SHIPZY Philippines Enters the Logistics Market With a Vision Beyond Delivery

SHIPZY Philippines is not simply launching another delivery service. It is introducing a connected logistics model designed to help Filipino businesses manage more of their logistics through one technology-enabled partner.

The Filipino-founded logistics company brings international experience and technology together to make moving goods simpler for businesses across the country.

Filipino businesses often have to piece together warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, and delivery through different providers. SHIPZY was built to bring those moving parts together through one technology-enabled logistics platform—giving businesses a simpler way to store, fulfill, move, and track their goods.

“We saw that businesses often spend too much time coordinating different parts of their logistics. We wanted to use technology to bring those pieces together, so they can spend less time managing shipments and more time growing their business.” — Rain Ibajo, SHIPZY PH CEO and CTO

SHIPZY is entering the country's logistics industry with an ambition that goes beyond traditional delivery.

Founded by a team composed mostly of Filipinas with professional experience across different countries and industries, SHIPZY was built on the belief that technology can make logistics easier to manage, more efficient, and more accessible to Filipino businesses. The founders brought their international experience home with a clear goal: to combine global perspectives with a local understanding of how Filipino businesses operate and build a more connected way to move goods.

Across the country, businesses move different kinds of products in different ways. A farmer may need to get produce from the farm to a buyer. A supplier may need to move products between cities. An SME may need additional space to store inventory and fulfill growing orders. A larger company may require trucks or inter-island transportation.

Despite these different needs, businesses can encounter the same challenges—working with multiple logistics providers, coordinating manually, limited visibility, and processes that become harder to manage as operations grow.

SHIPZY is taking a broader approach by bringing more of the services businesses need together in one place, supported by technology.

One Platform, End-to-End Logistics Journey

Logistics is often associated with the final delivery, but getting a product to its destination involves much more.

Businesses may need warehousing, inventory management, packing, transportation, delivery, and shipment tracking—sometimes through several providers. As operations expand, keeping these moving parts organized can become a challenge in itself.

SHIPZY brings these capabilities together through a broader logistics offering that includes warehousing and inventory management, pick-and-pack fulfillment, parcel and same-day delivery, vehicle booking, inter-island transportation, and specialized logistics solutions.

Its first logistics hub in Silang, Cavite serves as the starting point for SHIPZY's planned expansion into Metro Manila and key provinces across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Its transportation services range from motorcycle deliveries to larger vehicles and trucks, giving businesses flexible options based on what they need to move and where it needs to go.

For example, a retailer can store inventory at SHIPZY's hub, have orders picked and packed, book transportation, and monitor delivery status through the platform. By connecting these services, SHIPZY gives businesses a clearer view of their logistics activities without having to manage every step separately.

The idea is simple: connect more of the logistics journey so businesses can spend less time coordinating and more time running their operations.

Technology Made Simple

Technology is an important part of SHIPZY's approach. For the company, it is meant to make the day-to-day side of logistics easier to manage rather than add another layer of complexity.

SHIPZY is building an integrated logistics platform that brings together the different people involved in a shipment.

Businesses, drivers, and customers can access dedicated portals designed to provide better visibility across logistics activities. For businesses, this can mean managing inventory, arranging fulfillment, booking transportation, and monitoring deliveries through one system.

Technology also plays a role behind the scenes. SHIPZY uses systems for warehouse management, order management, and business account management to streamline its logistics operations. AI is also being integrated into internal processes to make workflows more efficient and support a more connected logistics experience.

“Technology connects the different parts of logistics, while AI helps us make the entire process smarter and more efficient.” — Jam Tolibas, SHIPZY PH CIO

The goal is simple: make shipment management less complicated and give businesses a better view of where things stand at every step.

That approach is particularly relevant in the Philippines, where moving goods can involve long distances, multiple modes of transportation, and an archipelago spread across thousands of islands.

Logistics for Businesses of All Sizes

SHIPZY's services are designed to support businesses at different stages, from farmers and individual entrepreneurs to SMEs, suppliers, retailers, and corporate and enterprise organizations.

A small business may need reliable delivery or additional storage without investing in its own logistics infrastructure. As operations grow, those needs can expand to include fulfillment, warehousing, transportation, or more specialized logistics support. Larger organizations may require vehicle and truck bookings, inter-island transportation, distribution support, or specialized logistics projects.

Instead of coordinating with several providers for different parts of the process, businesses can work with one logistics partner for more of the services they need:

Book. Store. Pick and pack. Ship. Track.

SHIPZY's growing network of business relationships reflects the range of logistics requirements it is positioning itself to serve—from distribution and retail to automotive and events.

