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T-shirt Printing A printed T-shirt  is a form of textile printing specifically on a T-shirt. It shows graphic designs, text with lettering or an image. Printing is done with textile printing. T-shirt s are common and universal in terms of clothing. It has no specific gender style and generally unisex which is basically a shirt in T shape with body and sleeves. Because T-shirts are cheap and inexpensive, the fabric is mostly made of cotton fabric, and are easy to clean. White T-shirts are commonly used as an undergarment, while the colored t-shirts can be plain colored or printed. T-shirt printing is an art of transferring design to a t-shirt. It can also be turned into business due to cheapness of the t-shirt as a clothing and it's unisex properties. In the Philippines, people of various age and gender wear t-shirts. This brings opportunity to the business minded to explore and understand the profitability of T-shirt Printing business packages in the Philippine...

Personal Shopper in the Philippines Becoming a personal shopper in the Philippines is an unexplored income opportunity. Personal shoppers are often seen as employed by fashion department stores for their services. In other countries, many personal shoppers do freelance or do exclusive online personal shopping. Most personal shoppers revolves around clothes. A personal shopper is an individual who helps clients to shop for their stuff and clothing. As such, have good taste, a keen eye, and a strong sense of style as they are tasked to give advice and aid by making suggestions. Being a personal shopper is a plus if you are professional in conduct, articulate, and knowledgeable on your personal shopping niche like in fashion. There are no formal educational requirements to become a personal shopper, hence it is an untapped income opportunity for those that meets the above criteria. Personal shoppers have an honest motive to help people. For personal shopping for fashion, they sugg...

Okra Production Okra or okro has the scientific name Abelmoschus esculentus . It is called in English as ladies' fingers (mainly due to resemblance to female fingers), gumbo or ochro. Okra is also known as saluyot a bunga in Ilocano and kaluyot in Ifugao in the Philippines. Okra is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It is valued for its fruit that is an edible green pods when still immature. The geographical origin of okra is disputed, of which South Asian is believed to be the origin due to occurrence of proposed parent which is believed to be Abelmoschus ficulneus. Okra production in the Philippines is stable as the crop is very easy to grow and the seeds are readily available. Raw okra is 90 percent moisture, 7 percent carbohydrate, 2 percent protein and low fat percentage. In a 100 gm fruit of Okra, the raw edible parts is abundant in dietary fiber, vitamin K, Ascorbic Acid with moderate contents of Vitamin B1, magnesium and folate. Okra Recipes Okra can ...

Papaya Cultivation Papaya or Carica papaya Linn. , grows in the Philippines due to it's tropical climate. The plant has three sexes: male, female, hermaphrodite. The male produces only pollen for the female flowers and do not fruit. The female will produce small, inedible fruits if not pollinated. Commercial papaya orchard has grown hermaphrodite variety for purpose of easy pollination and productivity. Papaya originated from tropical America but in the Philippines, it was one of the most important fruit crops due to its export value and potential. Papaya is nutrient rich fruit with Ascorbic acid and Vitamin A, protein, carbohydrate, phosphorous, iron, and calcium. Unripe papaya contains enzyme papain that oozes out of the papaya fruit in a form of latex and is traditionally used as a meat tenderizer. Papain is now being used as main ingredient of numerous skin whitening products like lotion and soap, softening of woolens, toothpaste additive, and beer processing. Although unco...

Patola Farming Patola belongs to the cucurbit family like squash, zucchini, gourds, watermelon, calabash, cucumber, and pumpkin. Patola is characterized by either ridged edges which has an English name Ridged gourd and smooth variant that has soft and smooth skin fruits. Smooth gourds has the scientific name Luffa cylindrical while the ridged gourd or angled gourd has the scientific name Luffa acutangula. Because patola is easy to grow and adapt to the tropical climate of the Philippines, you may grow your own backyard patola vineyard.Follow through the patola farming guide to produce your own healthy patola veggie. Patola Dishes Both patola variants are grown locally and sold to public markets and groceries. The vegetable is commonly used in misua with patola. Misua are very thin noodles made from wheat flour and is cooked with salt and seasoning. Patola can be cooked with fish paste and other vegetables like bitter gourd, eggplant and squash for a tasty Ilocos ( ...

