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Plantersbank Promotes to Cebu SME Ethics and Values Speakers Series
Plantersbank, the country’s lead bank for Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs, once again brings the SME Speaker Series to the Queen City if the South for this year’s second leg of the SME Speaker Series. The events takes place last August 26, 2010 at City Sports Club(fronting Cebu Marriott), Cebu City.
Help guide for Entrepreneur in making their business Grow and Prosper
Now on its third year touring the key cities nationwide, Plantersbank has been advocating SME enablement by getting renowned motivational speakers to talk about cutting edge ideas in management and entrepreneurship to help keep SMEs abreast with developments that may impact their decision making process and the way they managed their business.
The Cebu leg of SME Speaker Series brings one o f the country’s most sought-after motivational speaker, Anthony N. Pangilinan as guest lecturer, to talk about the importance of business values and how it can be a big factor in helping business a achieve greater productivity and financial gains.
This years theme: SME Ethics: Adding Values to your Business
Heeding the new administration’s call for “change”, the Plantersbank SME Speaker Series will tackle business values that can help guide entrepreneur in making their business grow and prosper, thus the theme, “SME Ethics: Adding Values to your Business”.
Eliminate the opportunities for corruption, long term financial gains for SMEs
“In the previous years, we talk about how to manage a business during a difficult times and how to thrive despite the tough times. Now that most businesses are already showing signs of recovery from the economic downturn, we thought it best to promote good governance and instill good business values among our entrepreneurs. We believe that if we can eliminate the opportunities for corruption, our SME’s can benefit a lot because this could mean greater productivity and long term financial gains,” according to Plantersbank chairman and President Ambassador Jesus T. Tambunting.
The Cebu leg of SME Speaker Series is being presented in partnership with Bayan Business
Plantersbank Promotes to Cebu SME Ethicss Speakers Series posted at Cebu Events Blog

This First-ever Trade Exhibit showcasing the World-Class products of leading companies from the two countries Philippines and Russia is a major component in this year’s Philippine Russian Business Forum (PRBF) which will be on Oct. 21-24, 2010. It will be open for public view at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in Mandaue City. Factory Visits and Trips to Northern and Southern Cebu is scheduled on October 23 and 24.

“We hope to generate more trade opportunities and strengthen relations between Russia and the Philippines through this exhibition,” Garcia said. “This will be a good entry point for the Russians not only to the Philippine market but to the ASEAN and even the rest of the world, and vise versa.”
Lined up for exhibition are products and services related to tourism and wellness; trade promotion and development; mining and energy; education and culture; labor, placement services and outsourcing; and retirement facilities and real estate development.The various aspects of both Filipino and Russian education, as well as culture, will also be featured in the trade fair, including English language training and arts and crafts.
Among the highlights of the Philippine Russian Business Forum and Trade Exhibition is the one-on-one business matching and meeting between exhibitors and investors/buyers which is instrumental in the procuring of trade.
Russia, world's largest reserves of Mineral, Energy Resources and Timber 
Russia is known to have the largest reserves of mineral and energy resources in the world and is the world’s leading energy superpower, the visiting exhibitors are expected to bring in new ideas and current trends on the Russian energy market.It also has the world’s largest timber reserves and may likewise promote its wood furniture industry, along with its food products, toys and housewares, jewelry, fashion and accessories, and industrial goods.
Exhibits for Tourism and Wellness will showcase M.I.C.E. facilities and Destinations, Tourist Attractions, and health and wellness products as well as medical tourism-related services.
Unveiling of Leo Tolstoy bust at the Sugbo Cultural Center
THE bust of famous Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy which will be mounted at the Sugbo Cultural Center on October 21, 2010 as the main highlight in the opening ceremonies of this year’s Philippine Russian Business Forum (PRBF).
This was announced by Honorary Russian Consul to the Visayas Russia Armi Lopez Garcia, who said the Tolstoy bust arrived along with the paintings of celebrated Russian painter-sculptor Gregory Pototsky.
Tolstoy is regarded as among the world’s greatest of novelist. His famous works include the masterpieces “Anna Karenina” and “War and Peace,” which is one of the greatest novels ever written.
The 2009 movie “The Last Station”, starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, was based on Tolstoy’s final year. Tolstoy died of pneumonia at Astapovo station in 1910 at the age of 82.
Pototsky paintings at the Philippine Russian Art Show
Pototsky’s paintings will serve as the Russian delegation’s main attraction in the Philippine Russian Art Show, which is among the PBRF’s major components along with the Philippine Russian Trade Exhibition and Philippine Russian Photo Exhibit.
Investors, Real Estate Developers, Businessmen, Exporters, Importers are expected to attend.
Investors, real estate developers, businessmen, decision makers, exporters, importers, national government agencies, and local government units from both the Russian Federation and the Philippines are expected to attend the four-day Philippine Russian Business Forum.
About 2nd Philippine-Russian Business Forum.
The four-day 2nd Philippine-Russian Business Forum is organized by the Philippine Russian Business Assembly (PRBA), Embassy of the Russian Federation, and the Philippine Exhibits and Themeparks Corp. (PETCO).
It is being held in cooperation with the Province of Cebu, City of Mandaue, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Tourism, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Cebu Business Club, and the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The 2nd Philippine-Russian Business Forum posted at Cebu Events Blog.