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TheThe 2nd2nd LopezLopez GroupGroup BasketballBasketball TournamentTournament tipstips offoff atat thethe MeralcoMeralco GymGym onon Oct.Oct. 5,5, 2007.2007. See p.10 for details FSCI: Making waves with Six Sigma FIRST Sumiden Circuits Inc. (FSCI) figures But one of the most interesting facts about network afforded by its partnership with in the life of just about every Filipino with a FSCI is that it is the first company in the Sumitomo to make inroads into the FPC market. cellphone, a personal digital assistant, camera, to manufacture FPCs, following As a result, in only 11 years, the young CD player, printer, fax machine and the Lopez Group chairman Oscar M. Lopez’s company has been able to rack up some like—although they probably don’t realize it. push for the group to go into manufacturing as impressive numbers and achievements of its A primer on Epira...p.2 Lest anyone start thinking “,” one of its core businesses. The Lopez Group own, with a roster of clients that includes FSCI is actually in the business of manufacturing through FPHC thus entered into a joint venture some pretty big names: Fujitsu, Sanyo, Sony, flexible printed circuits (FPCs), the “thin agreement with SEI and Sumitomo in 1996. Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba Matsushita and lightweight wiring components with “That’s why First Philippine Electric Display, Nintendo and Nokia, among others. electronic circuits printed on flexible substrate” Corp. (Philec), the holding company, was The FSCI president, who had worked in found in consumer electronic products. established,” says FSCI president Dan Silicon Valley, California for almost two decades A check of the FSCI website yields the Lachica. “First Philec currently has two before moving back to the country 11 years ago, AFI’s new HQ will be following facts and figures: incorporated divisions, the electrical division and the concedes that the FPC business is extremely on March 7, 1996; occupies 14,000 square electronics. The electrical division houses competitive, with companies fending off the meters of the Light Industry and Science Philec, First Electro Dynamics Corp. (Fedcor) challenges of “price erosion, low margins, and environment Park I (LISP I) in Cabuyao, Laguna; and and First Philippine Power Systems (FPPS).” extreme quality and delivery requirements.” 40% owned by First Philippine Holdings Competing in Japanese-dominated field On the ball friendly... p.8 Corp. (FPHC), 51% by Sumitomo Electric FSCI, as First Philec’s electronics “You really have to be on the ball in Industries Inc. and 9% by Sumitomo Corp. manufacturing arm, is competing in a terms of productivity and yield improvement Also, 80% of the workforce is composed of Japanese-dominated field, but has leveraged activities,” he notes. “We try to be selective women, making it one of the few female- on a combination of sound business practices, with our margins. However, to increase dominated companies in the Lopez Group. technology transfer and the sales and marketing market share we sometimes bite the bullet Turn to page 6

An operator at work in First Sumiden Circuits Inc.’s Surface Mount Technology Line. FSCI has generated $3.2 million worth of savings and garnered local and international awards as the Lopez Group Six Sigma pioneer.

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lopezlink Oct 07.indd 1 10/3/07 9:07:58 AM  LopezLink May 2007 Pagbabago sa power industry dala ng Epira MARAHIL ay marami na kayong ng mga bagong planta at linya aabusuhin ang Epira? nabasa sa diyaryo o narinig sa ng kuryente. Una, sa ilalim ng open radyo ukol sa Epira. At meron Ano ang mga layunin ng Epira? access, makakapili ang mga ding bumabatikos sa Lopez Una ay repormahin ang consumers kung alin ang service Group dahil sa pag-suporta nito industriya ng kuryente upang provider na bagay sa kanilang sa mga reporma at pagbabagong magkaroon ng competition pangangailangan. dulot ng Epira. Intindihin natin sa produksyon ng kuryente at Pangalawa, hanggang 50% ang isyung ito. makapamili ng sariling supplier lamang ng power demand Ang Electric Power Industry ang mga consumer. ang pwedeng bilhin ng isang Reform Act o Epira na naging Pangalawa ay isa-pribado distribution utility o DU sa batas noong 2001 ay naglalatag ng ang mga pag-aaring assets ng affiliate o sister company nito. mga pagbabago sa industriya ng Napocor at mga kontrata nito Pangatlo, hanggang 30% kuryente sa Pilipinas. Kinikilala sa IPPs (independent power lamang ng mga planta ng sa batas ang paghihiwalay ng mga producers) upang maging patas kuryente sa isang grid ang bahagi ng industriya ng kuryente ang competition sa industriya. maaaring hawakan ng isang sa generation, transmission at Kung hindi isasa-pribado power generation company o distribution sectors. Minamando ang mga assets ng Napocor, group of companies. nito ang pagsasapribado ng mga laging papabor sa monopolya Pang-apat, merong multa pag-aaring power generation assets ng Napocor ang pagtakbo ng at parusa para sa pag-abuso ng ng National Power Corporation industriya at hindi ma-e-engganyo kapangyarihan sa pamilihan ng (Napocor), at ang unbundling ng ang mga pribadong kumpanya na kuryente. Kasama sa kaparusahan na tumuloy sa commercial pagtaas o pagbaba ng kanyang pag-babalanse nito sa mga ay pagkakabilanggo para sa tariff rates upang lumitaw ang mamuhunan dito. production ang Shell-Malampaya electric bill. Ang wholesale pangangailangan ng mga sektor totoong halaga ng bawa’t serbisyo pangulo, chief executive officer, Bakit mataas pa rin ang presyo ng natural gas project. electricity spot market o WESM sa industriya mula generation, sa pagdadala ng kuryente sa mga chief operating officer at members Kung hindi naglakas-loob ay gumagana na. transmission, hanggang sa kuryente kahit merong Epira? of the board, at ang pagkokontrol tahanan at negosyo. Mula noong 2001, tumaas ang First Gas na pasukin ang Gayunpaman, dapat distribution. Kalahati pa lamang Bakit nagkaroon ng Epira? ng presyo, pagtatanggal ng industriya ng power generation, mabawasan ang market share ng ng mga pagbabago na minamando na ng halos 700% ang presyo ng lumalabag na interes at ang Ginawa ang Epira upang krudo na siyang nagpapatakbo ng higit na mataas ang presyo Napocor sa 30% cap ng batas. ng Epira ang nagaganap. mabago ang matagal nang pagsasauli ng anumang kinita ng kuryente ngayon dahil sa Sa ngayon, 92% ng bentahe sa Kailangan pang isa-pribado ang marami sa mga power plants. Mula mula sa pag-abuso ng posisyon sa nakagisnan na kalakaran sa 30% hanggang 60% ng presyo ng paggamit ng imported fuel, lalo WESM ay galing sa Napocor. transmission (Transco o National ilalim ng Epira. industriya ng kuryente tulad ng kuryente ay dahil sa fuel. Dahil sa na ng krudo. Bukod dito, dumaan Ang mga regulator (sa Energy Transmission Corporation) at ang mga sumusunod: mataas na konsumo ng Pilipinas Meron bang “sweetheart deal” sa pagitan sa public hearing at inaprubahan Regulatory Commission) ay 70% ng mga power generation a. Inefficiency ng government- ng krudo, mahihirapan tayong ng Meralco at First Gas? ng gobyerno, sa pamamagitan nagsisikap na balansehin at assets ng Napocor. Wala. Ang kontrata sa run enterprises. ibaba ang presyo ng kuryente. ng Energy Regulatory Board ang gawing patas ang environment. Dapat munang magawa ang pagitan ng Meralco at First Gas b. Palaki nang palaking Bukod dito, mataas ang buwis kontrata ng Meralco at First Gas. Bagama’t hindi pa naipatutupad mga inilatag na pagbabago ng ay nag-resulta sa mas mababang pagkakautang ng Napocor dahil o royalties na ipinapataw para Ano na ang nangyari simula nang lahat ng provisions nito, dahil sa batas para makita ang buong generation charges para sa mga sa pagbebenta ng kuryente ng sa mga indigenous fuel tulad ng nagkaroon ng Epira? Epira, nangunguna na ang Pilipinas epekto nito. Kumbaga sa prutas, customer ng Meralco. Nagsimula mas mababa sa halaga ng pag- natural gas at geothermal. Noong Na-unbundle na ang singil sa sa power reforms sa Asya. hilaw pa ito. Kapag hinog na ang lamang ang negosasyon sa produce nito. Nobyembre 2005, sa unang kuryente. Dahil sa unbundling, Dapat bang baguhin o amyendahan ang mga epekto ng Epira, doon pa pagitan ng Meralco at ng First c. Patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo pagkakataon, napatawan din ng nagkaroon ng transparency sa Epira? lamang malalaman kung matamis Gas sa imbitasyon ng Department ng kuryente. 12% value-added tax (VAT) ang singil at madali nang malaman Pinuri ng iba’t ibang bansa ito at kapakipakinabang. (Carla of Energy noong mid-1990s d. Kakulangan ng pondo ng pagbebenta ng kuryente. ng customer ang dahilan ng ang Epira dahil sa magandang Paras-Sison) gobyerno para sa pagpapatayo Paano tayo makakasiguro na hindi dahil sa kagustuhan ng gobyerno

Bayan Wireless Landline gives Eastwood texting holiday BUSINESSES are faced with a choice between Tunde Fafunwa. “With Bayan Wireless Call center agents like Neil dela Cruz mobile communications that are costly or Landline’s unlimited calling feature, they rushed to the BWL booth at City Walk landline communications that aren’t. can talk as much as they want.” after seeing the Bayan motorcade around (Bayan) Over an all-you-can-talk-and-eat Eastwood City. “A landline that fits in your ended this telephone tyranny with the latest breakfast at Somethin’ Fishy, Bayan pocket and lets you go on telebabad without technology in wireless landline phone representatives let the Eastwood City the guilt of overspending. What more can service called Bayan Wireless Landline corporate crowd sample one of the most you ask for?” Dela Cruz said. (BWL), which has all the savings of a notable feature of BWL—unlimited calling. The satisfied converts who went home regular landline in the subscriber’s choice of “We wanted to see which will run out with their own Bayan Wireless Landline handy mobile phone unit. first—the food or the things they can talk subscriptions proved that the Eastwood “We are giving Filipinos their voice about,” said Anne Aya-ay, Bayan marketing corporate crowd is ready to give their back,” said Bayan chief executive consultant head for corporate business. thumbs a texting holiday! (John Rojo) Residential users enjoyed reduced New Meralco Meralco rates in September THE generation charge reflected in the bills The systems loss for residential customers gone down since the automatic adjustment media campaign of Meralco customers in September was was down from 84.97 centavos/kWh in in generation and systems loss charges P4.6942 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), lower August to 76.87 centavos/kWh in September. was re-implemented in July 2007. With the by 60.36 centavos than the level in August. Commercial and industrial customers also additional reduction of 68.46 centavos/kWh begins Bills of residential users showed a total experienced a significant reduction in their in September, the cumulative reduction that reduction of 68.46 centavos/kWh because electricity bills. residential customers enjoyed for August and MERALCO recently launched its titled “Power” complemented by of another reduction of 8.1 centavos in the This followed as the cost of power from September stood at P1.11/kWh.” new campaign on service reliability print ads released on August 19; systems loss charge. the National Power Corporation (NPC) Cuna also allayed concerns that the ERC and delivery, a continuing program the ad will continue to be aired “The lifting of the suspension on the and the Wholesale Electric Spot Market allowed Meralco to raise rates by P6.23/kWh of its Corporate Image Committee. daily until October. adjustment mechanisms by the Energy (WESM), which supplied 52% of Meralco’s following an ERC ruling that WESM prices This brings the campaign to its A second TV ad, a 30-second Regulatory Commission (ERC) enabled energy requirements, registered declines. for September to October 2006 be settled at “pagpapahalaga” phase where version, began airing on September us to reflect the lower cost of supply to our The independent power producers (IPPs), market clearing prices. the company aims to communicate 2 over noontime and primetime customers,” said Meralco vice president for accounting for 48% of total energy purchased, “The ruling will impact on our WESM the value it gives to caring for its shows and cable TV channels. The corporate communication Elpi Cuna. still had the lowest average generation cost payments for those months and eventually customers, with reliability as a print ads will run for six weeks Significant reduction of P4.2681/kWh. on our rates to customers. The manner manifestation of this. in major newspapers. (Ritzi V. From the P5.2978/kWh level reflected in Automatic adjustment and timing of recovery will have to be Beginning the 2007 campaign Ronquillo) the August 2007 bills, the generation charge Cuna said: “This was the second month approved by the ERC,” Cuna said. (Meralco was a 45-second TV commercial for September 2007 stood at P4.6942/kWh. that generation and system loss charges have Corporate Communication)

