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December 2025

Rising above the waves

    Written by: Edrian Banania Posted on December 29, 2025 Francisca Pasayon stands proudly beside her fishing boat and her son’s freshly caught fish, a daily harvest shaped by hard work, family unity, and resilience. Rising before dawn to prepare nets, enduring long days at sea, and stretching each day’s catch to feed the family, Francisca Pasayon, a 57-year-old mother of three from Mahinog, Camiguin Island, grew up in a household where fishing was not just a livelihood but a way of life. She has learned early on that survival oftenRead More »Rising above the waves

    Deep in the Dough

      Written by: Jireh Pearl T. Casionan Posted on December 29, 2025 Glynn Ronquillo, a CARD Bank client (left), joyfully holds one of her fuzzy-wire creative crafts beside her sari-sari store merchandise, while some of her newly baked pastries (right) are pre-ordered and others are offered to customers. Glynn grew up on the island of Negros. Fresh out of college, she worked as a promodiser in a department store, never imagining that the bagger who often helped her on shift would one day become her husband. They married young, started aRead More »Deep in the Dough

      Media practitioners recognized at the CARD MRI Panaghiusa Media Awards

        Written by: Josephine Ramos Posted on December 29, 2025   Some of CARD MRI’s media partners nationwide were recognized during the Panaghiusa Media Awards held at Casita Uno, San Lucas I,  San Pablo City, Laguna, on December 10, 2025. On December 10, 2025, the CARD MRI Panaghiusa Media Awards ceremony was held at Casita Uno, Carmelite Road, Brgy. San Lucas 1, San Pablo City, Laguna, recognizing outstanding media practitioners nationwide for their collaboration with CARD MRI in its effort towards poverty eradication. “Through this event, we aim to recognize theRead More »Media practitioners recognized at the CARD MRI Panaghiusa Media Awards

        CARD MRI launches its four-decade celebration, marking 40 years in 2026

          Written by: Jireh Pearl T. Casionan Posted on December 29, 2025 Bente Productions President Marilyn M. Manila (front, left photo) hosts the launching of CARD MRI’s Four-Decade Celebration for 2026, while CARD MRI Founder and Chair Emeritus Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip (right) highlights the institution’s ongoing mission and journey, holding a copy of the Five-Year Corporate Strategy 2026–2030. CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI), a group of 34 institutions that provide social development services to over 9.7 million Filipinos and insure more than 31 million individuals, will celebrate itsRead More »CARD MRI launches its four-decade celebration, marking 40 years in 2026

          CARD-PCPD Medical Center opens BestHealth Clinic; Offers loanable healthcare services for CARD clients

            Written by: Jireh Pearl T. Casionan Posted on December 29, 2025 CARD-PCPD Medical Center Inc., a new institution of CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) in partnership with the Philippine Center for Population and Development (PCPD), officially opened the BestHealth Clinics and Diagnostic Center on December 1, 2025, in Brgy. San Antonio 1, San Pablo City, Laguna. With the facility situated in the barangay, residents of San Antonio 1 and nearby communities can access affordable medical services without needing to travel to the town proper. The clinic also offers loanableRead More »CARD-PCPD Medical Center opens BestHealth Clinic; Offers loanable healthcare services for CARD clients

            From Screen to Spotlight: Southeast Asian community filmmakers shine at the 2025 SineMaya Community Short Film Festival

              Written by Edrian Banania Posted on December 22, 2025   BENTE Productions Chairman Mr. Hugo C. Yonzon III (leftmost) and CARD MRI Senior Adviser Ms. Aniceta R. Alip (second from left) pose with the Light by the Sea Productions team from Vietnam, recipients of the Best Film award in the Legacy Lens Category for their film “Light by the Sea”, a SineMaya film entry that tells the story of a woman struggling to care for her children and elderly mother after losing her husband at sea, who receives help fromRead More »From Screen to Spotlight: Southeast Asian community filmmakers shine at the 2025 SineMaya Community Short Film Festival

              CARD Bank opens 2nd Islamic banking branch in Marawi City

                Posted on: December 15, 2025 Written by: Edrian B. Banania CARD MRI Founder and CARD Bank Chairman Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip, BSP Senior Assistant Governor Atty. Arifa Ala, Bangsamoro Board of Investment Chairman Mohamad Omar Pasigan, CARD MRI Managing Director Aristeo Dequito, CARD Bank President and CEO Marivic M. Austria, CARD MRI advisers, executives, staff, and clients,  graced the opening of the new Islamic banking branch along Narciso Ramos Highway, Biaba Damag, Marawi City. The branch aims to provide Shari’ah-compliant services to promote financial inclusion among Muslim communities inRead More »CARD Bank opens 2nd Islamic banking branch in Marawi City

                Sailing forward

                  Written by Josephine Ramos Posted on December 2, 2025 Joel Lumangcas, a skilled boat operator, expertly navigates his boat across the crystal-clear waters of Bohol. Bound to the sea for most of his life, Joel Lumangcas from Panglao Island, Bohol, moves with the waves. From a young age, he had already helped his father with fishing, a livelihood that sustained their family. In 2008, Joel found himself working at a dive shop, where he served as a speedboat operator for divers. One day, his boss offered him the chance toRead More »Sailing forward

                  Street sidewalks to success

                    Written by Jireh Pearl Casionan Posted on December 2, 2025   Delia A. Cenderio, 58, a proud CARD, Inc. client and a multi-business owner from Paco, Manila, stands happily fulfilled in one of her stores. Investments over momentary luxury is Delia’s philosophy. Whenever she receives resources or earns an income, she treats it as a seed she can grow into another income-generating opportunity. This discipline, combined with her hard work and competence, has enabled her to own and operate multiple stores in Manila. Delia took up a Bachelor of ScienceRead More »Street sidewalks to success

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