00:00Not even the Department of Trade and Industry, the small businesses that sell their products and businesses
00:06will be able to help give jobs to our fellow countrymen.
00:11This is Jessie at the Endless Everport.
00:15You can buy all kinds of coffee in this coffee shop.
00:20There are also delicious foods like desserts and donuts.
00:25If you're also looking for aesthetics, this coffee shop won't let you down
00:30because almost 100 artworks are displayed in the cafe.
00:34But that's not the only thing that customers come here for.
00:38You can also get a pamper massage.
00:41According to the owner of the coffee shop, many tourists come here looking for massage services.
00:48It's called One Stop Shop to Relax.
00:51They really want to walk.
00:53They're looking for a place where they can relax and have a massage.
00:59So we came up with the idea of having a massage
01:04so that they won't have to go too far.
01:08Carlo and his wife used to be seafarers abroad.
01:12But they chose to open their own business in Cebu City.
01:17During the outbreak, I was 34 and I stopped seafaring.
01:23I said, I don't want to go back because of the situation here in the Philippines.
01:27I cannot leave my family behind because of the outbreak.
01:30The outbreak was the turning point of my life.
01:35I have to stay.
01:37According to the Department of Trade and Industry Region 7,
01:41there are more than 600 coffee businesses in Central Visayas.
01:46It's a business model.
01:48You find your business models.
01:51So if that business model works for them, then look at this.
01:56But coffee shops are like meeting places.
01:58They also play a very important role in society.
02:01So we work with a lot of creatives and startups.
02:04And a lot of them meet in coffee shops.
02:07The coffee shops have become like co-working spaces.
02:09That's where they work and that's where they meet and that's where we build communities.
02:14Businesses are given the freedom to create their products and sales strategies.
02:20This is so that they can run their business.
02:23And many jobs can be given to our countrymen.
02:27From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansaang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
