Every 21st of June, people from different walks of life around the world take time out to volunteer for the Day of Action. The global campaign of nonprofit organization United Way Worldwide encourages everyone to work together and improve the building blocks for a good quality of life – education, financial stability, and health. In Durham, North…
PBSP introduces socialized insurance for maternal health Motherhood is perhaps one of the most difficult yet fulfilling part of a woman’s life because of the huge responsibility it entails, especially in raising a child to be the best person that he can be. Hence, it would be wise to prepare for this vocation the moment…
Gexel Rose Gonzales, a Petron Tulong Aral scholar is part of a team that won 5th place in the Hyundai New Thinkers Camp, besting 20 other schools in the country. Beyond excelling in school, he is also thankful for Petron’s Best U Can Be (BUCB) life skills workshops that inspired him to carry on amid his struggles In his freshman year…
Department of Health Secretary (DOH) Janette L. Garin received from Gloria D. Steele, USAID Mission Director/Philippines and the Pacific Islands, the TB Champion award during the national World TB Day 2015 celebration in Batangas City. USAID commended the Philippines for its outstanding work in the fight against tuberculosis, which kills 23,000 Filipinos annually. The DOH…
A tuberculosis survivor leads group that helps patients deal with the disease Ma. Cristina Brigaste was so good at taking care of patients at a government hospital that not once did she think she would one day be a patient herself. So just imagine her nightmare when she found out she had tuberculosis. Since then,…
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Janette Loreto-Garin (left) receives the ceremonial key for the 17 service vehicles donated by Switzerland-based non-profit organization, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, led by its Head of High Impact Asia, Dr. Urban Weber (center) during the kick-off ceremony for the observance of World TB Day on…
CARDINAL TAGLE KEYNOTE SPEECH FOR PBSP AMM 2014
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (eighth from left) was recently the keynote speaker at the Philippine Business for Social Progress’s (PBSP) Annual Membership Meeting. Cardinal Tagle challenged business leaders from PBSP member companies, donors and partners to include the poor in their businesses, and have a lifechanging personal encounter with them. During the event, PBSP reported on its accomplishments for the past fiscal year in the programs on health, education,environmentandlivelihoodandenterprise development. All its projects are geared toward the reduction of poverty and producing selfreliant communities. In photo…
Inclusive development is achievable, Rafael Lopa says of the challenge put forward by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to the country’s business leaders recently. But it’s a work in progress that needs “endurance” and “review” of the current business models. In his keynote speech at the 44th Annual Membership Program of the Philippine Business…
Times have changed. In an era of great social awareness, people have become more conscious of their impact on others and their environment. The same holds true for businesses. Whereas in the past, companies were focused solely on making profits and outsmarting the competition, businesses today have begun devoting their resources to charitable and humanitarian…
“Go to the peripheries and you will find there a different type of joy and energy.” “Secondly, let the inclusion of the poor permeate the whole of our business enterprise. Make them visible, from the vision to the operations, to the products. Finally, inclusion through personal encounter, so that they really belong in our hearts,…
Usec. Danilo Antonio of Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) presents a simple token of appreciation to Rapa Lopa, Executive Director of PBSP, during a simple ceremony at the PBSP Office. OPARR is giving simple tokens of recognition to Development and Sector Sponsors who worked tirelessly and diligently in helping build…
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (eighth from left), the keynote speaker at Philippine Business for Social Progress’ (PBSP) Annual Membership Meeting last Jan. 27, pose with its Board of Trustees (from left) Roberto Umali, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Magsaysay Transport & Logistic Corp.; Edgar Chua, Country Chairman of Shell companies in the Philippines;…
Philippine Business for Social Progress Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan (right) holds a plaque of appreciation from a student of Bayanan Elementary School Main in Muntinlupa. She and fellow students gave a heartwarming performance for the business community who attended PBSP’s Annual Membership Meeting at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel last January 27. With them in photo…
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