PBSP celebrates 31 years of greater corporate engagement and relevance in the Visayas

Over 60 representatives from PBSP’s member companies and partners gathered recently during the 31st Visayas Annual Membership Meeting of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) at the City Sports Club in Cebu City. They celebrated the accomplishments of PBSP with its member-companies and partners in the Visayas in the previous year, and also discussed how to be more involved in providing sustainable solutions to societal problems.

In photo with Director Carreon (first row, seventh from left) are PBSP Visayas Regional Committee (VRC) Chairman Jose Antonio Aboitiz (8th from left), VRC and PBSP officials, and representatives from Juanito King and Sons, Inc., GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation, PASAR Corporation, Wellmade Motors and Development Corporation, Lear Corporation, City Savings Bank, Dumaguete City Development Bank, First Consolidated Bank, Cebu Trip Rent a Car, Cebu Graphic Star Imaging Corporation, McMai Cebu Trading Corporation, Mactan Bank, Mr. Yu Finance Corporation, Republic Cement, Pacific Traders and Manufacturing Corporation, Republic Cement, San Miguel Corporation, Intellicare and OPASCOR, among others.

National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Region VII Director Efren Carreon, who was the keynote speaker, presented the Philippine Development Plan and shared opportunities where the private sector in the Visayas can contribute to help address gaps and challenges. These are in the agriculture, fishery, forestry, science innovation and technology sectors. He also called for greater business involvement in infrastructure support, protection of water resources, and in capacitating micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).