Metro Manila and its four adjacent provinces also known as the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus will remain under the “general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions” classification from Aug. 1 to 15 and Iloilo province and three cities outside Luzon will still be under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until Aug. 7, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced early Thursday morning. According to him, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the quarantine classifications recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for August. Iloilo province, Iloilo City, Cagayan de Oro City, and Gingoog — all of which have been under ECQ, the strictest classification, since July 16 — will retain their status until Aug. 7. Meanwhile, the following areas will be placed under a looser modified ECQ (MECQ) from Aug. 1 to 15: Ilocos Norte Bataan Lapu-Lapu City Mandaue City Metro Manila, also known as the NCR, will retain its GCQ with heightened restrictions status while Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan, and Rizal will be upgraded to the same status. Other areas under GCQ with heightened restrictions are: Ilocos Sur Cagayan Lucena City Naga City Antique Aklan Bacolod City Capiz Negros Oriental Zamboanga del Sur Misamis Oriental Davao City Davao del Norte Davao de Oro Davao Occidental Butuan City The following areas will be under GCQ for the whole of August: Baguio City Apayao Santiago City Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Quirino Quezon Batangas Puerto Princesa Guimaras Negros Occidental Zamboanga Sibugay Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Norte Davao Oriental Davao del Sur General Santos City Sultan Kudarat Sarangani North Cotabato South Cotabato Agusan del Norte Surigao del Norte Agusan del Sur Dinagat Islands Surigao del Sur Cotabato City Roque said all other areas not mentioned would be placed under the most permissive modified GCQ from Aug. 1 to 31. He added that the quarantine classifications would still be subject to the appeals of local government units. Metro Manila mayors have been seeking a stricter quarantine classification in light of the looming spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 variant, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Benhur Abalos said Wednesday. He added local chief executives expressed readiness if ever Metro Manila would be placed under the most restrictive ECQ, provided that the national government would have funds for financial aid. With the National Capital Region maintaining its GCQ status, various businesses that has been allowed to open shall remain unaffected and business continues as usual. Source/Credits: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1466143/ncr-plus-to-be-under-gcq-with-heightened-restrictions-starting-aug-1-15-iloilo-province-retain-ecq-status-until-aug-7#ixzz721qfqlkz
Philippines got its first Olympic Gold after 97 years!
The Philippines got its first Olympic gold from the time it started participating in the games back in 1924 with the Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz earning the nation’s first-ever gold medal, ending the Philippines’ 97-year gold-less streak. Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Weightlifting – Women’s 55kg – Group A – Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines celebrates after a lift. source/credits: Reuters/Edgard Garrido The feat not only garnered praise from the Philippines president but also 33 million pesos (roughly $660,000), a house, and more from the government, according to Bloomberg. Diaz dominated the women’s weightlifting 121 pounds at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. She finished by lifting an Olympic record of 280 pounds. After the Olympics, Diaz will be enjoying a new house and a luxury condo gifted by a local billionaire. The house and lot is in Tagaytay courtesy of Philippine Olympic president Abraham Tolentino, and the $280,000 condo is in Eastwood City courtesy of Chinese Filipino billionaire Andrew Lim Tan, according to a press release. Thank you Hidilyn! – TRU29
Private Employers in the Philippines Commitment to Produce a Million New Jobs by December
Even as the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation ramps up, the Philippines is only likely to achieve herd immunity by 2023 due to the country’s relatively slow vaccination pace, said UK-based think tank Pantheon Macroeconomics. As of June 21, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Philippines has administered eight million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine – translating to 1.9% of the population now fully vaccinated. It’s a long way from the earlier projection of inoculating 70 million people by the end of the year. However, this week, the Philippines signed a supply agreement of 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – its biggest vaccine procurement to date. The country has now secured the delivery of 113 million doses overall, and Pfizer deliveries are expected to begin in late September. Despite the slow progress, economic pundits are expecting the economy to be fully reopened and back to strength soon. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III admits that the Philippines “may be behind” other neighboring economies. However, he said, “the country’s recovery will be stronger on the back of its sound economic fundamentals.” Private employers have collectively pledged to create one million jobs over the next six months – focusing on the outsourcing, electronics, construction, and tourism industries.
