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                    [Title] => Microfinance program changes lives of sari-sari store owners
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Thanks to wireless technology and an innovative microfinance program, sari-sari store owners Nanay Alicia Dumdum and Nanay Bella Sadongdong of Tacloban City, who lost their livelihood nearly two years ago to super typhoon Yolanda, have seen their incomes rise by becoming conduits for financial services.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-06 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/the-good-news/20150907/Micro-Finance-Sari-Sari-Store.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 870481 [Title] => 2 Pinoys named among outstanding persons of the world [Summary] =>

For making a difference in the lives of their countrymen and bringing positive change in their society, two Filipinos were honored here among the 2012 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP).

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img254/2936/gen9thumb.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826904 [Title] => Young blood sa politika [Summary] => NAISULAT ko kamakailan ang napabalitang pagtakbo sa Senatorial race ng batang pamangkin ni yumaong ex-senator Benigno Aquino na si Palo “Bam” Aquino at marami tayong tinanggap na positibong komento. [DatePublished] => 2012-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133395 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804793 [AuthorName] => Al G. Pedroche [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809690 [Title] => Entrepreneurship with a Bam! [Summary] =>

Go Negosyo has been forwarding the importance of having a positive mindset and an enterprising character for seven years already, and now is the time to push it further.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134263 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1398871 [AuthorName] => Joey Concepcion [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787663 [Title] => PBSP: Empowering people through enterprise [Summary] =>

Empowering socially and economically-challenged people to succeed on their own by managing small businesses like sari-sari stores can already make a difference in the society.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342554 [AuthorName] => Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 472378 [Title] => Great Filipinos exposed [Summary] =>

With the recent level of Filipino media gunk rising and its content reaching a new low, St. Paul nailed it on the head when he said we must “drown evil in an abundance of good.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135359 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1366854 [AuthorName] => J. Vincent Sarabia Ong [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) ) )
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