lopezlink Oct 07.indd 2 10/3/07 9:08:02 AM LopezLink May 2007  New CCTV system promises peace of mind Audiences test ABS-CBN DTTV “FOR your peace of mind!” This is mouse and two 15-meter coaxial the slogan for the newest product cables with BNC connectors. Broadcast rollout starts January ‘08 of Advanced Telecommunications Having peace of mind always Incorporated (Adtel Inc.), the pays off. The iVIEW CCTV WHEN ABS-CBN began its test broadcasts Clear as crystal up until 2 a.m. one day because he wanted to iVIEW CCTV system for homes system can help give you that, a of its digital TV (DTTV) project in Added another: “One time, it started try out all the channels!” and businesses. The system may benefit being enjoyed by Adtel’s Pampanga and Bulacan in 2006 and the raining and the image didn’t even flicker. Free to air be your security sentry for your current institutional clients first half of 2007, seeing DTTV in action Back when we didn’t have a box, we had to All these benefits will be available to valued assets when you are away. such as North Tollways was exactly what it took to convince the go outside to fix the antenna because the the public when ABS-CBN starts its DTTV Or it may be the only means to Corp. (MNTC), the Philippine carefully-chosen sample pilot audiences to rain affected the reception so much. Now, broadcast rollout on January 2008. The quench your longing to be home Stock Exchange, First Philippine realize that going digital was the best thing the reception is clear as crystal.” DTTV signal will be free to air, without when you are abroad, as you watch Industrial Park (FPIP), Bayan to happen to free TV in a long time. They were also effusive about how any monthly subscription fees, and may be your loved ones live or through the Telecommunications, ABS-CBN The test audiences were first struck easy the set-top box (STB)—the electronic received by anyone with an STB, which will playback footage. Broadcasting Corp. and Benpres. by how clear their TV reception became. decoder that converted ABS-CBN’s digital be sold for less than P2,000. The iVIEW kit contains two Interested parties from the According to one homeowner, “it was like signals for their TVs—was to use. Interested in finding out when DTTV is colored dome cameras with power may watching an original DVD—it was so clear “We installed it on our TV, and in just a few coming to you? Call the ABS-CBN DTTV supply, digital video recorder in be given a discount. For more in terms of picture and color. The images minutes, we were able to get all the channels!” hotline at 411-0015 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., triplex system (playback, recording details, call 910-2727 or 635-0417 were so alive, even the neighbors came in said one viewer. “Now there’s something for Mondays to Fridays, or email digital@abs- and Ethernet), a 160-gigabyte hard or email [email protected]. and watched our TV with us!” everyone in the family—my husband stayed cbn.com. (Amy Mosura) disk drive, remote control and (Caren Raflores) New programs, channels in store for SkyCable subscribers in ’08 SkyCable is set to introduce new channels from First global deal for AXN Beyond will be delighted by the Disney Channel, while will no longer carry TV, , established international cable brands as well as SkyCable will be one of the first cable providers to SkyCable Gold subscribers will get another Jack TV, ETC, 2nd Avenue and Crime/Suspense by locally syndicated ones following an evaluation of carry AXN BEYOND by January 1, 2008. A spin-off educational children’s channel called KIDSCO. December 31, 2007. its programming mix. channel of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s AXN, AXN Channel for women “With these new international and local “These enhancements are based on BEYOND will spotlight more sci-fi, supernatural, Also coming soon will be a channel for women channels that carry exciting and new programs, ratings, consumer feedback and commercial paranormal and out-of-the-ordinary shows. called VELVET. Action, reality and comedy shows we hope to bring to our subscribers the best in considerations,” said Juno Chuidian, SkyCable SkyCable will also introduce FOXCRIME, a make for an irreverent mix of programming for entertainment,” Chuidian said. (Floyd Tena) VP for programming. “Our overall objective is 24-hour factual and fictional entertainment channel today’s males in ; SkyCable will also to strengthen our overall program mix to benefit dedicated to crime, investigation and mystery. carry a new sports channel called BALLS. our viewers.” By January 1, 2008, SkyCable Silver subscribers With the entry of these new channels, SkyCable

Bayan Wireless Landline gives Eastwood texting holiday Lopez Group economic briefing Number One Rockwell Pabor sa negosyo ang 2008 construction milestone MAGIGING pabor sa Pag-asang makasabay sa kanilang mga kapamilya sa pamumuhunan at negosyo ang Ipinayo ni Condon sa mga Pilipinas. Umabot na ng US$8.1 taong 2008. Pilipinong kumpanyang ibig bilyon ang mga remittance ng Ayon kay Tim Condon, chief makinabang sa paglakas ng OFWs mula Enero hanggang economist at pinuno ng research ekonomiya ng China na pasukin Hulyo 2007. para sa Asya ng ING Wholesale ang mga industriya na agro/forest- Nakapagdaragdag din ng Banking/Financial Markets sa based at sa textile o fashion dahil US$3 bilyon ang negosyo ng BPO Singapore, ang patuloy na pag- walang comparative advantage dito (business process outsourcing) akyat at pananagana ng China ang China. Maaari ring sumubok kasama na ang call centers, ay magdudulot ng maraming sa electrical at electronics subali’t back office operations tulad oportunidad upang bumuti ang asahan ang competition mula sa ng accounting, at information ekonomiya ng Pilipinas at mga mga kumpanyang Chinese. technology-related na business Residential users enjoyed reduced karatig-bansa sa Southeast Asia. Sinabi naman ni Joey tulad ng medical transcription. Tinatayang malalampasan Cuyegkeng, chief economist Dahil sa stable na economic ng China ang and strategist ng ING Bank sa environment, panahon na naman ngayong 2007 sa larangan ng Pilipinas, na malaki ang pag-asa para sa mga risky investments Meralco rates in September nominal gross domestic product ng Pilipinas na makasabay sa tulad ng stocks at real estate, (GDP), o ang halaga ng lahat pagbuti ng ekonomiya ng mundo. dagdag ni Condon. Inayunan ng mga produkto at serbisyo Ang pagsasaayos ng pamahalaan ito ni Cuyegkeng dahil nakikita na ginawa sa isang bansa sa sa fiscal program nito ay susi sa niyang pababa ang interest rates, panahong inaaral. pagbuti ng ekonomiyang lokal. na hindi pabor sa mga ibig mag- Dahil sa pag-arangkada Target ng pamahalaan ni impok at sa halip ay pabor sa mga ng teknolohiya sa China, lalo Pangulong Gloria Macapagal- ibig mangutang at mamuhunan sa pang tataas ang production Arroyo na ma-balanse ang budget mababang financing cost. Rockwell executives and consultants led by president Nestor J. Padilla mark a milestone in the construction nito ng makinarya at transport sa 2008; ibig sabihin ay tugma ang Forecast ng ING na mag- of Number One Rockwell. equipment, partikular ng office halaga ng koleksiyon sa paggastos average ang piso sa P45.50 per machinery, telecom equipment, at hindi na kailangang mangutang dollar ngayong 2007 at P46 per electrical machinery at road ng pamahalaan upang tustusan dollar sa 2008. Tinataya naman ng NUMBER One Rockwell at the gateway of 180-degree view, allowing them to catch the sun vehicles. Sa kabilang banda, ang serbisyong ibinibigay sa mga pamahalaan na tataas ang GDP sa Rockwell Center recently marked a milestone toward rise in the east and set in the west. This pioneering mababawasan ang paggawa mamamayan. 6.1% hanggang 6.8% sa 2008, ang completion. Rockwell Land Corporation (RLC) concept has significantly contributed to the sa China ng mga mabababang Piso, magiging stable inflation o ang pagtaas ng presyo executives and consultants gathered at the future site project’s sales of 81% only a year and nine months halagang produkto (low value- Magiging stable din ang ng mga bilihin sa 3% hanggang of the development for its first concrete pouring. after its launch. added) tulad ng textiles, clothing halaga ng piso dahil sa patuloy na 4%, at ang 91-day Treasury bill The new development’s complementing East Number One Rockwell is slated to be delivered at footwear na maaaring malipat pagdating ng remittance ng OFWs rate na basehan ng interest rates sa and West Towers will have the country’s first-of- in December 2010 for its East Tower, and in sa ibang bansa tulad ng Vietnam (overseas Filipino workers) para 4% hanggang 5% lamang. (Carla its-kind Z-type unit, which affords its residents a December 2011 for the West Tower. (Mau Silva) at Cambodia. Paras-Sison)

