Coming from a farming family, Danny Hizon, 69, proprietor of Danizon Farms, says, “Farming, you could say, is in my blood.” Growing up, he was surrounded by the rice and vegetable fields in a remote village in San Rafael, Bulacan. During his childhood, his grandfather tried to teach him how to...
A parcel of land can mean countless opportunities, may it be for commercial or residential purposes. For a couple named Cristina and Carlo Guerrero, a biologist and visual artist respectively, an idle family property is something that they can transform into a beautiful creation. From an...
A retiree in General Santos named Rosana Sacay, 64, a mother of three, has converted about 20sqm of her 187 sqm home into an indoor garden. The front veranda and back area of the home, as per Sacay, “were converted into a sort of display area for all potted plants.” Her love for plants...
Park Ji Hyo, Yoo Jeong-yeon, and Sana Minatozaki, three members of the nine-strong South Korean girl group TWICE took a quick break from performing as they tried a new hobby — gardening. A series entitled JEONGSAJI’s (Jeongyeon, Sana, and Jihyo’s) home gardening was recently introduced on...
A lot of people become farmers in retirement. One of them is Thelma Murillo, a retiree who is now a full-time farmer after working in the corporate world for more than 30 years. Murillo shares that her fondness for farming arose from childhood. “I was exposed to planting at an early age...
Many people invest in agriculture as part of their retirement plans. The same went for Jessie and Lea Deala, both 60, who ventured into farming to secure their life after retirement. Both husband and wife grew up with parents whose means of support was agriculture. Being used to this lifestyle,...
Aside from dancing to songs with a poker face on, Joyce Glorioso, also referred to as Joyang TV, 27, caught the attention of many netizens when she uploaded videos of herself with an unusual prop attached to their ceiling – a bunch of bananas. She shares, “Before po nung hindi pa po marami yung...
For Renz Ticsay, 41, an IT solutions architect by profession, gardening has been a significant part of his life since his teenage years. “Life for me is incomplete without plants and trees,” said the urban gardener. Looking back, he has always been interested in plants and nature, which sprung...
The corporation has come up with new innovations to bolster the country’s health system—a health app and a breathing aid device The Ayala group, led by its healthcare unit Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health), has committed to further increase its efforts to support the government...
After the death of a loved one, Michael Maranan, President and CEO of Taal Mananan’s Farmville, realized the importance of producing food not just for his family, but also for the community. Maranan, who was raised on a farm in Batangas, decided to build his own farm with the initial goal...
After 14 years of abandonment, a family-owned land in Pampanga was redeveloped by a couple as a way of giving honor to their late father. Tibby’s farm is an 11-hectare farm located in Angeles, Pampanga that aims to empower people through training them on natural farming for inclusive...
Teresita Abanilla Mariano joined Manila Bulletin in 1949, leaving only in 1988 By Gary Mariano REMEMBER HER Teresita Mariano My mother was born Teresita Abanilla on May 6, 1931 in Pagsanjan, Laguna. She died Aug. 4, aged 89, at home in Parañaque. In 1956, she married my father, Crispin...
