ZEN Rooms is providing affordable accommodation to affected locals and travelers after Taal Volcano’s eruption by reducing the rates of its key properties across the country. Over 3000 families in Batangas and nearby areas have already been evacuated following Taal Volcano’s continuous ash explosions. Flight cancellations have also left passengers from local airports across the…
Manila Water has made available thirty (30) water tankers to provide for the needs of evacuees affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano, in various sites in Southern Luzon. Through the efforts of its subsidiary, Laguna Water, these tankers will be deployed initially to three towns in the Province of Batangas. Four tankers will be…
ONE Championship, has decided to give back this Holiday season. In cooperation with Global Citizen, ONE visited the ‘Smokey Mountain’ community in the Philippines, just before Christmas. Since partnering with Global Citizen in early 2018, ONE Championship, the world’s largest martial arts organization, has spearheaded various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities across Asia. Built on…
Born to a farming family, Edralyn Ferre has been tilling the land in Alfonso, Cavite, for over 50 years, guided only by traditional knowledge handed down by his elders. Through the years, however, he sought to learn more and go beyond simply increasing and improving his yield. Once, he attended a training session at the…
UNIQLO welcomes the holiday season with its “Give the Gift of LifeWear” event for the children of Bantay Bata and SOS Children’s Villages Philippines held at UNIQLO SM Megamall. With the mission of “Unlocking the Power of Clothing”, UNIQLO is committed to reducing its environmental impact by offering innovative products and achieving sustainable business simultaneously.…
Lunad sa Balod, a yearly competition organized by the Gubat Sorsogon Surf-riders Association (GSSA) is putting Sorsogon on the surfing map. Surfers from all over the nation headed to Gubat to surf and outdo each other with their surfing skills. Over the years it has not only attracted local surfers but international surfers as well. The…
The Philippine Heart Center (PHC) and the Children’s Heart Foundation, in partnership with B. Braun Medical Supplies, recently launched the country’s first advanced Cardio Thoracic Surgery Skills Lab at the Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Training and Education, which is poised to advance the medical education on cardio thoracic surgery in the Philippines. The opening…
As official sponsor of U2’s The Joshua Tree Tour 2019, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. announced that it would step up reforestation efforts in various locations in the Philippines, particularly the Marikina watershed, in celebration of the band’s first ever concert in the Philippines. The world-renowned Irish group played their first-ever performance in Manila…
With the holiday season upon us, it often means spending time to finish work deadlines before the Christmas break, racing to complete our shopping for gifts, and enjoying Christmas parties with friends and family. But it is also the perfect time to focus on gratitude and giving, to share our blessings and to pay it…
RedDoorz, Southeast Asia’s largest and fastest growing hotel chain, spread the joy of Christmas early this year by giving children from marginalized communities from across the Philippines access to one-hundred rooms at various RedDoorz hotels, as part of its recently launched #MomentsToCelebrate holiday campaign. RedDoorz worked with Virlanie Foundation, Sunshine Corner Ministry of Encouragement Inc.,…
Mang Inasal launched its participation in the ACE Scholarship Program for Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Operations of Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF). This was part of the recent inauguration of Mang Inasal’s milestone 600th Store in Lipa, Batangas, The ACE QSR program seeks to give underprivileged youth from Lipa the chance to develop the skills they…
