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Conglomerate Phinma Corp started the year marking its 60th anniversary celebration by recognizing its employees last January 18 as part of a year-long celebration.
The event entitled “Phinma honors its own” recognized men and women within Phinma, who on their own time, exemplified the company’s mission of making Filipino lives better.
Tokens were given to employees including those who work in the company’s power plants and serve their church community at the same time, to students of its schools who put their own safety at risk to save a child from a house fire.
“It’s always a good practice to start within to honor the people you work with as it only shows that you value them as they not only help out in reaching the company’s mission but they are the reason why we achieve our goals,” Phinma President and CEO Ramon del Rosario said.
The gala had the employees and executives toast to 60 fruitful years of service to the country and the Filipino people through its various businesses and affirm a commitment to decades more of making lives better.
Founded in 1956 by a group of young Filipino manager-entrepreneurs envisioning a vibrant and progressive Philippine economy, the company was one of the leaders in cement, oil, paper, roofing, and coal. In the turn of the century, Phinma refocused its participation in nation building from the industrial base to services.
Beyond its businesses that seek to provide the essentials of a better life, it is expressed commitment to community service through the recently held one-day simultaneous outreach activity spread out through various areas in the Philippines. Covering community development and environmental preservation, Phinma held coastal clean ups, tree planting, traffic assistance, house building, story-telling activities and more.
“We value the world we live in and the people in it and these activities including the awarding of our employees are just the beginning of a more fruitful year-long anniversary events. At Phinma, we commit to our promise to make lives better and we want to do this in various activities,” Phinma Chairman Oscar Hillado said.
Phinma Corp is a holding company that operates in various aspects of society including energy (Phinma Energy Corp), education (Phinma Education), steel products (Union Galvasteel Corp), housing (Phinma Property Holdings Corp), and hotels (Microtel by Wyndham).
RIZA LOZADA