When I was still young, I saw my father and uncles raising broiler chickens, and they influenced my interest in fowl. When I was six years old, I was already taking care of my own bantam chicken. Since then, my passion for chickens has grown, and I decided to start my own chicken breeding business....
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Vash Lillo is an 18-year-old fancy chicken breeder with a farm in Candelaria, Quezon. He started raising chickens when he was six years old because of the influence of his father and uncles, who raised broiler chickens. Now, he has 200 heads on his 2,000 square-meter farm, which...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Most children used to spend their time on the playground, watching cartoons on television, or playing with their toys. But Vash Lillo had a significant childhood, which impacted what he is doing now. Instead of driving his own toy car or playing with a stuffed toy, he played...
COOP-NATCCO Party-list Rep. Felimon Espares, Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) The House of Committee on Ethics and Privileges will "weigh" on whether or not to recommend the harshest penalty of expulsion against Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep....
Total loans extended by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to at least 18 electric cooperatives (ECs) topped P560 million in the first half of the year. Based on data released by NEA’s Accounting Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD), the power utilities serving consumers in...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Facebook) A "stiffer disciplinary action" awaits embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. for his continued absence without official leave. This was practically guaranteed by the House Committee on Ethics and...
FROM THE MARGINS The values of shared wealth and people participation distinguish the Kabuhayan sa Ganap na Kasarinlan Credit and Savings Cooperative (K-Coop) from other microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country. K-Coop, which evolved into a cooperative from a microfinance NGO, turned seven...
The Philippines and China are strengthening their digital cooperation, a move that will accelerate the country's own digitalization, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John E. Uy said Friday, Jan. 6. The DICT Secretary signed a memorandum of understanding...
COOP-NATCCO Partylist Representative Felimon Espares (House of Representatives) Felimon Espares, an educator and the voice of cooperatives nationwide, brings to the 19th Congress his 31 years of cooperative movement experience as COOP-NATCCO Partylist representative. The National Confederation of...
Two bills proposing to further strengthen the country’s banking system have passed final reading approval in the House of Representatives. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded his Lower House colleagues for approving on third and final reading the bills regulating...
This online grocer can get you everything you need fresh, fast, and frictionless Shoppers have their pick of locally-sourced fruits and vegetables harvested straight from Philippine farms or international produce shipped fresh from countries as far as Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Spain, and the US....
The oft-quoted phrase “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” has little relevance during this pandemic and the succeeding lockdown that brought hunger to the most vulnerable. With more people going hungry, the situation calls for...
