The 2016 Customer Love Fest will come in just three days, and to give you a sneak peek at this year's event, we would like to share to you a few words that can sum this up:

• Personal Image. How personal image can affect Customer Loyalty and Rewards?
• Implementation. What are the best practices in Customer Loyalty and Rewards?
• Competition. Check your Customer Loyalty and Rewards program to see if it still stands out
• Transformation. What are the benefits of Customer Loyalty, Rewards and Engagement programs for your business? 
• Age of Customer. How do you keep up in today's age where Customer Loyalty and Rewards are much valuable as ever? 
• Customer Expectations. What do you need to know about Customer Expectations and how it should bring up your company's next program?

Pag-IBIG Fund successfully maintained its ISO 9001:2008 certification for Membership Registration Process in 17 NCR branches. These branches passed the Surveillance Audit conducted by TUV-SUD PSB Philippines last August 18-26, 2016.

“TUV SUD, one of the world’s leading technical service organizations, informed us that our 17 branches in the NCR remain to be ISO-compliant. These are: Antipolo in Rizal; Ayala, Buendia I, Buendia II, and Guadalupe in Makati; Binondo and Manila in Manila; Caloocan; Commonwealth, Cubao, Kamias, and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City; Imus in Cavite; Muntinlupa; Ortigas in Pasig; Pasay; and SM Aura in Taguig,” said Vice President for Management Services Group and Head of the ISO Compliance Team, Voltaire M. dela Rosa.

Last December 2014, TUV SUD granted Pag-IBIG Fund an ISO 9001:2008 certification for the second time. The certification falls under the Advocacy and Capability Building Component of the Government Quality Management Program.  This component is expected to promote awareness, generate support, harness resources, and develop organizational capabilities in establishing, implementing, and continuing improvement of quality management system in public sector organizations.

The German firm’s Philippine office reviewed Pag-IBIG’s membership registration processes and found it to be worthy of the world-class certification. The ISO certification further boosts the agency’s credibility and adds value to its services. The firm gave Pag-IBIG Fund its second ISO certification that now covers all 17 NCR branches to date. This was maintained in December 2015.

Pag-IBIG Fund is the first key shelter agency in the Philippines to receive such certification in December 2011.  The agency earned the certification at a record time of three months and 19 days at that time.

This is a news release from the Pag-IBIG Fund.

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The officers and members of the Rotary Club of Mutya ng Pasig gathered as they commence its 17th Induction and Handover Ceremonies at Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasig City last September 30. Among the guests of honor are Past District Governors Marilou Co and Tony Co, and All-Star District Governor Lorenzito "Jojo" Lorenzo with spouse Rowena.

Rotarians Renee Ann Rabulan, Marivic Leaño, Dr. Emehly Sevilla-Castillo and Jay Paul Agonoy are the new members that have been officially inducted to the Club as witnessed by Assistant Governor Dennis Umaly and DG Lorenzo.

Capping off the ceremony is the handover of duties and responsibilities from WCP Marian Claudette Tan to ASP Mitch Ballesteros, followed by the launch of the 100 Honors for Goodness Awards with painter and lupus survivor Nice So as its first awardee.

• Markets. Match your brand to your ever-changing market. If you are targeting the youth, you need to pep up your brand.
• Age. If you are a hundred-year old company, chances are you constantly refresh your logos or branding to fit every generation. If your company has stayed in business for more or less than a decade, you need to see if your brand is appealing enough to  This is a never-ending process as long as your brand 
• Elements. Before every company had a great logo, they had a dozen of rejected logo concepts. Think about the shapes, the color, the typography, and the meaning of each of it.
• Culture. Your company's culture also tells the kind of brand you want to show to your potential clients. If you are a brand that promotes its employees' well-being, you got to learn the work-play-live philosophy that is common in today's millennials. A company's culture is reflected by even just one employee working in your company.

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The multi-awarded chorale was also chosen as the Best Regional Entry from the National Capital Region. Its musical director, Mr. Anthony Villanueva, also received the special award for Best Conductor.

The Pag-IBIG Fund Chorale had its beginnings in the early 1990s to initially sing at Fund Coordinators’ Club meetings and other corporate occasions. It was then formally organized in September 2005. The group has become Pag-IBIG’s ambassador, performing in events of other companies, both public and private. It has joined and won in various singing competitions within and outside the country.

