The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) conducted the 35th annual Grants Roundtable on April 20 at the Metrobank Plaza in Makati City. With the theme “How to Catch a Fish: Exploring the Different Faces of Entrepreneurship,” six (6) organizations shared the impact, lessons learned, and best practices in their projects which were supported by MBFI.

The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), through the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation (YBH), supported the construction of a half-way home or dormitory to cater to underprivileged students of Siayan National High School in Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte. A formal turnover ceremony was held on February 15, 2018, with Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo gracing the event.

Ayala Corp. chair and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala is this year’s holder of the Metrobank Foundation Professorial Chair for Public Service and Governance as a corporate champion of innovative healthcare solutions. Zobel was the first from the private sector to receive this distinction by the Ateneo Professional Schools and Metrobank Foundation.

A ceremonial signing for a three (3) year Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), Rotary Club of New Manila East (RCNME), PSBank, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the conduct of the Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos - Award for Police Officers was held last January 30, 2018 at the PNP Headquarters, Camp Rafael Crame, Quezon City.

The Metrobank Group and GT Capital Holdings, Inc., through the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) and GT Foundation, Inc. (GTFI), celebrated the Chinese New Year through the 2018 Bags of Blessing project which kicked off on February 16, 2018 at Lancaster New City Activity Center in Imus City, Cavite.