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HR COUNCIL Gerry Plana Raising the bar through IiP The third general assembly meeting of the HR excellence tools to improve organizational The companies shared the benefits they have Council on September 21, 2007 at the Meralco capabilities and the organization’s bottom achieved after embracing the IiP. They all agreed Lighthouse was a success. Gerry Plana, the line. that the certification is not a one-time activity. Investors in People (IiP) guru of the People This was further reinforced by the five IiP Rather, they said, continuous improvement in Management Association of the Philippines certified companies under the Lopez Group: culture, structure and behavior is a must to make (PMAP) was the main speaker. First Electro Dynamics Corporation (Fedcor), one’s company the employer of choice. Plana discussed how IiP could guide Philippine Electric Corporation (Philec), For more learning and sharing on how organizations wishing to improve their Asian Eye Institute (AEI), First Philippine you can transform your organization, the HR performance by managing and developing Industrial Corporation (FPIC) and Meralco Council will sponsor the 6th HR Summit on their people effectively. Plana also spoke Management and Leadership Development November 15, 2007. Details shall be released about how the IiP links with other business Center (MMLDC). soon. (Yiessa Borbon) PR CHALLENGE Motivating your audience to accept your ideas While many speeches (and written they overcome obstacles that stand in the supportive audience, there is no risk to A great deal of attention is paid to audience sometimes make judgments communication) are merely intended way of achieving their goal. Here are two immediately revealing the main point. crafting an effective opening (on any based not on the message itself but on to impart information, explain an issue important steps in developing a strategy. That is not the case when the audience message), but what about the rest of the their impressions of the speaker. Do not be or discuss a point of view, a persuasive Know what the goal is. Is it to is resistant or skeptical. In those instances, speech? The key to a persuasive speech is to sarcastic or arrogant, and do not demean the message is aimed at getting results. It change the audience’s opinion, to gain you might want to delay stating your sustain the audience’s attention by making views of the audience. is intended to influence an audience’s support for an idea or to move people position. Open with something the audience your ideas compelling. These techniques will make your thinking so that people comply with your to action? Be realistic about what you already believes, and apply that logic to the Here are a few tips: ideas sound impressive, will help make request or support your ideas. expect from the audience. position you are advocating. • Use concrete words. If you are trying the speech memorable and will lead the One of the most effective elements of Study the beliefs and attitudes of the Another way to open a speech to to move an audience, you need to connect audience to the conclusion you want persuasion is unrelated to the message: audience. Is the audience supportive, a resistant audience is to connect with with the people. Words from everyday them to reach. And that’s the hallmark of It’s whether or not the audience views the resistant or apathetic? Each takes a people by conveying sensitivity. Say that conversation tend to be more specific and a persuasive speech. (Ken O’Quinn, CW speaker as credible. Social psychologists different approach. Too often, a speaker you understand how people feel, perhaps more familiar. Bulletin September 2007) have found that people often pay more expresses her view of what is important because you once shared those same views • Explain what the impact could be on Ken O’Quinn is a professional writing attention to a speaker than to the message, and what she thinks is the right approach or because you would have if you faced the the audience. People often are persuaded coach and the author of “Perfect Phrases and will sometimes be persuaded based and simply expects the audience to same circumstances. to agree with you or to take action when for Business Letters.” He started Writing on the speaker’s looks, delivery or embrace her position. To persuade an What if the audience is not supportive they know what the implications of your With Clarity 12 years ago and now conducts personality. audience, the speech must be adapted to or opposed to the speaker’s point of view proposal are. onsite workshops and one-on-one coaching One quality people consider in the audience’s thinking. but is simply uninterested? In that case, • Present your appeal in a framework for Fortune 500 companies and global determining credibility is expertise. When listeners (or readers) are the speaker first needs to get people to that the reader can relate to. Your ideas need public relations firms. He has received the Does the person have knowledge and supportive or neutral about a topic, the recognize that there is a problem and that it to be within the realm of the listener’s life IABC “Recommended Speaker” designation experience? Is he or she a recognized speaker can open with an overview of needs attention. 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PR CALENDAR LAA CORNER Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) PRSP Gen. Membership Meeting ‘Bago ‘Yan Ah!’ shows what Lecture Series 6 October 17, 2007, 12 noon October 9, 2007, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. InterContinental Manila, Makati City InterContinental Manila, Makati City ‘public responsibility’ means By the ‘Bago ‘Yan Ah!’ Team THE “Bago ‘Yan Ah!” (BYA) globally competitive. It also IABC sets Phil. science radio program won improves and enhances their skills over three other entries in the and knowledge in various fields. Quill Awards area of public responsibility in The program was recognized the 2006 Lopez Achievement twice by the Kapisanan ng mga Award (LAA), while its host, Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) deadline DZMM station manager Angelo Alay sa Kabataan Awards in 2000 Palmones, was cited in the and 2002 as “Best Educational THE International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) individual category. Radio Show.” It was also a announced that the Philippine Quill Awards is now accepting “’BYA’ has been reaping recipient of the Anvil Award entries until October 22, 2007. awards and recognitions from of Merit in 2000 because of its The Philippine Quill Awards, renamed from the Gold Quill different institutions and excellent program content and Awards, is the country’s most prestigious and relevant award for government agencies, but innovative segments. Recently, business communicators, acknowledged as the communication winning the Lopez Achievement “BYA” was conferred the KBP industry benchmark for excellence and accomplishments. Award is the biggest victory,” Golden Dove Award and the “We moved the holding of the Philippine Quill Awards to give L-R: The ‘Bago ‘Yan Ah!’ team composed of Faith J. Zambrano, Eric Jon Palmones said. Catholic Mass Media Award Philippine entries more time to meet the early February deadline Po, Mariles Gonzales, Zen Dimalanta, Angelo Palmones, Izel Gonzales Now in “teleradyo,” “BYA” (CMMA) as “Best Educational of the international contest,” said Roni Tapia-Merk, IABC chapter and Dolly Alegado-Cruz with Eugenio Lopez III and Lopez Group is aired every Sunday at 4:30 Program for Radio.” president and CEO of MerkComm. chairman Oscar M. Lopez (4th and 5th from right). p.m. to 6 p.m. over DZMM 630 The formal awarding ceremony of the Philippine Quill Awards and SkyCable Channel 22. is set on November 14, 2007 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in research studies. Its segments Light and entertaining presentation Baldrige calendar Makati City. The entry fee is still P5,000, same as the last seven Addressing stakeholders’ needs address the needs of stakeholders To capture the listeners’ years’ fee. The program was launched of research and development interest, executive producer Category 4 Measurement, Analysis This year’s Quill Awards will have a third category, in 1996 when the ABS-CBN activities, such as students, Maria Eliza Gonzales strives to and KM Communication Creatives, in addition to the Communication Foundation Inc. (AFI), through teachers, professionals, farmers, present the topics in a light and October 10, 2007 Management and Communication Skills categories. managing director , fisherfolk and other audiences. entertaining manner, while host 4/F FPHC Boardroom The IABC is the leading resource for effective communications created a radio program that For 10 years now, the program Palmones discusses the topics in Category 7 Business Results practice. It provides products, services, activities and networking would disseminate relevant (with only two members in the layman’s terms and makes complex October 24, 2007 opportunities to help people and organizations achieve excellence information, particularly unit/team) has been collaborating technical concepts comprehensible to “BYA” listeners. Presenters: “First Day High” and in public relations, employee communication, marketing in science and technology with private and public agencies “” communication, public affairs and other forms of communication. (S&T), through a medium to provide listeners accurate and With the accurate and relevant 4/F FPHC Boardroom For more information on the Philippine Quill Awards, call most accessible to the common relevant materials. It has been a information presented in the Filipino—radio. learning process to achieve the program, listeners empower Interested participants may call the IABC Secretariat at 750-5667 or 810-1631 loc. 123, or email Bheng Relatado at tel. . 449- [email protected]. It presents topics on local program’s purpose of creating S&T themselves to become self- 6005 or 449-6035. technologies, discoveries and consciousness among Filipinos. sufficient, more productive and

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In the game, the studio Awards, for the fi rst time ever a Philippine network and news program The International Emmy Award for News went to BBC for its player must outlast a mob of 100 people from different fi elds of expertise by was recognized by more than 1,000 industry professionals. These Lebanon coverage. (K. Choa) answering a series of questions, each corresponding to a cash value; members of the mob who answer incorrectly get eliminated. But if the studio contestant answers incorrectly, the remaining members of the mob will split the prize and play in the next round. The studio player has three chances to ask for Yeng, Itchyworms sing 101.9 For Life’s new jingle help from the mobs when in doubt of his answer. At the end of each IT was a dream come true for “Pinoy that basically talks about the listeners’ Mall and on Oct. 13 at the Oreta Sports round, the player may pick the pot Dream Academy” Grand Star Dreamer everyday lives. Complex in Malabon. It will be a night money or face the mob for a shot at when she collaborated “I’m sure the audience will relate to it of fun, laughter and good music with the the P2 million-peso jackpot. Watch with Itchyworms for 101.9 For Life’s with its message and appreciate its modern country’s top bands, such as Sugarfree, “1 vs. 100” every Saturday at 7:30 new jingle in celebration of the station’s band beat as well,” Constantino added. Cueshe, Spongcola, 6 Cycle Mind, Calla p.m. on ABS-CBN. (Kane Choa) 11th anniversary. Aside from the new jingle, there will Lily, Bloomfi elds, Itchyworms, Imago, “They are one of the bands that I really also be a series of concerts called “Halakhak Hale and Moonstar, together with premier look up to, so it was such an honor for and Roll” as part of the station’s month-long standup comedians Chocoleit, Vice Ganda me,” said Constantino. anniversary celebration, “Bespren@11!” and Martin D Icon. ‘Kabarkada: Break the Bank!’ With music made by Raimund Marasigan The 101.9 For Life DJs, now called Listen to 101.9 For Life’s on-air contests “Kabarkada: Break the Bank!” on offers a chance to win up to of the band Sandwich, Constantino and “Besprens,” will party with loyal listeners for a chance to win and be part of the P100,000! Viewers play the participation-TV version of “Deal or No Deal” Itchyworms worked on the station’s jingle on October 6 at the Sta. 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FSCI: Making waves with Six Sigma mistakes. I would surely hate to be part of that statistic.” Still blazing trails from page 1 “One million plane landings: a three sigma level means In the next decade or so, Lachica says he sees FSCI as still AT the forefront of FSCI’s drive to be the world’s leading 66,811 long or short landings, crashes or whatever pilot errors blazing trails in terms of world-class practices and initiatives and manufacturer of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) is its management there could be. applying these principles to grow its business, not just in terms team led by Hisahiro Miyake. and take on low to negative margin products. To mitigate this, we have focused activities to improve yields, increase efficiencies, $3.2M in savings of top line and bottom lines but also product and technology reduce raw materials cost and engaging drastic measures to “It’s very important to have a high sigma level because the offerings. Hisahiro Miyake reduce manufacturing costs.” error or the defect is just reduced significantly,” Lachica adds. “We would like to contribute to the Lopez Group by helping These measures resulted in improving the company financials FSCI itself has improved its sigma level from 2.70 in 2001 to expand the electronics manufacturing business, as well as SVP-QA and Engineering 3.64 in 2006, generating savings of over $3.2M. contributing to the corporate business excellence initiatives. In Miyake, a graduate of mechanical despite two quarters of accumulated losses, and FSCI is once again a profitable enterprise. Six Sigma has helped FSCI make waves in the Philippine the process, we want to help ourselves also by growing sales and engineering from Kyoto University, Quality Award (PQA): it achieved the highest score ever in the improving profitability,” he says. joined First Sumiden Circuits Inc. “We expect to sustain the recovery efforts through the end of the year,” Lachica stresses. “It took a very concerted effort by all history of the awards during the ninth cycle last year. In the “Moreover, we want to share our learnings along the way (FSCI) in 1998 as vice president of seventh cycle two years ago, FSCI immediately achieved Level 2 in the realm of operations excellence, to include application of engineering and quality assurance (QA). employees to turn the situation around. It was extremely difficult. We were in a hole by over half a million dollars. With a profit honors despite being a first-time entrant. concepts like fully deployed BSC, Lean and the like. We will He was instrumental in developing “We skipped Level 1 and achieved Level 2 from the get-go,” Lachica continue to see growth not just at FSCI but also in the electronics quality assurance systems and budget of $3M on sales of $72M, to be in a hole by $570K as of May, is a gargantuan challenge.” points out, adding that companies can only join the PQA every other manufacturing business, so that we may do our share in helping engineering programs for the company and guided the team during the year to allow them to work on the “opportunities for improvement.” realize our chairman’s goal to make manufacturing a core startup operations of FCA in 2005, and the expansion of engineering Successful Six Sigma implementation These happy developments in FSCI Lachica credits in no World-class business of First Philippine Holdings Corp. By the grace of God, design capabilities. He left FSCI in May 2005 to be the plant manager FSCI also received the highest accolade (Platinum Award) we will accomplish these lofty goals,” Lachica ends. of Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits Inc. (SECT) in Japan and was small part to their successful implementation of the Six Sigma methodology beginning in 2001. Especially within the Lopez from the Safety Organization of the Philippines for notching 15 instrumental in setting up its Vietnam factory. Miyake will assume the million safe manhours in 2005, as well as the highest MARS top leadership role as president of FSCI this October. Group, FSCI is best known for being the first to adopt and apply Six Sigma “as a platform for systematic process management.” score in the Lopez Group ESH Awards. “I was first introduced to Six Sigma at Utah-based Iomega, As COO of the pioneering Lopez Group company in Six Sigma, Teotimo G. Batac my former employer which gave me an expatriate assignment to and with FSCI’s own Six Sigma road map already established, Lachica was assigned as the Lopez Group ISO and Six Sigma General manager manage its Philippine operations in 1996. I was later reintroduced to Six Sigma when I joined FSCI in 1999. An American program director in 2006. Among his concurrent responsibilities Batac graduated from the University customer invited FSCI to learn Six Sigma through their supplier were running Green Belt and Black Belt training—in addition to of the Philippines (UP) with a degree development program, and we gladly accepted.” helping with ISO initiatives for Lopez Group companies. This in mechanical engineering and took up He describes Six Sigma as “a business process improvement year, those programs were consolidated with other Business his Masters in Business Administration initiative that focuses on reducing process variations and Excellence initiatives under Ben Liboro, Lachica notes. at the Ateneo Business School in 1982. consequently defects, using statistical methods.” “I would say that our Lopez Group Six Sigma implementation Before joining FSCI in May 2006, One million surgeries is world class. FSCI won second place among 40 European and Batac was a director of engineering and “During its early days, Six Sigma was mostly used in North American contestants in the European Six Sigma Summit of operations in Amkor Technology manufacturing. Since then, Six Sigma has been used in services held in London in 2006. Similarly, last June, FSCI received Philippines. He has 28 years of solid industry experience, covering and other non-manufacturing processes. Anything you can a similar award in Singapore during the Asian Six Sigma all aspects of electronics and semiconductor manufacturing services describe as a process with inputs and outputs—such as the Excellence Awards. There were over 30 entries in the Asian operation, including starting up new operations. process of buying or the process of recruiting people—and has summit,” Lachica says. defects, meaning mistakes, you can apply Six Sigma to.” For the past three years, FSCI has been invited to share its Six Mikiya Maedomari For the layman, Lachica proffers these examples of just what Sigma experience in international conferences. Last year, Lachica sigma process levels mean: “If a surgeon performs surgery one was in London to speak before the European edition of the awards. SVP-Sales and Marketing million times, a six sigma level says only three of those one Early this year, he was in Miami, Florida for the North American Maedomari is a law graduate from million surgeries will be ‘defective’ or fatal. On the other hand, edition. He will also sit as the lone Asian judge in the Six Sigma Kyoto University. He has handled a two sigma process could mean 308,770 possible fatalities or Excellence Awards to be held in Orlando, Florida in January 2008. various positions in SEI, which he joined in April 1980. Prior to his assignment in FSCI as sales and marketing senior vice president, he was the general manager of the administrative department of the electronics business unit of SEI. Six Sigma timeline The Six Sigma Core Team is created on the Plant-wide training in Six Sigma is continued second quarter of the year. The Six Sigma Management focuses on lowering the defect on the second year of its implementation and Tetsuya Sakamoto Executive and the Hands-on Champion are rate by applying the Six Sigma discipline the Define-Measure-Analyze-improve-Control Treasurer trained in Singapore on the invitation of acquired by the Black Belt. Four teams are (DMAIC) training is intensified. Seagate, a valued FSCI customer. created for this purpose. Black Belt Frances The executive team is the first to be trained on 2004 FSCI receives an honorary mention in Sakamoto is a graduate of BS In the fourth quarter, FSCI Black Belt Sales supervises the approach undertaken the concepts to prepare them for their role in the Six Sigma is cascaded to line leaders the 7th Six Sigma Summit held in London, Economics at Kyoto University, Frances Sales undergoes Six Sigma training by the team. The teams are able to generate implementation of Six Sigma. The DMAIC training and operators through the formation the United Kingdom, on April 24 to 27, 2006; joining SEI out of college. Prior in Singapore, where she receives the Best $65,000 (P3.44 million) savings through their of engineers, supervisors, technicians, managers of Quality Improvement Teams (QITs). 2005FSCI begins the deployment of Six second place honors on its maiden attempt to his assignment as treasurer of Presentation Award for her project “Reduction Defect Rate Reduction projects. and selected administration staff begins. Members of QITs are trained to analyze Sigma to major suppliers. The company in the UK Six Sigma Excellence Award; and FSCI in June 2004, Sakamoto was of Stiffener Misregistration Defective Rate,” Manufacturing and transactional teams are and solve problems by applying the DMAIC receives the Best Paper Awards in the bests 58 entries from various multinational assigned in the finance and accounting and the Ronald Fisher Award for Excellence in formed. The CORE team meets weekly to discuss approach. The first Technical Symposium is Quality System and Electronic Assembly companies from and North America FSCI again receives an honorary mention departments of SEI. Design of Experiment (DOE) in the Seagate- issues and progress. Management review is also held this year. and Mass Storage categories in the for its process improvement project entitled for Best Defect Elimination in Manufacturing sponsored Black Belt Training. The project conducted monthly. Process optimization projects Association of Semiconductors and “Coverlay Registration Defect Reduction” which in the Six Sigma Excellence Awards held during generates savings of $16,000 (P832,000). are2003 continued. The Six Sigma accomplishments Electronics Manufacturing Engineers of enables the company to save $25,000. 2007 Asian Six Sigma Summit in Singapore. of FSCI are also introduced to the First Philippine the Philippines’ (ASEMEP’s) 15th Annual (Aleth Pablo) 2002 Holdings Group. 2001 Technical Symposium.

