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The INFARMCO Group spearheaded by Schippers Philippines, Inc. joined in the celebration of the 50^th anniversary of MS Schippers in the Netherlands from October 11-16.  The INFARMCO contingent was composed of Mr. Jimmy N. Chua, President; Ms. Natalie Teng, GM Schippers Philippines, Inc. and Mr. Danny Chua, National Sales Manager.

On hand to welcome the INFARMCO Group were its founder Martien Shcippers, his wife Maria, his sons Mark, Harrie and Guus.  They were given a tour of the MS Schippers headquarters in Bladel, the Netherlands and their 20,000 sq. meter warehouse in Lommel, Belguim.

On October 14. MS Schippers held an appreciation night for their suppliers and country managers.  In that event, Martien Schippers was awarded the Order of Orange Nassau, a chivalric order given for special merits for society, by Netherlands King Willem-Alexander.  The celebration also coincides with the 50th wedding anniversary of Martin and Maria Schippers.

Then on October 15^th they joined the Schippers Family Day 2016 at the Beekse Bergen Safari park together with all employees and their families.

As a gesture of appreciation for the fruitful partnership and in commemoration of their 50^th anniversary celebration Mr. Jimmy N. Chua presented a juniper wood sculpture of a smiling pig to Mark Schippers.

Juanito Prado or better known as Mang Juan was given a surprise birthday celebration to commemorate his 65^th birthday.  The party was organized by Mang Juan’s co-employees as their show of affection and appreciation for the many years of friendship.  Mang Juan has been with the company for the past 30 years.  The celebration began with messages and greetings from managers and colleagues.  The party was then capped with a big boodle fight and karaoke singing which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.

QUEZON CITY, Nov. 24 – Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ordered starting Nov. 22, 2016, a total recall of all permits issued for the importation of meat and poultry products in the wake of the proliferation of recycled permits that he said are being used in the technical smuggling of such products.

A technical working group, he said, has been created to assess and handle the issuance of new permits effective upon the issuance of an order.

Piñol made the move based on a United Nations report on the volume of meat and offals imported by the country over the last few months. He also said the DA and the Bureau of Customs were alarmed by reports that companies with import permits issued under the previous Administration were caught “recycling” such permits twice or thrice to facilitate smuggling.

“We are not saying that we are stopping all importations. What we just want is to clean up the issuance of permits. As long as they are legitimate importations, hindi natin pipigilan yan. We want a uniform imposition of tariff. Ibig sabihin wala ng offal ngayon,” he added.

The UN report, on the other hand, indicated that there is a tendency to declare good meat as offals resulting in a 30 percent reduction in the tariff paid by importers.

“Ibig sabihin nito may mga good meat na dine-declare na offal pagdating sa Pilipinas Now if there is a misdeclaration and they’re able to succeed in bringing in these goods, malaki mawawala sa gobyerno,” Piñol said.  (DA)

Source: Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

Listed below are employees who joined the INFARMCO Group this 2016.  Let us all welcome them to the INFARMCO family.  The dates indicated are their date of hiring.

IMC

April 19, 2016 – Jennifer Malabanan (HR Assistant)

June 24, 2016 – Fatima Joy Volante (Bookkeeper ISGI)

August 1, 2016 – Jesus San Jose (Audit Supervisor)

September 5, 2016 – Rachel Dequiña (Admin Assistant)

September 6, 2016 – Ronalyn Severo (HR Assistant)

September 28, 2016 – Mary Rose San Juan (Bookkeeper IFC)

October 19, 2016 – Mary Joy Velasco (Purchasing Staff)

PIXELKIT

January 11, 2016 – Maria Audrey Sabrina Manuel (Multi-Media Artist)

LEXUS

June 26, 2016 – Augusto Bobis Jr. (NPD Helper)

June 26, 2016 – Daniel P. Presado (Caretaker)

August 24, 2016 – Gualberto Hitungo

August 24, 2016 – Jerry Panlimutan

August 24, 2016 – Jonel Remoto

August 27, 2016 – Cesar Endico

September 3, 2016 – Dennis Formoso

WONDERZYME

January 4, 2016 Lilibeth I. Decena (Account Executive)

IFC

Feb 26, 2016 – Remar Balanquit – (caretaker)

