METROBANK FOUNDATION WINS
TWO ANVIL AWARDS
Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) took home two Anvil Awards at the recently concluded 44th Anvil Awards organized by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP). The Foundation bagged two Anvil Awards of Merit for the 2008 Honoring Outstanding Filipinos (PR Programs-Host Community) and the 2008 Search for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) (PR-Programs-Special Interest Groups). Since 1985, the Metrobank Foundation has already won 15 Anvils for its various programs and advocacies.
Dubbed as the Oscars of Public Relations in the Philippines, the Anvil is given annually by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) to outstanding public relations programs and tools that reflect and promote public interest, good values, and genuine service to the community and society.
Photo shows Metrobank Foundation president Aniceto M. Sobrepeña (center) accepting the Anvil Award of Merit for the 2008 Honoring Outstanding Filipinos, together with representatives from its institutional partners (from left) Noel Bongat, Rotary Club of New Manila East president; Yoly Crisanto, Metrobank vice-president for corporate communications; Rolando Rodriguez, PSBank executive vice president, and PSSupt. Wilfredo Tolentino, chief division staff of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Community Relations Group.
The Metrobank Foundation is the corporate social responsibly arm of the Metrobank Group of Companies. Over the last 30 years, it has promoted a culture of excellence among Filipinos through its various programs notably the Search for Outstanding Teachers, the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, The Outstanding Philippine Soldier, Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service, the Metrobank Math Challenge, and College Scholarship Program. The Foundation also has a grants program that assists NGOs and government in the fields of education, healthcare, and the arts. Metrobank Foundation celebrates Filipino excellence and presents wellsprings of hope in the future of our nation.
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