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90% of Cebu PAciifc’s pilots and cabin crew have now been vaccinated under the Gokongwei Group’s COVID Protect Program.
WE GOT YOUR VACC. AboitizPower President and CEO Emmanuel V. Rubio (top, center) shares a light moment with vaccinated AP team members during the We Got Your Vacc vaccination drive at Robinsons Galleria in Quezon City on July 26, 2021.
URC Sugar and Renewables (URC SURE) La Carlota Sugar Mill and Distillery workforce during the Gokongwei Group COVIDProtect vaccination program in La Carlota City.
Private Sector takes up slack in PH Vaxx Drive By MIKE BAÑOS
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S THE national government staggers to press its vaccination program to protect the maximum number of Filipinos before the year ends, the private sector has lent a helping hand by purchasing its own vaccines for its employees and other stakeholders.
Universal Robina Corp (URC) has begun vaccinating its workforce, as it pursues its role in keeping the Philippines’ food supply chain robust
amid a still lingering Covid-19 pandemic. URC, one of the Philippines’ largest food and beverage firms, is aiming to have 70% of its
STEAG Communications Officer Jerome Soldevilla done with his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.
more than 33,000 workers fully inoculated end of 2021. Some 88 to 90% of the workforce at URC Sugar and Renewables’ mills and distillery at its sugar mill SONEDCO and La Carlota Sugar Mill and Distillery located in Kabankalan City and La Carlota City, Negros Occidental were inoculated through COVID Protect, the Gokongwei Group’s vaccination program on
July 30 to Aug 2nd in time for the new milling season this August, 2021. URC said its vaccine rollout will soon span its other workforce in Metro Manila and across the Philippines throughout its network of factories, mills, distilleries, and distribution and logistics hubs. Most of the company’s workforce are considered as “essential workers” for their role in ensuring VAXX/PAGE 7
Screening of employees prior during the 1st day of STEAG State Power Inc’s vaccination on August 12.
A nurse administers the vaccine to Aboitiz Group President and CEO Sabin M. Aboitiz
Opening Message by Plant Manager Dr Evers during the 1st day of STEAG’s vaccination on August 12.
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The Sinovac vaccines arrive at Laguindingan Airport July 5 via PAL.
CDO Filipino-Chinese Community, MOFCCCII responds to covid challenge There’s no such thing as donor fatigue for the Cagayan de Oro FilipinoChinese Community and its partner organization Misamis Oriental FilipinoChinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (MOFCCCII). As if its millions of pesos worth of donations
for frontliners in the Northern Mindanao Medical Center, Region’s X primary covid-19 referral center, and the J.R. Borja General Hospital last year were not enough, the two organizations have continued to share their kindness and generosity to the frontliners and
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most affected sectors of the Cagayan de Oro Community in this second year of the global pandemic. In its latest initiative, the Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Community (CDOFCC) headed by President Sonny Choi donated on August 11, 2021 30 units of Oxygen Regulators and 600 sets PPEs to the NMMC in response to their urgent need for these as covid cases in the region continue to rise. These were received by NMMC Medical Director Dr Jose Chan and Dr Peter Quiaoit. The CDOFCC also lent a hand to the city’s vaccination drive by completing the second dose of Sinovac vaccines it earlier procured from China over a four-day period for a total of 5,155 persons on August 15, 2021. On July 17, the group completed the administration of the first dose to 5,468 persons, also over a four-day period. This was the first private sector vaccination
MOFCCCII food assistance for PWDs in partnership with St Padre Pio Prayer Partners July 16, 2021 at St Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral.
program of the CDOFCC. The Sinovac vaccines were procured directly from China through the Federation of FilipinoChinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCII). The program enabled the city government and the Department of Health (DOH) to vaccinate some additional 5,000 residents as a result.
