On 12 Sept. 2016, PAGASA Office was honored to receive
as visitor former DTI Senior Undersecretary and BOI
Supervising Governor Thomas G. Aquino (GMA Admin.)
with the intention of helping his Spanish friends look for an
importer/country distributor for Cuetara 1951, S.L.U. line
of biscuits from Barcelona. It was the first time PAGASA
President Steven T. Cua had the honor of being introduced
to this fine gentleman who negotiated the major deals like
the U.S. Free Trade Agreement in behalf of the country.
He is now Chairman of NOW Corp.>a telecommunications,
media and technology company and was a long-time VP
and Program Director of the Univ. of Asia & the Pacific.
He took up his MBA and Ph.D. in Business Administration
at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
PAGASA was honored to be included as one of 10 consultant-agencies for the formulation of a Strategic Statement for the pillar Product Market (there are 12 pillars/FGD's incl. Infrastructure, Labor Market, ICT, Financial System, etc.) for presentation to the World Economic Forum (at a Zoom Meeting that took the whole morning). With STC on 16 September 2020 were Messrs. Ruben J. Pascual/PCCI, George Chua/FPI, George Siy/FFCCCII, Paul Santos/PRA, Carlos Cabochan/PCCTA, Ms. Ma. Flordeliza Leong/ PhilExport, Ms. Marinella Gilda Gamboa/Phil. Competition Commission, Dir. Sandra Marie Recolizado/Bureau of Investments and Atty. Ma. Liza Sebastian/Bureau of Customs. Next level of discussions is the National Level where the output is 12 Strategic Statements to be presented at the World Economic Forum in showcasing the Philippines as a competitive economy.
On the eve of 3 February 2021, the Association held its virtual General Meeting for the first quarter of 2021. The Meet was sponsored by i-Ripple, enabler of My Suki which intends to have as its groceries providers the members of PAGASA. Online selling was a must-do proposition for supermarkets given the extended negative sales effect that the pandemic was wreaking on food retailers.
A vigilant shopper sent this video to a social media platform and it went viral. Her observation that the health-hazardous puncturing of minute holes on powdery products packaged in plastic bags (like sugar, salt and the like) to let air out and make displays in supermarkets even and easier for stocking is very valid in view of the uncontained spread of COVID-19. PAGASA members were advised to refrain from this practice.
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