos.

5. Cosmo Bar - the segment have a dessert recipe shown and how to make it. Its called Mango Panacota. The executice Chef, Jummi Delfin showed the viewers the method of preparing it.

6. Iza Calzado - mentioned a very short topic about her restaurant business in Boracay.

7. Psalmstre Enterprises Inc. - featured beauty products and one of their best sellers is the placenta soap and cream. Melanie Marques is their product endorser. They have 88 branches already and you can be a distributor if you want to have a sideline business. If you are interested the contact number is 09198076402 / 7192500.

8. Question of the day - I guess this is the one you are waiting for you to win the kabuhayan packages. So here is the question:

Anong ahensya ng gobyerno ang nagbigay ng P5,000 na puhunan kay Aling Carmen? Tip: See item #3 above

Instruction: Write the answer on a piece of paper and the date and followed by your Name, Address, Contact number and Signature and include a recent picture. You can photocopy or zerox the entries and send to:

BAYAN PRODUCTION
Heart of the City Condominuim
Sgt. Esguerra Street, Quezon City

You can also put your entries in the drop box in front of Bayan Production. Entries will be accepted until Dec.18, 2007. Winners will be annonced on Dec 22 and 23, 2007. ( Balato naman pag nanalo kayo! )

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