Feb 26, 2016 – Roniel Estrella – (caretaker)

Feb 26, 2016 Remar Balanquit – (caretaker)

March 7, 2016 – Eliasar Modar (caretaker)

May 9, 2016 – Victor De Jesus (caretaker)

March 29, 2016 – Victor Baldeo – (caretaker) PCW

April 11, 2016 – Joven Corocoto (caretaker)

April 11, 2016 – Lawrence Rebay (caretaker)

April 21, 2016 – Romel Merabete – (caretaker)

Aug 24, 2016 – JOnathan Castillo – (caretaker)

April 26, 2016 – Aldrin Bartolata – (caretaker)

June 19, 2016 – Emerson Butiog (caretaker)

July 11, 2016 – Rolando Dioquino (caretaker)

July 11, 2016 – Arnold Lus aura – (caretaker)

July 12, 2016 – Jayson Diaz (caretaker)

July 26, 2016 – Emilio Mercader – (caretaker)

July 27, 2016 – Carwin Sotomayro – (caretaker)

July 27, 2016 – Mark Lucip – (caretaker)

July 27, 2016 – Severino Lomboy (caretaker)

July 28, 2016 – Mark Daniel Resurrecion – (caretaker)

August 16, 2016 – Francisco Garcia – (caretaker)

August 17, 2016 – Anisa Billones – (Farm Technician)

August 25, 2016 – Patrick incomio – (caretaker)

September 13, 2016 – Janet Pontanes (Farm Technician)

September 13, 2016 – Cynthia Andes (Farm Technician)

Sept 13, 2016 – JUlie Lodronio – (farm technician)

Bitrade, Schippers and Primevet took part in Agilink 2016.  It is an annual event organized by the Foundation for Resource Linkage and Development, Inc. (FRLD), a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization that addresses the needs of agribusiness sector.

Displayed prominently were Bitrade’s Agrotop Pre-Fabricated Double Deck Housing and other equipment. While Schippers and Primevet had on display various products for the livestock industry.  The event was held from October 6-8 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

Published October 12, 2016 11:41am
Updated October 12, 2016 1:58pm

By TED CORDERO, GMA News

The Philippines is self-sufficient when it comes to hog and poultry production, the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) said Wednesday.

“In terms of poultry and hogs production, we are self-sufficient so we can assure that pork and chicken sold in markets are produced locally,” Ma. Elizabeth Callanta, chief meat inspection officer of the NMIS, said in a press conference in Quezon City.

Philippine hog production reached 2.120 million metric tons in 2015, up 4.33 percent from 2.032 million MT a year earlier, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.

Chicken production totaled 1.660 million MT, up 5.67 percent from 1.571 million MT in 2014.

“We are even exporting poultry to Japan. Ganun din sa hog industry. So ‘yun ang dalawang animal commodities na maganda ang ating production,” Callanta noted.

The Philippines imported 183,530 MT of pork valued at $367,727.32 and 161.041 million kilograms of chicken meat valued at $170.812 million in 2015.

Imported meat products are used for meat processing, because local slaughter houses don’t have the capacity to supply what meat processors need.

“The kinds they need for processing are not available in volume here, because the Filipinos buy meat kasama ‘yung skin, fat. Tayo hindi naman inaalis ‘yung fat. ‘Yung processors they only need the fat,” Callanta said. — Ted Coredro/VDS, GMA News

 

 

INFARMCO Trading Companies held a team building activity last August 26-27 at the Linden Suites in Mandaluyong.  The team building aimed to foster cooperation, friendship and the achievement goals via the INFARMCO way.

 

Wonderzyme, Inc., a proud advocate of the Wonders of Nature, would like to announce  that we are coming out with Special Gift package options  for the holiday season in a very special price offer. The Holiday gift packs features a variety of Wonderzyme’s  natural product items, ideal for corporate giveaways and personal gifts.