Among its engagements is support for the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) during the 2026 ASEAN Championship–Hyundai Cup, where the Philippine Men’s National Football Team competed against fellow ASEAN national teams. SHIPZY supported the PFF’s logistics requirements over a 10-day period, applying its capabilities in a setting where coordination, timing, and the reliable movement of goods were essential.

The company is also building relationships with businesses including Flowerstore.ph, and Toyota Silang, as it continues to expand its operations and serve logistics needs across different sectors.

Building for What Comes Next

SHIPZY knows it is entering a Philippine logistics market with established players and increasingly sophisticated customer expectations.

Rather than position itself as another delivery company, SHIPZY wants to become a logistics partner that businesses can rely on as their operations expand.

Starting with its first hub in Silang, Cavite, SHIPZY is building its operations and expanding its capabilities as it works toward a wider logistics network across the Philippines.

“Behind every shipment is a business, a customer, or a community counting on us. When Filipino businesses succeed and grow, we believe we grow with them.” — Rovi Camarce, SHIPZY PH President and CFO

For SHIPZY, the ambition goes beyond moving goods from one place to another. It is about helping Filipino businesses grow by removing the complexity from logistics, so they can spend more time focusing on what matters most.

SHIPZY PH. Moving what matters.

About Shipzy Philippines

SHIPZY Philippines is an all-in-one logistics platform built by Filipinos for Filipino businesses, bringing together warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, delivery, and technology to simplify the movement of goods. With a larger ambition of helping Filipino businesses grow by removing logistics complexity, SHIPZY aims to make logistics more seamless, efficient, and accessible, so businesses can focus on what matters most.

Most "salary advance" apps in the Philippines aren't earned wage access. GetPaid's new guide shows HR teams how to tell the difference — before it costs them.

 With consumer debt near ₱2.9 trillion and losing a frontline hire running ₱75,000–₱150,000 once you count recruitment and lost productivity, choosing the wrong "advance" benefit isn't a small mistake. GetPaid's new Philippine EWA guide breaks down exactly what to check before signing with any provider.

 Ask five HR managers what "salary advance" means and you'll get five different answers — and at least two of them will be describing a loan, not a benefit. GetPaid, the Philippines' standalone earned wage access (EWA) platform, just published the guide built to fix that: Earned Wage Access in the Philippines: The Complete Guide.

Here's the part that should worry every HR and finance team currently comparing vendors: some products marketed as "0% interest EWA" are structured as credit against future paychecks, not access to wages already earned. That distinction determines whether a benefit reduces financial stress on your floor — or quietly recreates the same debt cycle it was meant to prevent, with your company now playing lender.

The guide covers:

Debit vs. credit — the one-line test that tells you which product you're actually looking at
A full market comparison — GetPaid, Paywatch, AgadPay, Tendo, SAVii/GoTyme, Sprout's ReadyWage, and BPI, side by side, no marketing gloss
What happens when someone leaves mid-cycle — the question that trips up loan-structured "advances" every time
Why configurability, not just 0% interest, is the real differentiator — because a BPO floor and a corporate office shouldn't run on the same fixed policy

What we built GetPaid around is giving HR the controls to actually run this their way — access limits, pay cycles, who absorbs the fee, set per team and changeable without a renegotiation. That's what tells you a provider actually built for HR, versus one that built for a headline.

Read the full guide: getpaid.ph/post-ewa-philippines-guide
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About GetPaid
GetPaid gives Philippine employees 0% interest access to wages they've already earned, and gives HR teams the controls — access limits, pay cycles, fee structure — to run it their way instead of a vendor's default. Standalone, no HRIS required. getpaid.ph

About GetPaid Philippines

It's payday, any day. A financial wellbeing platform helping Filipino businesses reduce financial stress in the workplace.

I Ate Two Pizzas Alone, Then Starved Myself for Two Days. It Led Me to Build a Weight-Loss Company

  

Filipino founder Joachim Del Castillo turned years of bingeing, restriction and punishing exercise into Obra Health, an affordable personalized GLP-1 service offering clinician-guided semaglutide and tirzepatide treatment.

“Some nights, I ate two boxes of pizza alone. Then I would run until I believed I had burned it all off, or refuse to eat for the next two days.

“I lived like this for years.

“It is one of the reasons I built Obra Health.”

From the age of 18 to 26, Filipino founder Joachim Del Castillo repeatedly found himself trapped in a cycle of bingeing, guilt and punishment.

Other nights, it was three or four packs of pancit canton. Once he started eating, it could feel impossible to stop. Afterwards, he believed he had to pay for it through extreme exercise or restriction.

“It was not discipline,” Del Castillo said. “I thought every meal had to be earned and every mistake had to be repaid.”

