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Big firms offer help for MSMEs through TESDA

By Ehda Dagooc | September 11, 2015 - 10:00am

More local and multinational companies are now expressing willingness to help the micro-entrepreneurs in the country through the help of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Freeman Cebu Business

Vocational training firm eases job access for youth

By Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento | August 7, 2013 - 12:00am

Unlike any typical training center in urban areas, a vocational training company is aimed at providing the rural youth quick access to gainful employment particularly in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector...

Freeman Cebu Business

RAFI: Awarding those who have stories to tell

By Bobit S. Avila | March 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Tomorrow is the 12th Anniversary of Straight from the Sky and traditionally, I always come up a collage of our best interviews in the past years. However for our 12th year, I’m breaking tradition and give...

Freeman Opinion

Negrenses inaugurate Dungganon Bank Inc.

By THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina | July 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The inauguration of Dungganon Bank Inc. Saturday was a low-key affair. It did not merit a special event coverage by ABS-CBN or even local television stations. But it was something people should be proud of. The...

Nation

PCFC extends microcredit to 312,000 poor families

July 23, 2002 - 12:00am

The People’s Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC) nationwide network of partner-conduits provided microfinance services to 312,129 poor individuals, mostly women from July 2001 to June 2002. PCFC president and chief...

Banking

Only 400,000 poor households have access to microfinancing

November 27, 2001 - 12:00am

The poverty incidence in the Philippines has grown from 31.8 percent in 1997 to a record 34.20 percent at the start of the year, according to the National Anti Poverty Commission (NAPC), the Cabinet-level committee...

Banking