Photo shows RVR Award for Nation Building Board of Judges from left, JCI Manila President Richard Lim, Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Chairman and President Manuel V. Pangilinan (RVR Awardee 2015), Asian Institute of Management President and Dean Dr. Jikyeong Kang, Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban, PHINMA Chairman and CEO Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr., Ambassador Jesus P. Tambunting (RVR Awardee 2010), and PHINMA Chairman Emeritus Oscar J. Hilado
JCI Manila, PHINMA Corporation, and the Asian Institute of Management RVR Center for Corporate Responsibility reconvened after a 2-year pause to continue its search to recognize outstanding business leaders who have exemplified a strong sense of entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to making lives better through the 11th Ramon V. del Rosario Award for Nation Building.
Launched in 2009, the RVR Award for Nation Building (RVR Awards) is held to honor the life and the contributions of the late JCI Manila founding president and PHINMA founder Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. (RVR) in the development of modern industries in the country. It has become a platform for honoring tycoons and trailblazers for their outstanding corporate citizenship and passion for nation-building.
Past recipients of the RVR Awards include Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip (2019), Mr. Diosdado Banatao (2018), Mr. George S.K. Ty (2017), Mr. Henry Sy, Sr. (2016), Mr. Manuel Pangilinan (2015), Mr. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (2014), Mr. Vicente Paterno (2013), Mr. Washington Sycip (2012), Mr. Oscar Lopez (2011), Mr. Senen Bacani (2010), and Ambassador Jesus Tambunting (2010).
Former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban and PHINMA Chairman and CEO Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr. led the selection process through a Board of Judges meeting held at PHINMA Plaza on June 13, 2022, the first face-to-face meeting of the committee since the COVID-19 global outbreak. This year’s awardee was selected from shortlisted nominees who were judged based on the criteria of Entrepreneurial Spirit, National or Global Impact, and Corporate Citizenship.
Through this year’s RVR Awards, the organizing committee aims to inspire and spark hope in our people amid easing lockdown restrictions and recovery from the pandemic. The awarding
ceremony will be held on July 25, 2022 at Manila Polo Club from 6:00 to 9:00 in the evening. The event will be broadcasted live and may be viewed via Facebook at the following link: facebook.com/rvrawards. More information on the RVR Awards is available on its official website: http://www.rvrawards.org.
The Ramon V Del Rosario Awards acknowledges the support of the following companies: Alibaba Cloud, Naomi Jewelry, Coca-Cola, Starport, Union Philcement, Union Galvasteel, Phinma Solar, Phinma Hospitality, Phinma Education, Phinma Foundation, Phinma Properties.
Catch the live stream on July 25, 2022. 6pm on the following pages:
https://www.facebook.com/rvrawards & https://www.facebook.com/JCIManilaph
About JCI Manila
Junior Chamber International (“JCI”) Manila is a premiere leadership development organization where young men join to become better leaders. It is a global organization with different chapters and the Manila Chapter is the most awarded local organization in the world. Our alumni, include Mr. Sonny Belmonte, Mr. Alfonso Yuchengco and Mr. Henry Sy, to name a few. JCI Manila’s very well-known projects include The Entrepreneurship Summit, Oplan Damayan, Dare to Care, Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Awards, etc.
The Ramon V. del Rosario (“RVR”) Award is a project of JCI Manila in cooperation with Asian Institute of Management Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility and PHINMA with the purpose of recognizing individuals who best exemplify outstanding traits such as Entrepreneurial Spirit, Passion for Nation-Building, Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility, and National or Global Impact, all of which were traits and characteristics exemplified by the late Ambassador. Since its grand launch in September 2009, the RVR Awards has been the premier awards program of JCI Manila as it celebrates six decades of providing development opportunities for young people to create positive change within their communities.
