 Anacleto M. Banaag Jr. is the EVP and general manager of Lopez Inc., the holding company of the Lopez family. But back in 1971, he had just joined the comptrollership group of Benpres, the forerunner of the holding company. While making the rounds of the Lopez haciendas, Banaag saw firsthand how the company cares even for the most marginalized members of the group. He saw with his own eyes the Lopez values of social justice and integrity. “As part of the comptrollership group, I used to go around their haciendas in Negros. And in the course of my travels, I noticed that their haciendas were among the very few communities that had their own schools, clinic, water and electricity,” Banaag recalls. Read full artilce here. Recommend this article... |
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EARLY this year, chairman emeritus Oscar M. Lopez (OML) invited employees to share in an email how they applied the Lopez values in their work in their respective companies (see related story on page 5). Here are excerpts from the entries of the top eight finalists as selected by OML and the Oscar Summit team, led by winner Eduardo Santos. Eduard Santos
SkyCable Evaluation and Standards Engineer, Operations Support Services, Bench Department
Good Afternoon. I apply the Lopez Values in my daily work by simply thinking that I am the owner of the Company. In this way you will do all the best you can to do all your work not just by completing it but by exceeding your target everyday, by not being absent, not being late & always aiming for the higher goal as what we say in Tagalog; "di pwede yung pwede na, dapat Pwedeng Pwede!".
As a kapamilya I always think of everybody in the Company as member of my family, which is a good thing because you will deal with them always in a compassionate way, being understanding & with brotherly/sisterly love, which will result in good relationship among our co-employees and the greatest result of this is a good bond among you, which will make us strong as one Company because we all are bonded together as one. Lastly, I think that whenever I'm at the office, I am also at home, because I always think that this is my second home and this surely make me feel comfortable, and by being comfortable in your second home, you will be able to attain your goal very easily. That's all I can Share Sir. Recommend this article... |
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 Boo Chanco joined ABS-CBN at 19 as a foreign affairs reporter. He went on to play a key role in the organization of the ABS-CBN News Channel in the mid-1990s, among other assignments. He was also active in the Public Relations Society of the Philippines, serving as a member of the board of directors in the 1970s. He retired as Lopez Holdings SVP for corporate communications in 2010. He writes a business column for the Philippine Star in addition to acting as consultant for Lopez Holdings PR.
I saw a spark and heard an explosion. At first I thought it was just some of our lights bursting as a slight drizzle fell on Plaza Miranda. Then there were more explosions and I saw people falling… many more scampering in all directions… and the stage collapsing with all the people on it. There was blood on the street… there were loud cries. The opposition rally was being bombed. Recommend this article... |
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 Ricky Tantoco, president and COO of EDC and First Gas, believes that an entrepreneur is not just someone who stakes out on his own and sets up a venture, but that it is also possible to be an entrepreneur in the context of a corporation. His experience working with the Lopez group of companies since 1995 has shown this belief to be true time and time again. As a former management consultant from New York tasked to lead the group in bagging million dollar deals, one would think that Tantoco had been handed everything on a silver platter. In fact, he has had to work hard for everything he achieved with the group. He didn't even have a desk on his first day in office. While he was not expecting a ticker tape parade, he also didn't expect a ‘subdued welcome’. “During my first day with the group, I was in the office by 8 am and by 11 am one had seen me. I was given a small conference room that would sit four people tightly. Practically no one knew why I was here,” he recalls. At the time, the group was thinking of getting back into power in a major way. Tantoco was given an objective: to get a US$ 1 Billion Sta. Rita project done ASAP – with limited capital and hardly any internal team. Recommend this article... |
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 Presentacion Lopez Psinakis, the only daughter of Lopez Group founder Eugenio H. Lopez Sr., is a staunch nationalist who fought the Marcos regime alongside other Lopez family members and her husband Steve Psinakis. She serves as president of Griffin Sierra Travel Inc., a company she cofounded in 1967 and recently assumed the chairmanship of Lopez Inc. “YOU have to stand up for it,” says Presentacion L. Psinakis emphatically. “If you want to be one of the good ones, you have to stand up for it.” And what is “it”? The ideals she believes in. At a young age, Psinakis recognized the ideals that her father stood for and credits her strong will and compassion to him. “A lot of the lessons I learned whether it’s re-lating to people or managing a business—I learned from my Tatay: the pioneering spirit, nationalism, how to be fair and to stand up for what you believe to be true and good,” she says. Recommend this article... |
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