Month: September 2014

Events

ABCI Receives Mindanao Business Leaders Award

Post author By Abrown Admin
Post date September 22, 2014

By Rufino T. Magbanua

For its immense contribution to the housing and real estate development, A Brown Group of Companies has been awarded the rare distinction as one of Mindanao’s top business leaders in ceremonies held last July 26, 2014 at Centrio Ayala Mall in Cagayan de Oro City.

A Brown was among the 14 top business entities and firms in Mindanao selected to receive the prestigious 2014 Business Leaders Awards.

Now on its third year, this recognition dubbed “Celebration of Business Successes in Mindanao” is being spearheaded by Mindanao Business Week Group of Publications in partnership with the City Government of Cagayan de Oro, Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental, Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, Oro Bankers Club, Ayala Centrio, Veterans Bank, Asian Hills Bank and Steag Estate Power.

Other awardees include: Sumifru Phils Corp for agri-business, Ist Valley Bank for banking and finance; FICCO for cooperative banking; Alrose Group of Companies for food manufacturing and marketing; Royal Mandaya Hotel for hotel industry; Dahilayan Adventure Park for resorts and tourism development; Phoenix Petroleum, mega entrepreneur; Salay Handmade Paper Industries, social entrepreneur; JCA Realty, service entrepreneur; Anakciano Inc (Lechon Manok ni San Pedro, business entrepreneur; Yulo Tee GTY Marketing, trading entrepreneur; Oro Asian Automotive Corp for transport industry and Italpinas for alternative energy.

This annual business awards aims to value and recognize the outstanding achievements of business firms and entrepreneurs that helped propel Mindanao’s economic growth by way of sustained leadership, innovations, creativity, entrepreneurship, application of best practices and people empowerment.

Events

ABCI Joins 6th ARCBEX

Post author By Abrown Admin
Post date September 22, 2014

By Quarren Del Rosario

One of the events for September is the 6th Architectural, Construction and Building Exposition 2014 (ARCBEX ’14) on September 5, 6 and 7 at the Limketkai Mall Rotunda, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City where A Brown Company, Inc. is one of the sponsors/exhibitors. This year’s theme is “Architecture: Practice beyond borders.”

This big event is participated by the different suppliers, manufacturers, dealers and distributors of different building materials for building construction.

Photo via Philippine Institute of Architects

Features Archives

Good Housekeeping—For The Office

Post author By Abrown Admin
Post date September 22, 2014

By Elroy Z. Uta

Getting stuck at our desks can already be draining and monotonous. And the tiniest frustrations at work like pulling out a wrong plug, a cluttered workspace, spilled coffee, tangled cables, lost pens, missing smartphone chargers, can feel like so tedious and chances are we all end our day feeling lost and heavy.

But never fear, luckily our office is filled with things that with a little creativity and a few bents here and of some common office objects can make your working environment fun and easy.

And the internet is full of tips and tricks to help us in copping to this every day torments.

Behold the power of the bulldog clips.

1. Use bulldog clips to help organize your cables and keep them tangle-free.

good housekeeping 2 — Image via wearethunderbolt

2. Replace your broken keyboard feet with binder clip arms.

good housekeeping 3 — Image via mashable

3. Use binder clip arms to make an earphones holder.

good housekeeping 4 — Image via mashable

4. Organize your things.

good housekeeping 5 — Image via mashable

Getting lost in cables wires? Use masking tape to label your cables.

good housekeeping 6 — Image via mashable

Use an old cassette case as a phone holder.

good housekeeping 7 — Image via wearethunderbolt

Don’t throw away those toilet paper cardboard tubes. Use it to keep your cords organized.

good housekeeping 8 — Image via viralnova

Don’t throw out those good old scratched and non-functioning CDs. Use as a coaster.

good housekeeping 9 — Image via howtouseitcreatively

I hope you have enjoyed these lists of tips and tricks. Hopefully this made your work life a bit cooler and easier to navigate. If you have any suggestions or have some tips of your own, I would love to hear from you in the comments. Go and try these simple tricks and don’t forget to share these awesome tips to your co-workers!

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