Okada Manila Reopens a More Expansive Medley Buffet
Medley Buffet, Okada Manila’s renowned signature buffet restaurant, recently reopened its doors at its original location on the Upper Ground Floor of the Pearl Wing, offering an even more exciting dining experience.
The restaurant has undergone a transformation, now boasting a more expansive space and grander culinary offerings. Beyond the spacious dining area, Medley now features 4 private dining rooms that can accommodate groups of various sizes from 8 to 12 persons, as well as 2 rooms that are good for 18 diners each or a total of 36 if combined – a perfect venue for family celebrations or an intimate corporate gathering. The new set-up is adorned with warm lighting from large floral-shaped chandeliers and elegant accents, harmonizing with the restaurant’s green and brown color palette.
Dining at Medley is a gastronomic journey, featuring a wide range of local and international cuisines, and offering a world of flavors including classic dishes from Korea, Japan, China, and India. Guests will be spoilt for choices with a variety of diverse offerings from each culinary landmark. Additionally, there is a seafood station where chefs can cook guests’ selections based on their preferences; a pho and laksa section; meat carving and roasting stations; and a dessert station with a spread of delectable cakes, local delicacies, fruits, and ice cream. The buffet comes with free-flowing fruit juices, soda, beer, and wine, as well as post-meal coffee and tea. For an indulgent experience, unlimited lobsters are available on weekends as part of the bubbly lunch and dinner buffet.
Schneider Electric strengthens government partnership to drive digital transformation in manufacturing
Schneider Electric, the leader in energy management and digital automation, reaffirms its commitment this 2024 to help accelerate digital transformation in the local manufacturing sector.
Schneider Electric recently hosted Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, in its Cavite Smart Factory. Senator Win Gatchalian was given a tour of the company’s state-of-the art facility that is leading the way in smart manufacturing in the Philippines.
The factory showcases its innovative end-to-end manufacturing solutions that also leverages its own Ecostruxureâ„¢ technology. The company’s proprietary technology focuses on leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) where organizations can integrate various assets, sensors and other things into an open IoT architecture and software platform. Through this, businesses can achieve better agility, optimized asset performance management, energy efficiency and cybersecurity. Schneider Electric Smart Factories are recognized by the World Economic Forum for paving the way in transforming global manufacturing operations to becoming more efficient and productive through sustainable means.
Additionally, Schneider Electric is strengthening its collaboration with PEZA to help deliver smart and sustainable solutions to the business sector. This will help place the country at the forefront of industrial digitization and innovation. Last November 2023, Schneider Electric and PEZA launched Go Ecozone, a series of forums that aims to educate PEZA-registered locators on the advantages of green economy. Likewise, it also provides an avenue for the manufacturing sector to share insights and seek support from PEZA on their transformation goals.
PLDT, Smart, partners extend more business opportunities to MSMEs through technology
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart continue to open opportunities to Filipino micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through technology-based solutions, capacity building, and partnerships.
To further support MSMEs thrive in the digital economy, PLDT Enterprise held the MSME “Speed Dating”: Business Edition to offer practical digital solutions that can help MSMEs improve their way of doing business.
Local entrepreneurs and digital service providers joined the event and networked with potential business partners including Maya.
To strengthen its support for the MSME sector, the PLDT Group also participated in the pioneering “Cashless Expo 2023” which showcased an array of digital financial services, payment solutions, and contactless innovations tailored for to promote cashless transactions among MSMEs and consumers. Organized by Go Digital Pilipinas (GDP), the expo was held in collaboration with key government bodies such as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Department of Tourism (DoT), and the Department of Agriculture (DA).
PLDT and Smart’s push to create tech-driven opportunities to benefit MSMEs and other local businesses, underscores the Group’s commitment to UNSDG #1: No Poverty and UNSDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.
Zuellig Pharma becomes STADA Philippines’ exclusive distribution partner
Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company, has been appointed as the exclusive distribution partner of STADA Philippines Inc., a fast-growing supplier of high-quality pharmaceuticals and an affiliate of Germany’s STADA Arzneimittel AG.
Effective January 1, Zuellig Pharma is the sole partner for distributing STADA’s portfolio in the Philippines, leveraging its heritage and reach as a local market leader across over 6,000 pharmacies, supermarkets, hospitals, and clinics. This partnership will play a pivotal role in expanding access to STADA’s flagship brands in the over-the-counter (OTC) and consumer brand categories, as well to prescription medicines, particularly in ophthalmology, with more than 70 stock-keeping units (SKUs) being distributed as a start.
In particular, the partnership is expected to broaden the distribution and promotion of established consumer healthcare brands such as the FERN-C vitamin C range and the Oilatum skincare line. It will also support ophthalmic brands including Hyabak eye drops and make available to the market essential generic medicines in categories such as antibiotics and cardiovascular therapies within STADA’s portfolio.
Through strong local brands, STADA has become Europe’s fourth-largest consumer healthcare company by sales, including as market leader in Germany. With almost 20 production sites, predominantly in Europe, STADA is also Europe’s fourth-largest provider of prescription generic medicines and a pioneer in biosimilars, with a growing Specialty portfolio in therapeutic areas such as dermatology, nephrology, ophthalmology, rheumatology, and Parkinson’s disease.
‘Big Winner Ka Sa Petron’ engine oils promo
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Ajinomoto Philippines launches SariCycle program
Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation (APC), in partnership with Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies (BEST) leads the Filipino community to a more sustainable lifestyle with the launch of the SariCycle Program through an event held in Quezon City (QC) Hall grounds attended by 150 sari-sari store owners based in Quezon City.
The flagship program is poised to trailblaze in Quezon City, in collaboration with the Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Department and the Gender and Development Council Office of the QC local government unit.
The SariCycle program is a product of APC’s commitment to create shared value that the Filipino people can benefit from, most especially the communities who continue to be key players in the success of the Ajinomoto brand in enhancing the quality of life of its consumers through its innovative products.
With SariCycle, sari-sari stores and market stalls will be given the opportunity to participate in an incentivized or reward system driven program that aims to manage plastic waste through a plastic collection system.
SariCycle is a simple, feasible, and effective program that ultimately elevates the lives of the Filipinos beginning in specific communities with its pilot launching. The collected plastic waste will be deposited in different collection points all over Quezon City with corresponding Environmental Points (EP) depending on the weight of the collected plastic waste.
PETNET Forex Solutions and Convera offer an easy way for students to send tuition overseas
Filipinos can now pay for their tuition at a university abroad in Philippine peso.
PETNET, Inc. has expanded its partnership, under one of its service brands- PETNET Forex Solutions, with global payments company, Convera, a leading global B2B payments Fintech to offer a new suite of services catering to Filipino university students abroad: the Convera GlobalPay for Students platform. This promises to be a simpler and hassle-free way to send tuition payments from the Philippines to more than 900 education institutions, including 8 of the top 10 ranked universities globally.
With the Convera GlobalPay for Students platform, users can select PETNET as their preferred payment option and complete the payment through online banking or interbank transfer
This platform, powered by Convera, is the first service in the country that allows students, parents, and sponsors to pay partner universities and education providers worldwide in the Philippines’ local currency (PHP), according to PETNET President and CEO Ian Ocampo.
The Convera GlobalPay for Students platform is expected to benefit around 22,709 Filipino students studying abroad, according to the latest numbers from UNESCO. The majority of them are studying in Canada and Australia.
PETNET is Convera’s first, and only non-bank financial institution partner in the Philippines.
