USAID Strengthens Physicians’ Skills to Diagnose TB
201506.11
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USAID Strengthens Physicians’ Skills to Diagnose TB

Tuberculosis (TB) is difficult to diagnose without a confirmatory smear even among individuals with symptoms as well as those with chest X-ray findings suggestive of TB. Correlation of clinical findings with chest X-ray is usually employed to help physicians decide whether to provide treatment and to reduce the chance of a TB case to progress...
201506.10
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Agriculture key to PH rural dev’t, poverty alleviation

Panelists discuss policies on rural development and poverty alleviation in the Philippines and in Asia during a conference on inclusive growth in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday. PHOTO BY YUJI GONZALES Uplifting the country’s agricultural sector through industrialization and proper investments will yield significant results in rural development and poverty alleviation efforts. This is what business...
USAID Empowers Communities as Partners in Local TB Control
201506.09
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USAID Empowers Communities as Partners in Local TB Control

Using a flipchart on basic TB-DOTS produced with USAID support, trained community volunteers educate communities and correct long-held myths and misconceptions on tuberculosis, its cause, transmission, and treatment. (Photo: PBSP) Tuberculosis (TB) used to be the 6th leading cause of death in Zamboanga Sibugay in southern Philippines. While public health personnel would have wanted to...
201506.07
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Investing for Peace

JOINING HANDS FOR PEACE -- World Bank country director Motoo Konishi; Asian development Bank country director Richard Bolt; Bangsamoro Development Agency chairman Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan; Economic Cluster head Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala; Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal; PBSP chairman Manuel Pangilinan; Japan International Cooperative Agency chief representative Noriaki Niwa; Unifrutti Group...
201506.03
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Intel puts up tech-reinforced school buildings in Yolanda-hit Leyte town

THE FOUR school buildings, which can stand storms with winds of 250 KPH and Intensity 7 earthquakes, house a total of 10 classrooms. In what could be a first undertaking of such kind for the company, chipmaker Intel has inaugurated four disaster-resilient and digitally equipped school buildings in the coastal town of Tanauan in Leyte...
201506.02
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4 Yolanda-destroyed school buildings reconstructed

By MIRIAM GARCIA DESCADA TANAUAN, LEYTE, Philippines – Close to 700 elementary grade pupils of Sto. Niño Elementary School in this town became the beneficiaries of the newly re-constructed four school buildings, which were severely destroyed by super typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The rebuilt school buildings, consisting of 10 classrooms, were set up on an…

201505.21
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Businessmen urged to invest in peace and development in the Bangsamoro region

BUSINESSES UNITE FOR PEACE - Business leaders and representatives from the government and development institutions convene for the Bangsamoro Business Forum (BBF), organized by Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in partnership with World Bank. Participants discussed the urgent needs of the people in the region, security concerns, and partnerships for investments in the forum...
201505.12
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Lapu-Lapu holds 8th Olango Challenge

By ISTE S. LEOPOLDO THE eighth edition of the Olango Challenge will be on May 23 at 10 a.m. at the Pacific Cebu Resort in Lapu-Lapu City. The event features the competitive men’s and women’s 6K and 2K divisions, and the 6K and 2K fun category. The first open water swimming competition in the Philippines…

Saving up for motherhood
201505.07
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Saving up for motherhood

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…

201505.04
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Farmer’s daughter tops class in Davao

DAVAO, Philippines – Top of her class. Finishing high school as a scholar of the International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) Foundation was only one of the many challenges that Shaina Jane Hugo had overcome. Hugo not only earned and maintained her scholarship, but also surpassed everyone’s expectations when she graduated as the batch topnotcher,…

201505.04
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TGP supports safe motherhood program

The country’s largest drugstore chain, The Generics Pharmacy (TGP)  joined the Philippine Business for  Social Progress (PBSP) and the local government of Marikina in their community-based Health activity, “Babae: Ligtas. Malusog. Handa.” (MANILA BULLETIN/Press Release from TGP)

US-backed safe water access project up for 6 PHL provinces
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US-backed safe water access project up for 6 PHL provinces

By Ali G. Macabalang Cotabato City – Six provinces in the country including Maguindanao stand to benefit from a tripartite project the American government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated recently to provide residents of the recipient-provinces safe drinking water sources, citing a report that some “15.7 million Filipinos lack access”…

Earth Day Celebration
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Earth Day Celebration

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) member-company, Oriental & Motolite Marketing Corporation (OMMC) recently joined the 35th National Annual Convention and General Assembly of the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCAPI) in Baguio City to showcase the ‘Balik Baterya’ project. (From left) PCAPI president Joseph Dinglasan, Motolite CSR officer Connie…

201504.29
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Meralco backs Motolite, PBSP on ‘green’ program

THE MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) recently donated its used lead acid batteries (ULABs) to Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) in support of the PBSP-Motolite Balik Baterya project. The ULABs were valued at P484,102, according to PBSP data. PBSP said the turnover ceremony held last April 22 at the Meralco compound in Pasig City was…

Petron’s Tulong Aral Program brings out the best in its scholars
201503.27
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Petron’s Tulong Aral Program brings out the best in its scholars

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…