Sayote Health Benefits Sayote is a vegetable commonly served as a cooked dish with other vegetables or with meat. Sayote in English is Chayote . Sayote scientific name is Sechium edule .  It is a perennial vine vegetable belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, which squash also belongs. Considered a highland vegetable, sayote thrives best in cool areas with elevations ranging from 1000 to 1,500 meters above sea level. Hence, in the Philippines the major producer of sayote is Benguet province which has the largest production area of 892 hectares. It had 45,123 metric ton total production and an estimated production yield of 50 tons/hectare. The edible parts of the plant is the shots and the fruits. The fruits looks elongated and green in color. It may also come in various shapes from pear-shaped to long elongated, and some are with ridges and spines, and few small spikes. Nutrient and Chemical Content Value Water Content 94.26-95.41 % Total...

 Madre de Cacao Madre de Cacao or Kakawate has the scientific name  Gliricidia sepium. It is an evergreen tree commonly found in the Philippines. It also grows in various countries in the world and known in different names like: Indonesian: Gamal.; Spanish: Madriado, Mata Raton, Palo De Hierro, Palo De Parque, PiñOn Florido, Madre De Cacao; Jamaican: Quick Stick, St. Vincent Plum.; Laos: Khe Falangx, Khe Nooyz.; Malaysian: Bunga Jepun.; Mexico: Cacaguanance, Cacahuananche, Cacahuanano. Chante, Cocoite, Cuchunuc, Brazilian: Mata-Ratos; Chinese: Ge Li Dou.; Colombian: Mata-Raton; Costa Rican: Bala, Balo, Madera Negra, Sangre De Drago.; Cuban: Bien Vestida, PiñOn Amoroso, PiñOn Florido, PiñOn Violenta.; El Salvador: Palo De Hierro; French: Immortelle, Lilas éTranger, Madre De Cacao.; Haitian: Iilas Stranger.; Flor De San Jose, Frijolillo, Guie-Niiza, Madriado, Mata-Raton, Palo De Corral, Primavera, Sacyab, Sayab, Tunduti, Yaga-Le.; Netherlands Antilles: Ratonera, Yerba Di Tonk...

Making Homemade French Fries French fries is a dish of elongated pieces of potatoes that are fried to crisp. It is a popular snack or lunch or dinner sides in western country's like in the United States, and England. Potatoes are intensively grown in this countries driven by high demand for potato based products. Exporters of quality potatoes from these countries account for the supply of potatoes and processed products to other countries. French fries is made of potatoes. Philippines also use potatoes for other needs like an ingredient to nilaga or pork stew, bulalo or beef stew, and chapsuy or mixed highland veggies. The growth of Philippine import from U.S. have grown steadily with 5,289 metric tons, which amounts to $2.843 million in the year 2012. Frozen potato products to the Philippines were $38 million in the same year mostly for fresh chipping potatoes. One can buy french fries at supermarkets and hypermarket, however anyone can prepare their own homemade french frie...

Making Fish Tocino Tocino is a Spanish word for bacon. It is typically made of pork belly and often formed into cubes in Spain. Tocino is very popular in the Philippines and served in breakfast or lunch. Tosilog or tocino,sinangag at itlog is a favorite and now can be found served at fastfood and in some restaurants. Due to the popularity of tocino, different variants evolved from the usual port ingriedient of tocino. One of which that stands out is fish tocino. Fish tocino is cured filleted fish. Compared to meat, fish has less saturated fat and has unsaturated fat called omega-3 fatty acid. People who eat foods high in omega-3 have reduced level of triglycerides and reduces risk of arthritis, depression, asthma, and might reduce your risk of dementia. Fish also contains selenium, which reduces your risk of cancer.  Fish belongs to the same food group as pork meat. To make fish tocino, your fish fillet will undergo curing process. Buying ready made fish tocino is eas...

