New beverage partner
Kenny Rogers Roasters has partnered with Coca-Cola to deliver perfect dining pairings to Filipinos across the country. After more than a decade, the two powerhouse brands reunited for diners to enjoy their favorite Kenny Rogers Roasters meals with their favorite Coca-Cola products.
The partnership supports the restaurant chain’s commitment to innovating their product offerings and continuous service excellence to its guests,
Kenny Rogers Roasters, with its 100 branches across the country, and its beverage partner Coca-Cola also share the business philosophy that innovation is an important driver of business growth. As a total beverage company, Coca-Cola has a range of product offerings to meet the needs of a wider variety of customers, from carbonated soft drinks to water, tea, and juices.
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New streaming device
Globe Streamwatch 2-in-1 Entertainment Box Powered by Android TV is a new entertainment device that gives access to international and local content for only P149 a month.
The device turns TV into an Android TVwhere one can mirror all downloaded content from another device’s screen, giving one access to over 3.5 million available apps in the Google Playstore such as YouTube, HBO Go, Viu, WeTV, iQiyi, and Discovery+.
All this comes for only P149 per month for 24 months. Every purchase of Globe Streamwatch 2-in-1 Entertainment Box also gives premium subscription access to HBO GO, Viu Premium, WeTV VIP, and iQiyi and 12 months access to Discovery+.
Globe Streamwatch 2-in-1 Entertainment Box Powered by Android TV is exclusively available for Globe At Home subscribers.
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Lifeline for struggling urban families
San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) pandemic food relief drivehas yielded close to two million pieces of nutribun and pandesal breads throughout Metro Manila and neighboring provinces. Began in March last year, its feeding center in Tondo continues to provide food aid to over 200,000 families living in Manila’s poorest districts.
SMC president Ramon S. Ang said while the company’s pandemic response efforts these past few months had shifted largely towards supporting the nationwide vaccination effort, the company has not stopped providing food support for the underprivileged who are most vulnerable to hunger.
From March 2020 to date, SMC, through San Miguel Mills Inc., has distributed a total of 1,895,826 pieces of nutribun and pandesal breads. Of this, 1,549,318 were energy-packed nutribuns, or SMC’s version of the calorie-dense bread first introduced in the 1970s to combat malnutrition among schoolchildren, as part of the government’s nutrition program.
Meanwhile, through its SMC Better World Tondo community center–which functions as a food bank and feeding center and is one of the company’s three Better World community facilities–the company served a total 168,180 meals and provided 74,099 grocery packages to some 211, 253 families, since September 2019.
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Concentrix vaccination
Concentrix Corp. expanded its free COVID-19 Vaccination on October 21 to include staff dependents.
Early this year, Concentrix was among the first private companies to announce its commitment to provide free vaccination for its approximately 100,000 staff nationwide, as a voluntary and optional benefit. It was also the first customer experience and tech services company to implement its COVID-19 inoculation program called Concentrix #WorthTheShot. The staff inoculation began in July, now at 50 percent of the workforce, and still ongoing.
As vaccine supply stabilized, Concentrix has now expanded free vaccination to staff’s dependents who also volunteer. Concentrix aims to finish all registered staff and dependent vaccination by January 2022.
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GCash payroll solution
GCash PowerPay is a cashless disbursement platform a fast and secure digital payroll solution for salaries, allowances, incentives and more.
GCash PowerPay Plus also enables companies to disburse tactical incentives and allowances for their workers through vouchers that can be used for over 75,000 merchants nationwide. Currently, there are over 300 manpower agencies that benefit from GCash’s seamless and cashless payroll system, including Regcris Marketing Network Inc, MAR Employment for Good Services Inc. and Wizard Manpower and Allied Services.
“With GCash PowerPay Plus, we are able to provide manpower agencies improved efficiency with their payroll disbursement process which is very critical during the pandemic. It’s a win-win proposition for both the company and its employees — the disbursement process is easier and more efficient, while employees get fast and convenient access to their salaries to support their families, while staying safe,” said Martha Sazon, president and CEO of GCash.
