NEWS AND FEATURE STORIES

Written by Jireh Pearl Casionan Posted on November 25, 2025 Chella Baraquel operates a food cart that offers freshly boiled corn, peanuts, and buttered corn kernels, each product telling the story of her hard work and homegrown success. Like the kernels of corn that endure heat, pressure, and time, yet...

Written by Jireh Pearl Casionan Posted on November 14, 2025 Snooky A. Sardan, a proud CARD Bank client from Oriental Mindoro, stands fulfilled and driven beside the filled LPG tanks of Sardan LPG Trading. Success doesn’t happen instantly. It is built one step, one commitment, and one brave decision at...

Posted on November 11, 2025 Written by: Edrian Banania CARD MBA Chief Executive Officer Ms. Jocelyn D. Dequito beams with pride as she receives the Three Golden Arrow Award at Okada Manila. CARD Mutual Benefit Association (CARD MBA), Inc. received the Three Golden Arrows Award from the Institute of Corporate...

Written by: Edrian Banania Posted on October 22, 2023   CARD RBI heads, staff, and clients, along with CARD MRI Senior Advisers, unite to commemorate the institution’s 13th founding anniversary. CARD MRI Rizal Bank, Inc. (CARD RBI), a microfinance-oriented rural bank under the CARD Mutually Reinforcing...

Posted on: October 21, 2025 Written by: Josephine M. Ramos   Media practitioners from Laguna, Quezon, Batangas, Mindoro, and Cavite participated in the Panaghiusa: CARD MRI Exposure Tour Program for Media held in Oriental Mindoro on September 24 to 26, 2025. The CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions...

Posted on: October 21, 2025 Written by: Josephine M. Ramos   BENTE Productions spearheaded by its President Marilyn Manila (leftmost) brought stories from the microfinance community to the Asian Contents and Film Market in Busan, South Korea. From September 19 to 23, 2025, BENTE Productions Inc.,...

Posted on: October 1, 2025 Written by: Edrian B. Banania Narda Dellova, 38, an Iraya Mangyan and CARD client from Puerto Galera, proudly showcases her handcrafted Mangyan woven products. Each piece is a reflection of her culture, creativity, and resilience. In the peaceful mountains of Talipan, Aninuan...

Posted on: October 1, 2025 Written by: Edrian B. Banania Marianne Agutaya and Moreen Agutaya from Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, stand proudly at MoreDan Coffee’s second branch in Sta. Maria Village. It is a thriving family business built on love, collaboration, and a shared passion for quality. Marianne...

Posted on: October 1, 2025 Written by: Josephine M. Ramos   Teodorica Corables proudly holds out a tray of freshly steamed siopao, a labor of love, perseverance, and hard work. To preserve the siopao business her husband has started, Teodorica Cabales from Calapan City dedicated herself to perfecting...

Posted on: September 16, 2025 Written by: Josephine M. Ramos   After farming, Catalina Laurel often helped her husband in fishing– a shared life with simple joys. With its stunning landscapes, pristine islands, and rich cultural heritage, Batanes truly lives up to its name as the Paradise of the...