201605.31
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DAR teams up with religious, business to uplift farmers’ lives

QUEZON CITY, May 31 (PIA)–The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Catholic Relief Service (CRS) and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) to facilitate the farmers’ market linkages with small, medium and large companies. PBSP Livelihood and Enterprise Development Program Director Caroline Pedrosa said the business program…

201604.22
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Partners for education and environment

PARTNERS FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENT – The Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) recently turned over its initial donation of over PHP1 million worth of used lead-acid batteries (ULABs) to the Motolite-Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Balik Baterya Program. The funds will be used to support One Meralco Foundation’s solar electrification of remote public schools in...
201604.22
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Water Alliance pushes for more multi-stakeholder convergence

With various systemic problems affecting the country today, more and more companies and organizations are looking into the power of partnerships or collective action as an effective approach to help address national issues. The business sector-led Water Alliance is one such example of a multi-stakeholder convergence. Initiated by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP),...
201602.03
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Private sector alliance helps water utilities improve services

MB file photo– A resident of Bgy. Batasan in Quezon City started gathering gallons of water to store on the implemented shortage of water allocation. About 15.7 million Filipinos are still lacking access to potable drinking water and this number is growing tremendously due to increased demand for water, fueled by population growth and industry....
201602.01
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PBSP holds photo contest on TB

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), principal recipient of the TB component of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (TGFATM), invites all Filipinos of any age and residing anywhere in the Philippines to join the TB ay Tuldukan Photography Contest 2016. The contest which will run until February 29, 2016, shall have…

201601.26
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‘Solving problems together’ | PBSP aids 700,000 Filipino families in 2015

PBSP Chairman and First Pacific Company Limited CEO and Managing Director Manny V. Pangilinan (fifth from left) leads PBSP's 45th annual meeting. Others in the photo are (from left): Monark chairman Jose Antonio Banson; SGV chairman and managing partner Cirilo Noel; Roxas Holdings executive chairman Pedro Roxas; Sarangani Agricultural Co. director Paul Dominguez; Philippine Daily...
201512.14
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Watershed rehab: Airport workers plant fruit trees

Employees of GMR-Megawide troop to barangay Pung-ol Sibugay in Cebu City to plant 2,500 fruit tree seedlings. Employees of GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC) and Megawide GMR Construction Joint Venture did their share for the environment by participating in the company’s first ever tree planting activity in an effort to help rehabilitate Cebu’s Mananga...
201512.08
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Champions for education

CHAMPIONS FOR EDUCATION – Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) strengthen their partnership for the implementation of projects on Senior High School (SHS) and disaster management. Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two parties last December 7, 2015 at Accenture Philippines’ office in Mandaluyong...
201511.22
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Alcala cobbles partnership for sustainable farming

By Diego Mora Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. File photograph by Krisken Jones.   MANILA - Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has cobbled a multi-sectoral alliance that seeks to promote sustainable agriculture through "efficient crop value chains" nationwide. In the course of crafting such an alliance, Alcala convened the general meeting of the Philippine...
201511.20
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New school building soon to rise in Siargao Island

DEL CARMEN, Surigao del Norte, Nov. 20 (PIA) - Students and residents of Del Carmen in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte cannot hide their joy and excitement during the groundbreaking event held November 05, 2015 at the campus of Surigao State College of Technology (SSCT) here. A one-storey two-classroom school building will soon rise in...
201511.02
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Play is Cool at the Joy Schools

Why Mondelez Philippines believes in Play and Why You Should Too Iring-iring is a game where the players sit in a circle with their hands behind their backs. The “Taya” or “It” drops a handkerchief behind one person and he/she must catch the “Taya” before the latter sits in his vacated spot in the circle...