GCash AVP for Enterprise Kim Pineda also added, “Enabling these agencies to go cashless with a rapid payroll disbursement system also means we’re helping them achieve a higher satisfaction rate with their employees. GCash PowerPay Plus also helps agencies to save time from the manual processing so they can proceed with other works more efficiently.”
With a cashless payroll disbursement, not only can employees receive their salaries hassle-free, but they also have quick access to remittance, bills payments, and bank transfer features on the GCash app. Plus, they can conveniently buy essentials in numerous stores which accept QR payments from GCash.
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Breast cancer awareness
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, SM Cares, together with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Breast Cancer Society (PBCS) held its annual Pink Ribbon Day for Breast Cancer Awareness on Oct. 7 via Zoom.
A total of 255 participants joined the virtual celebration and listened to the panel of medical experts and SM breast cancer survivors who shared their knowledge, expertise and personal experiences on the dreaded disease.
In her welcome remarks, SM Cares Program head on Women and Breastfeeding Mothers Pearl Jayagan Turley highlighted the need for better awareness of breast cancer among Filipinos, especially since the Philippines is reported to be the country with the highest number of breast cancer cases every year in Asia.
Philippine Breast Cancer Society board member Dr. Jose Rhoel de Leon kicked off the online session with the top 13 frequently asked questions about breast cancer and the misconceptions and myths related to it, including myths about supposed causes of breast cancer like wearing of a sports bra, one’s exposure to microwave or the perceived degenerative effect on the spine after chemotherapy.
The second speaker was the Program Manager for the National Integrated Cancer Control Program of the Department of Health (DOH), Dr. Clarito Cairo Jr., who talked about the government’s breast cancer assistance program, which aims to help qualified Filipino patients in the treatment of their breast cancer.
The Pink Ribbon Day for Breast Cancer Awareness is one of the many ways SM Cares supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 3, which “seeks to ensure health and well-being for all, at every stage of life.”
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ShopeePay adds partners
ShopeePay, Shopee’s integrated mobile wallet, partners with more food and lifestyle brands to cater to the growing number of Filipinos patronizing e-commerce platforms and using mobile wallets as an alternative payment method.
Payment via ShopeePay is now available at family favorites such as BonChon, Mary Grace, Papa John’s Pizza, and the Fruitas Group of establishments. Users can now use also ShopeePay to pay for their smartphones, accessories, and other electronics purchases at Power Mac Center.
They can also pay for fashion and sports items from Anello, Shoe Salon, and Olympic Village for a faster and more convenient payment method. Users can also pay via ShopeePay QR for health products at The Generics Pharmacy.
To sweeten their dining and shopping experience in stores, users can enjoy limited-time ShopeePay ₱1 Deals via the Shopee app and get greater discounts when they pay via ShopeePay at the following: Puregold and Puremart for daily essentials; Siomai House, Candy Corner, and many more food stalls nationwide for snacks and cravings. Users can look forward to more exciting and exclusive ShopeePay ₱1 Deals which they can purchase daily via Deals Near Me on the Shopee app.
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19th Ph Quill Awards
The 19th Philippine Quill Award is now officially open.
Hosted by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines, the Philippine Quill Awards is the country’s most prestigious awards program in the field of business communication.
A Communication Olympiad which highlights the gold standard in communication, the program fosters a spirit of friendly competition, unity and a sense of community among Philippine communications practitioners in pursuit of a common goal — communications excellence.
The Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work. Each entry is evaluated using IABC’s highest global standard that measures and determines the finest, the sharpest, and the brightest in the business communication industry among professionals and students.
This year’s theme Move: Stronger Together highlights the power of communications in shaping the future.
The Philippine Quill is open to all Philippine-based communications practitioners — from companies, organizations, marketing communications agencies, and for the Philippine Student Quill, students from Philippine schools nationwide.
Professionals and students can now submit their Quill entries until Nov. 15. Those wishing to avail of the early bird promo can make their payments until November 5.
