201108.24
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UnionBank turns over wheels to PBSP demo farm

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) received the donated service vehicle from UnionBank’s Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility (CPSR) for the technology demonstration farm, CRTD. The Center for Rural Technology Development was established by PBSP as the laboratory for developing, validating, and disseminating proper agricultural technologies to help farmers become self-reliant. UnionBank has been…

201108.11
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Int’l Youth Day marks a decade of partnership for Basilan kids

MANILA— In celebration of the International Youth Day, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company (Philam Life) recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement to implement the Aid for Basilan Children (ABC) Project. The ABC Project is now a decade-old partnership between the largest corporate-led foundation and the…

201107.26
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ICTSI TLE Assistance Project grants biz kits to youth

The International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) in partnership with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Department of Education (DepEd) earnestly hand out the livelihood emblems in the launching of TLE Assistance Project in Tondo High School, Manila. This corporate citizenship project aims to provide students an adequate learning experience to enhance their…

201107.19
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RATSADA SA ESKWELA 35

Pioneer Hi-Bred Philippines, Inc. (PHPI) recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement for Ratsada sa Eskwela 35 with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). This corporate social initiative is aligned with PHPI’s Community Investment Project in celebration of its 35th year of operations in the Philippines.  The project will support 35 scholars from Bacacay, Albay, Oton,…

201107.04
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PBSP promotes tree planting

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) held a more proactive greening event this 2011 through its annual tree planting activity in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

201106.08
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Trash to cash: Eco-friendly firms with zero wastes eyed

MANILA — One firm empowers waste hauling trucks running on used vegetable oil, while another converts its shampoo sachets and detergent bar wrappers from plastic wastes into cement pavements.

Others recycle used rubber tires or lead acid batteries to fund their various education projects, such as donation of books or building of classrooms in public schools.

201103.02
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Apl.de.Ap of Black Eyed Peas band begins school projects in hometown

MANILA — From Los Angeles, California to Angeles, Pampanga — with love.
The world-renowned Filipino member of the Grammy Award-winning band Black Eyed Peas based in the United States West Coast officially begins his work today as the special ambassador to education of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) Edsa People Power Movement, with two-pronged projects in his original hometown of Sapang Bato village in Angeles City, Pampanga province.