{"id":249290,"date":"2020-03-20T06:18:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249290"},"modified":"2020-03-20T06:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:18:38","slug":"coca-cola-ph-redirects-p150-m-fund-for-covid-19-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/20\/coca-cola-ph-redirects-p150-m-fund-for-covid-19-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola PH redirects P150-M fund for Covid-19 aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v6.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CocaColaPhilippines\/photos\/a.311893075523404\/2884351924944160\/?type=3&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAZi7S31W0e81CvV9gkg1z3ahGLfmr6DqLHhe9Q7rwIJozgdsHPni1VP8fOnNoFI7U7xT-tHstCIXWvDclhgk1RjoKEBJ-Jp96h-fv5tRHaOCtaHBWnJJKUCU53XzY0Y9Bq2XlRNmjAZGTR52Pmv467ta5Zpz2p7Jvbox1F2Y9rNGEI5e1vA7BoN9DFixyqwv3ldhGlKsRKOYuI3iNnJNliXIfE0tQWfuGpiN2YkGOt8JIbJ_QIN_F82KqIMJ1B2jI1f4PjhJbJ8-78nN5pRdw99chk6J1l1fxrSYfPMIuXORBkeCitRzL1VEzp6K7ESI8QY1OCG3iUFhgQgoizixF8wg&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CocaColaPhilippines\/posts\/2884351924944160:0\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Our efforts are stronger together. #GoBeyondGood<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CocaColaPhilippines\/\">COCA-COLA Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CocaColaPhilippines\/posts\/2884351924944160:0\">Thursday, March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Beverage company Coca-Cola Philippines is redirecting its PHP150-million budget for advertisement to support relief and response efforts amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is in this light that the Coca-Cola System in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia has decided that all commercial advertising of Coca-Cola and all our brands will be put on hold, effective immediately,\u201d Coca-Cola Philippines president and general manager Winn Everhart said in a statement Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The company said the PHP150 million would be diverted to help meet the daily hydration needs of health workers and front-liners.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It has begun delivering beverages to hospitals, it added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The company has partnered with TOWNS Foundation and the UP Medical Foundation to provide health workers with personal protective equipment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It will also give relief goods to the most vulnerable families and communities by partnering with Caritas Manila and Rise Against Hunger.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Coca-Cola Philippines will give expanded credit items to its distribution partners that serve sari-sari stores and carinderias.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe are deeply concerned about the growing impact of Covid-19 in the Philippines, especially in the most vulnerable parts of our communities. It has always been people first for the company, as a matter of principle,\u201d Everhart said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our efforts are stronger together. #GoBeyondGood Posted by COCA-COLA Philippines on&nbsp;Thursday, March 19, 2020 &nbsp; MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Beverage company Coca-Cola Philippines &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":249291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249292,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249290\/revisions\/249292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}