Newsletter: Balut vendor, weaver from La Union find hope through Bikes for Livelihood

[THIS IS A PRESS RELEASE]

Last August 7, Donate A Bike, Save A Job Founder Gretchen Ho, together with the Provincial Government of La Union, PLDT, Smart, and the PLDT-Smart Foundation, turn over bicycles to some residents from La Union.

With one Facebook post, residents of La Union saw a glimpse of hope in the form of bicycles. Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Member Joy Ortega and Donate A Bike, Save A Job Founder Gretchen Ho partnered with PLDT, Smart, and PLDT-Smart Foundation to bring ‘joyful’ bikes to La Union. 

Newsletter: Why Igorots in Metro Manila directly source goods from farmers

09/24/2020 11:45:55 PM

Author's note: Imagine buying local goods. Wait, that may sound really vague. Let me get this straight.

Moreover, imagine buying low-priced products straight from the farm. Here lies the stories of how some of our fellow countrymen – the ones we call Cordillerans or Igorots – are buying goods directly from the farmers of Cordillera. 

And why should we emulate their example more than just showing support to our locality and homegrown offerings. Read the story below in this edition of newsletter: 

*****

See Pasig's handicraft goods at the Neighborgoods Bazaar at Ayala Malls The 30th!

08/29/2019 10:30:21 AM

Support local has been showing up more evidently at Ayala Malls recently as Pasig City Government and Ayala Malls The 30th staged the week-long bazaar featuring the community's homegrown products recently.