John Tria
In this week’s column we examine trends and forecasts to encourage entrepreneurs to examine areas of growth as we recover. The lower GDP contraction in the fourth quarter of 2020 shows a continuous trend of recovery. We look at trends because they help us see how and where things are going which matters more than where we came from.
To expand and drive recovery even further, we need to push for economic reforms currently pending in congress that can strengthen our economy, expand our economic openness for investments, to make us competitive with our neighbors in the desire for investments and recovery.
John Tria
Be it a cup of locally grown and roasted coffee or hot native chocolate, thoughts of christmas will nonetheless bring us to that sense of peace. That is its guiding spirit. The light that it brings inspires us and brings us to a consciousness of community. By now, a lot of communication, learning and trade is done online in the comfort and safety of our homes. Technology has brought many of us closer. Family and relatives we barely see are a click away. Long lost friends, schoolmates now have regular communication.
Mindanao’s chocolates and coffee!
Visit the Cacao City Cooperative online to learn more about how you can access the various new and innovative products made by local chocolate growers and confectioners. Already, chocolate candies, dragees, truffle like creations and locally made chocolate powder have been developed by its members.