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MOFCCCII food assistance to CDO Baseport Porters
MOFCCCII Meantime, the Misamis Oriental Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (MOFCCCII) distributed food packs to porters at the Laguindingan Airport and Cagayan de Oro Baseport at Macabalan in partnership with the St Padre Pio Prayer Partners on August 11 and 12, 2021. Each of the
beneficiaries received a sack of rice, and a bag containing assorted canned goods, noodles, and sachets of milk powder for their families. The activity aimed to provide aid to a total of 115 beneficiaries including airport porters. Port Manager Isidro V. Butaslac Jr. together with the representatives of the partner civic organizations led by MOFCCCII President Tony Uy led the distribution of the relief packs at CDO Port. Earlier last July 16, 2021, the MOFCCCII conducted another Covid-19 Food Assistance project in partnership with the St Padre Pio Prayer Partners and Macasandig Kagawad Nixon Baban to distribute 200 food packages to Persons with Disabilities at the St Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral. The activity was preceded by a holy mass, officiated by Rev Fr Jun Balsamo, in celebration of the feast of our Lady of Mt Carmel.
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A German Expat in the Philippines
WITH BEETHOVEN UNDER PALMS
By Klaus Döring
Chapter XXVII: German-Philippine Relations - but some culture differences too Yes, life in our Filipino family kept Rossana and me free for many things. I was able to devote myself more and more to my journalistic activities. Meanwhile I wrote for six different publications - among them especially for the “Boracay Sun” - a glossy color magazine, that disappeared unfortunately from the media market. Rossana and I got to know Sara Duterte very quickly. Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio, better
known as Inday Sara, is a Filipina lawyer, politician and the incumbent Mayor of Davao City. She also served as the city mayor from June 30, 2010, until June 30, 2013. I did my first interview with her in 2010. Sara Duterte was born in Davao City on May 31, 1978, the second child to lawyer Rodrigo Duterte and flight attendant Elizabeth Zimmermann. We spoke a lot of GermanPhilippine Relations but
also cultural differences. Another guest followed my invitation: Jesus “Jess” Dureza. Jesus “Jess” Gestuveo Dureza (born December 24, 1947) is a Filipino lawyer, consultant, journalist and politician from Davao City. He was the adviser on the peace process to President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2018 and is the Founding Chairman of Advocacy MindaNow Foundation, a group advocating for peace in Mindanao.
He has held various appointive positions in past administrations including the chairmanship of the Mindanao Development Authority, the chairmanship of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Assistant for Mindanao. What attracted me to him was the merging of a politician, lawyer and media man. Dureza had
a career in journalism before entering politics. In 1972, while a law student at Ateneo de Davao, he worked as a radio host for RMN Davao and as Davao correspondent for The Manila Times. After finishing law, he was hired as an editor for Mindanao Times, as a correspondent for Manila Bulletin, and as television presenter of “Brainstorm” in Davao City. He was also President of the Davao Press Club, where we met for the first time. Rossana, my mother and I really enjoyed our life in the Philippines. We travelled a lot and found time to relax and unwind. We tried to visit every possible cultural music event that we could. Of course, we were used to other things from Berlin. Unforgettable was an amazing concert with Tenor Abdul Candao. A Davao-born international
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tenor artist who performed before the Dabawenyos Friday Night at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao. Abdul has popularized his craft for many, many in Europe where classical music is always associated with culture. “In Manila such a specific audience for classical music is there but this has still to be established in the provinces even as there is an improvement on the appreciation of such music outside of the capital,” he told me then. Yes, since I stopped my classical music radio shows, Ludwig van Beethoven and all classical masters disappeared. Sayang. Then, there was a wonderful opportunity to see my first “boss” from the Philippines again: erstwhile Emeritus Archbishop Fernando RELATIONS/PAGE 7
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Rene Barrientos continues to help build up future boxers with the Cagayan de Oro Boxing Team to this day. Check this short video (https://www.facebook.com/ watch/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_ GK0T-GK1C&v=478499142663665) from the City Information Office to see how he continues to contribute to the program that recently brought the country a Silver Medal through Local Hero Flyweight Carlo Paalam. (CIO video grab)
THE IGNATIAN PERSPECTIVE By AMADEO V. NERI
Before Manny Pacquiao, Cagayan de Oro had
RENE BARRIENTOS
WBC Super Featherweight World Champion
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Rene Barrientos in his heydey.
Rene Barrientos - In A Solo Pose.
