Foreign Fighters Reigns again at UGB 15: Foreign Invasion 2

UGB 15: ‘Foreign Invasion’ 2 took place at the Don Bosco Technical College last June 24. It showcases top Filipino fighters against their counterparts from the USA, UAE, UK, and Singapore.

The event is a follow-up to the hugely successful Foreign Invasion 1, which crowned new champions in American Brad Robinson and Pakistanis Uloomi Karim and Ahmed Mujtaba.

Joining together with the champions are the new Lightweight Matthew McGrigor and Light Heavyweight Mike St. Claire.

A night of awesome MMA action and Rock & Roll Music. Six viewer won free tickets to the big show on July 30 where he or she can take home P1 million in cash!

Event was made possible by UGB MMA Corp. is the Official Licencee of WSOF-Global and Fitbox Fitness and Boxing Gym (UGB MMA Corporate Partner)

Pharex 15-day Compliance Pouch for Cholesterol

60% of patients with heart disease fail to comply with their medication, study shows

For patients with cardiovascular disorders, adherence to medication goes a long way in ensuring that their health is in its tiptop condition. However, 60 percent of these patients are not complying with the medication as prescribed by their doctors, according to a study.

Published in the American Heart Association, the study revealed that non adherence to medication remains to be a major problem for cardiovascular patients, often leading to poor clinical outcomes, frequent hospitalizations, and increased mortality.

To prevent the worst consequences of heart disease, expert says that religious compliance to medication should be a top priority—starting from curbing the risk factors associated with the disorder.

“One of the risk factors for developing heart disease is having high blood cholesterol levels, which increases the risk of formation of plaques and atherosclerosis,” said Dr. Amado Nazal, medical director of Pharex HealthCorp. “If our patients will comply with their medication from the moment their doctors instructed them to lower their cholesterol levels, then we will be able to keep their condition from worsening.”

He added, “We believe that many patients fail to adhere to their medication because of the costs that come with it. However, medication need not be expensive. This is why at Pharex, we provide optimum health assistance to these patients through maintenance medicines that are not only of high quality but also affordable.”

Pharex HealthCorp., the most prescribed brand of medicines, offers quality maintenance medicines that are designed to help curb high cholesterol levels at an affordable price.

With the Pharex 15-day Compliance Pouch for Cholesterol, patients will be able to comply with their medication to prevent tendencies of having chronic cardiovascular diseases.

“Fat as a result of bad cholesterol can build up on the walls of your heart’s arteries, which suppresses the smooth blood circulation that’s crucial to our body system’s functions,” Nazal said.

When arteries are narrowed down or blocked, the heart will not be able to pump blood to the other parts of the body, Nazal added. “Too much cholesterol weakens our heart, therefore putting to risk our lives.”

“With the new Pharex 15-day Compliance Pouch for Cholesterol, we are assuring patients of three things: first, they can conveniently bring their medicine whenever and wherever they go as it is packed in a resealable foil pouch. Second, it’s affordable and accessible to leading drugstores nationwide.Lastly, healthcare professionals proved and tested the effectiveness of the medicine, making it a top choice for people who have high cholesterol levels,” said Nazal.

Nazal concluded, “Failure to comply with medication could cost our lives more than we realize. Now that the new Compliance Pouch for Cholesterol is here, patients will be more able to improve the quality of their lives without the added costs.”

The new Pharex Compliance Pouch is available in all leading drugstores. For more
information, please contact 4338088 (local 820).

1st BusinessWorld Economic Forum

The country’s biggest names in business will speak at the first BusinessWorld Economic Forum happening on July 12, 2016 at Shangri-La at the Fort in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Themed “Charting Progress to 2020”, the highly anticipated event will tackle the country’s present and projected economic situation in light of the forthcoming changes in public governance.

Vice President-elect Maria Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo will open the morning sessions with the topic on “How To Attain Inclusive Economic Growth” while incoming Department of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez will start the afternoon sessions with the discussion on “The Philippine Economy Under the New Presidency.” MVP Group of Companies Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan will be delivering the keynote speech.

Also speaking at the event are Philippine Competition Commission Chairperson Arsenio M. Balisacan and Securities & Exchange Commission Chairperson Teresita J. Herbosa. 

Other prominent business figures who will serve as session speakers include Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer Erramon I. Aboitiz,  Insular Life Assurance Company CEO Nina D. Aguas, Globe Telecommunications President Ernest Cu, Phinma Corporation President Ramon R. del Rosario, Ayala Corporation Energy Holdings, Inc. President & CEO John Eric T. Francia, Solar Philippines President Leandro Leviste, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation Chief Digital Officer Donald Patrick Lim, Sun Life Financial President and CEO Rizalina G. Mantaring, McKinsey & Company Managing Partner Suraj Moraje, Megaworld Corporation First VP Commercial Division Kevin L. Tan, Rustan Supercenters, Inc. President  Bienvenido V. Tantoco III, McDonalds Philippines EVP & Deputy Managing Director Margot Torres,  Alaska Corporation President and CEO Wilfredo Steven Uytengsu Jr., as well as Facebook Canada Global Marketing Solutions Group Director Alfredo C. Tan.
 

The speakers will provide their expert viewpoints on the forum’s five discussion sessions: succession, sustainability, integration, disruption, and capacity. The session on succession is expected to encourage discourse and provide answers on how the country can prepare its next generation leaders. Sustainability will discuss how the corporate sector ensures the sustainability of financial gains. The session on Integration will focus on the business imperatives of regional integration and is expected to address questions on how the country can leverage on free trade agreements (FTAs) to broaden its market and product or service offerings as well as how economic integration be made more inclusive.  Disruption will explore how technology has blurred the distinctions between industries and will explore the questions on which industries are due for a shakeup and how companies wage competition across multiple fronts. The last session is on capacity which aims to highlight the way companies address the challenge of infrastructure and supply bottlenecks in a growing economy.

The session topics are crucial to understanding, predicting and influencing the Philippines’ business and economic growth today and in the coming years.

Organized by BusinessWorld, the country’s leading business daily, this event is in line with its 29th anniversary and is open to the public. The first BusinessWorld Economic Forum is brought to you by Metrobank, Turkish Airlines in partnership with Ayala Land, Inc., PLDT Inc., Smart Communications, and Meralco. For more information, please visit www.bweconomicforum.com, e-mail to norelyn@fmi.com.ph or call 896-0639 / 896-0637.


*This is Press Release