201602.02
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Private sector helps water utilities improve services

About 15.7 million Filipinos are still lacking access to improved drinking water and this number is growing tremendously due to increased demand for water, fueled by population growth and industry. Apart from both ground and surface water sources being threatened with degradation and contamination from industrial output, as well as lack of treatment for wastewater,…

201602.01
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PBSP holds photo contest on TB

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), principal recipient of the TB component of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (TGFATM), invites all Filipinos of any age and residing anywhere in the Philippines to join the TB ay Tuldukan Photography Contest 2016. The contest which will run until February 29, 2016, shall have…

201601.26
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UN official to business leaders: Invest, help us attain Sustainable Development Goals

By TRICIA AQUINO MANILA, Philippines – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident coordinator Ola Almgren has appealed to Filipino businessmen to make investments that will lead to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a growth strategy that pairs economic development with environmental sustainability and social inclusion. Almgren spoke on Tuesday at the Dusit…

201512.08
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Champions for education

CHAMPIONS FOR EDUCATION – Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) strengthen their partnership for the implementation of projects on Senior High School (SHS) and disaster management. Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two parties last December 7, 2015 at Accenture Philippines’ office in Mandaluyong...
201511.17
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Mindanao Jobs Report to guide future policy — WB

By CARMENCITA A. CARILLO, Correspondent DAVAO CITY — The World Bank (WB) and Australian-funded Mindanao Jobs Report (MJR) will help guide policy makers in reassessing programs and projects for the southern island’s economic development, a bank official said. “It aims to provide better planning for investments in the future so that as Mindanao’s allocation or…

201511.16
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Young Leaders, Leading the Young

Two hundred Mondelez Philippines employees held five simultaneous volunteer events for its annual Global Volunteer Month. These were held in its five adopted public elementary schools in Manila, collectively called the Joy Schools. Employee Volunteers Share Joy at Mondelez Philippines Today’s young adults get a lot of criticism for being the “Me” generation. They are tagged...
201511.16
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Mindanao needs P350B annually

By ACE JUNE RELL S. PEREZ MINDANAO needs at least P350 billion annual investments to improve education, health, livelihood, agriculture and infrastructure systems on the island, according to an international financial institution. This can be shared investments by the national government, local government units and the private sector, said Karl Kendrick Chua, senior country economist…

201511.07
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PBSP celebrates the resilience of survivors and the power of collective action

​STARTING ANEW - After the catastrophe brought by super typhoon Yolanda, coastal communities in S​ante Fe, ​Northern ​Cebu are once again alive with activity as fisherman unload their bountiful catch at daybreak.   Two years after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) ravaged the Visayas region, many of the survivors are still picking up the pieces of...
201511.02
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Play is Cool at the Joy Schools

Why Mondelez Philippines believes in Play and Why You Should Too Iring-iring is a game where the players sit in a circle with their hands behind their backs. The “Taya” or “It” drops a handkerchief behind one person and he/she must catch the “Taya” before the latter sits in his vacated spot in the circle...
201510.11
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PH wins major awards in United Way contest

​WINNING PHOTO - T​​his photo of Grades 1-3 pupils​ of Maliksi Elementary School in Bacoor, Cavite​ showing off their new books gets the Best Photo Award in the recent United Way Worldwide's (UWW) Asia-Pacific Day of Action Contest (APAC). The Philippines, through Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), bagged major awards in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Day of Action contest of American non-profit organization,...
201510.09
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Assumption alumnae help sustain communities in Eastern Samar

FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP - Assumption Alumnae Association (AAA) through its Assumption Cares program, recently held a memorandum of agreement signing and check turnover with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) at the Assumption College in Makati City. The partnership is for a Php1.3 million project called 'Food for the Table' Bio-Intensive Gardening Project for Yolanda survivors...
201509.09
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TV5 launches Bilang Pilipino election coverage

TV5 PRESIDENT and Chief Executive Officer Noel Lorenzana and Manuel V Pangilinan, Chairman of the MVP Group, which includes TV5, at the launch of Bilang Pilipino 2016. Photographed by Bernard Testa, InterAksyon.com By InterAksyon.com | MARICEL HALILI, News5 MANILA - (UPDATED WITH VIDEO) TV5 on Tuesday launched its 2016 election coverage campaign, promising "unparalleled engagement with...
201509.04
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DOH launches DOTS treatment jingle with dancing inmates

TB IN PRISONS – World-famous dancing inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center groove to the tune of a new TB jingle composed by DOH Region 7 to advocate for treatment adherence. The dancing inmates were also chosen to perform in support of the health agency’s initiative to prevent and control TB in prisons,...
Business leaders, academe & dev’t partners to form water alliance
201508.20
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Business leaders, academe & dev’t partners to form water alliance

The global water supply is on the brink of extinction.  The reason, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), is due to the rapid increase of the world’s population and the alarming increase in water demand and consumption.  A study made by McKinsey & Company for the WEF, revealed that by 2030, the global water...
201508.17
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LUNCH IS READY!

Four year-old preschool pupil Mohaira Mawarao (left) waits for her meal to be served during the launch of ‘Nourishing Minds --- The Filipino Way Program’ last Tuesday at the Manila Day Care Center V & VI in Barangay 649, Baseco, Port Area,  Manila. This project is being funded by The Hershey Company in partnership with...
Water donation sustains communities in Maluso, Basilan
201508.17
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Water donation sustains communities in Maluso, Basilan

W​AITING FOR CHANGE - Residents of Maluso watche​s as representatives of USAID BeSecure Project, Manila Water, Junior Chambers International, and the 14th Special Forces of the Philippine Army demonstrate the use of solar bag water purifier​s​​. Several water delivery trucks from Isabela City, Basilan had been going in and out of the municipality of Maluso for the...
201507.23
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PBSP urges businesses to help alleviate poverty

UNIFIED ACTION​-Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) executive director Rafael Lopa encourage​s​ the business sector to come together and identify common grounds to ​make CSR programs more responsive and generate greater impact to society. GREATER COLLABORATION - Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) executive director Rafael Lopa (third from left) answers questions from the audience...
201507.15
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DOH, PBSP and DDB launch ‘Project Papel’

DOING OUR 'PAPEL' ―​'​Project Papel' ​aims to encourage the public to do their share in helping the government fight the spread of infectious diseases in the country. The spread of communicable diseases poses a big threat in the Philippines, which already had its second case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). While the foreign patient has already been...