Takeda Philippines Recognised as an Investor in People

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Takeda Healthcare Philippines Inc (THPI), has been awarded the Investors in People silver accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to high performance through effective people management.

Investors in People is an international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve sustainable results. The Investors in People framework process reflects and takes into consideration workplace trends, essential skills and effective structures required to outperform in any industry. Investors in People allows organizations to benchmark against the best in the business on an international scale.

Gabriel Georgy, President & General Manager of Takeda Healthcare Philippines said, “We can say we have successfully laid the foundations to become a Best Employer in the Philippines. Our aim is to continue to strive for excellence in the work place while we help our people reach their full potential and achieve success in their careers.”

Paul Devoy, Head of Investors in People said, “Investors in People Philippines, and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Takeda Philippines. Our accreditation is the sign of a great employer, an outperforming work place and a clear commitment to success.”

Takeda Healthcare Philippines currently employs around 250 people, and has been operating since 2015. Takeda Healthcare Philippines also recently received certification from the Top Employer Institute.

Advocacy Group Encourages the Youth for their First HIV Test

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With 30 Filipinos being diagnosed with HIV every day, LoveYourself, Inc. will hold a free, fast and confidential HIV screening day for the Youth on 28 May 2017 (10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.) at Victoria Court, Malate dubbed as “Let's TestMNL.”

Let’s TestMNL specifically targets the Youth sector following the rate of HIV infection in this population, but nonetheless, all are invited, to register at this link: go.loveyourself.ph/testmnl to join the event.

“We are aggressive in bringing this free, fast and confidential HIV testing to the Youth because of their apparent vulnerability to the causes of the disease, and most importantly, only through testing that we can detect if one has the virus,” LoveYourself Executive Director Ronivin G. Pagtakhan underscored.

According to the latest Department of Health (DOH) data, there are 2,160 individuals aged 15-34 who have contracted the virus for the first January to March of this year alone.

Pagtakhan clarified, “Let’s TestMNL testing day is for all ages, but LoveYourself highly encourages college students and those in their early 20s to support the movement in knowing their HIV status for the first time, especially in a safe and welcoming space.”

Giving Back Through Community Outreach Programs with Meaningful Travels Ph

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“When we travel, we are ‘takers’. We take a lot of things with us – memories, learning, photos and souvenirs. But isn’t it time for us to truly give back?” 

By the time you are reading this, the Wazzup Pilipinas team is on their way to the Mountain Province, specifically Maligcong and Mainit in Bontoc, for a community outreach program cum travel organized by Meaningful Travels Ph.

We met the main organizer at an event where she was one of the speakers., and we got so interested in what she was doing that we approached her personally to tell her that we want to write about her and Meaningful Travels Ph.

She was not able to get back to me that very moment as she was about to join a mini-contest on stage as one of the activities for the event of the Australian Embassy, but we received a text message from her later that day to ask us how we are going to go about it.

Now, that led to finally joining their trip, together with our best partner photographer, who was also eager to join the exploration to two communities.

Meaningful Travels Ph is appropriately named to depict how the organizers make it a very "meaningful" travel. When most travellers will just go to a site to take selfies, photos, videos, and some souvenirs, Meaningful Travels Ph aims to give back.