Year: 2012

October 5, 2011 – Beneficiaries of Alagang Cebuana Plus (ACP) from Cebu city were treated to its first Kumustahan event by Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions (CLIS). Eleven beneficiaries received fire cash benefits worth P5,000 to P20,000.

Cebuana Lhuillier also talked about the benefits of microinsurance and the affordable insurance premiums that they can get from the P25 certificate.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

The PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (PJLFI) once again brought the Ang Galing Mo, Bata! Feeding Program to Bais City. Over 40 children from Talungon Daycare center received healthy food from the Foundation and enjoyed a day of fun and games.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

December 4, 2011– Jean Henri Lhuillier, president and chief executive officer of PJ Lhuillier, Inc., received the Pawnbroker of the Year award from the Chamber of Pawnbrokers of the Philippines, Inc. (CPPI). He was awarded for his exemplary achievements in the pawnbrokering industry. Awarding him the trophy is Luis I. Ablaza, Jr., current president of CPPI, and members and officers of CPPI. The awarding was held in CPPI’s National Convention and Election.

ebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

December 3, 2011 – To promote the Cebuana Lhuillier brand and its various products and services to our many sukis nationwide, Cebuana Lhuillier conducted the first house-to-house suki visit in Pamplona, Negros Oriental. Cebuana Lhuillier also gave away premium items including Cebuana Lhuillier comics, flyers, and candies.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

December 3, 2011– A special award in honor of the country’s number one pawnshop, Cebuana Lhuillier, was given to the Vivian Valiry Vispo from Tanauan in the Mutya ng Batangan 2011 in Calaca, Batangas. Vivian was also awarded 1st runner-up and Ms. Tourism. The Cebuana Lhuillier team offered 24k Cebuana Cards and Alagang Cebuana Plus certificates during the event.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

With health as one of its thrusts, the PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. (PJLFI) in partnership with the Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation (MMPF), held a medical and dental Mission on November 20, 2011 at the Shrine of Monte Maria in Alfonso, Cavite. More than 100 patients were given free medical consultations and medicine and 28 patients were given free dental check-ups and tooth extractions.

The Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation, a charitable group headed by the healing priest, Father Fernando Suarez, regularly conducts medical and dental mission for the benefit of its pilgrims. This year, the PJLFI co-sponsored the event in support of MMPF’s advocacy to help the disadvantaged especially its religious devotees who need health attention.

Together with volunteers from Cebuana Lhuillier in Southern Luzon, the team assisted the medical and dental group who conducted the medical check-ups for poor residents of Brgy. Amuyong, Alfonso, Cavite. Services provided were blood pressure checking, blood sugar test, medical consultation, basic dental check-up and tooth extraction. Medicine for common ailments and vitamins prescribed by the medical professionals were also provided to the patients by United Laboratories, Inc. (UNILAB).

In photo: Ergilio Ong, PJ Lhuillier Incorporated chief information officer; James Velasquez, IBM Philippines country general manager; Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier Inc. chairman; and Jean Henri Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. president and chief executive officer.

Makati City, November 28, 2011: PJ Lhuillier Incorporated (PJLI) recently strengthened its IT infrastructure with IBM BladeCentre servers and IBM’s latest eX5 systems to support the company’s continuous growth nationwide. The new IBM systems will also help PJLI address increasing customer demands and better prepare for the anticipated surge of business transactions in the last quarter of the year.

The IBM Blade Centre server is a highly integrated system comprising of blade servers, storage, management and networking options which help reduce management complexity, increase performance and energy-efficiency. It also significantly reduces costs with a highly reliable and flexible design that deters the need for "rip and replace" as capacity needs change.

As part of the solution, IBM BladeCentre HS22 blade servers will provide hot-swap drives and integrated systems management tools, common across all new x86 servers, to help improve the economics of PJLI’s current infrastructure, including fueling faster performance to a reduction in IT footprint, energy and connectivity costs.

In addition, the IBM BladeCenter HX5 server will deliver innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features, to enable optimal performance for PJLI’s enterprise applications. The extended memory capabilities offered by IBM eX5 Systems enables the x3850 X5 to achieve new levels of productivity and will help PJLI to double their virtualization capacity, and assist in their most data-demanding applications. The combination of these capabilities will power PJLI’s production and back up systems to create a positive impact on all of the other key components of IT cost — space, power, labor, maintenance.

About PJLI

PJLI manages and operates over 1,500 Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop (CLP) branches nationwide led by Current Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier. CLP continues to be the leading pawnshop company in the Philippines. PJLI also makes its mark in other industries such as international and local remittance, non-life insurance, rural banking, retail (jewelry and health and wellness products), hotel management, information technology management, sports, and real estate/property management.

About IBM

As IBM celebrates its centennial in 2011, it continues to increase clients’ innovativeness, efficiency and competitiveness through business insights and information technology solutions. Through its Smarter Planet strategy, IBM helps companies, governments and cities infuse intelligence into the systems and processes that make the world work smarter— from power grids, buildings and roadways to agriculture and waterways. IBM's clients consist of many different kinds of enterprises and represent every major industry and endeavor.

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

In photo are Dr. Fermin D. Adriano, Madre De Amor Hospice Foundation president; Manuel C. Lozano, MADHF chairman; Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. chairman of the board; Jean Henri Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier, Inc. president and chief executive officer; and Atty. Cesar Vidal, PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. executive trustee.

"The PJ Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. recently turned over a trust fund worth one million pesos to Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation, Inc. (MDAHFI).

"The trust fund, named Ambassador Philippe J Lhuillier Family Perpetual Trust Fund, will provide funds for MDAHFI’s various projects and will be invested in the Cebuana Lhuillier Bank.

"The Perpetual Trust Fund is given by the Lhuillier family in loving memory of the father and two siblings of Ambassador Lhuillier’s spouse, Mrs. Edna Diago Lhuillier, who all suffered from cancer.

"MDAHFI is a non-stock, non-profit organization which has been caring for the terminally ill since 1994."

Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier.

Cebuana Lhuillier Livelihood Program goes to Butuan City and Dumaguete to teach loyal Cebuana clients helpful livelihood skills.

Livelihood seminars in Dumaguete and Butuan marked the successful close of Cebuana Lhuillier’s Livelihood Program this year.

Featuring peanut butter-making for Dumaguete and meat-processing for Butuan, the two seminars invited loyal Cebuana Lhuillier clients who were interested in starting their own businesses.

The two seminars are the last of eight runs nationwide, which taught clients dimsum-making, peanut butter-making, meat-processing, and beads & crafts.