Roy Baldo Raul Sinocruz Mario A. Mayo VP-Manufacturing VP-Engineering AVP-HRD Baldo, a graduate of BS Mechanical Sinocruz joined FSCI in 1996 and Mayo holds a Masteral Degree in Engineering from Mapua Institute was part of the pioneering startup Industrial Relations from UP and of Technology, joined FSCI in 1996. team. His contributions in the areas of a bachelor’s degree in AB Social As one of the pioneering members engineering systems and production Sciences from the same university. of the startup team, he contributed methods have made him the top, if He has 30 years’ work experience greatly to the establishment of FSCI’s not the foremost, Filipino expert in in human resources, mostly with quality systems and production the field of flexible printed circuit electronics giants such as Integrated methods. With his 23 years’ experience in semicon and electronics, (FPC) technology. A Six Sigma Device and Technology Inc., Philips Baldo was instrumental in setting up manufacturing and quality Executive Hands-on Champion and a certified Six Sigma Black Electronics & Lighting Inc., Philips Philippines and IMI. Mayo was Meet the assurance standards and worked towards the advancement of FSCI’s Belt, Sinocruz was instrumental in the advancement of world- Maxim Philippines’ HR head before joining FSCI in May 2007. He business excellence initiatives, including Six Sigma and Lean class initiatives in FSCI, which led the company to be recognized currently manages and supervises the human resource functions of Manufacturing. locally and internationally. He will be repatriated to First Philec as the company. VP of technology this October. Sinocruz is a graduate of BS ECE FSCI team from the University of Santo Tomas and has more than 20 years of experience in various engineering fields in the electronics and semiconductor industry.