Mani or Peanut Mani or peanut is a legume that can be grown in the tropical climate of South East Asia, particularly Philippines. Philippines produce it's own peanuts due to successful cultivation and farming for peanuts. There are ways of cooking peanut for snack. It can be used as the crushed nut in ice cream, as a nut additive for pastillas, for cakes, or can be roasted. It can be roasted and grounded into peanut butter and sold as a business. Roasted or fried peanuts with salt are common street-foods. You can buy peanuts at street side, or from peanut vendors that sells inside the bus. Nilagang mani is a simple recipe for enjoying mani. We will go through the process of cooking mani by boiling. Raw peanuts can be bought at market if you do not have a peanut farm. Farmers sell their harvest at public market in various metric, but the most common by using an empty 432g can for measurement. Nilagang Mani or Boiled Peanut Nilagang mani or boiled peanut is a simpl...

Mani or Peanut Farming Mani farming is the growing and harvesting of mani for human consumption. Mani or peanut has the scientific name Arachis hypogaea . Peanut is a legume grown for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics. We will present Philippine peanut production guide this 2017 in this article. The type of legume peanut or mani is capable of fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere for the plant's own nitrogen needs. Nitrogen is used by plants for synthesizing amino acids as building block to protein for growth. That means mani or peanut is rich in protein compared to other types of vegetables or fruits. In the agricultural aspect, since peanuts require less nitrogen-containing fertilizer for its farming, peanuts have low nitrogen fertilizer cost.  It will be a good secondary crop since it improves soil fertility, making them valuable in crop rotations. Use 5-10-10 fertilizer that has less nitrogen than other fertilizer composition. ...

Balimbing or Star Fruit Balimbing or starfruit, is the fruit of Averrhoa carambola tree, a species of tropical trees native to the Philippines, Nepal, India, Malaysia,  Vietnam,  Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius,  Indonesia and Seychelles. These regions are found in these countries in the Southeast Asia, parts of East Asia, and South Pacific. Balimbing is the Filipino language term for balimbing. Balimbing is a green fruit that has a fleshy texture. When it is sliced, it appears as star shaped, thus getting the name star fruit. Star fruit can be grown in non-indigenous areas that plant originally came from. It was being planted in the Caribbean and south America, Africa, and the southern United States. It is also called Carambola . Ripe balimbing is perfect as snack or dessert. The taste is sweet and not much sour compared when it is ripe. The texture is also softer and juicier when ripe. It is considered as vegetable in the Hindu and Chinese culinary for...

Philippine Holidays 2017 The Official Gazette , which can be found online here , is the official journal of the Republic of the Philippines. Proclamation on the 2017 Philippine Holidays was issued under Proclamation No. 50. It is a declaration of regular and special (non-working) days for the year 2017. The document can be view directly via Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)  link . A. Regular Holidays New Year's Day - 1 January (Sunday) Araw ng Kagitingan - 9 April (Sunday) Maundy Thrusday - 13 April Good Friday - 14 April Labor Day - 1 May (Monday) Independence Day - 12 June (Monday) National Heroes Day - 28 August Bonifacio Day - 30 November (Thursday) Christmas Day - 25 December (Monday) Rizal Day - 30 December (Saturday) B. Special Non-Working Days Chinese New Year - 28 January (Saturday) E...

Online Stock Brokers Philippines Shown below is the table of 2017 online stock brokers in the Philippines. The list of brokers online are as follows: AB Capital Securities, Inc., Abacus Securities Corporation, AP Securities Incorporated (Formerly: Angping & Associates Securities, Inc.), BA Securities, Inc., BDO Nomura Securities Inc. (Formerly: PCIB Securities, Inc.), BPI Securities Corporation, Coherco Securities, Inc., Col Financial Group, Inc., Da Market Securities, Inc., F. Yap Securities, Inc., First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation, HDI Securities, Inc., Investors Securities, Inc., Jaka Securities Corporation, Lucky Securities, Inc., Maybank Atr Kim Eng Securities, Inc., Meridian Securities Incorporated, Optimum Securities Corporation, Philstocks Financial Inc. (Formerly Accord Capital Equities Corporation), RCBC Securities, Inc., Regina Capital Development Corporation, Timson Securities, Inc., UCPB Securities, Inc., Unicapital Securities, Inc., and Wealth Securit...