United States Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg on Monday led the inauguration of projects that support rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by typhoon Yolanda. Goldberg then announced the establishment of the Micro Enterprise Disaster Assistance Fund for Resiliency, or the MIDAS Fund, amounting to US$4 million or P176 million. The ambassador said this project…
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Executive Director Rafael ‘Rapa’ C. Lopa recently sat down with some members of the media at the Bayleaf Hotel in Intamuros, Manila during the organization’s commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17). He reported the substantial gains of the foundation’s projects in the areas of…
As the nation commemorates the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) underscored the need to support the cause of poverty abolition in the country, which has been its mission and purpose since its inception. PBSP also realizes the need for a concerted effort from the business sector and government to…
Palo, Leyte — United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg led Monday inauguration of projects supporting rehabilitation efforts in areas here devastated by super typhoon Yolanda. He also announced the establishment of a P176 million ($4 million) Micro Enterprise Disaster Assistance Fund for Resiliency (MIDAS Fund) which Goldberg said will be implemented by the United States Agency for International Develop ment…
Guests and organizers of Gabay Nutrisyon Advocacy Campaign recently launched the 22nd leg of the supplemental feeding program in Paso de Bias, Valenzuela City led by (from left) Barangay Chair Fernando Esteban, Valenzuela City Mayor Rex T. Gatchalian, CDO Foodsphere Inc. President Jerome D. Ong, United Laboratories Senior Manager for External Affairs Claire de Leon Papa and…
Inclusive growth is no longer a mere concept in today’s advancing economic growth. Equitable opportunities for economic participants include a large part of a country’s labor force which has a direct link between the macro and micro determinants of progress. As part of its 47th year Anniversary, the Board of Investments (BOI), an attached agency…
Brother Philippines employee holds a seedling. Employees from Brother International Philippines Corporation and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) teamed up last Saturday, October 11 for a noble cause – to save the Marikina Watershed. A total of 575 seedlings were planted in Sitio Binayoyo, Barangay Calawis, Antipolo City, as part of Brother Philippines Marikina Watershed Project….
Organizers, facilitators, and participants of Petron’s ‘Star Struck (Dream, Believe, Thrive)’ training. Preparing young students for the future by unlocking their full potential One of the most valuable lessons that can be passed on to a person is to provide him with the courage to pursue his dreams. Although no amount of preparation will ever…
QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA — The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) has been pursuing several social programs aimed at improving the country’s education sector. During the local celebration of the World Teachers’ Day, the organization honored several Filipino educators who have dedicated their lives to being role models to students but as agents of…
The first anniversary of the 7.2magnitude earthquake that struck Bohol on October 15, 2013, approaches, Australian Ambassador Bill Tweddell returned to the province last week to launch the “Abot Alam” program for outofschool (OSY) youth, turn over 40,000 books under the Books for Asia program, lead groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of classrooms under the…
Sixty-six percent of the country’s total employment is sourced from small and medium enterprises. After all, MSMEs comprise 99 percent of business. Aptly described as the backbone of the economy, it merits all the support from government if only to promote the still elusive inclusive growth. In the recently concluded forum of the Department of…
MOA signing with Dondi Alicpala (Chief of Party, Be Secure), Tony P. Tompar (Chairman, Mactan Rock), Rene Fortuno (Director, PBSP), Arlene Castillon (HR Manager, Dow Chemical), and Cyril Arradaza (President, EVAWD) Dow Chemical, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, together with Brenntag, have provided financial and in-kind resources to build a mobile water treatment…
THROUGH a shared passion for education, Lo-ok Elementary School principal Rustico Entero and his teachers work together with Petron Foundation and Philippine Business for Social Progress to rebuild their school and the lives of their students in Lamitan, Basilan. A principal and teachers’ collective efforts to rebuild their school A classroom is a place where…
Maribel Daisog, P. Manalo Elementary School’s remedial coordinator, passionately strives to help students become proficient in reading. How a teacher’s passion imparts more than reading proficiency to her students How crucial is education in a child’s formative years? Many would agree that the first five years are when milestones are supposed to occur—one of them,…
The Australian government, DepEd, and Philippine Business for Social Progress partner to build schools in Bohol. (Read more) Source: Manila Bulletin, www.mb.com.ph, October 3. 2014
The Australian government, in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is stepping up the construction of new classrooms in at least seven regions as part of the joint “Basic Education Sector Transformation” (BEST) program. (Read more) Source: Alexander Villafania, local.ph, October 3. 2014
Top officials from the Australian Embassy in Manila, DepEd, and PBSP led the groundbreaking rites dubbed “BEST (Basic Education Sector Transformation) and Bayanihang Pampaaralan: One for Bohol Education!” at the San Miguel Central Elementary School where some students, teachers and school officials shared their experiences and hopes for the building of their new classrooms. (Read…
The Australian government, the Department of Education (DepEd) and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) are working together to build schools in Bohol. The BEST program steps up PBSP’s Bayanihang Pampaaralan campaign through an A$15million funding for the construction of 252 classrooms in Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Metro Manila, with potential to grow in the…
To help the public schools in Bohol, particularly those that were affected by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in October last year, The Department of Education (DepEd), has linked hands with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and the Australian government in the construction of a three-classroom building for the San Miguel Central Elementary School (ES)…
PBSP evaluates the gains of its 15-year peace and development program in Mindanao Mindanao has always been rich in natural resources – verdant hills, abundant seas teeming with marine life, and fertile lands that yield significant produce. Ironically, it has also been poor in many aspects. For one, these assets have always been overshadowed by its…
