10 COMPETITIVE EDGE EDGEDAVAO
VOL.12 ISSUE 158 • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019
Herco Trading, Inc. and Habitat for Humanity ink partnership
The first Filipina spray pilot H C apt. Marie Joyce B. Gascon recently became the �irst Filipina spray pilot in the male denominated agricultural spray industry Capt. Gascon who hails from Cotabato City is a registered nurse by profession. She further earned units in UK for few years but came back to help her parents manage their family business. She
also wanted to pursue her dream to �ly. Hence, she studied and earned commercial pilot license at St. Alexius College and Flight School. However, she realized that she wanted a career in aviation that would suit her lifestyle. She then decided to pursue an AGCAT-G164 rating which would allow her to �ly Agcat planes. She trained under Cap-
tain Domenico Rafael C. Venuti, the chief pilot of DAC and who earned his rating in AG �light Inc, Georgia and undergone Wayne Handley aerobatics training course in California. Davao Aerowurkz Corporation, the company behind the build-up of skilled pilots, was established in 2007 and accredited by ISO 9001:2008
comprises of 15 planes, DAC is primarily engaged in providing agricultural aerial spraying in Mindanao that helps banana exporter s produced world class bananas. Not only DAC caters the needs of the farm owners but also offers several services like of�ice and hangar rentals, helicopters and planes charter, and medical evacuation.
erco Trading Inc., the largest and most established hardware, automotive and industrial products company in the Philippines recently forged a partnership with Habitat For Humanity Philippines by providing tools to be used by the foundation in its mission of building decent homes for Filipinos. Beginning September 16 to October 16, for every Green�ield hand tool sold in all Handyman stores, Herco Trading, Inc. will give the same kind of Green�ield hand tool to Habitat For Humanity Philippines. The hand tools that will be donated will be used by the Foundation in its countrywide mission of building homes for Filipino families. “Herco Trading is extremely proud to partner with Habitat For Humanity through the efforts of Handyman Do It Best,” says Wayne Coherco, executive vice president of Herco Trading, Inc. “We totally agree with and fully support Habitat’s vision to give more Filipinos a decent home, bigger opportunities and a better chance at life by building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Both of our organizations �irmly believe in uplifting the lives of Filipino families through housing and community development.”
“Green�ield is the best value-for-money hand tools brand available in the market today. The quality of Green�ield hand tools is almost identical to the quality of most leading US branded hand tools in the market today. This is because they are usually manufactured by the same factories under the same speci�ications. Most of the time, the only difference is that Green�ield prices are 20% to 40% lower,” said Jun Cansino, Green�ield Hand Tools Product Manager. “It is our own brand so we do not have to pay royalty to foreign principals and these savings are passed on to our customers.” Herco Trading Inc. and Habitat For Humanity are con�ident that the partnership will help change the lives of Filipino bene�iciary families in the years to come. Habitat for Humanity is a non-pro�it organization that helps people around the world build or improve a place they can call home. Since Habitat for Humanity Philippines started operations in 1988, it has served more than 140,000 families with decent housing. With signi�icant scaling up of its activities, Habitat Philippines is able to help an average of over 25,000 families annually since 2013.