EFORE the era of multi-million dollar purses, coupled with equally astronomical PPV deals, another world champion boxer from Mindanao started his pugilistic arts not very far from the inauspicious origins of the current boxing idol. This unassuming, though quite strapping and muscular, guy started honing his boxing skills in the town of Marbel, north of General Santos, but still within the Cotabato region. This boxer who carried the name of Ireneo Barrientos, but shortened to Rene Barrientos as an appropriate boxing handle, lists his birthplace as Balite, Aklan, in the Visayas Region. It can be surmised that not unlike many of the Christian residents of the Cotabato region which has been traditionally and predominantly Muslim, Rene’s family resettled in the area. Which place had been renowned for holding alluring promises for those who dared. The tempting enticements of a very
hospitable climate, fertile agricultural lands and enviable homesteads, which had earned the huge Cotabato basin the distinction of being the rice granary of the entire country. In October 10, 1962, Rene made his first professional fight in
city of Cagayan de Oro to be managed by one of its more popular boxing enthusiasts, Dodong Almirante. This partnership would lead Rene to a world championship and beyond. Standing at about 5’7” and fighting at a comfortable 130 lbs.,
Rene took hold of his highest crowning glory by grabbing the vacant WBC Super Featherweight World Championship in a bruising 15-rounder that ended in a unanimous decision. This was against a fighter named Ruben Navarro in front of a
Parrel-Sia Nuptials: August 19, 1967 (L-R) Fr William Nicholson, Hygen Sia, Guilly Parrel, and Rene Barrientos.
Cotabato knocking out a fighter named Charlie Kid in two rounds. Of his 48 professional fights, this would be the only one held in Cotabato, because after this he was ready to move on to bigger places and greater heights. He moved to the Northern Mindanao
(ideal for a junior lightweight or super featherweight), Rene in many ways then was also like Pacquiao. Add to that the fact that he was also a southpaw with a very mean left. Though maybe minus the extravagant financial rewards now very common among boxing champions,
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hometown crowd in Manila, on the 15th day of February, 1969. Though nothing compared to the frenzy and mania created by the latest Pacquiao conquest, the nation was nevertheless ecstatic for having a world champion. Unfortunately, about
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GOLD CITY COLISEUM NOSTALGIA Cagayan de Oro Ringside 1981
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Pacquing is new RP Junior Featherweight Champ By PROC MASLOG
YOUTHFUL Jongjong Pacquing crowned himself as the new Philippine Junior Featherweight boxing champion with a stunning technical
knockout victory over Rey Naduma, Jr. in their championship fight at the Gold City Coliseum, July 4, 1981. Naduma, who had to shed off two pounds to make the 122-lbs. limit did not
Antonio Jongjong Pacquing during his heyday.
Pacquing (right) blocks a left by Naduma during a fierce exchange.
answer the bell for the 11th round. Pacquing was way ahead in the scorecards of the three judges when the fight ended. Both fighters exchanged in a furious exchange at close rang starting in the 2nd round. However, Naduma could not land any of his haymakers as Pacquing repeatedly tied him up in a clinch or with a flurry of jabstraight combinations. The fight was on even terms until early in the sixth round when Pacquing unleashed a savage body attack. He staggered Naduma to the ropes with strong left and right uppercuts to the body. Sensing a weakness, Pacquing swarmed all over throwing wicked combinations to the head and body of the back-pedaling
Naduma. Naduma finished the sixth round on queer street. It was never the same again for the deposed champion as Pacquing took command of the fight until Naduma called it quits on the 11th round. It was the first title defense of Naduma of his title. He won the crown by knocking out Ric Diamale in a title fight held in Manila in October, last year. A championship trophy donated by Cagayan de Oro City INP Station Commander Col. Mallonga and a belt donated by Vice Mayor Pabling Magtajas was awarded to Pacquing. In an accompanying ten rounder, former RP and Orient-rated Peter Siscon outpointed a gutsy Dennis Pacquing, RP No. 8 bantamweight
Jongjong Pacquing in a post-fight pose following his win.
to win by majority decision. Neither boxer was able to land any effective blow. In other tenrounders, William Bernados hammered out a unanimous decision win over Flash Pecator, while Nacias Francisco made short work of substitute George Lagura winning by TKO in the 4th round.
Pacquing (right) connects with a right to Naduma’s body.