The Chorale supported Pag-IBIG Fund’s quest for excellence, proving that Pag-IBIG Fund employees are not only capable of providing exceptional service to the members, but also dazzle in arts and culture, particularly music.

Other winners were Tagum City Chamber Choral (Grand Champion), Bayugan City Educators Chorale (2nd), and Pangasinan Provincial Chorale (4th).

At the 8th Grand Prix Pattaya International Choir Festival in Thailand last year, the Pag-IBIG Fund Chorale won Gold Medals in Folklore A Capella, and in Spiritual, Gospel, and Jazz; and a Silver Medal in the Adult Mixed Category. It was also the 2014 Grand Champion at the Civil Service Commission’s Government Choral Competition.

The group made its public debut at the “Liwliwa: Konsierto ng mga Bayani” held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. It also participated in various music festivals including the Madz Et Al Choral Festival from 2007 to 2011 and in Maestro Ryan Cayabyab’s Thousand-Voice Choir Project. It has also guested in several TV shows and has spearheaded several outreach activities.

This is a news release from the Pag-IBIG Fund.

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See Pag-IBIG Fund at the 2016 Customer Love Fest, which will be held at the New World Makati Hotel this October 20-21, 2016. Reserve your seats by calling 633-0153, 643-3887, 0920-981-4376 or email info@exlinkevents.com.

Business owners, imagine this: You or your employees are using Grab for your work tasks (some of you might even ask them to use it), like going to a specific place for meetings, delivery of goods, so on and so forth. Chances are, your employees are required to submit their proof of their ride to be submitted to your company's HR department.

With this in mind, Grab wanted to remove the hassle of documenting every trip your employees take, and thus they offer their Grab for Work service.

• Save time by reducing paperwork - Grab for Work integrates to your HR so your employees won't think of sending receipts to HR; instead, it will be automatically sent to HR itself. Less hassle, less worries!
• Full flexibility with multiple payment options - Credit cards, debit cards, cash or even through a monthly direct billing plan, Grab for Work works with these payment options.
• Increase savings with affordable rides - Grab's competitive prices with their transparent fixed fare guarantee, will maximize your company's cost savings.
• Stay in control for better cost management - You can set your company's transportation fare limits

Considering these benefits that we mentioned, you know you want to get a grasp of Grab for Work. For more information, go to https://www.grab.com/ph/work/.

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Grab for Work is among the sponsors of the 2016 Customer Love Fest happening at the New World Makati Hotel this October 20-21, Thursday and Friday. Learn from local and international speakers how to step up your loyalty, brand and marketing approaches for the customers of now.

The Customer Love Fest is produced and organized by Ex-Link Events. For more information, call 633-0153 or 633-0088, SMS 0920-981-4376, 0920-924-2532 or email info@exlinkevents.com. 

Pag-IBIG Fund's successful partnerships with collection agencies and a tele-collection firm generated to date an additional collection of P16.5 Billion for the Fund since it tapped their services in 2013.

In a statement, Ms. Marilene C. Acosta, Pag-IBIG Fund Senior Vice President for Home Lending Operations Sector, said that the collection agencies collected P11.26 Billion while the tele-collection firm collected another P5.23 Billion, both from housing loan accounts.

"From January to August this year alone, we have already collected housing loan payments worth P5.11 Billion because of these partnerships, or P2.21 Billion from collection agencies and P2.90 from our tele-collection service partner," Ms. Acosta said.

Pag-IBIG records showed that the collection agencies started its services for the Fund in 2013 while it was just in 2015 that the tele-collection outsourcing began.

Pag-IBIG reaped several benefits from the partnerships according to Ms. Acosta.

"On top of the additional collections, Pag-IBIG also saved on administrative cost, including salaries and logistics, by about P50 Million a year. We also put at P1.57 Billion yearly our savings on loan loss provisioning," said Ms. Acosta.

"These partnerships also contributed to the increase of the Fund's performing loans ratio, which now stands at 91%, net of impairment allowance. This means that out of 10 housing loan borrowers, 9 are paying," explained Mr. Benjamin R. Felix, Jr., Pag-IBIG Vice President for Loans Remediation Group. He added that Pag-IBIG tapped the expertise of these collection firms to help them collect from housing loans accounts that are already past due.

Mr. Felix also emphasized that the objective of the partnerships is not merely for the benefit of the Fund but to help delinquent Pag-IBIG members as well.

