2 February 2021
As part of continuing activities in the run-up to the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26), the British Embassy Manila in partnership with Eco Business hosted the high-level virtual event ‘Leaders or Laggards: Corporate leadership in low-carbon post-pandemic recovery’. It brought together policy makers, business leaders, industry representatives, chambers of commerce, and climate advocates including youth and media in an interactive dialogue on one of the most important challenges of our age.
Deputy Head of Mission Alastair Totty said:
As countries are slowly emerging from the pandemic, the global low carbon transition is inevitable and accelerating. Now is the time for businesses and companies to aggressively be part of the conversation and contribute concrete actions.
Published January 21, 2021, 1:07 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Medical services received a boost after Germany and the United Kingdom donated COVID-19 equipment and medical vehicles to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Ministry of Health (MOH) last Wednesday.
OIC Health Minister Dr. Ameril Usman (left), IOM sub-office head Hwakyun Kim (center), and Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Zul Qarneyn Abas, show the signed donation acceptance documents on Wednesday, Jan 20. (Nonoy Lacson / MANILA BULLETIN)
MOH officer-in-charge Health Minister Dr. Ameril Usman said the donation was an act of moral governance as they help the BARMM uplift the lives of the Bangsamoro.
Usman said the German government donated 35 solar generators, three land ambulances, and one sea ambulance while the British government donated three units of biosafety refrigerators and three cold chain vehicles through the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) “prepare, prevent, and protect”