“Boy, was that a wake up call.” Teddy Monroy, country representative for United Nations Industrial Development Organization, said this during the Inquirer Project Rebound’s webinar on ensuring the resiliency and sustainability of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with their recovery. This was in reference to the COVID-19 crisis, which truly exposed how MSMEs, despite…
Financial inclusion in the Philippines continues to remain low even before the disruption caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Financial inclusion, after all, involves more than just having a bank account. For the Philippines, inclusion means everyone has effective access to a wide range of financial products and services. Aside from savings, inclusion covers…
Digitalization and the use of technology has been integrated and ingrained in so many of our industries for decades, but nowhere has it been as swiftly and massively adapted as it has in the past two years amid the global health crisis. With public health and safety as an imperative, alongside the continuing necessity of…
With its new agency model, Insular Life (InLife) expects to attract more young Filipinos to join its sales force and double the current 4,000-strong agents by year-end. In a press briefing last week, InLife president and chief executive Raoul Antonio Littaua said they target to hit 8,000 agents by growing organically instead of poaching, which…
Let’s talk about loans. Sure, you’ve heard about the 80-20 savings trick or some daily savings tip that will help you save x amount by year-end. But sometimes, because of things like unexpected expenditures, emergencies, and even large purchases, your budget might fall short despite all your best efforts to save. That’s when loans can…
With the pandemic came a hard, but practical, lesson for Filipinos: that taking care of one’s well-being is an investment because every minute spent sick is precious time that could have been spent building one’s career, achieving one’s personal goals, or simply enjoying the company of loved ones. Many individuals, however, still equate healthcare to…
As Metro Manila prepares for the return of in-person classes, school heads are left with a problem: Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Safeguard, in partnership with Manila Water Foundation (MWF), addressed this by donating P70 million to build hand-washing facilities in all 285 schools that do not meet the DepEd Wash in Schools (WinS) hand hygiene…
The coronavirus pandemic turned the world upside down in 2020, and we are still reeling from its effects two years later. Our medical research and health-care systems have been forced to shift, change, adapt and act quickly to address people’s needs and to save lives. In a message during Inquirer’s Project Rebound April 28 webinar…
In January 2020, companies affiliated with the Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS) joined the “Zero Waste to Nature: Ambisyon 2030” (ZWTN 2030). In doing so, they pledged to observe more sustainable ways so that, at the turn of the decade, they can truly achieve the vision of a zero waste Philippines. Ambisyon…
Big business had been labelled by environmental activists as a villain in the ongoing climate change crisis – heartless, with no regard for anything other than the bottom line, or profits. But the recent Inquirer Project Webinar session showed that major companies were not only facing up to their responsibilities but were seriously taking steps…