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The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) launched the 3rd edition of Assistance for the Completion of College Education for Superior Students (ACCESS III) Scholarship Program through the formal signing of respective Memorandum of Agreements with five 5 academic partners. The ceremony was held on May 9, 2019 at the Penthouse of Metrobank Plaza in Makati City. Photo shows MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña (4th from left) leading the ceremony joined by (L-R) Technological Institute of the Philippines president Dr. Elizabeth Lahoz; Central Philippine University (Iloilo City) president Dr. Teodoro Robles; Ateneo de Zamboanga University president Fr. Karel San Juan; Saint Louis University (Baguio City) president Fr. Gilbert Sales; and University of the East–Manila president Dr. Ester Garcia. Partner institutions chosen for this program are accredited by CHED as the centers of excellence and development in the above mentioned courses. Through a PhP 20 million scholarship fund, fifty (50) scholars taking up courses in the fields of engineering, information technology, education, agriculture, and science and math will be selected. Established in 1995, a total of 946 scholars nationwide have graduated, 464 of which were ACCESS I and II scholarship program recipients.

The opening of the Icons MADE exhibit was led by CCP board of trustee chairperson Margie Moran-Floirendo (3rd from left) and MBFI president (center) last May 15 in Pasilyo Victorio Edades, CCP Main Theater Building. They were joined by CCP Arts Education department manager Eva Marie Salvador (2nd from left), ICOMOS president Ma. Cristina Paterno (1st from right), art critic Cid Reyes (2nd from right), and MADE awardees Noell El Farol (1st from left) and Mervy C. Peblo (3rd from right).

GT Foundation, Inc (GTFI), together with De La Salle University (DLSU), inaugurated the George S.K. Ty Advanced Instrumentation Building through a marker-unveiling ceremony on April 11, 2019 at the university’s Laguna campus in the city of Biñan.

Winners of the 2019 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge (MMC) national finals held last March 30, 2019. They were awarded by (standing) Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP) president Flordelita Male (leftmost); MTAP President Emeritus Sr. Iluminada Coronel, F.M.M (2nd from left); Department of Education (DepEd) secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones (7th from right); Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) president Aniceto Sobrepeña (2nd from right); and MBFI executive director Nicanor Torres Jr. (rightmost).

Now on its 18th year, the Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge (MMC) will culminate with its national finals on March 30, 2019. A total of 22 students from 16 public and private schools all over the country successfully advanced to the competition’s final phase. The MMC is the most widely participated math competition in the country among elementary and high school students.