"Since we tapped the services of the collection agencies, we have helped 210,650 housing loan borrowers save their properties by offering them settlement options acceptable both to the Fund and the borrower," Mr. Felix said.

This is a news release from the Pag-IBIG Fund.

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See Pag-IBIG Fund at the 2016 Customer Love Fest, which will be held at the New World Makati Hotel this October 20-21, 2016. Reserve your seats by calling 633-0153, 643-3887, 0920-981-4376 or email info@exlinkevents.com.

The first Business Development Forum was successfully held at the PSE Auditorium of the Tektite Tower in Ortigas Center last Friday, September 30. Delegates from the entrepreneur and the academe sectors spared a few hours to listen to the event's resource speakers.


The Forum kicked off with ActionCoach Philippines General Manager Mr. Roberto Dimayuga sharing the benefits of Business Coaching, followed by RBG Philippines CEO Mr. Raymond Lim sharing proven approaches in improving the human capital while sharing bits and pieces of how marketing works.


Guests of the Forum were in for a surprise as the brand healer Mr. Willy Arcilla did not only shared his findings on the ASEAN Economic Integration, but also his thoughts on Marketing, Leadership, Education and even the meaning of names!


Rotary Club of Mutya ng Pasig All-Star President and Ex-Link Events CEO Ms. Michelle Ballesteros mentioned that there are plans to being the Business Development Forum to different places around the metro.


The Business Development Forum is organized by the Rotary Club of Mutya ng Pasig, and will not be possible without the support of Ex-Link Events, People Management Association of the Philippines, Pasig City Business Center, Rotary Club of Pasig, Ka-Entrep Micro and Small Entrepreneurs' Organization of the Philippines, Landbank of the Philippines, Citibank, RBG Philippines, Avanza, Passkit, Island Cove, Golden Phoenix Hotel Manila, Jade Pacific Residences, Caliraya Resort Club, Malaya Business Insight and The Manila Times.

For more information on Rotary Club of Mutya ng Pasig, contact 0920 924 2532 or email info.rotarymutya@gmail.com. For more information on Ex-Link Events, call 633-0153, 543-3887 or email info@exlinkevents.com.

The Pag-IBIG Fund took one extra step to help its members in the Batanes area, which was recently hit by typhoon Ferdie.  In coordination with the local government of Batanes, a roving team from the Pag-IBIG Tuguegarao Office was deployed to the province to accept applications for Calamity Loan from qualified members and to facilitate their processing. The team also assisted the members with housing loans in the documentation and filing of claims for Allied Peril Insurance.

“We know that it would be difficult for them to come to Tuguegarao to file their Calamity Loan applications and claim for Allied peril insurance. So we went to them instead,” says Ophelia dela Cerna, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Member Services Cluster.

“We hope that the proceeds of their Calamity loans can help them in repairing their homes destroyed by typhoon Ferdie, even provide them with a start-up capital for a small business, or for their medical needs,” Ms. dela Cerna continues.

To date, the roving team has already received  some  165 applications for Calamity Loan. Still they continue  to go around the different Local Government Units in the province to collect more Calamity Loan applications earlier distributed to members.  There are 1,984 active Pag-IBIG members in Batanes.

Meanwhile, appraisers from  Pag-IBIG Tuguegarao have inspected all 38 units covered by Pag-IBIG housing loans finding no major damages. The appraiser’s inspection report is required in filing claims for Allied Perils Insurance. Affected members can also apply for the End-User Home Financing Program for major home repairs.

The Pag-IBIG Calamity Loan is offered to active members who are residing in areas placed under a state of calamity. They can borrow up to 80% of their total savings with Pag-IBIG, payable in two years through salary deduction, with a grace period of three months. Interest rate is a low 5.95% per annum.  Members can still apply for the Calamity Loan even if he has an outstanding Multi-Purpose Loan or Calamity Loan. In no case, however, will the aggregate loans exceed 80% of the borrower’s Total Accumulated Value (TAV).

From January to August 2016, Pag-IBIG Fund has approved  96,051 calamity loan applications and has disbursed more than PhP 1.26  Billion.  (JRS/Faye/JRS/mtv/JRS)

This is a news release from the Pag-IBIG Fund.

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See Pag-IBIG Fund at the 2016 Customer Love Fest, which will be held at the New World Makati Hotel this October 20-21, 2016. Reserve your seats by calling 633-0153, 643-3887, 0920-981-4376 or email info@exlinkevents.com.

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