By Teresa Ellera-Dulla
Friday, September 2, 2011
THE Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) will recognize and reward the best performing businesses in Negros Occidental during the 20th Visayas Area Business Conference and Expo from September 16-17.
MBCCI president Frank Carbon said the award will also celebrate the success and acknowledge the vital role of awardees in the development of the economy in the province.
The awards will be given in three categories: the Exemplary Award, Model Entrepreneur Award and the New Investor Award.
Those who will be honored for their exemplary contributions to the Negros economy include: Atty. Simplicio Palanca, president of the Bacolod Real Estate and Development Corporation (Bredco) for providing the gateway to Bacolod City and the province as well through the reclamation project which he started in 1961.
Despite the controversies, Palanca succeeded to reclaim 250 that now housed a wharf and port facilities for local and international vessels.
Dr. Ricardo B. Yanson Sr. is also one of the exemplary awardees.
The business acumen of spouses, Ricardo and Olivia, realized the emergence from one jeepney unit to what is now The Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC) – traversing the routes of Visayas, Mindanao and a part of Luzon, comprising more than 9,000 employees and featuring the best facilities for bus maintenance and manufacturing.
Emulating the footsteps of their parents, the children have also been successful in the respective businesses they are engaged in.
The families of the late governor Alfredo Montelibano Sr., late Benjamin Lopue Sr., late Fernando Gonzaga, late Dr. Antonio Lizares, late Don Generoso Villanueva will also get awards.
The model entrepreneur award, meanwhile, will be given to Herbanext president Paul Felipe Cruz; CM and Sons Food Products (Merci Bakeshop) president Jonathan Lo; Bacolod Capitol Hill Land Devt. Corp. (888 Chinatown Square) president William Ong; Bongbong Villan Corp. president Reynaldo Villan and Lourdes C Group of Companies president Roseller Ciocon.
The new investor award will be given to Alliance Call Center, PanAsiatic Call Centers Inc., Teletech Holdings Inc., Shorecloud Corp., Convergys Philippines Corp., Teleperformance-Bacolod and Transcom Worldwide Philippines Inc.
A special citation, on the other hand, will be handed to the Negros Japan Human Resource Exchange Association Inc.
Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on September 02, 2011.
