Segunda Mana is Caritas Manila's showcase of donated goods which the public can buy from. Call it ukay-ukay if you may, but the program has been successful since its inception 15 years ago. The organization has lined up plans to open more Segunda Mana outlets nationwide as well as bring back its celebrity backed events. Fr. Anton Pascual with shoppers at the Segunda Mana Expo at Fairview Terraces,Novaliches, Quezon City. To date, there are 43 Segunda Mana outlets nationwide. The most popular stores are in Caritas Manila, Pandacan; Ayala Fairview Terraces; New ... Continue Reading...
5 Ways to Lift the Quality of Life in Rural Communities
Many of the Philippines’ public and private investments in infrastructure are typically concentrated in the country’s urban areas. While such investments have done well to raise urban citizens’ standards of living and to shore up sectors like the finance, business process outsourcing, and services industries, that same level of growth has yet to be realized in the Philippines’ rural communities. With a rural population that comprises 52.32 percent of the national population and an economy that draws heavily from rural activities like farming and fishing, it ... Continue Reading...
Open banking will drive the new digital economy
Is the open banking ecosystem that's increasingly being adopted in the digital economy good or bad? How will this impact on the data privacy of consumers? These and other questions were discussed during the 14th edition of Union Bank of the Philippines' (UnionBank) virtual roundtable series E-TalkTales, which was held recently via Zoom. It was led by UnionBank's Fintech Business Group Head Erika Dizon as the main speaker. In her presentation, Dizon explained that open banking promotes data sharing in banking services while open finance promotes data and ... Continue Reading...
JV Ejercito elated with high rating in poll surveys to #BringBackTheGoodOne
With only a few days to go before the national elections, former Senator Jose Victor "JV" Ejercito looked back at his senatorial campaign and said it was the toughest battle in his political career. He expressed the belief that he was helped by God in the journey since it was an "uphill battle from the start." "For me to be ranking this high at pasok na sa top 12 in most survey firms, parang tingin ko may tulong na ito sa Diyos kasi napakabigat talaga ng pinagdadaanan ko," the politician from San Juan City observed. "It's already short of a miracle that am ... Continue Reading...
Radenta Technologies Joins Microsoft’s Asenso Pilipinas 2021
Radenta Technologies, one of the country’s leading IT Solutions integrators proudly joins Microsoft’s Public Sector Cloud Summit “Asenso Pilipinas 2021: Building Digital Resilience” from 9am-12noon on January 28, Thursday. Radenta’s Michelle Lasam, Microsoft Line of Business Operations Manager will start her talk at 11:20am as part of Learning Track 1 entitled People: Close the Skills Gap and Enhance Employability. Lasam will present 3 of Radenta’s top-tier digital transformation solutions namely HEMP - Human Resource Information System; GRIPS - Government ... Continue Reading...
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