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FSCI milestones (Clockwise, from left): The company is the only Sumitomo mistakes. I would surely hate to be part of that statistic.” Still blazing trails Electric Inc. site with full FPC process and Surface Mount and Flip Chip “One million plane landings: a three sigma level means In the next decade or so, Lachica says he sees FSCI as still Assembly production capability; Dan Lachica receives on behalf of the 66,811 long or short landings, crashes or whatever pilot errors blazing trails in terms of world-class practices and initiatives and company second place honors in UK’s Six Sigma Excellence Award; The FSCI and take on low to negative margin products. To mitigate this, we there could be. applying these principles to grow its business, not just in terms team at the Philippine Quality Award ceremonies; Donating galvanized iron have focused activities to improve yields, increase effi ciencies, $3.2M in savings of top line and bottom lines but also product and technology sheets to Brgy. Agos-agos, Infanta to help rebuild the town in 2004; Supporting reduce raw materials cost and engaging drastic measures to “It’s very important to have a high sigma level because the offerings. Red Cross through its blood donation program; The FSCI team’s winning reduce manufacturing costs.” error or the defect is just reduced signifi cantly,” Lachica adds. “We would like to contribute to the Lopez Group by helping form in the FPHC Group’s Inter-Company Sportsfest; Reward and recognition These measures resulted in improving the company fi nancials FSCI itself has improved its sigma level from 2.70 in 2001 to expand the electronics manufacturing business, as well as programs make employees aware that their performance impacts on the despite two quarters of accumulated losses, and FSCI is once 3.64 in 2006, generating savings of over $3.2M. contributing to the corporate business excellence initiatives. In attainment of FSCI’s overall objectives. again a profi table enterprise. Six Sigma has helped FSCI make waves in the Philippine the process, we want to help ourselves also by growing sales and “We expect to sustain the recovery efforts through the end of Quality Award (PQA): it achieved the highest score ever in the improving profi tability,” he says. the year,” Lachica stresses. “It took a very concerted effort by all history of the awards during the ninth cycle last year. In the “Moreover, we want to share our learnings along the way seventh cycle two years ago, FSCI immediately achieved Level 2 employees to turn the situation around. It was extremely diffi cult. in the realm of operations excellence, to include application of EXECUTIVE PROFILE We were in a hole by over half a million dollars. With a profi t honors despite being a fi rst-time entrant. concepts like fully deployed BSC, Lean and the like. We will budget of $3M on sales of $72M, to be in a hole by $570K as of “We skipped Level 1 and achieved Level 2 from the get-go,” Lachica continue to see growth not just at FSCI but also in the electronics May, is a gargantuan challenge.” points out, adding that companies can only join the PQA every other manufacturing business, so that we may do our share in helping Successful Six Sigma implementation year to allow them to work on the “opportunities for improvement.” realize our chairman’s goal to make manufacturing a core FSCI’s Dan Lachica: These happy developments in FSCI Lachica credits in no World-class business of First Philippine Holdings Corp. By the grace of God, small part to their successful implementation of the Six Sigma FSCI also received the highest accolade (Platinum Award) we will accomplish these lofty goals,” Lachica ends. from the Safety Organization of the Philippines for notching 15 Brains and spirit make the man methodology beginning in 2001. Especially within the Lopez By Carla Paras-Sison Group, FSCI is best known for being the fi rst to adopt and apply million safe manhours in 2005, as well as the highest MARS score in the Lopez Group ESH Awards. Six Sigma “as a platform for systematic process management.” AFTER 16 years in Silicon Valley, First Sumiden initiatives to improve yield, increase productivity, “I was fi rst introduced to Six Sigma at Utah-based Iomega, As COO of the pioneering Lopez Group company in Six Sigma, and with FSCI’s own Six Sigma road map already established, Circuits Inc. (FSCI) president and chief operating improve product quality to decrease customer my former employer which gave me an expatriate assignment to offi cer Dan C. Lachica returned to the Philippines claims, and come up with aggressive savings manage its Philippine operations in 1996. I was later reintroduced Lachica was assigned as the Lopez Group ISO and Six Sigma program director in 2006. Among his concurrent responsibilities in 1996 as the expatriate managing director of activities. By the grace of God, we can still turn to Six Sigma when I joined FSCI in 1999. An American Iomega’s Philippine operations. 2007 into a profi table year,” says Lachica. customer invited FSCI to learn Six Sigma through their supplier were running Green Belt and Black Belt training—in addition to helping with ISO initiatives for Lopez Group companies. This “Thirteen million Zip drives later in In the long term, he envisions FSCI rising development program, and we gladly accepted.” 1999, Iomega decided to consolidate its Asia as a world leading manufacturer of FPCs, He describes Six Sigma as “a business process improvement year, those programs were consolidated with other Business Excellence initiatives under Ben Liboro, Lachica notes. manufacturing operations in Penang, Malaysia. sustaining profi tability while providing value initiative that focuses on reducing process variations and I resigned and joined FPHC (First Philippine to its stakeholders, especially the employees, consequently defects, using statistical methods.” “I would say that our Lopez Group Six Sigma implementation is world class. FSCI won second place among 40 European and Holdings Corporation) in May 1999 and was “in the mold of companies identifi ed in ‘Built One million surgeries seconded as FSCI’s SVP (senior vice president) to Last,’” the book by James C. Collins and “During its early days, Six Sigma was mostly used in North American contestants in the European Six Sigma Summit held in London in 2006. Similarly, last June, FSCI received for operations,” recalls Lachica. Jerry I. Porras that lists the “successful habits of manufacturing. Since then, Six Sigma has been used in services His wife Bernie had just given birth to their visionary companies.” and other non-manufacturing processes. Anything you can a similar award in Singapore during the Asian Six Sigma Excellence Awards. There were over 30 entries in the Asian son Dipper in February. Bernie did not feel His dedication to his company and his describe as a process with inputs and outputs—such as the inclined to move to Penang nor to move back to vision for it doesn’t mean Lachica is all work process of buying or the process of recruiting people—and has summit,” Lachica says. For the past three years, FSCI has been invited to share its Six Iomega in Utah nor to have her husband travel and no play. He says: “I need to be cognizant defects, meaning mistakes, you can apply Six Sigma to.” weekly from the Philippines to Iomega’s factories of work-life balance especially because I have For the layman, Lachica proffers these examples of just what Sigma experience in international conferences. Last year, Lachica was in London to speak before the European edition of the awards. and subcontractors all over Asia. an eight-year-old who is equally demanding of sigma process levels mean: “If a surgeon performs surgery one Lachica had to take a more than 50% reduction my time. I am also committed to our church million times, a six sigma level says only three of those one Early this year, he was in Miami, Florida for the North American edition. He will also sit as the lone Asian judge in the Six Sigma in peso-equivalent salary, but having house help activities and completing my doctorate degree. million surgeries will be ‘defective’ or fatal. On the other hand, and being near his aging parents (Lachica is an I am striving to strike a happy balance among a two sigma process could mean 308,770 possible fatalities or Excellence Awards to be held in Orlando, Florida in January 2008. only child), made the decision a bit easier for the my multiple priorities. The key is not to lose small family. sight of the hierarchy.” 31 years in operations management Multifarious endeavors Unassuming but brainy, Lachica was a scholar His Sundays are split among church, at the Philippine Science High School, obtained basketball tournament in the morning, and family his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering time. This actually reveals a well-rounded and The Six Sigma Core Team is created on the Plant-wide training in Six Sigma is continued degree from the University of the Philippines and spiritually mature persona that supports and leads second quarter of the year. The Six Sigma Management focuses on lowering the defect on the second year of its implementation and his Master of Business Administration degree this brainy guy in his multifarious endeavors. Executive and the Hands-on Champion are rate by applying the Six Sigma discipline the Defi ne-Measure-Analyze-improve-Control from San Jose State University in California. trained in Singapore on the invitation of acquired by the Black Belt. Four teams are (DMAIC) training is intensifi ed. His dissertation for a doctorate in Seagate, a valued FSCI customer. created for this purpose. Black Belt Frances The executive team is the fi rst to be trained on FSCI receives an honorary mention in Business Administration from De In the fourth quarter, FSCI Black Belt Sales supervises the approach undertaken the concepts to prepare them for their role in the Six Sigma is cascaded to line leaders the 7th Six Sigma Summit held in London, La Salle University is in progress. Frances Sales undergoes Six Sigma training by the team. The teams are able to generate implementation of Six Sigma. The DMAIC training and operators through the formation the United Kingdom, on April 24 to 27, 2006; A Six Sigma Certifi ed Black in Singapore, where she receives the Best $65,000 (P3.44 million) savings through their of engineers, supervisors, technicians, managers of Quality Improvement Teams (QITs). FSCI begins the deployment of Six second place honors on its maiden attempt 2007 2005 Belt, which means he is very Presentation Award for her project “Reduction Defect Rate Reduction projects. and selected administration staff begins. Members of QITs are trained to analyze Sigma to major suppliers. The company in the UK Six Sigma Excellence Award; and of Stiff ener Misregistration Defective Rate,” Manufacturing and transactional teams are and solve problems by applying the DMAIC receives the Best Paper Awards in the bests2006 58 entries from various multinational knowledgeable and capable and the Ronald Fisher Award for Excellence in formed. The CORE team meets weekly to discuss approach. The first Technical Symposium is Quality System and Electronic Assembly companies from Europe and North America FSCI again receives an honorary mention of applying the Six Sigma Design of Experiment (DOE) in the Seagate- issues and progress. Management review is also held this year. and Mass Storage categories in the for its process improvement project entitled for Best Defect Elimination in Manufacturing methodology of eliminating sponsored Black Belt Training. The project conducted monthly. Process optimization projects Association of Semiconductors and “Coverlay Registration Defect Reduction” which in the Six Sigma Excellence Awards held during defects and waste in production generates savings of $16,000 (P832,000). are continued. The Six Sigma accomplishments Electronics Manufacturing Engineers of enables the company to save $25,000. 2007 Asian Six Sigma Summit in Singapore. on a variety of specifi c projects, of FSCI are also introduced to the First Philippine the Philippines’ (ASEMEP’s) 15th Annual (Aleth Pablo) Lachica has been invited to Holdings Group. Technical Symposium. speak and lecture on Six Sigma and strategic management in international (London, Miami and Singapore) and local business conferences. He also Mario A. Mayo Ernie dela Cruz taught Human Resources and AVP-HRD AVP-Finance & Operations Management for two Mayo holds a Masteral Degree in years at the Ateneo Graduate Industrial Relations from UP and Administration School of Business. a bachelor’s degree in AB Social Dela Cruz graduated cum laude from With 31 years spent in Araullo Lyceum University with operations management, handling Sciences from the same university. The Lachicas: Dipper, Dan and Bernie He has 30 years’ work experience a degree of BS in Commerce and consumer goods, semiconductors in human resources, mostly with completed his master’s degree in and electronics, Lachica’s current electronics giants such as Integrated Management from the Asian Institute challenge is to regain FSCI’s Device and Technology Inc., Philips of Management (AIM). He has wide profi tability in the face of an adverse His message to LopezLink readers? Matthew Electronics & Lighting Inc., Philips Philippines and IMI. Mayo was exposure in general management, in world demand for fl exible printed circuits 6:33: “But seek ye fi rst the kingdom of God, and Maxim Philippines’ HR head before joining FSCI in May 2007. He fi nance, audit, accounting, treasury and supply chain management. (FPCs), FSCI’s bread and butter. his righteousness; and all these things shall be currently manages and supervises the human resource functions of He has worked with audit fi rms, consulting fi rms, service and oil Accelerated initiatives added unto you” and Mark 11:24: “Therefore I the company. companies, where he made signifi cant contributions. He was with “We have incurred signifi cant losses since say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, Amkor Technology Philippines as fi nance director for six years. (A. the fi rst quarter due to our product mix and sales believe that you have received them, and they Pablo) reduction of high-margin products. While we will be granted you.” tried to recover lost sales and win high-margin These are probably the verses he must products, we had to bear down and accelerate our absolutely live by.

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LGFIBy Vanessa Suquila exec in UP lecture

DARIO Pagcaliwagan, executive director management, is one of the few conglomerates recently, four doctors upgraded their skills of Lopez Group Foundation Inc. (LGFI), in the Philippines implementing a Family in no-scalpel vasectomy or NSV (see related was recently invited by the University of Planning (FP) in the Workplace program. story on this page). the Philippines Center for Integrative and LGFI experience Key factors Development Studies (UP CIDS) to talk Pagcaliwagan shared LGFI’s experience in Some of the key factors in a successful FP about private sector initiatives in population facilitating the FP program in fi ve companies of program include integrating FP in the existing development. the Lopez Group. According to a preliminary corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs The talk was part of a lecture series survey of the companies, 49% of employees and health programs for the employees and ongoing since July 2007, with Dr. Ernesto within reproductive age have a need for FP collaborating with nongovernment organization Pernia of the UP School of Economics and information and services. (NGO) partners with expertise. KCFI’s Joyce Tee, KCFI president Rina Lopez-Bautista, J&J legal Dr. Alberto Romualdez, former secretary Pagcaliwagan recalled that under the “Together, let us continue our dialogues, and external affairs’ Atty. Dan Macatangay and HR director Owi of the Department of Health (DOH) joining fi rst phase of the FP program, core teams propose policy and pursue action programs Salazar during the memorandum of agreement signing ceremony. Pagcaliwagan. were established, policies were put in place, to provide our kapamilyas the well being The Lopez Group, driven by chairman awareness seminars were organized and and bright opportunities they deserve,” KCh partners with J&J Oscar M. Lopez’s advocacy for population FP counselors and peer motivators trained; Pagcaliwagan said. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Philippines and the J&J Asia Pacifi c Contributions Committee approved an $18,000 grant for Foundation Inc. (KCFI) to provide educational television access for nine schools in Davao City. KCFI provides Knowledge Channel (KCh), the only all- Globe Asiatique to rehabilitate AFI home educational TV channel on cable and satellite. KCh airs instructional By Paul Mercado videos that support the Philippine Department of Education’s ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. (AFI) and Globe (DepEd) curriculum, as well as titles for an older audience. Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp. (GA) recently forged Through the foundation’s “Cable-A-School” program, access a partnership to transform AFI’s headquarters into a to KCh is being provided to a greater number of public schools in modern steel-and-glass structure. provinces where there are cable operators, or via satellite dishes AFI’s old building beside the ABS-CBN Broadcasting in remote areas. KCFI also produces and distributes reference Corp. offi ce in will be renovated by GA for training materials and conducts workshops for teachers. P30 million, one of the biggest donations by a single Now on its eighth year, KCh currently reaches more than 1,900 entity in the foundation’s 17-year history. impoverished schools in the Philippines, benefi ting more than 2.6 AFI managing director Gina Lopez said that the million poor students from the urban centers to the most rural areas donation is an unparalleled move that will improve the in the country. The DepEd proclaimed it as mandatory viewing for operations of the foundation. schools with access in 2000. (Ruby Bustamante) The rehabilitation will entail the total renovation of the four-story building’s facade, an overhaul of the interiors and the addition of another level. The KCh, Philip Morris go the building currently houses the offi ces of AFI’s child welfare program, 163; environmental extra ‘green mile’ advocacy program Bantay Kalikasan; multimedia education provider E-Media; and disaster response group Sagip Kapamilya. The rehabilitated building is envisioned to be an environment-friendly structure that minimizes the use of air-conditioning and artifi cial light. It is expected to be completed by May 2008. GA chairman and president Delfi n Lee and AFI managing director Gina Lopez (4th and 5th “We strongly support AFI’s unwavering from left) with (l-r) GA marketing head Theresa Ortiz; AFI senior marketing offi cer Paul commitment and advocacy. Being in the business of Vincent Mercado; GA chief fi nance offi cer Dexter Lee; GA vice president for marketing providing quality homes for Filipinos, GA gives back Divine Lee; ABS-CBN vice president for corporate affairs Bong Osorio; and AFI chief of to the community with this project,” said company staff Angelie Agbulos show off the plan for AFI’s new and improved headquarters. president and chairman Delfi n Lee. More Lopez Group MDs Knowledge Channel Foundation (KCFI) and Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc. (PMPMI) recently entered into another agreement, this time on employee volunteerism and environmental awareness. complete NSV training Called “Clean Green Mile,” the project engaged employees of Four company doctors from To further equip the trained PMPMI to contribute to ecological awareness and conservation by the Lopez Group completed the doctors, LGFI turned over cleaning one square mile of coastline, marketplace or public park in no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) four sets of NSV instruments 15 provinces nationwide. The cleanup activities coincided with the training under the Family worth P33,600 to Meralco and turnover of the “Profi cient Measures for Quality Education,” KCFI Planning (FP) in the Workplace Tollways Management Corp. and PMPMI’s major partnership project which provides Knowledge program of the Lopez Group Now, male employees who Channel and textbooks on math and science to 62 schools nationwide. Foundation Inc. (LGFI). want to limit the number of The training is the latest their children can have a safe, Photo shows (l-r) KCFI director for program management Risa (L-R) Diane Miñon, LGFI FP coordinator; Baby Sicangco, Meralco milestone in the FP program 10- to 15-minute vasectomy in Muñoz, KCFI president and executive director Rina Lopez Bautista; nurse supervisor and FP leader; Dr. Noelio Malvar; Dr. Enrico Cruz; fi nanced by USAID-funded the Meralco Corporate Wellness PMPMI managing director Christopher Nelson; PMPMI director Dr. Roman Manalang, Meralco CWC head of general medicine; Private Sector Mobilization for Clinic (CWC). For inquiries, for corporate affairs Bayen Elero; and PMPMI community relations Ruben Sapitula, VP and HR admin head; Niña Pablo, Meralco CWC Family Health (PRISM). please call Diane Miñon of LGFI manager Atty. Amy Eisma. administrator; and Madel Lim, chief nurse. at 449-6060. (Vanessa Suquila) Call for entries Th e $1M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s ‘Access to Learning Award’ Public libraries and similar organizations free access to computers and the Internet. with disadvantaged communities. recognition will receive $1 million. are invited to apply for the Bill & Melinda Specifi cally, does the program provide Programs of any size and scope are The deadline for entries is December Gates Foundation’s annual “Access to access to information through technology considered. The organizers are looking 31, 2007. The application form is available Learning Award” given by the Global and services that were previously not for groundbreaking Internet connectivity, for download at www.gatesfoundation. Libraries Initiative. available to the community? training and sustainability models org/ATLA. Now on its seventh year, the award The foundation particularly and programs that creatively reach recognizes innovative programs to encourages applications from institutions underserved communities. connect people to information through in developing counties or those working The recipient of this one-time

