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BiD Challenge 2011-2012
Good News! Deadline for submission of entries for the Business in Development (BiD) Challenge is extended until November 30, 2011 Submit your 3-page business concept now!
Smart, QC partner on e-referral system for health care services
MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government and its hospitals are set to use the Secured Health Information Network and Exchange (SHINE) of Smart Communications Inc. to maximize access to health service resources and provide better care for tuberculosis (TB) patients. Under an agreement signed with the Quezon City government, the Center for Health Development-Metro…
Epson completes 10 Elementary Schools beneficiaries in Batangas
LIPA CITY — Epson Precision Philippines has completed its precise target of 10 elementary schools in Batangas province as beneficiaries of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) project called Contribution to the Advancement and Restoration of Environment and Society (CARES), where each student received a set of school supplies and their respective schools got a treasure…
PPP project for individuals with special needs
MANILA— With sweet and genuine smiles, the children of Elsie Gaches Village (EGV) welcomed their guests from The Hershey Company-ROHQ and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) for the turnover of a unique simulation room especially built for them. Elsie Gaches Village is the only government residential care facility in the Philippines which houses…
Aboitiz group to construct 45 schoolhouses
COTABATO CITY — The Aboitiz group of companies through the Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (AFI) is set to build at least 45 Silid Pangarap schoolhouses all over the country, with the first one recently constructed for the Cotabato City Central Pilot School (CCCPS), in partnership with the Cotabato Light and Power Co. and the Aklat, Gabay,…
PBSP gives 5-day food for 600 families in Calumpit
The corporate-led Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) recently handed over food for the 600 families of Barangay Gugo in Calumpit, Bulacan. After more than a week since typhoons Pedring and Quiel hit Central Luzon, many parts of Bulacan are still underwater. The food relief package consists of 10 kilos of rice, assorted canned goods,…
Education legacy left by ELSA in Mindanao
Jannie Corpus-Sampani, 12, was among the first one to arrive at the Paraiso Verde where a gathering of teachers, local officials and stakeholders of education will be held. The 45-minute jeep ride from Sto. Niño Elementary School where she is presently in Grade VI, did not dampen her eagerness to join in the daylong round table dialogue (RTD).
This will be her first time to speak before a big crowd, not of children, but of teachers, parents, local officials, dignitaries from USAID, the International Youth Foundation (IYF), Education Development Center (EDC) and other representatives from member-organizations of the Education & Livelihood Skills Alliance or ELSA.
PBSP, ICTSI proceed to round 2 in fighting malnutrition
MANILA— Malnutrition among children is an alarming health problem which poses an opportunity for private and non-profit organizations to provide immediate help and keep that help in the ring sustainable.
This is why the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), and ICTSI Foundation held a partnership to launch the Lusog Dunong Supplemental Feeding Project Year 2.All Transport joins PBSP in Marikina watershed refo
MANILA— Movement to reforest the denuded areas of the Marikina Watershed took another step forward through Adopt-a-Hectare Tree Planting Activity in Sitio Binayoyo, Barangay Calawis, Antipolo City.
Filipino-owned freight forwarding company, All Transport Network (ATN) teamed up with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the biggest corporate-led foundation, in a long-term program to transform the degrading forest of the Marikina Watershed areas into a densely green landscape.Lim graces ICTSI-FI, PBSP Lusog Dunong Year 2 kickoff
City Mayor Alfredo S. Lim joined the Project Launch and MOA Signing of Lusog Dunong Year 2 which is a partnership between International Container Terminal Services, Inc. – Foundation Inc. (ICTSI-FI) and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) at the Rosauro Almario Elementary School (RAES) in Tondo, Manila. Lusog Dunong Year 2 is a…
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…
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…
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,…
Lopa to share PBSP strat on CSR
MANILA— Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has transformed from being a business expense into an investment and significant force in uplifting the lives of less-fortunate Filipinos. To achieve maximum result through CSR, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Executive Director Rafael Lopa will discuss how corporate citizenship can create a powerful impact in the upcoming LCF…
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.
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.Chairman’s Message during PBSP’s 40th year Anniversary
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE BY MANUEL V PANGILIMAN, CHAIRMAN OF PLDT AND OF THE PHILIPPINE BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS, AT “THE GREAT PHILIPPINE MERGER FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT” PBSP 40TH FOUNDATION DAY GALA DINNER, 25 JANUARY 2011, AT DUSIT THANI MANILA.
To His Excellency President Benigno Aquino III, to the founders who gave PBSP its original vision, to our trustees who continue to enlarge that vision, to our members and partners who provide support— thank you for joining us tonight.
We come together to honor a single powerful idea – the idea that business can do more than do business, that WE can change lives, and transform society into something more than a marketplace. This occasion should also remind us that we’re tied together in life, in this nation – that a person becomes human not as individual, but in community, that the despair of one touches us all.
Speech of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III during PBSP’s 40 th year Anniversary
SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PHILIPPINE BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS, AT “THE GREAT PHILIPPINE MERGER FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT” PBSP 40TH FOUNDATION DAY GALA DINNER, 25 JANUARY 2011, AT DUSIT THANI MANILA.
Thank you, Secretary Domingo.
Thank you. Please sit down.
I’m sure the good secretary is as tired as I am today.
Chairman Manny Pangilinan; PBSP pioneers and founders: Mr. Washington Sycip, Mr. Sixto Roxas, Ambassador Howard Dee, Ambassador Bienvenido Tan; to the PBSP Board of Trustees, the Executive Director, my kuya, Rapa Lopa; Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps; PBSP Executive Committee management and staff; Cabinet members present, namely: Secretary Soliman, Purisima, Carandang and Abad; distinguished members of the business community and international donor partners; honoured guests; mga minamahal ko pong kababayan:
Magandang gabi po sa inyong lahat.
Rice experts learn of ‘green’ worms, agri-aqua farming
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Experts at the non-profit International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) here are learning a thing or two about “worms for a greener earth” called African night crawlers, as well as breeding food fish like the increasingly popular cream dory and the high-value ornamental fish Japanese koi or carp.