Baking a Hit Recipe Instead of taking a rest upon retirement, Ester Perez ventured into a business to sustain herself and remain productive. Upon her retirement, she put up a small bakery in her hometown Guisao, Zamboanga City in 2009. The bakery, initially employing just one baker, only offered pandesal. As the bakery grew, it continue reading : Zamboanga City: Baking a Hit Recipe

UPROOTING POVERTY THROUGH COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Long regarded as a poor man’s crop, cassava now brings pride and stable livelihood in Dapitan City, a third class city on the northeastern coast of Zamboanga del Norte. These starchy tubers growing in tropical climates are made into crunchy, mouth-watering snacks that are sold in parts of Luzon, Visayas, continue reading : Zamboanga del Norte: Cassava Growers and Processors Association