Joan, 35, of Caloocan City had been coughing for more than a month and had lost appetite over the days – but she just dismissed it as regular cough and blamed it on stress from street vending. Until she coughed blood. She consulted with a doctor in the health center and found out she had…
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…
Philippine Business for Social Progress joins the entire country in the celebration of Earth Hour.
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…
Education students from the Philippine Normal University (PNU) visited the office of Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in Intramuros, Manila to interview Corporate Affairs Head Jay Jaboneta for their Development Studies subject. The students were tasked to choose a development organization and study its various programs.
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…