 

The following are Wonderzyme’s  Christmas Gift Packs for 2016:

 

Gift Pack #1      HOME CARE PACK- with a gift ba g, gift tag and flyer           P265.00

(1) NO MULTIPURPOSE CLEANER 500 ml

(1) NO DISHWASHING LIQUID 250 ml

(1) NO NATURE’S SPRAY  3-in-1Ready to Use SOOml

Disinfectant-Odor Eliminator-Cleaner

Free: (1) Scrubbing foam w/ green pad

 

Glft Pack #2        TRAVEL/PERSONAL CARE.PACK  – with a gift bag, tag and flyer                    P 200.00

(1) NO XPRESS Disinfectant & Odor Remover Handy.Spray   29 ml/1oz (new  product)

(1) NO Nature’s Spray CITRONELLA  50ml (new  product)

(1) Biozyme HAND SANITIZER Spray 50 ml (1) Biozyme Deo and Body Bar SOAP 100 g Free: (1) Face Towel

 

Gift Pack# 3      PET CARE PACK – with a gift bag, tag and flyer  P 150.00

(1) Petzyme PET SPRAY 400 ml  (new  packaging)

(1) Petzyme PET COLOGNE Deodorizing Fragrance Spray 50 ml (new  product)

(1) PETZYME SOAP & SHAMPOO BAR, 100g

 

Gift Pack# 4     WONDERS OF NATURE PACK – 10 items with WON for all bag       P 500.00

(1) NO MULTIPURPOSE  CLEANER 500 ml

(1) NO DISHWASHING LIQUID 250 ml

(1) NO NATURE’S SPRAY 3-in-1Ready to Use 500ml

Disinfectant-Odor Eliminator-Cleaner

(1) NO XPRESS Disinfectant & Odor Remover Handy Spray  29 ml/1oz (new product)

(1) NO Nature’s Spray CITRONELLA  50ml (new product)

(1)  Biozyme HAND SANITIZER Spray 50 ml

(1) Biozyme Deo and Body Bar SOAP 100 g

(1) Petzyme PET SPRAY 400 ml  (new packaging)

(1) Petzyme PET COLOGNE Deodorizing Fragrance Spray 50 ml (new product)

(1) PETZYME SOAP & SHAMPOO BAR, 100g

 

The Holiday gift pack promo starts this Sept,ember until end December 2016.  Kindly coordinate with Ms. Lilibeth Decena (722-7464 or 09436451734) for your orders.

 

We shall greatly appreciate  your support  in our endeavor. Let’s all Go Natural!

Please click on the link below to view our packages.

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by Dr. Arnel Amurao

To raise the awareness on the current situation and direction of the broiler industry, BITRADE – a company under the Farm and Systems and Solutions core business of the INFARMCO Group –  led industry leaders and movers at the second Exclusive Poultry Summit for Broilers last May 19 at Emerald Ballroom 2 of the Limketkai Luxe Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

The one-day free conference, with the theme “Enhancing Competitiveness of the Philippine Broiler Industry Towards Achieving Food Security”, was an ideal venue to learn new technologies and exchange ideas with international and local experts.

Noted industry experts shared their valuable insights in a range of modern farm technology topics.  Leading the first session was Nestor Rañeses, a well-known authority on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) who discussed updates on the current status of the broiler industry within the ASEAN Region.  He was followed by internationally renowned modern broiler management expert and book author Dr. Maarten de Gussem who led a presentation entitled “Broiler Signals: A practical Guide to Broiler Focused Management.  Finally, BPI Agribusiness Unit head Moises Casubha explained the available financing options for investors seeking to build and maintain broiler farms and other broiler farming-related support services.

Now on its second year, the conference was organized by BITRADE as part of its responsibility to the local poultry and livestock industry.  The farm systems solutions company leads the use modern technology to grow and develop the local poultry and livestock industry and contributes towards achieving food security and cleaner environment in the Philippines.  The company’s range of turnkey and equipment systems extends from climate control, brooding systems, feeding and drinking systems, housing, power supply and renewable energy; including waste management and solar systems.

Established in 1988, BITRADE has maintained the highest standards of quality in its products and services in serving the needs of farmers; from individual stand alone systems to retrofitted and turn-key projects.  To ensure dependability and reliable performance of its systems, the company’s products are sourced from international equipment manufacturers who are leaders in their respective field.

by Danny S. Venida

 

Summary execution, extrajudicial killing,  murder, drug trafficking, rape, unimaginable heinous crimes: they are stuff for the grim reaper, death’s longstanding symbol with a black cape and hood, a bony grin, and a scythe to reap souls. He should be one happy chap with the restoration of the death penalty now a priority in the 17th Congress.

