PAGASA Pres. Steven Cua was invited to act as moderator at the 2008 2nd Qtr General Meeting of the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), the umbrella organization of all retailers (supermarkets being a sub-sector of the retail industry). Guests for the day were Intellectual Property Office (IPO) Director-Gen. Adrian Cristobal Jr. who spoke on the registration and nature of trademarks, patents and related matters; and Miguel Suterio (left in picture), Managing Director of Trade Dynamics, Inc. a training outfit specializing in Retail Brand Management.

PAGASA Directors recently held its Board Meeting at the PLDT Offices along Boni Avenue to view the many digital solutions of SME Nation, a subsidiary of PLDT . Present were Liansel Sy (Director/Liana’s; leftmost), Roy Chua (VP/Daily Supermarket; 4 th from left), Steven Cua (Pres ident / Welcome Supermart; to the left of Roy in gray), Robert Ang (Dir./Top Line Supermart; to the left of Steve in blue), Johnny Lim (Dir./680 Supermarket; in front of Bobby in white), William Villanueva (Treas./Purity Supermarket; to the left of Bobby in white) and Karl Marxist Tan (Corp. Sec./ Budgetlane Chain; in front of William in violet).