Even as Bago City reeled from the effects of Typhoon Verbena, one thing remained unmistakably present: the quiet determination to serve. Against the backdrop of challenging weather and logistical hurdles, the AMA Education System (AMAES) pressed on with its commitment to community healthcare, joining the second leg of the nationwide Lab for All initiative in Negros Occidental. The medical mission, held in Bago City, reached more than 1,500 residents—many from vulnerable and underserved sectors—who lined up not just for treatment, but for reassurance and care. At the heart of the effort was the AMA School of Medicine, working alongside medical volunteers from AMA Computer College Bacolod. Physicians and medical students provided free consultations, basic diagnostic services, and immediate medical guidance—small yet crucial interventions that emphasized early detection and preventive care at a time when access to health services was especially limited. The a...
GR Machines deployed in SM Malls nationwide set to make recycling easy, fun, and rewarding Your empty PET bottles have somewhere better to go than landfills—and SM is taking them there. Through the newly-deployed Green Recycling Machines (GR Machines), SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) uses the nationwide reach of SM Supermalls to make sustainable action easy, accessible, and rewarding for mallgoers all over the country. "The GR Machines enrich the SM Group's existing waste management efforts under the SM Green Movement," said SM Supermalls President, Steven Tan. "Through the deployment of these machines, we hope to collaborate with our customers in caring for the environment by helping recycle PET bottles whenever they enter their most loved SM Supermalls." Each GR Machine can be operated with ease by any user and can accept PET bottles up to two liters. Together, the GR Machines nationwide can collectively hold up to 5,000 bottles in one collection cycle wh...