Cebu Pacific carries 1st shipment to Boracay, Kalibo
Cebu Pacific has surpassed the milestone of flying over two million COVID-19 vaccine doses across 20 key domestic provinces since March 2021.
The provinces that received vaccines were Bacolod, Bohol, Butuan, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Legazpi, Masbate, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Virac, Zamboanga, with Caticlan and Kalibo as the newest.
On July 3, CEB airlifted 3,000 Sinovac doses to Caticlan for the first time, via 5J 891, while on July 7, more than 52,000 Gamaleya Sputnik V doses were flown to Kalibo via DG 6317.
Over the week, CEB carried a total of 588,330 doses from Manila, bringing the total number of vaccine doses transported across the Philippines to 2,576,420.
To date, CEB has flown 9 million COVID-19 doses from China, and expects to fly more shipments this month.
BDO a top graduate employer
BDO Unibank emerged as one of the country’s leading graduate employers. The bank was named the Top Graduate Employer in the Banking and Financial Services Sector and ranked at #5 in GradPhilippines’ Top 100 Graduate Employers List in the Philippines.
The Top 100 Graduate Employers List ranks companies based on their web search popularity and average review scores on top job sites. Over 600 Filipino companies were nominated before arriving at the final list.
“BDO considers its people as its most valuable assets. It employs over 38,000 professionals with diverse backgrounds and expertise in various fields. Thanks to its workforce, the bank is able to find ways for its clients every day,” said Evelyn Salagubang, BDO senior vice president and head of Human Resources Group.
BPI’s ‘After Six’
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala turned the tables as he sat down with most sought-after local change-makers in After Six – a mini-series by the Bank of the Philippines Islands (BPI).
“At After Six, we leave our desks for a more casual spot to hear from some of the country’s change-makers — on what drives them, as well as what they do to recharge and stay inspired. We learn about how BPI enables them as they work to build a better Philippines”, said JAZA.
The first episode of After Six features Brian Cu, a change-maker in the tech and transportation sector — best known for his leadership role as part of the founding teams of several game-changing businesses — such as GoJek, Zalora Philippines, and Grab Philippines. In the feature, Cu shares more about how he plans to add value to the Philippines’ jeepney sector.
After Six aims to further strengthen the bank’s relationship with its Preferred clients by building a like-minded community; enabling Filipino trailblazers and entrepreneurs who are changing the game in their respective fields and building a better Philippines.
The show may be viewed on the BPI Preferred website and the BPI YouTube channel.
AC Health administered 125K jabs
AC Health, has administered over 125,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since the first batch arrived in the Philippines late February. To date, the group has worked to inoculate members of priority groups across LGUs, the Ayala Group, and partner companies.
In June, AC Health began inoculating Ayala Group employees through partnerships with the LGUs of Makati, Parañaque, Quezon City, Taguig, and Sta. Rosa, who provided government-procured vaccines to the group’s economic frontliner (A4) population in June. AC Health also launched its vaccination program to employees with Moderna vaccines, the first tranche of the 1 million doses Ayala secured via tripartite agreements with the government.
AC Health has also partnered with LGUs to augment their vaccination for constituents across A1- A5 priority groups.
In line with the Ayala Group’s commitment to the Ingat Angat initiative, AC Health committed to deploy its Healthway and QualiMed teams and have made available vaccination sites across the Greater Metro Manila Area. Some of which include supporting Makati’s COVID-19 vaccination drive thru site, Taguig’s PNP vaccination day, and Sta. Rosa’s ceremonial vaccination for healthcare workers, among others.
This month, AC Health will launch its COVIDShield program, serving hundreds of companies, including large multinationals, other conglomerates, BPOs, manufacturing firms, and other private sector partners who have entrusted the group for their own vaccinations.
Ligtas Lahat extends outside NCR
San Miguel Corp. (SMC)’s nationwide “Ligtas Lahat” vaccination drive for A4 workers now covers major cities outside Metro Manila, where the company has significant operations and employees.
