It is embedded in the Filipino culture, Christmas is the most awaited time of the year. The family gatherings of the traditional Noche Buena feast, batch reunions, company parties, carolings, exchanging gifts, and everything else, would now be close to impossible – the way it used to be. The coronavirus pandemic prompted us to celebrate […]
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Waterfront Cebu gives back to Front liners and Families in Need
In celebration of the true meaning of Christmas, the premier city hotel, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, launches Waterfront Light of Hope – The Season of Giving, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Christmas project to share hope and happiness by giving back to families in need and to our heroic front liners on Christmas. […]
Raising the Tsokolaté Bar: Molding Chocolates
Discover the wonders of cacao through a chocolate-molding demonstration by the “Chocolate Chamber Keeper,” Jonathan Choa on October 31, 2020, Saturday and on Wednesday, November 4 at The Chocolate Chamber, Robinsons Galleria Cebu. Jonathan is one of the sons of The Chocolate Queen, Ms.Raquel T. Choa, who unceasingly explores the beauty of cacao through her […]
Go Negosyo and BDO Foundation Brings Pooled PCR Testing to Cebu City
In response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, BDO Foundation is supporting a mass testing initiative touted by medical experts as highly effective, cost-efficient, and scientifically sound. The corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank—in partnership with Go Negosyo under the leadership of Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion, the local government […]
Piolo Pascual’s funny BDO Remit videos help OFs bear the pandemic’s mental burden
Experts in the Philippines and other countries have been warning us: along with the wave of COVID-19 infections would be a wave of mental illness. There’s no avoiding that: people are anxious, afraid, and many have lost jobs and face an uncertain future. Add to that our collective isolation, loneliness, and dread. Overseas Filipinos (OFs) […]
The Last Woman Running in Hunat Sugbu 5
We all have milestones and record-breaking running stories to tell – some make us cry and some make us laugh to our heart’s content. Well, in my case, I always have this memorable running story that I always share with my friends that never fails to make me shake in disbelief, and be sentimental as […]
Tara! launches “Shop with Tara!” campaign
“Your needs and convenience will always be our priority.” This is the assurance of Tara! founders Cebuana architect Janssen Chan Ybanez and businessman Reece John Brauer as they launched the “Shop with Tara!” campaign. The newly-launched campaign encourages the public to buy essentials with convenience at home. “Get the ingredients of your favorite dish. Buy […]
Immunization should continue amid pandemic—DOH, experts
Citing that the country could not afford an outbreak within a pandemic, the Department of Health (DOH) and medical experts reinforced that immunization from vaccine-preventable diseases should continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This position is strongly aligned with the statements released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF which also highlighted the importance of […]
Shell Raises Recruitment Scammer Alert
Pilipinas Shell issued a warning to the public against unscrupulous individuals who have been using the name of Pilipinas Shell in falsely recruiting applicants and then asking them to pay for supposed placement fees and the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE). RECRUITMENT FRAUD Reports reaching Shell revealed that fraudulent individuals and/or organizations posing as […]
Shell fuels up Visayas frontliners to keep them on-the-go
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to climb up in Visayas, Pilipinas Shell has ramped up its efforts to help front liners stay on the go while they control the spread of the virus and prevent a major outbreak in the region. With health and safety as its top priority, Pilipinas Shell has […]