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150th birth anniversary e tempestuous Juan Luna Heady and hearty mixes WERE he still alive today, Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio, arguably one of the greatest ZERO In, a consortium of the cellano. “Blur,” which opens on painters the Philippines has ever produced, would country’s fi ve leading private October 25, 2007 recognizes traces be 150 years old. Lopez Memorial Museum museums, takes on the notion of the of negotiations, wranglings, ap- founder Don Eugenio H. Lopez himself seems crossbreed exploration of likeness propriations and erasures—how the to have had a soft spot for the tempestuous and variance on its sixth year. hybrid not only brings up the idea of artist, amassing a signifi cant number of Lunas, This year’s theme is Zero newness, but also of movement as including “España y Filipinas.” opposed to stasis. Luna was born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, In: Hybridity which presents A work by Ramil Alberto hybridization in all its forms. The on October 23, 1857. Early in his life, the specifi c interpretative frames each child’s idea and interpretation family moved to Manila and lived in Trozo. constructed by each museum pitches of “hybridity” in art. Luna received his early education at the for a critical rethinking of what and Ateneo Art Gallery presents “Pas- Ateneo Municipal and later at the Escuela how fusions are realized. sion and Compassion: A Collector’s Nautica de Manila. Ayala Museum kicked off View” and “Interactive: 12 Human He also took private lessons under Alejo the series of exhibitions, with Senses”—which open on November Vera, a famous contemporary painter in Spain. 21, 2007 and November 26, 2007, re- “Hybridity: Mark Lewis Higgins” Like his teacher, Vera, too, had a high regard for Luna’s ‘Autoretrato,’ one of the artist’s spectively. The exhibitions explore the on September 18, 2007. The exhibit his pupil. Proof of this was his taking Luna with masterpieces in the Lopez Museum collection counts on the symbolic potentials of intersections between art production him to Rome to undertake certain commissions. the deliberate layering of materials ‘Lumpia’ from ‘Comida China’ and recep-tion. “Passion and Com- Luna painted his “Daphne y Cleo” in brother-in-law on September 23, 1892. He done alongside a crossing over into passion” specifi cally looks into the Rome, for which he received a silver was acquitted of the charges of parricide and a variety of disciplines. Bahay Tsinoy’s “Comida Chi- “interfaces between painting and phi- palette from the Liceo Artistico de Manila. murder by a French court on February 7, 1893. na” opens on November 10, 2007 losophy, vision and discourse, imagi- Subsequently, he exhibited several canvases On April 27, 1894, he returned to the and references a gustatory meet- nation and thought” in the work of Lao at the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes Philippines after an absence of 17 years. Early in ing of cultures, insinuated within Lianben, while “Interactive” drums up in Madrid and won a silver medal for “La 1896, he again departed for Japan and returned historical accounts that remind us the possibilities of engagement between Muerte de Cleopatra.” a few weeks after the Cry of Balintawak. that what now apparently appears object and reader “in simultaneously Luna won a four-year pensionadoship for Upon hearing of the death of his brother as “seamless fusion” cuisine is cognitive and embodied experience” the Ayuntamiento de Manila. Though under Antonio, Luna went to Hong Kong. On not only about an enriching en- through the obligation to paint only one canvas, he gave December 7, 1899, he suffered a severe heart counter, but also chips away at works of the Spanish government three: “The Blood attack and died before receiving medical prejudice and insistence on rabid Impy Pila- Compact,” now in Malacañang; “Don Miguel attention. He was buried in Hong Kong. His notions of purity. pil. Lopez de Legaspi,” which was burned during remains were exhumed in 1920 and were kept Museo Pambata invokes interdis- Zero the war; and “Governor Ramon Blanco,” in the house of his son, to be later transferred to ciplinarity in the context of alterna- In: Hy- which is part of the present collection. a niche at the Crypt Chapel of San Agustin. tive education and child advocacy bridity In Rome, Luna worked on the Luna’s fame spread far and wide; he was in “Child’s ART—Advocacy, Rights represents a “Spoliarium.” He entered this painting in acclaimed both in Europe and at home, yet Santiago Bose’s ‘Circo Simpao,’ and Thoughts” which opens on spectrum of the Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in there were skeptical Spaniards who took 1998, at the Lopez Museum November 17, 2007. By bringing to- mandates, Madrid, and it won one of three gold medals. his race against him. Rizal defended him, Lopez Memorial Museum plac- gether productions from the Museo’s audiences, In the same exposition, Hidalgo won a silver saying “Genius has no country, genius bursts es hybridity within the context of Children’s Advocacy Program and acquisi- Impy Pilapil’s study medal for his “Virgenes Cristanas Expuestas forth everywhere, is like light and air—the artistic agency. It draws upon the works by children from the Angono tional and for ‘The Mangrove al Populache.” patrimony of all; cosmopolitan as space, creative practice of a survey of Regional Pilot School for the Arts, the educational Nature’s Embrace’ In 1886, Luna married Paz Pardo de as life and as God.” (Source: A Guide to artists represented in the museum exhibition posits a nexus of art and Tavera, with whom he had a son, Andreas. Luna and Hidalgo Paintings in the Lopez collection, mounted alongside social issues affecting Filipino chil- benchmarks. For more info, contact However, Luna, in a fi t of jealousy, killed Memorial Museum) contemporary productions of Jose dren today. “Child’s ART” assembles Fanny San Pedro at 631-2417 or visit his wife and mother-in-law and wounded his Tence Ruiz and Lyra Abueg Gar- a confl uence of forms, displaying www.zeroinmuseums.org. Zero In exhibition dates ‘Stories on Philippine Art: Philippine Comics’ with Gerry Alanguilan Ayala Museum Bahay Tsinoy Ateneo Art Gallery October 13, 2007 history of komiks, the aesthetics Image and DC Comics. He has “Hybridity: Mark Lewis Higgins” “Comida China” “Passion and Compassion” (Saturday), 2 p.m.-4 p.m. as well as the artists and work not only inspired artists, but is From September 18 until October Opens November 10 until January Opens on November 21, 2007 until Fee: P50 (Students), P100 (Museum involved in the art on October continually working to make 28, 2007 31, 2008 February 15, 2008 Foundation members) 13, Saturday, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., at more people appreciate the Lopez Memorial Museum Museo Pambata, “Interactive” Opens on November 26, 2007 and P150 (Non-Museum Foundation the Lopez Memorial Museum. works of local comic artists. “Blur” “Child’s ART (Advocacy, Rights and members) Fees are P50 for students, The “Stories on Philippine Thoughts)” until March 31, 2008 Opens October 25, 2007 until Komiks in the Philippines had P100 for Museum Foundation Art” lecture series aims to April 5, 2008 Opens November 18, 2007 until January 17, 2008 their golden age in the 1950s to the members and P150 for non- create more awareness of the early 1970s and is on a resurgence. Museum Foundation members. personalities, art forms and Lopez Museum joins the blogosphere! Check out the Lopez Museum blog for exhibit updates and Filipino artists are working here A licensed architect who is practices in the country. the latest news from the Philippine art community—http://pezseum.blogspot.com/. and abroad in mainstream and also one of the country’s more For more information and underground publications as well prominent comics writers and for reservations, call Fanny San SPECIAL FEATURE as their own. artists, Alanguilan’s works have Pedro or Elvie Magpayo at tel. Gerry Alanguilan will appeared in Pulp and Fudge nos. 631-2417 or 404-2685 or Kapamilya gifts provide an overview of the magazines as well as in Marvel, email [email protected]. Lopez Museum special folios on limited off er THE Lopez Memorial Museum of- maps, and 12 pieces of masterwork adiacientium typvs.” based on University of Santo Tomas press, is so comprehensive that reprints fers on a limited basis two folios of illustration of Fr. Manuel Blanco Antonio Pigafetta’s account of “Flora de Filipinas,” describes not have been made, in 1845, 1877- Kapamilyahigh-quality print reproduction O.S.A.’s “Flora de Filipinas, keep se- Ferdinand Magellan’s giving voyage, just the taxonomic properties of 1883 and 1993. sets ideal for collectors, history gun el Sistema Sexual de Linneo” which already shows Mindanao, each of the 903 species and variants The prints on limited offer mea- buffs and art lovers. The folios con- that consist of botanical species Palawan and other Visayan islands identifi ed, but also their economic sure 13¼ inches by 18 inches. sist of 12 pieces fromg its library i s endemic to the Philippines. but not Luzon. It was published in and medicinal properties that the All-occasion cards are also collection of 300 antiquarian The Lopez Memorial Mu- Amsterdam in 1570-1574. colony could benefi t from. available, two sets of 12 note cards seum map collection spans four Also included is the rare ver- This body of work is also con- bearing six designs each from Fr. centuries of cartography devoted sion of Fr. Pedro Murillo Velarde’s sidered a masterpiece of art as it Blanco’s “Flora de Filipinas” and Above: A design from Fr. to mapping the Philippine islands. 1734 map considered one of the was illustrated by the period’s em- details from Juan Luna’s “España Manuel Blanco’s ‘Flora de These maps document the evolu- earliest accurate maps of the coun- inent artists that included Lorenzo y Filipinas,” and one set containing Filipinas. Right: Abraham tion of the country, refl ecting try, published in 1744. It shows Guerrero, one of Juan Luna’s men- fi ve designs of “Tipos del Pais.” Ortelius’ ‘Indiae orientalis the advances in exploration, the St. Francis Xavier, the “prince of tors; Felix Martinez; the brothers Prices range from P3,000 for insularum que adiacien- changing worldviews and the ex- the seas,” holding the Jesuit fl ag Garcia (Regino, Rosendo and the folios and P250 for the note tium typvs.,’ 1570-1574. pansion of political territory. attached to the Cross and riding on Juan); Cayetano Arguelles; Fran- cards. From the Lopez Memorial Among the maps in this spe- a shell. cisco Domingo; Miguel Zaragoza; To place orders, contact Fanny Museum collection cial folio is Abraham Ortelius’ Meanwhile, a pioneering scien- and Felix Pardo de Tavera. The San Pedro at 631-2417 or email “Indiae orientalis insularum que tifi c work published in 1837 at the scientifi c knowledge it contains [email protected].

