February, 2024

• 19 February

  Baking Therapy elevates healthy dining experience with opening of new café

  

  This is the bread of your dreams: Guilt-free, handcrafted, and freshly baked every day.   As the first gluten-free bakery in the Philippines, Baking Therapy—the wholesome  bakery by Healthy Options—is transforming its kiosk at Shangri-La Plaza in  Mandaluyong City to a full-fledged café offering freshly-baked breads made with healthy  and wholesome ingredients.  Whipping up innovative and classic breads and pastries for …

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• 16 February

  Women’s Run PH at SM By the Bay: Fueling empowerment and unity!

  

  As March approaches, excitement builds for the Filipina CEO Circle (FCC) Women’s Run PH on March 10 at SM By the Bay North Fountain. With just under a month to go, we extend a warm invitation to all to join this extraordinary event celebrating the strength, resilience, and accomplishments of women from diverse backgrounds.  RUNRIO, the organizer of Women’s Run …

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• 16 February

  MR.DIY PHILIPPINES: TRAILBLAZING THE RETAIL PLATFORM WITH 500 STORES STRONG

  

  MR.DIY PHILIPPINES, the household name synonymous with affordability, variety, and quality, proudly announces a significant milestone in its journey as a retail trailblazer in the Philippines. With the opening of its 500th store, MR.DIY Philippines continues to redefine the true meaning of expansion in the retail format. Pioneering Progress: MR.DIY Balagtas, Bulacan, the inaugural MR.DIY Store in the Philippines, paving …

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• 16 February

  Converge urges employees, public: Protect your heart, wallet, and privacy this February

  

  With the popularity of online dating and the prevalence of online interactions, it’s harder to spot the so-called ‘red flags’ today than ever before. This is why leading fiber broadband provider Converge teamed up this Safer Internet Month with citizen cyber education organization Scam Watch Pilipinas to outline the do’s and don’ts when it comes to finding love online.  “When …

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• 15 February

  UP Atmospheric Physicist Takes to the Skies with NASA: Monitoring Air Quality on NASA817

  Dr. Gerry Bagtasa of the UP Diliman College of Science – Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UPD – CS IESM) took flight with NASA last Sunday, February 11, 2024, as part of an air pollution measurement campaign called ASIA-AQ (Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality).  NASA817—more specifically the NASA DC-8 plane—is an airborne science laboratory based in …

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• 15 February

  WORLDBEX 2024: FORTIFYING THE ROAD TO ASCENDANCY

  

  Worldbex Services International, the leading event organizer in the country, hosted a momentous Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing during the exhibitors’ orientation for WORLDBEX 2024, held at SMX Convention Center Manila on February 7,2024. (from left) Arch. Francisco Flameño Jr. – WSI Executive Director, Mr. Joseph Ang – WSI Founding Chairman, Mr. Ronnie Traballo – President of LACISAP, Mr. Rowland …

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• 14 February

  Figaro Coffee Group Continues Quarterly and Annual Growth in 2023

  

  The Figaro Coffee Group, a stalwart in the Philippine food and beverage industry, proudly presented its quarterly financial report for the period spanning October 1 to December 31, 2023, demonstrating robust growth and a solid financial standing. The company saw improvements in top-line sales, bottom-line margins, enhanced store operations, strengthened commissary capacities, and laid the groundwork for further growth in …

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• 14 February

  BSP, Deutsche Bundesbank formalize capacity building ties

  

  The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Deutsche Bundesbank formalized their partnership on capacity building for BSP personnel through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on 22 January 2024 at the BSP Head Office in Manila. Deutsche Bundesbank is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany. BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. said, “For many years now, …

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• 14 February

  FDA set to reduce review, approval time of generic drugs’ applications

  

  On the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to shorten the period of review and approval processes of applications of generic drugs from 120 days down to only 45 days. “I’m on the verge of signing the memorandum circular for the facilitation of FRP for generic drug – it means it …

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• 14 February

  DA assures enough stock of basic agricultural commodities amid dry spell

  

  The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured on Tuesday of sufficient supply of rice, corn, sugar, pork, chicken and other basic necessities in the coming months despite the dry spell affecting the country. “Secretary Kiko (Francisco Tiu) Laurel just briefed the President that all our crops commodities especially for rice and corn, pork and chicken were very stable and there will …

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