The Grim Reaper was conceived from ancient human history. In the reality of uncomprehending death, we define a symbol we can visualize for what it can be: terrifying, haunting, macabre. But we can learn from the profound wisdom of a 5-year-old, Julianna Yuri Snow, and understand what death truly is. Julianna died last June 14, felled by an incurable neurodegenerative illness called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. It prevented her from walking, eating, or even breathing on her own. She had a series of medical interventions in hospitals. After one very difficult visit, in a conversation with her mother, neurologist Dr. Michelle Moon, she intimated that she preferred to go to heaven rather than back to the hospital if she became very sick again. She told her mom “not to worry, God will take care of me. He is in my heart.” More than a year passed, and she was gone.

God is in the heart of every human being. But unlike Julianna, many are not aware, or simply refuse to be conscious of it. In that unawareness, we lose track of who we are. Instead, we seek to define ourselves on our terms away from this Truth. Power, popularity, pleasure and pera, the original 4Ps, become the basis of defining ourselves. The world is in chaos today because of this identity crisis.

The massacre in Orlando, Florida, with 49 people and the assailant dead and 53 injured, is one more testimony of the dominant intolerance and extremism compounded by the failure of institutions responsible for guiding society to be humane and just. Accepting each one as one was had been extremely difficult. Mutual respect was sorely lacking even if the LGBT orientation, repressed over many generations, is a reality from ancient human history. Many from these groups have contributed as much to arts and culture as to the sciences and many other things, making the human reality beautiful. Yet, humanity at large has rejected them for who they are. And the mentally ill, too, have been generally considered outcasts. Where understanding and acceptance are called for, denial and intolerance have been the response. The so-called “mainstream” is a largely insecure lot.

Leaders of nations and religious institutions have essentially not been providing what it will take to transform global society. Instead, they reinforce the culture of death. There are exceptions, no doubt, like in our contemporary history, in our milieu, Pope Francis is one example. No critical mass seems to be evolving, enough to make global society truly at peace. Wars and more wars are the thrusts of many people in the world. They rally behind the Grim Reaper. The culture of death and impunity rules.

The Grim Reaper is a myth which, when viewed from the standpoint of transcendent life, can be a friend. When Julianna Snow said God was in her heart and would take care of her when she died, she was aware that the Grim Reaper could not take her life. But the end of her five-year life does not deny her life forever. Her eternity began when God dwelt in her spirit at conception, which her incurable illness did not end.

I have been diagnosed with cervical spine stenosis in the C1-C2 area, which most likely developed slowly over the last three years. The passage for my spinal cord is narrowed to just about 20 percent of what it should be. I am fortunate to be mobile, though the discomfort from numbness and muscle ache can be very disruptive. The prognosis, beyond the fifth opinion, is surgery. I am an accident waiting to happen, for paralysis from the neck down, or even instant death. One bad whiplash, even in my sleep, can do me in.

My own stenosis made me realize that I owe former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a heartfelt apology for even thinking that she is not in a life-and-death situation. And then I thought that former senator Juan Ponce Enrile and many detainees over, say, 80 years old, deserve society’s compassion and must be allowed and provided humane living conditions. The Grim Reaper is saying hello to us. I am saying hello to him, too.

But just as life is a gift granted by our Creator without our consent, the moment of death is rightfully in His exclusive domain, as He is life’s only source. Otherwise, our deaths will exclude Him, and we can essentially break away from life by choice. The beauty of life is union with the Creator—God in our hearts.

When governments rationalize death, through war or the death penalty or any other form of violence against human dignity and life, they contradict the Truth of Life and reinforce the chaos in global human society. It is always time for fundamental value transformation to take place. There have been many leaders throughout history who pursued death, with their constituents cheering them on in their killing spree. Shining moments in humanity have been expressed through individual and collective resistance to this kind of leadership.

Filipinos are in practically every nook and cranny of the globe. They can be, as Pope Francis challenged us during his pastoral visit in January 2015, messengers of the good news of God: life forever for all. It is imperative that we realize and recognize that the powerful response to the deaths that drugs, wars, crime and corruption are causing is not more deaths but a proactive sharing of life. We will all face our death, but do not worry: God is in our hearts.

This article was published in Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 22, 2016.

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