Pepsi and Insular Life, in association with MyShelter Foundation, Department of Education and the City of Taguig, is spearheading a running event on the 13th of June at the Bonifacio Global City to rebuild–using P.E.T. bottles–billions of pesos worth of school buildings destroyed by Typhoon Ondoy.
Visit http://www.bottleschoolproject.org/ for more information.
The playful weather posed little to no threat to 148 volunteers of the 2010 Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) event in Ifugao province. Braving the scorching heat with intermittent rains, the participants trekked a total of 15 hours on May 22 and 23 to donate much-needed school supplies to hundreds of disadvantaged grade schoolers from the remote barangays of Cambulo, Pula, Batad and Kinakin.
Each carrying clothing, provisions and at least two school packs weighing 1.5 kilos apiece, the volunteers walked mile after mile on rough terrain amidst the mountainous Ifugao region. A stunning view of the Banaue Rice Terraces offered the weary travelers a hearty spiritual and mental consolation.
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As build-up to the September 17-19 Special Edition Stand Up, Take Action Campaign to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Probe Media Foundation, Inc. partnered with the United Nations Millennium Campaign to launch the “Search for the Philippines’ MDG Warriors.”
“As a UN Millennium Campaign partner, Probe is taking a more positive approach to helping promote the MDGs. We are doing this by searching for inspiring people and organizations, and by encouraging students to tell their stories to the public,” said veteran broadcast journalist Cheche Lazaro, President of Probe.
Probe has been committed to helping create a deeper understanding and appreciation of social issues by producing stories that move the hearts and capture the minds of viewers. By involving students, Probe also hopes to discover a fresh generation of talented broadcast journalists and ‘documentarists.’
This two-part competition involves a nationwide search for individuals or organizations whose selfless work and commitment to public service have produced a great positive impact on any of the MDGs, and a contest for college students to produce a documentary about the winning MDG warriors. (more…)
A five hundred peso fine may seem a lot especially for the legions of Makati workers who toil day-to-day on minimum wage. But it’s a price the society can afford to instill discipline amongst its citizens.
Let’s hope it does not stop here. We all know that Makati’s traffic management group has done a great job managing the city’s vehicular population, albeit dodgy at times. But more work needs to be done in Makati’s main avenues and side streets.