Another Partnership Blooms – Geely Philippines and TRU29
The automotive industry in the Philippines has always been privy and chose to do most of its business processes in-house. Nowadays with a lot of advancements in technology and years of successful outsourcing experience from other big businesses, the automotive industry has started to explore outsourcing as part of its business strategy. A primary consideration of utilizing outsourcing as a key factor of an automotive company’s business strategy is the value it brings which allows the automotive firm to focus on its core business – that is to create better automotive units and sell more. This is what Geely Philippines has just realized and has taken the step forward to leverage on outsourcing. With more than half a year of bidding processes, proposals, vendor selection, fine-tuning service levels, and how operations will be running… finally Geely Philippines has finalized an agreement with TRU29 Solutions Inc. to be its outsourcing partner moving forward. Being the first Automotive Firm in the Philippines that has embraced outsourcing, Geely Philippines has once again broken another record in the local automotive industry! Geely Auto should look to global trends but our cars should also have a hint of where the company originates from. Geely Philippines has made a celebrated come back into the country through Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP). Along with its comeback comes a product line, which is solely populated by the Geely Coolray subcompact crossover for now. One of China’s most successful automotive firms, Geely has been around since 1986. But back then, Geely was a refrigerator maker. Founded by Mr. Li Shufu, with financial help from his father, he forged Geely into its current status as a manufacturer of quality and inexpensive cars, targeted to the Chinese masses. As a politically independent automotive manufacturing privateer, Geely remained as the only automotive firm in China that has no ties with the country’s state government, allowing it to grow more rapidly on a global scale. The ‘90s saw its success as a motorcycle and small van manufacturer, and in 1998, it was finally granted approval by the state government to manufacture and develop a competitive line of automobiles. Global expansion was its next mission, and sure enough, after making ties with Volvo in Europe, its closest Asian neighbor was one of its first destinations. In the Philippines, Geely entered in 2011 when Geely automobiles were distributed and almost instantaneously managed to gain a stable stepping stone into the highly competitive Philippine automotive industry. The company left the shores midway through the decade, unfortunately, but now has returned under new distributorship and more premium automakers under its belt. Geely Philippines, under Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP), currently has the 3 New Car Models in the Phillippines with one of them being cited as the Number 1 Cross Over SUV in the local market. Check out these 3 car models below: 3 Geely New Car Models in the Philippines Geely Coolray Geely Azkarra Geely Okavango Sojitz G Auto Philippines is the new member of the growing family of the Sojitz Corporation which has been active in the Philippine Auto Industry since the 1960s. The company commands local distributorships such as Fuso Trucks under Sojitz Fuso Philippines Corporation and a number of distributorships worldwide.
TRU29 and SOS Plus inks strategic partnership deal
In the ever-increasing competition in the Business Process Outsourcing industry, mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships are always a constant activity to stay ahead of the game. Strategic partnerships have been used as a business approach for various reasons such as improving customer experience, utilizing the resources of one another for mutual benefit, complimenting each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and so on. TRU29 also realizes the value of such partnerships as it proudly announces its new strategic partnership with Sourced Out Solutions Plus (SOS Plus). In this strategic partnership, both parties have agreed on complimenting each other by focusing on each other’s strength which translates to (Sourced Out Solutions Plus) SOS Plus’s being able to focus more on its core strength in the realm of business development and finance while TRU29 focusing more on Operations Management, Infrastructure, Admin & HR, and other related items to ensure an above satisfaction for all their clients. Overall, this partnership is forecasted to increase the revenue of TRU29 from its current annual revenue of USD 2M to double by this year’s end and vice versa (or even more) for SOSPlus. Photo above: (left) Bien dela Paz TRU29’s Operations Department Head, and (right) Chip Mariano SOS Plus’s COO With this partnership in place, all stakeholders on both sides are assured of a better and more efficient world-class outsourcing solution. If you have any queries or need then please do not hesitate to contact us.