Now, at 26, he is launching Obra Health, a Philippine healthcare service offering personalized, clinician-led GLP-1 weight-loss treatment for eligible adults.

The company was created around a simple belief:

Filipinos should not have to choose between weight-loss care they cannot afford and products they cannot trust.

It was never as simple as “try harder”

Del Castillo tried exercising harder, eating less and starting over.

Again and again.

“My problem was not that I did not care enough,” he said. “I cared so much that I was punishing myself.”

He also saw how difficult healthy routines could be for ordinary working Filipinos.

His parents could leave home at 7 a.m. and return at 8 p.m. after work, traffic and commuting. By the time they arrived home, there was little time or energy left for exercise, meal planning or medical appointments.

The standard advice sounded simple: eat better, exercise more and be disciplined.

Real life was not.

“It is easy to tell someone to make time for their health,” Del Castillo said. “But when work and traffic take almost your entire day, where is that time supposed to come from?”

The choice should not be expensive care or questionable products

When Del Castillo studied the Philippine weight-loss market, he found people being pushed toward two difficult options.

Clinician-led GLP-1 programs could be too expensive to continue month after month. Cheaper products were widely available through social media and online sellers, but some came with unclear sourcing, limited medical oversight or labels stating that they were intended only for research.

People looking for help were effectively being asked to choose between price and trust.

Obra Health was built to close that gap.

The company is built to compete as the most affordable clinician-led GLP-1 service in the Philippines while still providing a complete patient experience.

What personalized GLP-1 treatment means

Obra patients begin with an online health assessment. A qualified clinician reviews their health history, goals, current medications and potential risk factors.

When GLP-1 treatment is medically appropriate, personalized options may include compounded semaglutide or compounded tirzepatide.

The clinician determines:

Whether GLP-1 treatment is appropriate

Which medication may be suitable

The patient’s starting dose

How the treatment should be adjusted over time

Whether additional information, laboratory tests or consultation is needed

Treatment decisions remain with the clinician. A prescription is never guaranteed, and not everyone will be eligible.

When prescribed, medication is compounded and dispensed through a pharmacy licensed by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration.

Patients also receive their required supplies, delivery coordination, refill assistance and continued support from an Obra care team.

Current GLP-1 plans, prices and eligibility information are available at www.obra.health

The founder is also an Obra patient

Del Castillo has gone through Obra’s patient process himself, including the health assessment, independent clinician review, pharmacy preparation and care-team support.

His eligibility, medication and dosing plan are determined by a clinician through the same process used for other patients.

“I am not asking people to use a service I would not use myself,” Del Castillo said. “I experience Obra from both sides. I see the work behind the company, but I also know what it feels like to wait for instructions, receive the package, ask questions and depend on the care team.”

Being a patient has influenced decisions across the service, from the clarity of the assessment and treatment instructions to packaging, delivery updates and support.

“There is no special founder version of Obra,” he said. “I go through the same process we are building for every patient. That keeps us honest about what feels clear, what feels confusing and what needs to be better.”

Del Castillo’s comments relate to Obra’s service and patient experience. They are not evidence that a particular medication will work for everyone or a guarantee of a medical outcome.

Affordable should not mean uncertain

Obra is competing on price, but Del Castillo says affordability cannot come at the expense of medication quality.

The pharmacy behind the service uses pharmaceutical-grade active pharmaceutical ingredients rather than materials sold only for research purposes.

Obra has also engaged SGS Philippines to conduct local independent testing of selected samples instead of relying solely on documents provided by an overseas supplier.

Depending on the testing stage and sample, assessments may include:

- Potency

- Purity

- Sterility

- Endotoxin

- pH

Obra plans to publish plain-language explanations and available quality documents online so patients can better understand where their medication comes from and how its quality has been assessed.

SGS provides independent laboratory services and does not endorse Obra Health or its treatments.

“Patients should not have to trust a seller because the packaging looks professional or because someone posted a certificate online,” Del Castillo said.

“They deserve to know who reviewed their case, which pharmacy prepared their medication and what quality checks were performed.”

Nearly one in two Filipino adults is now overweight or obese

Obra is launching as weight-related health concerns continue to increase across the country.

According to the National Nutrition Council, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Filipino adults increased from 39.8% in 2023 to 44.5% in 2025, nearly one in every two adults.

Del Castillo believes the country needs a more useful conversation about weight: one that replaces shame with support and recognizes how work, commuting, cost and access affect people’s health.

Obra does not present GLP-1 medication as an effortless cure or a replacement for appropriate medical care. Its weight-management service also does not treat or replace specialized care for eating disorders.

For Del Castillo, Obra is the service he wishes had existed when he was trapped in his own cycle.

“I know what it feels like to want help but feel stuck between shame, unaffordable care and something you cannot fully trust,” he said.

