Being far away from loved ones is always hard but for some, this is the only way to make ends meet and have no other choice. By leaving their families and working somewhere else, one can earn a lot more and hence provide more. What makes the distance easier is the knowledge that your hard earned money is going to where it should go.

Widespread in the Philippines from North to South, LBC makes it easier for families to help each other from a distance even for last minute needs: from …

A well established tradition, pasalubongs are presents or items given by Filipinos who go on trips to relatives and friends. These can range from extravagant gifts to small tokens like keychains or candy. In time, harsh economic conditions has turned the well-loved Filipino culture of pasalubong to padala. Padalas in turn are items, usually in the form of money remittances, sent to loved ones who are far away. These serve as lifelines to the families who rely on relatives overseas or in other regions of the Philippines. It is through …

State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines to the Congress of the Philippines, Session Hall of the House of Representatives
July 26, 2010
[Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City]
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government;
Mga minamahal kong kababayan:
Sa bawat sandali …

Gawad Kalinga (GK) is an organization that brings together businesses and societies by helping poor communities create a safe and peaceful environment. Partnering with companies such as Nestle, they help the people living in them build homes, set up schools,  start businesses, grow food and help them attain all that a rural community needs to thrive. To do so, they also ask the local governments for the support needed to lessen crime and gang activities in the area.
The chairman and founder of GK, Antonio Meloto, was asked to share his …

Along with co- author and Harvard professor, Michael E. Porter, key speaker of last April’s Creating Shared Value (CSV) Forum Mark Kramer published a study that calls for a more effective way of creating mutual benefits for business and society—a model that, according to its authors, builds on the successes of the traditional Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSV takes the strengths of CSR to a new level, where a company must see itself as an important or at least a part of society – to change its mindset from seeing …