Nestlé Philippines is the winner of the Grand Anvil, the highest award for the country’s best public relations (PR) programs, presented at the recent 56th Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines. The Grand Anvil was bestowed on the NESCAFÉ Plan, a long-term program of Nestlé Philippines to help the country’s Robusta coffee farmers raise their yields, incomes and quality of life, while promoting increased local coffee production and the growth of the country’s coffee industry, within the framework of sustainability. Under a banner initiative of the NESCAFÉ Plan, Project Coffee+ involving 1,500 farmers in Bukidnon and Sultan Kudarat, production by the participants has doubled, while incomes have tripled. Nestlé Philippines increased its local buying of Robusta coffee beans in the past crop year by 27 percent. Partners of Nestlé Philippines in implementing the NESCAFÉ Plan are the Department of Agriculture (DA), the DA-Agricultural Credit Policy Council, the ... » Learn More about Nestlé Philippines’ ‘NESCAFÉ Plan’ bags Grand Anvil at PRSP 56th Anvil Awards
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Old clothes transformed into sugar by Swedish researchers
Image: YouTube/Université de Lund via What if we were able to recover cotton from used clothing and turn it into nylon or lycra? This is the surprising idea of Swedish researchers, who have developed an environmentally friendly method to convert textile cotton into glucose, which in turn can be used to make other fabrics. Did you know that even when you donate clothes, they are likely to end up in a landfill or incinerator? To avoid this fate befalling our cotton clothes (a material whose production has a heavy impact), scientists at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Lund in Sweden are currently working on a method to recycle the cotton from used clothes. Described in the publication Waste Management via ScienceDirect, their method is innovative: extracting cotton from clothes, then transforming them into glucose, thanks to sulfuric acid. Concretely, the principle consists in decomposing the vegetable fiber of cotton (cellulose) in order to obtain ... » Learn More about Old clothes transformed into sugar by Swedish researchers
Coronavirus: What future for sport and sponsors after the lockdown?
LONDON (AFP) - Global sport is facing the "mother of all wake-up calls" as it emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, with uncertainty over what the landscape for participants and sponsors will look like. Former head of Olympic marketing Michael Payne believes that although "it will be very painful pulling through it", sport will nevertheless emerge "healthier and stronger". While a leading advertising industry figure warns it will be "nip and tuck" for the organisers of the rearranged Euro 2021 football championship and the Tokyo Olympics, former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told AFP the ordinary fan will just be glad to have the diversion of live sport again. Apart from a few exceptions - the sideshows of football in Belarus or horse racing in Hong Kong and Australia - sport has been at a standstill since mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, claiming more than 370,000 lives. Only now is it edging back to action. Payne, who was widely credited ... » Learn More about Coronavirus: What future for sport and sponsors after the lockdown?
Waiver war at WTO over Covid jab IP rights
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property (IP) rights for Covid-19 vaccines — a notion fiercely rejected by pharmaceutical giants and their host countries. The WTO will thrash out the divisive issue at its general council meeting on Monday and Tuesday as its new head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes up her post. Some countries see the waiver as a shortcut to ending the novel coronavirus that has hobbled the global economy. The big idea The text proposes a temporary exemption from certain obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips), so that any country can produce vaccines without worrying about patents. The waiver would also cover “industrial designs, copyright and protection of undisclosed information,” and would last “until widespread vaccination is in place globally, and the majority of the world’s population has developed immunity.” All those in favor ... » Learn More about Waiver war at WTO over Covid jab IP rights
Prepare for Job Searching during Uncertain Economic Times
Companies are moving to remote work to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the number of workers who are being laid off has started to creep up due to the economic upheaval caused by this outbreak. At the same time, someone might be wondering if they should continue to send out resumes or just assume that no one is hiring for the foreseeable future. Although economists are predicting an economic downturn, career experts say it’s best to keep networking and applying for new jobs. It is said that there is always a calm after the storm, so the reversible situation happening now won’t last forever. However, if we carefully handle the current uncertainty, the current situation could mean opportunity as well. So, here are three tips to turn the table for your job search in your favour. 1. Keep Searching, and Keep Searching some more Not every industry slows down in this economic downturn. Yes, certain sectors such as aviation or the hotel and ... » Learn More about Prepare for Job Searching during Uncertain Economic Times
