Manuel M. Lopez among Outstanding Manilans for 2010LOPEZ Holdings Corporation chairman and chief executive
Manuel M. Lopez (MML) was chosen as Outstanding Manilan for 2010 in the field of corporate social responsibility. MML received the Outstanding Manilan Medallion of Honor at the awarding ceremonies held on June 24, Manila Day. In a letter he personally delivered to MML, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim expressed “on behalf of the City of Manila…(his) sincerest gratitude and appreciation for all (MML’s) extraordinary and invaluable accomplishments that brought honor and prestige to Manila and the Republic of the Philippines.”
President Benigno Aquino III led this year’s Outstanding Manilan awardees, receiving the honor for the field of public service. Other Outstanding Manilans for 2010 are Dr. Lydia Echauz, president of Far Eastern University; Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales; Bro. Armin Luistro of De La Salle University; Rev. Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, rector of the University of Santo Tomas; taipan Lucio Tan; Ricky Razon; Justice Antonio Carpio; actor Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon Sr.; and Justice Edilberto Sandoval. Outstanding Manilas are rooted in the city by birth, education, or for reasons of work and livelihood. “The determining criterion is how they have willingly and unselfishly contributed to the development and progress of the city of Manila and its inhabitants.
We strictly adhere to the rule of law, transparency and honesty and that is why we give due recognition to advocates of truth, fairness and justice who relentlessly fight against corruption and courageously stand up for their convictions and principles,” Lim said in a press statement.
Also awarded as Outstanding Manilans in previous years OML steps into new role as chairman emeritus were Lopez Holdings chairman emeritus
Oscar M. Lopez in 2007, ABS-CBN Corporation chairman Eugenio Lopez III in 2009, ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. executive director Gina Lopez also in 2009, and the late Lopez Group chairman Eugenio Lopez Jr. in 1995.