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Big, indeed

by Jessamine Villareal - July 11, 2005 - 12:00am

CEBU–It’s the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The $5-million International Academy of Film and Television in Mactan has a Dolby studio, Foley stage, six digital editing suites, a computer laboratory...

Hard-to-find 3C products

by Jessamine Villareal - June 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Since opening for business in mid-2004, Electronic Boutique has expanded into four stores in Metro Manila. The company, which carries computer, camera, and communication and compact audio video products, is looking...

When teachers become owners

by Jessamine Villareal - May 30, 2005 - 12:00am

The initial computations for Preparatory Camp: A School for Early Learners were done on a paper napkin during a birthday party. "Based on the computations of my banker-husband, Freddie Ortiz, it would have...

The mane man

by Jessamine Villareal - May 9, 2005 - 12:00am

David Charlton wanted to be a geologist once before he eventually opted for what his friends would call the "easy life" and founded David’s Salon Inc. After 27 years in the Philippines and 190 salons,...

Herbal prescriptions

by Jessamine Villareal - March 21, 2005 - 12:00am

The first patient of Marcelion Donato Navarro was a man in his mid-30s whose foot had been trampled under the wheels of a horse-drawn vehicle or kalesa. He gathered and pounded together a handful of herbs–sambong,...

Hands of clay

by Jessamine Villareal - September 13, 2004 - 12:00am

Electrical engineers make the best potters. F.B. Ceramics owner Genaro Figueroa attests to that. At the time he finished electrical engineering in Angeles City, terra cotta jars were the rage in Europe. So, it was...

Lighted leaves

by Jessamine Villareal - September 6, 2004 - 12:00am

Arts and Crafts Industries, Inc. has been through several transformations. Its latest one involved a capital of P20,000 to make lamps for last year’s National Trade Fair. Using fossilized leaves and flowers...

One-stop medical facility

by Jessamine Villareal - August 30, 2004 - 12:00am

For Evelyn Garcia, diversifying from transport to health services was a logical strategy. One of her five children, Azalea Mae Garcia-Heredia, is a doctor and so is her son-in-law, Gabriel Juan Heredia. Borough...

That’s what friends are for

by Jessamine Villareal - August 23, 2004 - 12:00am

It was a business that was started by friendship. "In 1981, we moved to Cogeo Village in Antipolo, which was mostly made up of government employees. It was here that the pioneer of resin handicrafts became...

Just ‘Frame It!’

by Jessamine Villareal - August 16, 2004 - 12:00am

Frame It! owner Ronald Magsakay is a precocious survivor. He ran his father’s factory at 17, tried direct selling at 20, went back to being his own boss at 25 and never looked back since. The first-born son...

Gift shop, work shop

by Jessamine Villareal - August 9, 2004 - 12:00am

Isabelita de Guzman-Ocliasa has 11 years of catching up to do.

Espresso, anyone?

by Jessamine Villareal - July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

In these times of uncertainty, one of the country’s biggest flour millers has gone into retail and is on the prowl for more opportunities to diversify. "Diversification is always on our minds. We are always...

Teachings from mom and dad

by Jessamine Villareal - June 7, 2004 - 12:00am

It started with making minute parts for flashlight batteries worth less than a centavo a piece. Today, Valerie Products Manufacturing, Inc. exports vehicle bodies to Vietnam, Indonesia, and the United States. It...

Homes for less

by Jessamine Villareal - May 10, 2004 - 12:00am

The Mt. Pinatubo eruption turned out to be the best thing that could happen to Haus-land Asset and Realty. "We were in the middle of a mass housing construction when lahar flooded the site and the National...

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