PAGASA participated at the whole-day National Public Hearing on the Draft IRR for “An Act Granting Additional Benefits and Privileges to Senior Citizens ” held at the auditorium of the Main Office of the Dept. of Social Welfare & Development at Batasan, QC. PAGASA joined discussions during the group workshops in the best interest of Senior Citizens given the proper safeguards to avoid abuse in the implementation of granting privileges to this sector of society

PAGASA learns from Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) 2010 held at the 9 halls of Singapore EXPO. Pavilions representing all the continents save Antarctica exhibited interesting new products and services including those at the Philippine Pavilion.

PAGASA was invited to a Forum organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Phil. Business for Social Progress, Nestle Phils. and the Asian Institute of Management to discuss CSV>Creating Shared Value on Nutrition/Water/Rural Development. Senior Fellow at Harvard Mark Kramer spoke on Shared Value and ADB Water & Infrastructure Senior Advisor Arjun Thapan delved on the shrinking supply of water. Rural Development was amply emphasized by Gawad Kalinga’s multi-awarded Antonio Meloto

PAGASA Pres. STC (center) performs the job of panelist in approving the application of Penshoppe as Certified Establishment (Corporate Level) Excelling in Retail Service at the offices of the Department of Trade & Industry. Chairman of the Committee is Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection Director Atty. Dimagiba (2nd R).

BusinessWorld held its 6th Entrepreneurs Forum at the Kachina Room of the Century Park Hotel in Manila . PAGASA’s Steve Cua was invited to illuminate on “Building a Business with High Bargaining Power.” The event is hosted by BizWorld once a year to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship in the economy.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas hosted a meeting with all stakeholders regarding the balanced circulation of coins in the country. Participants were bankers, retailers, the Catholic church, jeepney operators, toll/expressway operators, gasoline station dealers, vendo machine operators and others who all have to do with the excess/lack of coins in certain sectors of the economy. STC , Bobby Ang and son>Ivan represented PAGASA at the BSP HQ in Manila. The last round of talks on the same topic was held some 4 years ago.

Phil. Retailers Assn. (PRA) Pres. Bernie Liu/Penshoppe congratulates PAGASA Pres. Steven Cua and awards him a Plaque of Distinction for continuous active involvement at the National Retailers Conference 2009 in behalf of PAGASA (an affiliate member of the PRA).

PAGASA’s STC is invited as a Resource Person for the prospects of carrying Organic Rice on all Supermarket shelves at a Consultative Workshop held at the Davao Insular Hotel. This was organized by ICCO>an interchurch cooperative organization based in the Netherlands and was attended by NGOs assisting organic rice farmers nationwide.