Cebu Happenings

  𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 “𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬” 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. MANILA, Philippines, March 2025 — GForest, the in-app tech platform created by GCash to empower users to contribute to various environmental initiatives, its planting partners and 21 million GForest “Green Heroes” active users, have planted a monumental 4 million trees in 2024. This milestone has advanced the ecological and socioeconomic impact of reforestation and agroforestry projects carried out in partnership with the ABS-CBN Foundation, Culion Foundation, Friends of Hope, Inc., the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI), Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI), Silliman University, and The World Wildlife Fund (WWF). GForest is a digital eco movement where anyone can help the environment and empower loc...

  𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 MANILA, Philippines, March 2025 — Silliman University (SU), through its Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS), and GCash, the Philippines’ leading finance app through its GForest feature, have broadened their 2023 SU-GCash Reforestation in South Negros Project. Initially set to wrap up in 2028 with the planting of 500,000 mangroves, the partnership now aims to plant an additional 500,000 mangroves and beach trees across South Negros, including parts of Negros Occidental. The goal is to reach a total of one million mangroves across critical areas in the region by the end of phase 2 in 2029. I...

  𝐆𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝟐.𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 In less than 17 months since its launch, GJobs has reached 2.4 million registered users, enhancing the accuracy of employment matchmaking in the Philippines through digital innovation. GJobs is the job referral feature of GCash, the country's leading finance super app and largest cashless ecosystem, which was launched in partnership with PasaJob. GJobs continues to deliver effective employment solutions through its current innovative features with AI integration also on the horizon. PasaJob places a strong emphasis on referrals as a primary way for sourcing talent, which can reduce the hiring period from an average of 42 days to just 29 days. Employees hired through referrals tend to have 70% longer tenures compared to those sourced through other means. Additionally, PasaJob’s recruitment concierge service significantly str...