Other fight results saw Young Depio winning by unanimous decision over Tony Jamila, Rey Balaba by TKO over Johnny Tabanas, and Joe Jamon by split decision over Jose “Pepe” Olano, in the preliminaries. However, it was a pyrrhic victory for one boxer – Joe Jamon. Shortly after coming down from the ring, he collapsed and was brought to the hospital in a critical condition. Attending doctors gave him as of press time a 50-50 chance of survival. It was the second tragic ring incident in Cagayan de Oro City in the last four years. Some time in 1977 another boxer Jaime Tancio collapsed and subsequently died after a fight. (Originally published July 17-24, 1981 in Sports Weekly Magazine)
Former PH Junior Featherweight Champ Antonio “Jongjong” Pacquing now works with the City Economic Enterprises Dept. as a security personnel at the Cogon Market. (photos courtesy of Ms Aiah Acedo)
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GOLD CITY COLISEUM NOSTALGIA From May 2, 1987
De la Cruz whips Gamayot P
Cesar de la Cruz vs Roger Gamayot at the Gold City Coliseum
By PROC MASLOG
HILIPPINE No. 4 junior flyweight Cesar de la Cruz defeated No. 6 junior flyweight Roger Gamayot in their 10-round nontitle fight over the weekend at the Gold City Coliseum. De la Cruz dominated the fight from the start, tagging Gamayot with crisp combinations to the head and body. The No. 4 junior flyweight repeatedly connected with stinging jabs and jarring rights to the head of the backpedaling Gamayot. The loss dampened
Gamayot’s chances for a crack at the Philippine junior flyweight title of Tacy Macalos. Gamayot is managed by Dr. Antonio Almirante, who holds the option on the first defense of Macalos’ title. Judge Dante Businos scored the fight, 9995, while Judge Jess Galarpe saw it 99-96, while Judge Dodong Artajao had it 100-96, all in favor or de la Cruz. Gamayot did not win a single round. Upcoming bantamweight Ernie Urdaniza foiled former No. 1 flyweight Bernie
Baylin’s bid to crash back into the ratings when he scored a unanimous decision in 10 rounds. Former No. 7 junior flyweight Ruel Durano won by majority decision over No. 8 junior flyweight
Joselito Castro in another 10-round fight, while Bonnie Pahapay outpointed Dan Mapalad in a hard fought tenner match. (Originally published in Manila Standard, Saturday, May 2, 1987)
never showed up again. Today, Rene continues to live with his family in Cagayan de Oro, ensconced among many friends who have stayed loyal to him all these years.
Look him up, if perchance you find yourself in the very hospitable gateway to Northern Mindanao. And see how he sizes up with the current idol.
Roger Gamayot now works as a RTA Deputized traffic enforcer. You can find him on duty at the corner of Camp Alagar and C.M. Recto Avenue (National Highway). Photos courtesy of David Marley and Carlo Antonio B. Almirante)
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a year later, Rene lost that title to a Japanese fighter named Yoshiaki Numata on a split decision and under a
fight that was held in Tokyo, Japan on April 4, 1970. Many would claim that it was a hometown decision, and unfortunately during those years, Japanese officials
were notorious for being partial to their fighters. Though stripped of his rightful crown, Rene would continue to fight until the 70’s, already into his 30’s,
Rene among friends in his adopted hometown. Taken at Double E Bowling Lanes, now gone. (Front row from left, Darunday, Curioso, Guilly Parrel, Boy Semana; Back row from left, Boy Tan, Cora Mae Domingo, Ronnie Sabanal, Evelyn Domingo, R. Barrientos, Tessie Parrel, Raul Mortola.)
