Objects, mostly baby essentials, acquired from Grace Lagaday's online bartering are photographed in Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines, September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
MANILA (Reuters) - In the middle of a coronavirus lockdown in the Philippine capital, Grace Lagaday was struggling to breastfeed her newborn without milk storage bottles and nursing pads.
With shopping centres shut and public movement restricted, Lagaday turned to a centuries-old method of trade with a new tech twist: online bartering.
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