A Bicolana entrepreneur who makes use of the pili nut and its byproducts bagged the top prize at the 15th Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA).

The Citi Foundation, Citi Philippines and the Microfinance Council of the Philippines presented Merle Paete as the CMA Microentrepreneur of the Year during ceremonies held at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Assembly Hall on Wednesday.

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