70 years in 70 seconds video (UNICEF @70)

This is a promotional video for Unicef Philippines' 70th anniversary. My contribution was providing data on Unicef's activities in the country from 1948 to the present. 

Abe Baonguis: 29 years of serving Unicef (Unicef @70)

A report I submitted to Unicef Philippines as part of my engagement for Unicef @70 made its way to the November 24, 2018 issue of Business Mirror. Click here for the original story. 

Abe Baonguis: 29 years of serving Unicef 

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 Jennee Grace U. Rubrico | Special to the BusinessMirror

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November 24, 2018

Unicef @70 publication

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of being tapped for a project that entailed researching on and writing about UNICEF's work in the Philippines as part of its UNICEF @70 campaign and celebrations. One of my tasks was to come up with a narrative that provides a snapshot of UNICEF Philippines' work over the last seven decades, with a time line of milestones and highlights.

During the 70th anniversary celebrations of UNICEF Philippines last November 20, the publication containing my research, entitled Seven Decades of Upholding the Rights of Children, was released.

It is gratifying to be part of this significant event in the UN agency's history in the country. It was a pleasure to not only be intimately acquainted with UNICEF's wide-ranging and results-oriented work for the children and women in the Philippines, but also to have been given the chance to meet and speak with the most extraordinary people -- famous or not -- who have dedicated their lives to protecting and upholding the rights of society's most vulnerable members.

Congratulations to UNICEF Philippines for 70 years of working to make the country a better place for children, and to the UNICEF Communications team for staging a campaign that has proven as effective as the services rendered by the agency for the country.

Thank you, UNICEF -- first, for choosing me to be part of a worthwhile project, and second, for turning the narrative into this publication that served as a companion to the 70th anniversary celebrations.

Ad majorem Dei gloriam!

Unicef scholar serves her Aeta community (for Unicef @70)

I wrote this piece on the only Aeta midwife in three Floridablanca villages as part of my deliverables for Uniceef @70. It was published by Philippine Star last September 24, 2018.

A child of the streets turns hero in Cebu (for Unicef @70)

A piece I wrote about a delinquent-turned-policeman for Unicef @70 was published in the September 21, 2018 issue of Business Mirror. Link to the original story here. 

A life lived for children (for Unicef @70)

A piece I wrote about seasoned child rights advocate Pol Moselina for Unicef @70 found its way to the September 1, 2018 issue of Business Mirror. Click for the original story.

First appeared on DIY International. Click here for story 

Good Home plans expansion in Brunei and Malaysia

Good Home is the home improvement and DIY division of Goldmyne Hardware.

David Lau ist the general manager of Good Home.

After recently opening what is touted to be the biggest do-it-yourself store in the Southeast Asian island of Borneo, Bruneian-owned company Good Home is setting its sights on further expanding its brand. The fledgling company, which launched its 1 600 m² flagship outlet inside the Aman Hills Shopping Centre in Brunei's capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan last May, plans to open two more stores in the sultanate over the next two years. It is also considering a foray into neighbouring Malaysia. The island of Borneo is split between the states Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Good Home is the home improvement and DIY division of Goldmyne Hardware Sdn Bhd, one of the established hardware and roofing materials suppliers in the sultanate. In an interview, David Lau, Good Home general manager, told DIY International one of the two prospective branches in the sultanate is set to open its doors at the end of this year or early next year. This two floor store will have around 550 m². The second one, he said, will come by next year. It will be the company's biggest outlet yet.

The two new branches will bring the brand's total number of stores in the tiny Southeast Asian petrostate to four. Apart from the newly-opened flagship store in Aman Hills, Good Home also has a 100 m² branch at the Times Square Shopping Complex in the sultanate's Berakas subdistrict. Opened last October, this store - Good Home's first - served to test the Brunei home improvement and DIY market.

Also being considered is a regional expansion to Malaysia. The company plans to test the regional market via online store Babakimpo, an affiliate of Good Home.

Good Home carries 5 000 DIY and home improvement products, with plans of adding 2 000 more to the mix in the next six months. The company sources its items from Japan, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. It also sources building materials from Japan and Korea.

photo credit: Melvin Jong

Brunei River Cruise (Script for a commercial)

I wrote the script for Shazan Marine's newest ad, "Brunei River Cruise", which was launched in December 2017.