and losing only one more fight, again on a split decision. And you guessed right. To another Japanese boxer in another Japanese venue. But the chance for another world title
Rene and Zeny Roa-Baptism of their son Ferdinand. From left-Fr McManus, Rene Roa, Rene Barrientos, Evelyn Domingo, Baby Fernandez
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teamed up with local government units from page 1 to provide safe and comfortable vaccination food security for a sites. population still coping Meantime, the Aboitiz with various quarantine Group has ramped up restrictions to keep the the vaccination of its coronavirus in check. team members, fulfilling Through budget its commitment to carrier Cebu Pacific, JG prioritize their health Summit Holdings has and safety while ensuring helped transport some continued operations 16.5 million vaccine to keep the economy doses from China to running towards a ‘better Manila. The airline has also ferried more than 5.5 normal, even as cases of the highly transmissible million jabs across the Delta variant surged all country. over the country, Cebu Pacific, the Aboitiz Group Philippines’ leading President and CEO Sabin carrier, recently M. Aboitiz also received announced that 90% the vaccine and urged of its pilots and cabin all team members to get crew have now been vaccinated through the vaccinated, following Group’s program. the completion of Last July 28, the Group the first wave of its began the initial round employee vaccination of vaccinations, marking program. Second doses the first step towards are expected to be its goal to vaccinate administered in the more than 30,000 coming months, with Aboitiz team members the target of completing and its subcontractors inoculation in October. nationwide. The conglomerate The Group partnered procured vaccines were administered to over 700 with AC Health and Reliance to maximize CEB employees at the their network of partner airline’s headquarters in clinics and sites, and Pasay City from July 28 leverage their respective to August 4, 2021. To apps to streamline the date, 88% of CEB’s total vaccination process. workforce have been Multiple vaccination inoculated. The airline’s very own hubs were set up in key cities and provinces employee vaccination such as Taguig, Quezon, initiative is part of the Baguio, Batangas, Gokongwei Group’s COVID Protect Program, Pampanga, Bicol, Cebu, Bacolod, Davao, and which covers the free inoculation of employees Cagayan de Oro to ensure that team members can and their dependents, be vaccinated in the as well as third-party areas closest to them and workers. to reduce their risk of CEB has also been exposure when traveling. working hand-in-hand Through the close with various local collaboration between government units to Aboitiz and AC Health boost the progress and Reliance, the end-toof vaccination for its end process was efficient workforce. and smooth for team On July 30, CEB members. flew its very first flight Apart from protecting manned by fullythemselves, Aboitiz vaccinated pilots and team members were also cabin crew. It expects to fly more of such flights as glad they could protect their families and those the program progresses. around them by getting CEB has achieved a vaccinated. 7-star safety rating from The Aboitiz Group airlineratings.com for its COVID-19 compliance. It bought vaccines through continues to implement a a tripartite agreement multi-layered approach to with the government and AstraZeneca safety as it endeavors to Pharmaceuticals restore the public’s trust Philippines, Inc. Other in air travel. CEB is also the official subsidiaries such as Pilmico and Aboitiz airline partner of the Construction, Inc. (ACI) Ingat-Angat, a privateare also set to start their sector led campaign that promotes safety measures vaccination rollouts in the coming days, through and vaccination to help collaborations with foster a nationwide their respective health economic recovery. partners. To date, it has Meantime, Aboitiz transported over 16.5 Group affiliate Aboitiz million vaccine doses Power Corporation from abroad to the ramped up its vaccination Philippines, on top of program for employees, over 5.5 million doses with more than 1,300 flown to 23 provinces team members from across the country. Luzon and Visayas having Thirty Robinsons received at least one dose Malls have similarly
as of Monday, August 9. Dubbed “We Got Your Vacc,” the program aligned with the Aboitiz Group’s target of vaccinating more than 30,000 team members and subcontractors nationwide. AboitizPower alone targets to inoculate this year 5,000 team members who have signed up for the program. Through a consortium of public and private agencies that have procured vaccines for the Philippines, the company was able to secure AstraZeneca doses for its team members while its employees were given the option to buy Moderna or Novavax for their dependents. Recently vaccinated were mostly team members and subcontractors from the National Capital Region (NCR) where AboitizPower’s corporate office is located while the rest were from Toledo City in Cebu, home to its 340-megawatt thermal power plant. After NCR and Cebu, AboitizPower is set to roll out vaccination drives in the rest of its sites across the country this month. AboitizPower has partnered with healthcare administrator Reliance United to facilitate the vaccination activities. Since last year, they have also been with the company to shed light on misconceptions about COVID-19, the available vaccines, and the whole vaccination process, as well as provide medical advice to AboitizPower employees. Closer to home, STEAG State Power Inc. administered its first batch of the companyprocured AstraZeneca vaccines under its COVID-19 Vaccination Program on August 12 to ensure its employees remain healthy and protected against the dreaded coronavirus disease. The program aims to inoculate not just SPI’s regular employees but also its sub-contractors, dependents and community stakeholders. Around 7,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines were purchased through Aboitiz Power and Go Negosyo/BDO Foundation, under the private sector-led ‘A Dose of Hope’ program, a tripartite initiative among the private sector, the government, and the British drug maker AstraZeneca in support of the government’s National Immunization Program which seeks to achieve herd immunity by year end.