lopezlink Oct 07.indd 9 10/3/07 9:08:26 AM 10 LopezLinkMay 2007 SPORTS 2nd Lopez Group Basketball Tournament tips off at the Meralco Gym It’s all systems go for the 2007 Games are scheduled after offi ce Lopez Group basketball league hours every Monday, Tuesday, Team lineups tournament, which kicks off at the Wednesday and Friday, with a Meralco Gym on October 5, 2007. maximum of three games a day; GROUP 1 6. Sammy Anore 17. Sherwin Sta. Maria Ten teams have signifi ed Club 650 will serve as an alternate Team Meralco 7. Ryan Garcia 18. Philip Suner their interest to try to dislodge tournament venue. 1. Emmanuel Legaspi, 8. Joel Ocampos the championship crown now The championship showdown is team captain 9. Jason David Team First Balfour on the collective heads of the expected to take place at the Meralco 2. Jouie Florante 10. Hermes Miranda, team 1. Edron Benedict Terrenal Meralco cagers. The contenders, Gym on November 23, Friday. Bartolome captain 2. Terrence Paul Custodio including the defending champs, For more details, please 3. Ace Timothy 11. Ivan Maliksi 12. 3. Nar de Guzman were randomly grouped into two contact Hermes Miranda of Lee Arnie Pabilona 4. Kristoff er Rillo divisions and assigned their team Benpres Holdings Corp. at tel. no. 4. Rommel Bonifacio 13. Ronald Pontejos 5. Alvin Palma colors as follows: 631-2433 or email HTMiranda@ 5. Regin Orben 14. Ramil Adillo 6. Marlon Posada benpres.com.ph. Cerezo 15. Marco Corcolon 7. Roderick Vergara 6. Ferdinand Padua Manager: Nick 8. Levi Humprey Dy 7. Laurence Cruz 9. John Kirby Santos Palmiano Coach: Farley Cuizon 10. Ernest Luke Lim Division 1 Division 2 8. Renato (playing coach) 11. Kristian Caesar Arellano Meralco (Orange) TMC (White with yellow and green piping) Quimson 12. Emmanuel Jose Lapus Philec (Blue with white piping) FSCI (Yellow) 9. Jeff erson Tabora Team MNTC 13. Nicasio Bernardo MNTC (Royal blue) First Balfour (Gray with blue and black piping) 10. Rodrigo Enriquez 1. Bong Arcanghel, 14. Regino Lacasa ABS-CBN (Red) Soluziona (Navy blue) 11. Mark Duane Soriano team captain 15. Jesusvith Villafl or First Phil. Holdings/First Phil Realty (Reversible red) First Gen (Green) 12. Renando Sy 2. Dennis Cornejo 16. Frederick Alla 13. Excel James Espinueva 3. Ronald Dulatre 17. Johnil De Guzman 14. Ramon Fabros 4. Jose Enfestan 18. Reynan Tirados 15. Manuel Calderon Jr. 5. Kurt Mendoza 19. Edwin Masmela Manager: Mike L. Lopez 6. Herbert Laboy 20. Apolonio Roxas Jr. Coach: Cesar Dawana 7. Lou Jurado 21. Ariel Beltran WELLNESS Asst. coach: Rolly Sol Cruz 8. Zaldy Apostol Manager: Honey Coordinator: Joel 9. Ronnie Malabanan Manzanares San Miguel 10. Paul Ruanto Comanager: Vicente 11. Ramil Relosa de Lima II Refresher course: Team Philec 12. Miko Hinlo Coach: Efren Lapus 1. Jerry Absalon Managers: RE Assistant coaches: 2. Wilfredo Alcala Franco, EQ Pablo Jesusvith Villafl or, Rogelio 3. Teodoro Blanco Coach: Raul Ignacio Virgilio Delas Alas 4. Ariel Bobadilla Assistant coaches: Romel First aid 101 5. Bryan Corpuz Langcauon, Glenn Team TMC 6. Geronimo Creencia Campos, Ding Quinto 1. Bernan Simbulan FIRST aid is the immediate - Phone number from where Medications taken (Do you take Poisoning 7. Lou Patrick 2. Crannie Miranda and temporary care given to a you are calling. any medicines? What medicine? • Determine if how the Lawis GROUP 2 3. Ronan Mangabat victim who is suddenly taken Do not panic and talk in a How many/much did you take? poisoning had occurred: 8. Richard Lopez Team FSCI 4. Cris Bajaladia ill or injured. The objectives of clear voice. Do not be upset When did you take it?); - Ingestion—by mouth 9. Mañero, Noli 1. Marlon Rudio 5. Ishiko Orpiano giving fi rst aid are to lessen pain if the dispatcher asks you Past/present medical history - Inhalation—through breathing 10. Jaime Miñosa 2. Larry San Jose 6. Santiago Garcia and suffering, to minimize added questions. This is to ensure that (Have you been hospitalized? - Injection—through puncture 11. Romeo Paliza 3. Jessie Abas 7. Anthony Tayao injury and to save life and limb. all information is gathered so that Are you hypertensive? Diabetic? of the skin 12. Glen Torre 4. Jahaziel Bona 8. Brandon Zapanta What to do in case of medical responders can get the picture of Do you have heart problems?); - Absorption—through the skin 13. Jaymore 5. Mark Anthony De Jesus 9. Francis Buluran emergency the emergency. Do not hang up Last oral intake (Have you eaten? pores. Varias 6. DJ Joy Daproza 10. Erlito Alfeche 1. Scene survey until the dispatcher tells you to How much, when?); • Check if the scene is unsafe. 14. Jose Rommel 7. Isabelo Daproza Jr. 11. Lawrence Lee • If the scene is unsafe, make it do so. Events leading to injury (What did If so, do not enter. Velasco 8. Elmer Gonzales 12. Paul Aries Cuellar safe. Otherwise, do not enter. 3. Primary survey: “ABC” you do before this happened?) • Call EMS. 15. Randy Velasco 9. Ross Christian Bernabe 13. Arnold Perreras • Take BSIP (Body Substance A – Airway Care and treatment of common • Check ABC, be prepared to Manager: Edgar Cerezo 10. Allan Mindeoro 14. Pio Tumpang Isolation Precaution). Open the airway using head medical emergencies perform CPR. Coach: Romeo Paliza 11. Wilfredo Adel De Leon 15. Jay del Rosario • Use Personal Protective tilt chin lift maneuver. Check Chest pains (myocardial • Ensure proper ventilation. Asst. coach: Evaristo 12. William Torres, Coach: Armando Gomez Equipment (PPE) like gloves, for obvious obstruction at the infarction/heart attack) • Try to identify the poison. Absalon team captain Asst. coach: Julius Villegas masks, etc. mouth and nose. • Check ABC. Ensure proper • Call the poison center (02) 13. Florito Bautista Jr. • Make an overall picture B – Breathing airway. 524-1078. Team ABS-CBN 14. Deo Steve Retiro Team First Gen of the scene. Identify “LLF” (look, listen, feel) for • Call for EMS immediately. • Do not induce vomiting. 1. Rodelio Balbutin 15. Danilo Lachica 1. Hyatt Basman hazards, number 10 seconds. • Place patient in high backrest • Save any container, spoiled 2. Jovino Balunan 16. Emerson Tena 2. Darryl Valderueda of people who are injured, If breathless, give two blows position. food for analysis. 3. Garett Cailles Manager: Teotimo Batac 3. Tom Cu bystanders who can help. while pinching the nose. • Watch out for cardiac arrest. Suspected stroke 4. Jericho Blaza Coaches: Lauro Baldo; 4. Ronchi Reselosa • Identify yourself and C – Circulation Do CPR. • Check ABC, assure open 5. Wibert Fung Danilo Lachica, 5. Kenneth Balabbo your level of training. Ask Check for carotid pulse for Loss of consciousness/dizziness airway. Be prepared to apply 6. Timothy Isla playing coach 6. Ariel Emeterio for consent. 10 seconds. • Check ABC. CPR if condition worsens. 7. Raymond Reyes Substitute coaches: 7. Ian Torres 2. Activate EMS (Emergency 4. Secondary survey: “PASAC”/ • Proper position of patient • Call for EMS. 8. Alex Malig Mario Mayo Jr., Lowell 8. Joey Robles Medical Service) ”SAMPLE” - Pale—Elevate the lower • Patient may have stroke if 9. Vener Mariano, Cabaluna 9. Danny Omampo Information to be relayed in How to interview the victim extremities these are noted: team captain Muse: Roanne Mae 10. Norman Samonte calling EMS (be sure these are documented) - Red—Place patient in sitting - Facial droop (tell the patient 10. Jun Panganiban Custodio 11. Ray Ranan - Name of the person calling PASAC: Patient’s name, address, position to . If asymmetry is 11. Randy Picache 12. Julius Gelason - What happened (Nature of sex, age, contact number/person • Assure and calm the patient. noted, he/she may have 12. Joey Rafal Team 13. Carlo Vega emergency) SAMPLE: • Treat for wound sustained stroke) 13. Charles Riola Soluziona 14. Ed Duques - Exact and accurate location. Signs and symptoms (Signs— during the start of condition. - Slurring of speech 14. Jinno Rufi no 1. Jonathan Aguirre 15. Dennis Badillo Indicate landmarks, nearest What you see, smell, hear, feel • Ensure proper ventilation. - Weakness of one side of the 15. Karlo Sarra 2. Joseph Ariaga 16. Tep Javier routes, traffi c conditions on the patient; Symptoms—What • Do not give anything to body 16. Marlon Simbajon 3. James Barretto 17. Eric Cometa - Number of victims the patient feels.); drink or eat. • Ensure proper ventilation. 17. Arnold Sulit 4. Enghelbert Castillo 18. Teng Panganiban - Extent of victim’s condition Allergies (Do you have any • Transport victim in 18. Bill Velasco 5. Mark Wayne De Claro 19. Jorge Eje and care given. allergies?); comfortable position. Manager: Alvin Lumacang 6. Alfredo De Guzman 20. Paul Rudio Coach: 7. Anthony Dizon 21. Anthony Vincent 8. Francis Flores Casanova 2nd Lopez Lifelong Wellness Basketball Tournament 7th Stress Management Program Course: Walk the Talk Team FPHC/First 9. Jonathan Gopaco 22. Sonny Celemin Opening ceremonies Tae-Bo, yoga and ballroom dancing October 13, 2007 Phil. Realty 10. Jaycee Inocentes 23. Reggie Borbon October 5, 2007, 5 p.m. October 8, 2007 Venue to be announced 1. Farley 11. Alexander Joco 24. Jay Agustines Meralco Gym, Ortigas Center Benpres Wellness Gym Cuizon 12. Waye Llana 25. Rodel Mendoza G/F Benpres Building, Ortigas Center 2. Ryan Mendoza 13. Carlo Masangkay SPORTS & WELLNESS 3. Joraq Gonzaga 14. Dennis Padilla CALENDAR For more info, contact Gani Velasquez (634-3715) or Darlene Lamis (631-6465), email ganiv2002@ 4. Willy Talavera 15. Michael Pua yahoo.com or [email protected]. You may also visit www.lopezwellness.com. 5. Jose Mojares 16. Ian Rentuza

