In Photo (L-R): Noreen Bautista, Social Entrepreneur and President, EcoIngenuity, Inc.; Rafael Lopa, Executive Director, PBSP ; Leona Fe Edelloran, Chair, WPNMPC. The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding to assist and facilitate business collaboration between two of its supported enterprises: EcoIngenuity, Inc. and Women for Progress of…
A number of tropical cyclones visit our country annually. A considerable number of these have resulted in devastating after-effects, many of which were exacerbated by destructive man-made activities, causing flooding all over the metropolis. The recent Southwest monsoon brought about by Typhoon Gener flooded over 80% of Metro Manila and affected the lives of almost…
The monsoon season has begun and floods and landslides are once again making headlines. For many schools in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, the after-effects of the devastation caused by Tropical storm Sendong are still evident. In support of DepEd’s goal to restore normal operations in the affected schools, the Australian Agency for International Development…
Buddy Lopa (left), General Manager of Waters Philippines, in behalf of its President and CEO, Josiah Go, donates to the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), a water purifier unit to support PBSP’s ongoing relief operations. Shown receiving the donation is Rapa Lopa, PBSP Executive Director.
It was believed to be extinct because of massive deforestation in Cebu. But in 1998, bird ecologists rediscovered the existence of hawk owls in the small patches of forests in the town of Alcoy in the southern part of the island.
On Aug. 17, the Cebu Hawk Owl (Ninox rumseyi) was formally introduced to the world. It joins two other endemic bird species-the Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor) and the Cebu Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis).
“The Cebu Hawk Owl might be critically endangered. The discovery tells us that we really have to go to the islands and implement separate conservation efforts because each island has its own endemism,” said Filipino bird ecologist Lisa Marie Paguntalan.
“Each island has its own provincial treasures which people should be proud of and take good care of,” she added.
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Philam Foundation recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the 11th and final year of the Aid for Basilan Children (ABC) Project.
The now more than a decade-old partnership between the largest corporate-led foundation and the leading life insurance company in the Philippines aims to support the education of less-fortunate children in the Basilan Island.
368 families benefited in PBSP’s relief operations in Navotas today. Thank you EPSON employee volunteers and UP College of Social Work and Community Development student volunteers for joining us!
MANILA – Businesses belonging to the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) will be chipping in money to fund relief efforts for flood victims, its chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan said on Thursday. Pangilinan said PBSP convened last Wednesday its corporate social responsibility council to come up with ways to help those affected by widespread flooding…
EVEN public school students and teachers are pitching in to build more classrooms for public schools under the “The Entire Nation [TEN] Moves” campaign spearheaded by the private sector. The target: Build 10,000 classrooms all over the country from a P10-donation a day from 2 million donors for 10 months.
Students, teachers pitch in to build more classrooms under DepEd’s TEN Moves
TEN Moves cash donations and pledges as of June 20 totaled P18.3 million.
Education Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro, FSC said the Ayala Foundation, on behalf of the 57-75 Education Reform Movement, has released part of the funds to the Philippine Business for Social Progress for the construction of a two-story, four-classroom schoolbuilding at the Indahag National High School in Cagayan de Oro.
Over 800 employees from 34 Philippine-based companies set aside their paperworks for a while and took off their suits to get garbed as eco-volunteers in the 20th run of the massive Cebu Hillylands Reforestation Caravan.
This joint effort to mobilize the various employee volunteers in a single cause to save the Tabunan forest was spearheaded by the non-profit Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in partnership with the Visayan Electric Company (Veco), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and KEEP Foundation.
About 15,000 native and endemic tree seedlings were planted in slopes of sitio Cantipla 2 in barangay Tabunan, Cebu City yesterday, the start of a series of Saturday planting sessions by volunteers of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
The kick-off of PBSP’s annual Cebu Hillylands Reforestation Caravan was participated in by 750 volunteers from 35 companies.
The site is part of the 29,062-hectare Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL).
Employees from member companies will continue to take turns planting in different parts of Tabunan every Saturday until October 27 to maximize the rainy reason.
“We don’t just plant trees; we let them grow.” This is the headlining campaign of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) as it launched the 20th run of its Cebu Hillylands Reforestation Caravan.
The annual event engages corporate and individual volunteers to not only plant trees but also help ensure their growth.
The event, also in partnership with the Visayan Electric Company (Veco), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and KEEP Foundation, will kick off on Saturday, June 23 in sitio Cantipla 2, barangay Tabunan, Cebu City. It will run for 18 Saturdays until Oct. 20.
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently conducted the 5th Olango Challenge, an open-water swimming competition that aims to benefit the Olango Island residents in Cebu.
A start-up footwear company which sells fashionable shoes made out of scrap textile and recycled rubber bagged the top prize in the 5th Business in Development (BiD) Challenge Philippines, a business plan competition for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Habi Footwear, managed by 22-year old Albert Go, will represent the Philippines and compete in The Netherlands on November for the BiD Challenge international.
Habi Footwear bested 28 other SMEs present during the event.
The company started as a school project in 2011 which Go, with three other batchmates at the Ateneo de Manila University, worked on with a start-up capital of P40,000.
A footwear retail promoting social entrepreneurship by making fashionable shoes from scrap cloths and rubber won the top prize and the opportunity to compete in the Netherlands in the 5th PBSP Business in Development (BiD) Challenge Philippines.
Habi Footwear, a start-up business managed by the 22-year-old Albert Go, made it a goal to do something extraordinary for the country—one shoe at a time. By engaging its partner community, Go and his colleagues were able to provide a source of income for the financially-challenged families of their partner site by using their hand-woven materials in making shoes.
The Department of Education (DepEd)’s National Schools Maintenance Week, also known as Brigada Eskwela Week, kicks off todaw with several government agencies and private corporations expected to help public schools prepare for the opening classes next month.
Brigada Eskwela enjoins the community to help in repairing and cleaning public schools nationwide.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) kicked off on Saturday its “Brigada Eskwela” program for this year in one of its assisted schools — the Maliksi Elementary School in Bacoor, Cavite.
Since education is one of the clusters in PBSP’s Platforms for Collective Engagements (PlaCEs), the organization promotes the “Bayanihan” spirit among its member business firms. More than 100 employee-volunteers of PBSP’s member companies dedicate their weekend to the cleaning and repairing of classrooms.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) has slated this year’s National SchoolsMaintenance Week, more popularly known as the “Brigada Eskwela” week, where public schools tap their respective surrounding community to clean and prepare their schools for the new school year, this May 21 to May 26.
DepEd said that the 2012 Brigada Eskwela will focus on sanitation and in improving the schools of indigenous communities.
Education Secretary Armin Luisto said the major thrusts of the 2012 Brigada Eskwela is the improvement of toilets and wash facilities — to give emphasis on the importance of school sanitation and hygiene.
