THE total amount lent out by the Philippine Business for Social Progress to small and medium sized enterprises SMEs has crossed P2 billion with more than 15000 borrowers during the past 22 years according to Rene Fortuno director for the development finance division. Fortuno said that the Small and Medium Enterprise Credit SMEC program started…
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the provincial government of Bohol are jointly spending P25.4 million for the construction of new public school classrooms in the province. Under an agreement signed by Education Secretary Armin Luistro and Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto, the partnership, which calls for a 50-50 sharing of costs, will start with the…
MANILA, Philippines – The Gearing Up Internet Literacy and Access for Students (GILAS) program will be turned over tomorrow by the private sector to the Department of Education (DepEd) with a milestone of connecting 3,306 public high schools around the country. Representatives from the 24 member organizations of the GILAS consortium, led by steering committee…
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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…
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…
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,…
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.
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.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.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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
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.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.
While the MDG are commitments made by governments to the United Nations, the interest in achieving them is shared by greater society. The business community has been very supportive of the MDG initiative because achieving these targets makes enormous business opportunities. A prosperous, healthy and sustainable community forms the foundation of a thriving business sector. Poverty, environmental degradation or illiteracy weakens the base on which a company stands. Business must manage the costs and risks of doing business.