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CALL it a benign variation of the “butterfly 2nd Lopez Group Basketball Tournament tips off at the Meralco Gym Sudoku effect”: China flexes its economic muscles and causes ripples that extend to the Maglaro tayo ng Sudoku, ang bagong libangan ng bayan! Philippines and other Southeast Asian Ayusin lamang ang mga numero simula 1 hanggang 9 countries. Economists from ING predicted para ang bawat numero ay minsan lang magagamit sa during the annual Lopez Group economic bawat row, column at kahon. briefing that 2008 is going to present a lot Dearchannels! Any possibility that SkyCableRosie management will scrap the of opportunities for the Philippines as an offshoot of the China boom. The experts plan?—Joel and Arlene painted a rosy picture wherein the Philippines Starting January 1, 2008, SkyCable subscribers will enjoy five is in step with the rest of the world economy new channels, some of the very best available—Fox Crime, AXN as the peso stabilizes on the back of billions Beyond and three locally syndicated channels, Velvet, Maxxx and of dollars in OFW remittances and inflows Balls. SkyCable Gold subscribers will enjoy an additional channel, from the BPO sector, and the government KidsCo, a children’s channel produced by Hallmark, while SkyCable gets serious with its fiscal program. Silver subscribers will have the Disney Channel as SkyCable makes it The new Meralco commercial currently available to all subscribers. However, also starting Jan. 1, SkyCable airing on local TV is generating a lot of buzz, with “fans” pronouncing it will no longer carry ETC, 2nd Avenue, Solar Sports, Crime/Suspense, a cut above the serious plugs of old. We take our hats off to the company BTV and Jack TV. The contract to carry these channels have expired (and its ad agency) for this minor masterpiece that makes watching TV just and since lengthy negotiations have not resulted in an agreement, it has a little bit more enjoyable for us ordinary folks. not been renewed for 2008. There are advisories in SkySked and other On a related issue, we include in this month’s newsletter a primer on channels to this effect. The possible channel positions are as follows: Epira, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act. We often read and hear Ch. 34, Balls; Ch. 35, AXN Beyond; Ch. 38 KidsCo; Ch. 51 Maxxx; about Epira but it’s like one of those pesky bodily itches—we know it’s and Ch. 52 Velvet. there, but we just can’t “get” it. We hope that the Taglish guide enlightens If you enjoyed the kind of programming on ETC and 2nd Avenue, you and your family with regard to this hot-button topic that is closely then you’re sure to enjoy Velvet’s programming, too! Just watch the identified with the Lopez Group. test broadcast of the new channels on SkyCable starting October 1 Global warming and a heartthrob named Leonardo DiCaprio make on Channel 61. For more information, please call SkyCable’s 24x7 for an intriguing (if unexpected) combination in “The 11th Hour,” which customer care hotline 631-0000. shows in the Philippines starting this month. We strongly recommend you ooOoo to watch and to learn from this documentary in the mold of the Oscar- Congratulations on AEI’s sixth anniversary! I’m curious about winning “An Inconvenient Truth.” the medical travel package mentioned in your supplement that I Hoops fanatics have reason to rejoice with the kickoff of the 2007 read in a broadsheet. Is this available to Lopez Group employees

c Very Easy Lopez Group basketball tournament. With 10 teams eyeing the crown, at a discount, especially for those who have relatives abroad? What c Easy expect this year’s contest to be an extremely exciting one for the players, other new offerings does AEI have? Thanks!—Denis c Medium their supporters and, of course, the companies they represent. From Bunny Gerochi, COO of AEI: “Yes, Asian Eye Institute still ooOoo extends a discount under its Corporate Investors’ Program to Lopez

g Hard What kind of yoga is best for an aspiring yogini? All those free classes Group employees and their relatives. The relatives should just bring offered by Yoga Manila got me curious.—Jacky an endorsement letter from the authorized HR representative of the From Berta Feliciano of Yoga Manila: “Nowadays there are a number employee’s company, together with a photocopy of the employee’s ID. of options in terms of yoga classes. I would try the different styles of The discounts are 50% for consultations and 25% for surgeries and laser yoga offered and find one that I felt most comfortable with. In any procedures. These apply whether the relatives live in the Philippines or activity, consistency is key to progressing, and finding a match in the abroad. type of yoga class is of utmost importance to get yourself back into that “For the medical travel package, when a patient schedules a checkup Answer to September puzzle studio several times a week. Another important consideration is finding or procedure at AEI and requests for the package, we endorse him to our a good teacher, one that you feel comfortable with and trust. Like in partner establishments so he can avail of the special rates. This is also Solution, tips and computer program available anything, trust your instincts and allow the intelligence of your body to available to Lopez Group employees or relatives who schedule a visit guide you in your choices.” For more info about the types of yoga offered with AEI and request the package. Please contact Jiji Recto at jlrecto@ at www.sudoku.com by Yoga Manila, visit www.yogamanila.com, email yogamanila@gmail. asianeyeinstitute.com for further details.” com or text 0917-5229642. ooOoo ooOoo Send questions, comments, opinions, suggestions and reactions to Dear I heard that SkyCable will no longer carry ETC. and 2nd Avenue Rosie through fax no. 633-3520 or to DearRosie@benpres-holdings. GLOBAL WARMING TIPS in 2008? Is this true? Sayang naman kung ganoon, we love those com. Maraming salamat! Easy ways to save money…and save the environment too! Global warming is becoming a hotter issue as the days of carbon dioxide each year and help keep your home black dress shoes or two dozen pairs of socks or three go by. That’s why ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. (AFI) cool. handbags in the exact same shade of blue or brown that under managing director Gina Lopez deserves kudos Choose an air conditioner with an Energy matches your wardrobe staples. for its effort to make the foundation’s new headquarters Efficiency Ratio (EER) of 10 or higher. Make sure to Don’t tolerate a leaky faucet. Even a slow drip can in Quezon City an environment-friendly structure that clean or replace the filter diligently to save 350 pounds waste about two gallons of clean water daily. Invest in minimizes the use of air-conditioning and artificial of carbon dioxide and about P7,500 per year in electric water-saving devices, such as aerators for your faucets, light, among other innovations. Here are some ideas bills. Don’t set the temperature too low; keeping it showerheads and drip-irrigation, watering systems. you can try out at work or elsewhere to do your bit in just two degrees higher all year can save about 2,000 Even something as low-tech as a drum is helpful. helping save the environment: pounds of carbon dioxide a year, and much more on Switch the lights off in an empty room. It’s the Plant a tree. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, your energy bill. Or with the cooler months coming up, easiest way to save money and help the environment produce clean air, prevent topsoil erosion, provide a there’s no need to turn your air conditioner on. at the same time. When possible, use natural light. better habitat for birds and insects, save 2,000 pounds Set a clothing quota. Nobody needs six pairs of (Source: Live Green)

heat waves, melting Dialogues of experts technology and social responsibility and ice caps and “The 11th Hour” features ongoing conservation. Watch and learn: endangered or extinct dialogues of experts from all over the world. Spreading the message species to prove it. So, These include former Soviet Prime Minister Scientists and environmental advocates a year after Al Gore’s Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen such as David Orr (Oberlin faculty ‘The 11th Hour’ alarming movie- Hawking, former Central Intelligence member and author of four enrivormental Global warming is not only the number documentary “An Agency (CIA) head R. James Woolsey, books), David Suzuki (founder of the one environmental challenge we face Incovenient Truth,” comes another 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari -based David Suzuki Foundation) today, but one of the most important issues environmental documentary called “The Maathai, environmentalist/journalist Paul and Gloria Flora (director of Sustainable facing all of humanity ... We all have to 11th Hour.” Hawken and sustainable design experts Obtainable Solutions) paint a portrait for a do our part to raise awareness about Produced and narrated by Leonardo William McDonough and Bruce Mau, and radically new and different future in which global warming and the problems we as DiCaprio, “The 11th Hour” is “the last over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and it is not humanity’s intent to dominate the a people face in promoting a sustainable moment when change is possible. The leaders who discuss the most important planet’s life systems, but to mimic and environmental future for our planet.— feature-length documentary explores issues that face our planet and people. coexist with them. Leonardo DiCaprio how we’ve arrived at this moment—how The film offers hope and potential This message needs to be spread far Global warming is a man-made we live, how we impact the earth’s solutions to these problems by calling and wide. See “The 11th Hour” with your catastroophe that is changing our ecosystems and what we can do to for restorative action by reshaping and friends, family and coworkers. It opens planet—we have floods, fires, droughts, change our course.” rethinking global human activity through October 10, 2007.

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from ABS-CBN Publishing this October EXTENDED What’s new UNTIL DEC. 2007 By Joseph Uy Sharon on having it all Ferreria shares how in The Megastar lives a Megalife, and in Metro this “Kitchen Notes.” In month, she talks about having it all—a constant career high, a stable addition, try exciting marriage and family life and a chance to fi nish college. Writer Ramil recipes and menus for Gulle presents a candid side to the celebrity, who talks about KC’s making a nutritious relationship with her dad Gabby, and how she’s recently kicked a bad family meal and fi nd habit. In line with Breast Cancer Awareness month, Metro presents the out how you can earn stories of Big C survivors. Also in this issue, the best places to score money with paella. sugar-free desserts, and fashion from Metrowear Cebu. Have your best Focus on kitchens and baths in ‘Metro Home’ ever sem break Unique kitchens and baths are the special focus of the latest edition Promo runs until December 2007. of Metro Home & Entertaining. Check out the variety of styles—from with ‘Chalk’ Find out how sleek modern to Old World, a kitchen with hand-painted pastoral scenes University Athletic on the walls, a bath with double rain showerheads. The magazine also Association of the offers decorating tips: recommending bold color to enliven a room, the Philippines (UAAP) hotties and campus heartthrobs are spending creation of a focal point to create order, and vignettes to bring interest their vacation. Get inspired by the travel tales of band front woman to a drab corner. Learn all you need to know about aparadors. Meet Alessandra Tinio and University of the Philippines (UP) student Karen local designers and their out-of-the-box furnishings and décor. As in Uy. Rock a new look this season with the best ways to wear denim every issue, there’s a visual feast of the most stunning homes. and jewel tones. Clear shampoo endorsers John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo talk about what makes their tandem work onscreen despite their ‘FOOD’ turns a glorious 12! separate offscreen personal lives. It’s all in Chalk’s October issue! FOOD Magazine celebrates its 12th anniversary with a fabulous collection of cakes and pastries. Top bakers Heny Sison, Myrna Segismundo, Dennis Hipolito and Tina Diaz give their recipes for cassava cake, Get the newest issues of your favorite magazines at leading bookstores queso de bola cheesecake, carrot cake, coffee brickle cake and English and magazine stands nationwide. For subscriptions, contact ABS-CBN sticky toffee pudding. Also, be inspired by the fi rst female to become Publishing Inc. at 924-4101 or 415-2272 locals 4658 or Joena Cabrera White House executive chef, the Philippines’ Cristeta Comerford. Bake at 415-2852 or 415-2671. fruitcake in three variations: banana, white and chocolate. Dorothy

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