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Kabuhayang Swak na Swak

Entrepreneurs & Businesses Featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak - November 25, 2007

by Lito on November 29, 2007


Last Sunday, November 25, 2007, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured the following episodes:

1. Buena Mano Crafts - this business specializes in Christmas decors and was based in Antipolo, Rizal. It started in 1998 with only a thousand pesos capital according to the owner and the materials are bought mainly in Divisoria. Now they have many kinds of christmas decors and designs and exporting to other countries. Contact info: 658-4863 / 658-2711

2. Palm and Sole Spa - the segment featured a spa that also caters for kids. Sometimes when we have kids around instead of relieving our stress, we can’t help to have an additional stress. So instead of telling kids to stop and sit down , they offer spa services to kids also. What a good idea don’t you think? contact info: 951-1752

3. Psalmstre Enterprises Inc. - featured beauty products and one of their best sellers is the placenta soap and cream. . If you are interested the contact number is 09198076402 / 7192500.

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Entrepreneurs & Businesses Featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak - November 24, 2007

by Lito on November 28, 2007


Last Saturday, November 24, 2007, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured the following episodes:

1. Christina’s Creations - Brag Bags - this episode featured a fashionable transparent bags called the photo carry all bags for ladies which you can also place your photograph on the bag’s cover. The small bags can carry 12 photos and the big ones can carry 18 photos. You can also use the bags to put things like office supplies or if you are in the beach things that you need to carry in the beach. Contact info is 0917-8548198/0917-024846

2. Mindoro Butterfly Kingdom - the segment featured a butterfly breeding farm in Calapan Mindoro where they breed and produce butterfly for commercial purposes. One of the objective there is to help the Mangyan natives in Mindoro to earn a living by catching one of the rare species. One of the prize species that they are proud of is the rare Papilio Hermili which can only be found in Mindoro. The price of it is from $70 - $200 for female and $50 - $70 for male. They also have various species in their farm and they are now exporting it to other countries.
Contact info is: Mindoro_butterfly@hotmail.com / (043) 288-2046 / 0918-980-8626

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Entrepreneurs & Businesses Featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak - November 18, 2007

by Lito on November 20, 2007


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.

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Entrepreneurs & Businesses Featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak - November 4, 2007

by Lito on November 5, 2007


This Sunday, November 4, 2007, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured the following episodes:

1. Jerps Parol Maker - KSNS featured a maker of beautiful Christmas lanterns. The business is lucrative specially on Christmas season because those lanterns became a symbol of Christmas to Filipinos. There are many varieties of lanterns or ‘parol’ from plastics, bamboos and capiz shells. The most eye catching of them all are those made with beautifully crafted capiz shells with assorted colored lightings. Like other successful entrepreneurs who were in the right place at the right time, it started when Aling Emily’s husband got a bamboo star lantern frame which he picked up from the street. He decided to make a few and sell it. Since then they continue making parols and now a big seller of different kinds of parol or lanterns.

2. Bel Mondo Italia Corp. ( Maker of Novellino Wines ) - A proudly pinoy maker of wines from grape juice like red wine and white wine. Red wine have health beneficial properties of preventing heart disease because it acts a scavenger in the blood that lowers cholesterols, thins the blood to prevent hypertension and relaxes the blood vessels. There are studies regarding the French who eats a lot of fatty foods and drinks a lot of red wine but have the lowest incidence of heart disease. According to the owner/founder Mr. Vicente Quimbo the major difference from the rest of the red and white wines is the distinctive sweet taste because Filipinos have sweet tooth. It also now exported to other countries like Italy, Australia and California USA.

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Entrepreneurs & Businesses Featured in Kabuhayang Swak na Swak - October 28, 2007

by Lito on October 28, 2007


This Saturday, October 28, 2007, Kabuhayang Swak na Swak featured the following episodes:

1. Nanding’s Flower Shop - Aling Urbana started with a capital of 3,000 pesos and now they are making as much as 180,000 per week on occasions such as All Saint’s Day and Valentines day. They are cebuanos which we know are very enterprising. What is the secret to her success? well she only told the viewers to be patient and know how to manage people.

2. Sweet Factory - the business originated in the UK and became a hit in the US. The one featured in swak na swak is the only franchise here in the Philippines started in 2004 and have the master franchise. According to the General Manager, Bernadette Toribio the return of investment is very fast even though the capital is large according to her. For sweet success according to her, you have to have good product, know how to take care of your people and listen to your customers.

3. Asialink Finance Corporation - today’s segment featured Asialink granting loans for OFWs. And not only granting loans but also a part time job as loan consultant or loan agents. They also offer loan consultant job for OFW. There is no age limit as long as you have the potential as a loan consultant. Earnings is by commission from 1% to 5%.

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