The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines records that 99.52% of all businesses in the Philippines is composed of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). MSMEs contributed to 63.19% of the country’s total employment in 2018. ARISE Philippines have aligned its programs to help the MSMEs in their recovery efforts during disasters...
Engr. Liza B. Silerio, Vice President of SM Prime Holdings Inc. is elected to the ARISE International Board. She is one of the seven (7) elected members out of twenty (20) nominees who will serve until July 2022. Ms. Silerio is the 2nd Filipino to hold the position following Mr. Hans T. Sy whose term...
I have been thinking, writing and talking a lot about good governance recently and how its absence can drive disaster risk. COVID-19 has driven home the understanding that without good disaster risk governance it is extremely difficult to manage any other underlying drivers of disaster risk. The most glaring example of this is the continued failure to...Continue reading
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ARISE – Philippines Local Network is slated on August 13, 2020. For the first time and due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the said AGM will be conducted online. The National Secretariat will give a report on the accomplishments of ARISE – Philippines. Member companies will also be briefed...