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Digital Enablers

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 Designing Happiness
Designing Happiness

Because working from home is the way it’s going to be from now on, Ambet Mallari and his colleagues from HCX have fun doing home makeovers and look forward to telecommuting as the new norm

Newly “Mynted”
Newly “Mynted”

The Internet has been around for years, but the lockdown forced everyone to depend on it in a lot more ways. Martha Sazon of Gcash gives us front-row seats to the biggest shifts in consumer behavior: the surge of digital services, cashless transactions, and the wallet of the New World

Taking the Helm
Taking the Helm

As we continue to sail the rough waters of the COVID-19 crisis, HR leaders are challenged to help remote teams navigate through uncharted territory. Globe’s Ato Jiao explains how employee engagement and digital innovation are lifesavers 

 

Energy

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Pananagutan
Pananagutan

Thousands of #AyalaCitizens used the financial assistance from the company to help others. See the powerful ripple effect of compassion, from personal outreach efforts and company initiatives like Project Ugnayan and Project Pananagutan

Someone to Watch Over You
Someone to Watch Over You

While under quarantine, Vincent Villarino realizes that when you have family and caring co-workers, being isolated does not mean that you are alone 

To the Rescue
To the Rescue

Quarantined in an isolated wind farm, Arn Almeniana, a health and safety manager beats loneliness through his best friend Wardo

 

Financial Services

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Newly “Mynted”
Newly “Mynted”

The Internet has been around for years, but the lockdown forced everyone to depend on it in a lot more ways. Martha Sazon of Gcash gives us front-row seats to the biggest shifts in consumer behavior: the surge of digital services, cashless transactions, and the wallet of the New World

Throwing a Lifeline
Throwing a Lifeline

How the country’s biggest business leaders fed its poorest citizens during the lockdown—and it only took one phone call at a time. Bill Luz shares the story

Cash in a Flash
Cash in a Flash

In just 24 hours, around 72,000 Makati residents were given financial aid, without leaving home, through GCash accounts. Mynt Cluster Head Racquel Holazo tells the story of how they did it—from home, as well

 

Healthcare

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Put to the Test
Put to the Test

How Gaget Bengzon quickly changed hats, from being an AC Health mergers and acquisitions consultant to Ayala Group’s COVID-19 testing czar for employees

From North to South
From North to South

Ayala Business Club donates equipment to boost Davao’s COVID testing capacity to 1,000 a day

Breath of Life
Breath of Life

How two engineering ‘geeks’ took a groundbreaking design for a modified, cost-efficient, life-saving ventilator to fight COVID-19—and built it in the Philippines

 

Hotels & Resorts

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The Warmth of a Hug
The Warmth of a Hug

When both Seda employees and guests were locked down, the hotel became their home and they became each other’s family

 

Infrastructure

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Men at Work
Men at Work

When construction projects resumed after the lockdown, MDC set up safe living spaces to protect over ten thousand workers from the spread of the virus. Darwin Salipsip tells the story

Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride

As the LRT reopened, JP Gabriel and the Beep team raced to install contactless payment for safer, more convenient journeys 

For the Good of Our Country
For the Good of Our Country

The war against COVID-19 was fought on many fronts, with Ayala Citizens soldiering side by side with government leaders. Get inside the battle room with some of the people who led the way

 

Malls

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Project Restart
Project Restart

Ayala Malls pivots to meet the needs of shopping in the New Normal. Patty Coronel and Tin Yabao share what’s in the bag

Keeping Doors Open
Keeping Doors Open

COVID-19 can kill businesses, too. Ayala Malls’ Mark Sablan shares how the company supported merchants through a painful lockdown

Pochero for the Soul
Pochero for the Soul

Playing mother hen to a team of 30 engineers and security staff locked down in Glorietta malls, admin receptionist Eva Regilme knew just what to do to keep their spirits up

 

Manufacturing

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Sheltered
Sheltered

Carla Martinez and Adrian Alvero of Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc.’s hardworking Human Resources department went above and beyond their job descriptions to feed and house their workers—1,300 of them

Work It, Mom
Work It, Mom

During the lockdown, about 30,000 Ayala employees continued to work from home. It was safer, but not always easier. IMI training specialist Gaylirose Adame shares the challenges of her new workplace

 

Offices

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A Girl Scout’s Pledge
A Girl Scout’s Pledge

Through the Ayala Coop, thousands of employees were able to help frontliners, disadvantaged communities, and fellow employees

 

Residences

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Destination: Hope
Destination: Hope

The lockdown interrupted Leah Damalerio’s dream of travelling around the world, but her Abreeza experienced taught her that adventure isn’t always about where you go, but what you do

Kapitbahay
Kapitbahay

Property manager Gel Sipat and his team locked down with their Avida Towers Residents to create a safe, caring community where they all looked out for each other

Sanctuary
Sanctuary

Allaying our fears about the virus, Allan Ajero, operations manager of FamilyDoc, worked on creating a beautiful safe space for those waiting to hear of test results

 

Telecommunications

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The Best Reward
The Best Reward

People want to help, says Anne Calma, and Globe Rewards App made it as easy as opening an app and sharing points

Taking the Helm
Taking the Helm

As we continue to sail the rough waters of the COVID-19 crisis, HR leaders are challenged to help remote teams navigate through uncharted territory. Globe’s Ato Jiao explains how employee engagement and digital innovation are lifesavers 

Life Lessons
Life Lessons

The Globe eLibrary can help millions of teachers and students, and it also gives Richie Feria with a very personal (and powerful) lesson

 

Water

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A Shower of Grace
A Shower of Grace

The engineers who converted the World Trade Center into a COVID-19 facility faced dozens of challenges, but Someone had a Master Plan

  Looking After Our Own
Looking After Our Own

Ayala Group leaders linked arms to protect employees, partners, and the most vulnerable among us. JP Orbeta and Paolo Borromeo take us behind the scenes

Ready for Duty
Ready for Duty

The first time Nurse Ligaya Cardenas donned a PPE, she almost quit. The discomfort underlined the danger she had signed up for. Together with Dr. Mark Pasayan, she was among the first to respond to the needs of COVID-19 patients at Qualimed Sta Rosa

 

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