“I built Obra because personalized GLP-1 treatment and legitimate weight-loss care should not be something only wealthy Filipinos can afford.”

Current plans, prices and eligibility information are available at www.obra.health.

This article is for general information only and does not provide medical advice. Semaglutide and tirzepatide are prescription medications. Treatment requires an individual clinical assessment, and a prescription is not guaranteed. Compounded medications are not the same as branded products.

About ObraRx Inc.

Obra Health is a Philippine healthcare service making personalized, clinician-led GLP-1 weight-loss treatment more affordable.

Eligible adults can complete an online health assessment and receive an independent clinical review. When treatment is medically appropriate, options may include compounded semaglutide or compounded tirzepatide, prescribed according to the individual patient’s health information and clinical needs.

Prescribed medication is compounded and dispensed through a Philippine FDA-licensed pharmacy, with supplies, delivery coordination, refill assistance and care-team support.

Obra Health is built around affordable access, personalized treatment, independent medical judgment, licensed pharmacy preparation and transparent medication-quality information.

Cebuana Lhuillier Celebrates Excellence and Outstanding Performance at the 2026 Brillo Awards

For years, the Brillo Awards have stood as Cebuana Lhuillier’s highest distinction, honoring the loyalty, achievements, and contributions of Ka Cebuanas who have helped shape the organization. This year, under the theme “Spotlight is Yours,” the tradition takes on a renewed focus, putting the people behind the company’s success center stage and recognizing the journeys, accomplishments, and contributions that continue to move Cebuana Lhuillier forward.

“What we’re celebrating goes beyond tenure or achievement. We honor the difference our KaCebuanas continue to make in the lives of others. No amount of setbacks have stopped them from showing up, because they understand that behind these transactions are millions of Filipinos who place their trust in us and rely on Cebuana Lhuillier every day," said Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO of Cebuana Lhuillier.

Among the most meaningful tributes were the service milestones of KaCebuanas who have dedicated decades to the company, including this year’s 35-year awardees. Having witnessed Cebuana Lhuillier’s evolution firsthand, these long-serving employees embody the commitment, growth, and malasakit that have shaped the company over the years.

One of the awardees, Marietta Cabaron Baguio, reflected on the milestone: “Being with Cebuana Lhuillier is a deeply cherished achievement. I’m grateful for the years of growth, the people who have been part of the journey, and the opportunity to continue serving with passion and dedication.”

The Brillo Awards also applauded KaCebuanas and teams whose performance continues to raise the bar across the organization, with honors spanning key areas such as Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Brokers Inc. (CLIB) Best in Overall Insurance Performance and Best in Customer Reach, Top Branch of the Year Cross-Sell Champions, Cebuana Lhuillier Rural Bank (CLRB) Microsavings Top Performing Branch, Best Branch for Cebuana Lhuillier Jewelry Premium, CX Excellence Award, and Money Mover of the Year.

The evening’s top performance honors went to CLH Datu Saber-Marawi as Branch of the Year, Area 502 as Area of the Year, and Region 5B as Region of the Year. The awards highlighted the teams’ strong performance, commitment, and collective drive to deliver results for their customers and communities. Peter Cabauatan, Regional Manager of Region 5B, enthused, "We are grateful for this recognition and for the opportunity to celebrate what our team has accomplished. More than an award, it reminds us of the impact we can make for our clients and communities and motivates us to keep moving forward with purpose.”

Beyond performance and service milestones, Brillo also honors individuals who embody Cebuana Lhuillier's values and spirit through its special awards. The Edna Lhuillier Heart of Ka-Cebuana Award recognizes individuals whose compassion, generosity, and genuine care for others make a meaningful difference to their colleagues and communities. The Felix Contapay Award cites exceptional dedication and contributions that leave a lasting mark on the company. The Anselmo Hernandez Award acknowledges courage, determination, and the willingness to rise to challenges in service of others. Meanwhile, the Ambassador’s Cup Award salutes outstanding individuals who exemplify leadership, commitment, and the values that Cebuana Lhuillier stands for.

“As we pay tribute to our team members through the Brillo platform, we reinforce the principles that make our company an exceptional home for talent,” said Jo-Ann Tacorda, First Vice President and Group Head for Corporate Services of Cebuana Lhuillier. “These honors represent a powerful expression of our employer brand, one that nurtures advancement and inspires standard-setting performance across all divisions.”

With each Brillo celebration, Cebuana Lhuillier reinforces a culture where dedication is valued, initiative is encouraged, and people are empowered to make a difference. As the company looks ahead, the stories honored this year serve as a reminder that its strongest legacy is built by the KaCebuanas who continue to raise the standard, lead with purpose, and shape what comes next.