Education, Health & Science
SB Finance broadens healthcare lending to expand access
SB Finance is expanding its healthcare financing business with new lending products for doctors and a wider patient financing network, signaling a growing opportunity for consumer lenders as healthcare costs continue to rise.
ABI Pascual leads Laguna 100-day milk program
A stronger push to address child malnutrition is underway in ABI Pascual Foods, Inc., as it teams up with the National Dairy Authority, the Department of Education, and the Sta. Rosa local government to roll out a 100-day milk feeding program for public school learners.
Communities, PPPs seen powering UHC progress
Universal Health Care may be crafted in policy halls, but its success will ultimately be determined in barangays, clinics and communities where patients seek care every day.
Youth vaping rises in PH following policy changes, new study finds
New research from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at Johns Hopkins University reveals that vaping among Filipino young people has increased sharply since 2022, when national rules were relaxed to allow flavored e-cigarettes and lower the legal purchase age from 21 to 18 years old. Data from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute shows youth vaping rates rose from 7.5 percent in 2021 to nearly 40 percent in 2023.
PLDT, Smart back commitment to combat online child abuse
Leading telecommunications firm PLDT Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. have expressed full support to the Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO) in the national effort to end online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC).
