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Sogo So Safe logo Almost 2 months, the Philippines was under enhanced community quarantine and a lot of businesses, jobs and people affected by this devastating pandemic that hit the world. Recently, the Philippine government announced that some business and establishments can slowly back to normal to selected area. Good news that Hotel Sogo, the leading hotel chain in the Philippines is now ready to leap into the new normal as part of its So Clean, So Good, So Safe campaign under the Sogo Safe Program that aims to secure the safety of its employees and guests. Hotel Sogo follows government health guidelines and ensures all their guests are safe and they will be provided an excellent service. I. Backgrounder • Hotel Sogo continuously implements precautionary measures such as temperature checking upon entering the hotel, placement of alcohol and hand sanitizers in common areas, and information dissemination on COVID-19 since December 2019. • Enhanced cleaning and sanitatio

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, the number of cases has also escalated in the Philippines placing Filipino healthcare workers at the forefront to fight against the virus. Doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, and hospital staff face the hazard of infection everyday, and extensive working hours at the hospital can be very exhausting. Virus-stricken patients, on the other hand, have limited contact with their families, and being away from loved ones can really be lonesome. If there’s one thing that keeps them going: it’s the overflowing support of families, friends, and even strangers. To show compassion for COVID-19 patients and gratitude for frontliners, online design platform Canva encouraged netizens to show their support by simply designing a motivational card using pre-made Canva templates. In response, different groups and individuals have shared their messages to our frontline heroes and COVID-19 patients. The Filipinos’ trait of bayanihan is indeed in a

Over 13,000 LBC employees nationwide join the mask movement to block COVID-19. Photo Credit: LBC As the rest of the world works together in flattening the curve due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, several cities and countries have imposed precautionary measures to ensure public safety. These new guidelines will define what the new normal will be for the time being — and it includes wearing masks in public. Wearing masks is now increasingly becoming a global movement where everyone is called to act. Companies, known personalities, and governments all over the world are enjoining everyone to be responsible by wearing masks in public. Online campaigns rallying for people to wear masks have gone viral. What covers up most people’s faces is now an act of solidarity — for friends, families, and neighbors, essential workers, and frontliners.  The Philippines, which currently holds the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, has also followed suit when the governme

Because there’s always new reasons to say #LoveKitaMa  May 2020 - Philippines - Being locked up at home during this community quarantine may not be the most ideal of situations, but looking at the bright side, it has given us the opportunity to spend more time with our families. These moments together make us realize that there’s much more to discover about each other, especially our mothers.     This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the quirky and unique things that set our mothers apart, as we get to know more about them over shared moments at home, and as we discover that there are always more reasons to love them.   Click this to view the video: https://bit.ly/NaLockdownTayoMa Na-lockdown tayo, Ma. McDonald’s Mother’s Day video this year opens our eyes to the often unseen side of our mothers, which many of us are getting to know with the almost 24-hour confinement brought about by the current situation. For many, it’s a pleasant surprise to realize the stark realization of ou

Put a big smile on Mom's face this Mother's Day Lockdown or no lockdown, we need to celebrate Mother’s Day to let our mom know how much we appreciate her support and sacrifices for the family. But since we can’t call her friends or have a big party during the pandemic, we need to find ways to make mom feel loved and pampered on this special day.  With just a little planning and creativity, Solane, the country’s leading LPG solutions company, shares these easy and fun ideas to put a big smile on Mom’s face come Mother’s Day. Breakfast in bed. Start off Mother’s Day by waking up early (before mom wakes up!) and cooking her breakfast. This early, make a plan to order or set aside ingredients for her breakfast favorites so that they will be ready for the occasion. On the morning of Mother’s Day, line up your ingredients, turn on your gas stove and start cooking! Make sure there’s something on the breakfast tray to make her smile – a small bouquet of flowers, a greeting car

Frontliners from the countrys foremost food brands, together with an NGO that mobilizes food distribution to different hospitals in the Metro and neighboring cities, have come together to provide support and nourishment to those who have been similarly working the frontlines. Employees from the Century Pacific Group, Shakeys Pizza (Shakeys), Peri Peri Charcoal Chicken (Peri-Peri), and Century Pacific Food (Century), together with Frontline Feeders Philippines (FFP) have joined forces to provide more than 100,000 meal packs to Filipino healthcare workers in over 90 hospitals and facilities in Metro Manila and nearby cities. Frontliners from CPFI, Shakey's, Peri-Peri and Frontline Feeders Philippines deliver meal packs to healthcare frontliners (top to bottom) Manila Doctors, Las Piñas General Hospital, Philippines General Hospital, and St. Clare's Medical Center Staff. Showing a great example of teamwork, each team member makes a significant contribution in th

MyKuya volunteer runners serve as frontliners at this time by helping run errands for those stuck at home and vulnerable to COVID-19. Photo credit: MyKuya Manila, Philippines — The impact of COVID-19 left many businesses navigating the digital space. Some are caught off guard while others utilize their expertise in technology. Take it from Filipino startups who have been stepping up to help combat COVID-19 in their own ways. To provide tips on how they’re doing it, startup founders gathered for a QLITAN, a bi-weekly networking event hosted by QBO Philippines since 2016. But this time, QLITAN was held online. In this virtual event, founders shared how they are responding to the crisis. Headlining the session titled “Startup Survival Guide — Adapting to the New Norm” are Moritz Gastl, vice-president of Growth of First Circle, a startup which provides business financing and access to credit; Shahab Shabibi, co-founder of MyKuya, an app that allows on-demand services such as grocer