201511.05
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Business, int’l groups push for passage of “acceptable”

DAVAO CITY (MindNews/04 Nov) – Thirteen business groups in the country, including the Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines Mindanao Business Council and ARMM Business Council, have jointly called on the Senate and House of Representatives to “act with urgency to not only quickly enact the BBL (Bangsamoro Basic Law), but also to...
201511.04
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Business groups join calls for immediate passage of BBL

The country’s business community, both local and foreign, yesterday voiced their support for the passage of “an acceptable and meaningful” Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Various Philippine and foreign business organizations recently signed a statement expressing support for the new law while urging Congress to immediately pass the BBL.  Among the organizations that signed the statement...
201511.03
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Business groups issue joint statement on BBL

CONGRESSIONAL deliberations on the proposed law organizing an expanded Bangsamoro region resumes on Wednesday, on the heels of a joint statement by business groups urging the immediate passage of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).  The statement e-mailed to the media yesterday was headlined, “The Philippine Business Community Supports the Swift Passage of an Acceptable...
201511.03
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Tête-à-tête with Rafael “Rapa” Lopa of Philippine Business for Social Progress

Lopa checks in with Business Call to Action about his role as executive director of the Philippines’ largest corporate-led social development foundation Rapa Lopa Photograph: Business Call to Action   Rafael “Rapa” Lopa is the executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the country’s largest corporate-led social development foundation. The foundation unites...
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...
201510.28
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Businesses commit to help sustain PH water resources

Philippine businesses have committed to help sustain water resources and to counter the effects of climate change with the expected increase in the demand for water. They have pledged to support government efforts to define the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, in preparation for the country’s comprehensive climate change agenda for the United Nations Framework Convention...
201510.24
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Group launches Water Alliance to address looming supply problem

Twenty industry-leading companies in the Philippines on Friday launched the Water Alliance to address issues and solutions to looming water supply problems in the country. The Water Alliance was formed with help from the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and with the recognition that...