The lifeline of an effective emergency management are the knowledge and tools ready for use when the unknown strikes.

This type of preparation was recently tested when a passenger van traveling from Bauko, Mt. Province to La Trinidad, Benguet fell in a 100-meter-deep ravine at KM33, Topdac, Atok last March 1. With timely response, seven passengers were immediately taken out of the accident site and were rushed to Atok District Hospital and Benguet General Hospital for medical treatment.

Leading multinational chocolate makers The Hershey Company recently donated medical equipment to the National Children’s Hospital (NCH). This philanthropic act aligns Hershey’s CSR project to the Millennium Development Goal No.4 which aims to help reduce infant and under-five mortality rates. One of the reasons for the high occurrence of infant and child mortality is due…

A typical eco-bike projects an image of a bicycle made of bamboo. But this new breed of eco-bike carries a different definition.

Hagonoy’s “eco-bikes” are customized bicycles for collecting garbage from the 26 barangays in the municipality.

Every day, Hagonoy accumulates an average of 20 tons of wastes and this costs the local government PhP 21,750 per month by just hauling these into landfills.

The Eco-bike Project of the Municipality of Hagonoy through its Environment Management Office in partnership with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is an environmental solution to assist the barangays on proper waste management and recycling.

Japanese trader Katsutoshi Shimizu (L), chairman of RK Shimizu (Nagasaki) Foundation, Inc. and Roberto Batongbakal (R), member of PBSP Luzon Regional Committee and country manager of Dow Chemical Pacific Ltd. take some time to know the students’ thoughts on education during the turnover of disaster-resilient tables and chairs to PBSP’s President Corazon Aquino School Desk Project in Concepcion, Tarlac

The 73-year-old Japanese businessman who has made a fortune in selling used ships in the Philippines is saying “arigato” to his “second home” by building classrooms and donating tables and chairs to support an ongoing project to close the gap in student seats.

Katsutoshi Shimizu, chairman of RK Shimizu (Nagasaki) Foundation, Inc. recently donated 530 sets of tables and chairs to the President Corazon Aquino School Desk Project under the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), a non-profit organization for social development.

First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) donates PhP 1M to the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) to benefit more than a thousand families in Negros Oriental greatly affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake experienced last February 6. In Photo (L-R): First Philippine Holdings President and Chief Operating Officer, Elpidio L. Ibañez ; First Philippine Holdings…

MANILA — The country’s first and largest private sector-led social development organization is touting a platform of collective effort among the corporate sector, government, and other investors and stakeholders as an innovative business solution to eradicate poverty in the country. The corporate-led Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) dubbed this new strategy as “Platforms for…

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MANILA— With sweet and genuine smiles, the children of Elsie Gaches Village (EGV) welcomed their guests from The Hershey Company-ROHQ and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) for the turnover of a unique simulation room especially built for them. Elsie Gaches Village is the only government residential care facility in the Philippines which houses…