From July 2 to July 8, the company, through partnerships with government agencies, local governments, and local medical facilities, had vaccinated close to 2,500 employees from outside the National Capital Region, bringing SMC’s total number of A4 workers vaccinated to 7,189.
This was after 500 San Miguel employees received their vaccines last week in coordination with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) and the City of San Fernando at the GreenCity Medical Center in San Fernando.
After Pampanga, Laguna, and Davao City, SMC employees based in Bulacan and Cavite are scheduled to get their jabs this week.
SMC also looks to establish 13 vaccination sites in Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Albay, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Isabela, Bataan, Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, and Cagayan de Oro.
Netbank, Investree expand SME lending
Netbank, the banking as a service platform, and Investree, the leading small and medium enterprise (SME) lender from Indonesia, have announced a partnership to expand loans to small and medium enterprises in the Philippines.
This partnership allows Investree to accelerate its growth and so serve more of the underserved SME market.
Investree and Netbank are collaborating to expand the loans to this critical sector. Providing account opening services will allow Investree clients to finance their trade receivables, giving them vital cash to accelerate their growth. This service is a good example of Netbank’s partnership based business model.
Kok-Chuan Lim, chief executive officer of Investree Philippines, said “Netbank provides an important ‘banking-as-a-service’ to improve our service level for our clients. It allows us to further digitise our offerings and better manage credit risks for our investors. Investree is partnering with regional digital banks for channeling funds into MSMEs.”
Netbank is the first banking as a service platform in Southeast Asia. It provides banking services, on a fully white-labelled basis, so that Filipino fintechs grow fast and reduce their costs, thus accelerating financial inclusion and innovation. It provides simple, creative, low cost solutions so that fintech can open accounts, offer loans, and manage payments.
Investree Philippines is a fintech-based joint venture company between the Gotianun-led Filinvest Development Corp. and Investree Singapore that received approval from the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission to operate the first licensed crowdfunding platform for SME Financing in the country.
RWM: Let’s get our life vax!
Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) Thrillmakers are inoculated against COVID-19 as the company recently received the first batch of their purchased vaccines.
The employee vaccination drive took place at one of the UNABAKUNA Vaccination hubs in RWM in partnership with the local government unit of Pasay City, the Department of Health, and the Department of Information and Communications.
Through the company’s internal vaccination drive and the employees’ respective local government units, almost 80 percent of its total employee base has now been successfully inoculated.
Meanwhile, the UNABAKUNA Newport Mall – Pasay Vaccination Center was also recently opened to assist the city government of Pasay in its mission to curb the spread of the virus and speed up its vaccination drive. The Pasay City government reiterates that only those with confirmation messages will be accommodated in the vaccination site and will strictly not accept walk-ins.
PLDT-Smart Foundation turns over P1M donation
to PNP for educational program
PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) turned over the P1M donation to the Philippine National Police (PNP) as part of its 13-year PSF-PNP educational program. Since 2008, the PSF has supported 639 college scholars.
Over the years, PSF has been supporting the dependents of PNP uniformed personnel who were killed in actual performance of duty, complete disability, discharged, wounded or incapacitated in their line of duty, and those dependents who graduated with honors through the PSF-PNP Educational Assistance Program.
Aside from the P1M donation, the PSF also turned over Smart LTE Pocket WiFi units for the scholars.
Damosa Land farm-to-community projects
Damosa Land Inc. (DLI), through its corporate social responsibility arm Damosa Land Cares, has launched farm-to-community projects centered on championing countryside development and supporting local small and medium enterprises and farmers.
This project also aims to give the communities in Davao convenient and affordable options to consume fresh products without sacrificing their safety.
DLI has also partnered with the Association of Davao Organic Advocates (ADOA), and Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita, a group dedicated to selling agricultural goods at reasonable prices, for the Damosa Green Market.