These ten companies are still hiring in April
In order to meet the demand in the market and to run their operations optimally, these companies are still recruiting to fill vacancies: KBZ Bank Maha Agriculture Microfinance Premium Distribution MyTel Super Seven Stars Yoma Bank Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar Limited Ooredoo Myanmar Sampar Oo Industries Co. Ltd. DKSH (Myanmar) Ltd. However, due to COVID-19, some companies will not be opting for the traditional methods of interviewing new hires during these days. Some of the businesses will be adopting new practices such as remote working. Those interested in applying should set up a JobNet.com.mm account. The online portal also has access to nearly 3000 other companies that are hiring. ... » Learn More about These ten companies are still hiring in April
Best Companies to Work in Myanmar; JobNet’s list
JobNet.com.mm worked hard to bringing a list of companies that have the highest employee engagement and satisfaction from several industries. The 2020 Best Companies to Work in Myanmar campaign is an independent platform for employees of participating companies to anonymously and honestly provide their feedback on their company using the Employee Engagement Survey. This year the campaign saw 15 winners in the corporate category and 9 winners SMEs category. The 2020 Winners of the “Best Companies to Work as the corporate field in Myanmar are AYA SOMPO Insurance British American Tobacco Myanmar Ltd., CANAL+ Myanmar Ltd., Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar Ltd., Cycle & Carriage Myanmar Get All Myanmar Co. Ltd., Global Technology Group Grand Royal Group International Co. Ltd., Maersk Myanmar Mascon International Business Services Co. Ltd., Nestle Myanmar (Trading) Ltd., Super Seven Stars Group uab bank Ltd., Unilever EAC Myanmar Co. Ltd. & ... » Learn More about Best Companies to Work in Myanmar; JobNet’s list
Lifelong learning for lifelong teaching
Motivated by her conviction towards early childhood education, Ms Lynn Koh, a preschool centre principal, took a big step to pursue the Master of Education (Early Childhood) programme at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NIE NTU, Singapore), despite the need to juggle her studies with work and family commitments. “I desire to use my knowledge effectively to contribute more towards the early childhood industry, and a holistic programme such as a master’s degree would certainly help me to achieve this.” Ms Koh also highlighted the programme structure at NIE NTU, Singapore, as a key factor in choosing an institute to further her studies, as she recalled, “Despite the distance from my home, I chose NIE due to its programme structure. I liked how the learning was paced out throughout the year. After the first semester of intensive learning, there was a break of 3 months before a new semester of intensive learning began. Though the ... » Learn More about Lifelong learning for lifelong teaching
Myanmar Liquor Association (MLA) announces year-end activities for 2020
Since an association that cares for the community; its members have contributed cash donations and basic food supplies to help the underprivileged communities throughout the year. Since the donations have been both personal and corporate, the association has decided not to list them out of respect for some of our members privacy. The latest figures have recorded over 1 Billion MMK. This has been in monetary value as well as in kind. To assist the government in its efforts in achieving its financial aims for the people of Myanmar, its member companies have also paid out taxes especially the specific goods tax (SGT) and Commercial Tax (CT) where they have been recorded as consisting of 90% of the top 10 and 50 taxpayers for the 2018-2019 assessment year. The association’s plead to the government is that for 2021 to reconsider the increase in taxes as both our internal economies as well as the external trade have been deeply affected by the economic turmoil that the covid-19 ... » Learn More about Myanmar Liquor Association (MLA) announces year-end activities for 2020
Thailand’s first low-cost airline founder dies
Thailand’s first low-cost airline founder has died at the age of 66. Udom Tantiprasongchai, who passed away yesterday, started his business in 1994 with Cambodia International Airlines. The airline began operating regular flights from Phnom Penh to Phuket before expanding to other areas in Southeast Asia. After his airline licences were revoked by the Cambodian government, he started Orient Thai Airlines in Thailand where he introduced flights between cities that didn’t pass through Don Mueang Airport. Later on, the airlines added Don Mueang to its destinations but claimed the government was blocking access to Thai airports to protect Thai Airways International. Then, in 2012, Udom set up Thailand’s first low-budget airline, One-Two-Go, as the government opened up to new competition. That airline fought with other low-cost airlines who were accused of dumping air tickets. Tragedy was not far off, as a flight from Don Mueang crash-landed at Phuket Airport, killing 90 people on ... » Learn More about Thailand’s first low-cost airline founder dies