Initially, around 198 doses were administered to SPI power plant employees and subcontractors on August 12 at the Mindanao Power Plant, certified by DOH-X as its vaccination facility for the administration of the vaccines. Just recently, 44 SPI Head Office employees in Makati together with their dependents completed their first dose of the company- sponsored vaccination. SPI Power Plant Manager, Dr. Carsten Evers encouraged all its employees to be vaccinated from the dreaded COVID-19 virus. SPI has partnered with Reliance Care Inc., a subsidiary of Unilab for the end to end COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Program for SPI. This is also in coordination with the Department of Health-X and the Local Government Unit of Villanueva, through its Municipal Health Office.
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Capalla, my first “chief” during my time with Davao Catholic Herald and DXGN 89.9 “Good News Radio” starting in 2001. The reason: 60th Anniversary Celebration of the Davao Catholic Herald. I had my column in this longest running Catholic newspaper in Asia. “Now Christmas can come!” Rossana’s favorite quotation, mostly expressed already in October after decorating the whole house and its surroundings, couldn’t get any Christmas feelings out of her. The fireworks and other loud noises made the Silent Holy Night appear anything but quiet. Well, once upon a time. As in many other Christian countries, Christmas is the most special time of the year in Germany. Though the most important ingredients of Christmas across the world are the same – festive cheer, family time and delicious food – each country has its own special way of celebrating this magical festival. You wish to know more about German Christmas traditions and rituals? Check it out next time and see the awesome differences between a Philippine and German Christmas. (To be continued) ‘Klaus Doring was born in Spenge, a little village near Bielefeld in North RhineWestphalia, former West Germany. A publishing house manager and journalist by profession, i.e. managing editor for law magazines in Berlin, New York and Amsterdam, radio and TV host.’
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BLUPRINT WEBINAR ON REDESIGNING SPACES
BluPrint, in-partnership with KONE, presents Redesigning Spaces, a live webinar event to be held on August 13 2021 at 2pm. There will be two recently very popular topics to be discussed by two exclusive industry experts. One is about“The Importance of Traffic Analysis and Space Planning In A Post Pandemic World” to be discussed by Architect Jojo Tolentino, Founder & CEO AIDEA while the second will be “How To Be Creative About Sustainability In Architecture and Design. Focusing On Green Architecture Design and Building” to be discussed by Architect Romolo Nati, Chairman & CEO of Italpinas Development
Corporation. Architect Nati is a thought leader and fierce advocate of green building and sustainability ever since he arrived in the Philippines in 2009. His multi-awarded developments in Cagayan de Oro as well as in Sto Tomas, Batangas, are testimony to the shifting sentiment of Filipinos towards green building and sustainable design. The use of passive green design features and solar panels are a trademark of Italpinas Development Corporation's mixed use buildings that have brought condo-living to a completely new level. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted our reality, including people’s faith in the places where they live and work. Today, many
organizations are evaluating space planning and people are reassessing the need for traditional office space, as employees working from home during the coronavirus pandemic was a resounding success. It has been a challenging time for designers, developers, office tenants, and building managers to bring solutions to putting more control in the hands of businesses as they consider the future of their physical workplace. The use of technology has increased especially to adapt to the new normal. Ideas like adding sensor technology to the concept planning can help organizations understand, in real-time, which areas have been occupied and need to remain unoccupied until they
are cleaned and sanitized. Thus, sensors can track evolving usage and utilization, monitor policy versus culture, and highlight hotspots. Navigating through the new world the global crisis has revealed, it's time we rethink spaces that transform towards adaptable experience, enriching innovation, flexibility, and sustainability. The event can be followed by registering on blueprint.onemanga.com. Bluprint is a publication of Oneomega which offers an allin-one access pass to exclusive content from a wide variety of lifestyle experts, thought leaders, influencers and leading content creators here in the Philippines and around the world.
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