37th People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Awards : Celebrating HR Excellence

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Congratulations to the winners of the 37th People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Awards! The awarding was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PIC) Reception Hall last September 25, 2013 as part of the three-day celebration of the PMAP 50th Annual Conference.

The 2013 Employer of the Year award goes to Analog Devices, Inc. while the 2013 People Manager of the Year was won by lone candidate Ms. Fidelina A. Corcuera, SVP and Head of Human Resource Management Group of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).

You can see from the photo above the representatives of the two winners being serenaded by premier entertainers Dulce and Robert Sena. Miss Fidelina Corcuera couldn't personally make it to accept the award because she was out of the country attending to a prior engagement in the performance of her role as the HR head of BPI. She sent a video delivering her message of gratitude instead.

Mr. Barbie Atienza hosted the event and an inspiring talk was provided also by world-renowned top spinner Rev. Joseph "Joe" Mauk, a missionary of sorts in the Philippines who succeeded to a humongous top measuring 3.8 meters tall by 3.6 meters wide in diameter. He revealed that he got hurt by a metal debris in the process but claims that he was saved by the Lord due to his faith and trust in him.

Mr. Rene Gener was Committee Chair of the 37th PMAP Awards.

The Last Pistang Pinoy of My High School Life

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We celebrate “Buwan ng Wika” every August of every year. This year, the "Buwan ng Wika" was scheduled last August 19. In our school we named it “Pistang Pinoy” where students are required to wear Barong Tagalog, Marongs, Filipiniana, and other traditional Filipino wear.

I was also awarded for winning the 2nd place in the category called "Pick Up Lines". I really didn’t expect to win in that event because all of the contestants were all good. After the awarding ceremony, it was our time to shine. We had our own performance on stage to dance for the teachers and the students to make them happy. I really appreciated the students because of the cheering that they’ve made when we were dancing.

After the program it was the time to eat which I am always looking forward to during events like these. We also rented an ice cream cart  which offered "sorbetes" or dirty ice cream  for everyone. After that, our batch mates celebrated their last Pistang Pinoy together.

PMAP President Grace Sorongon Retraces 50 Annual Conferences

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Here is another article written by Ernie Cecilia that talks about the Welcome Remarks of People Management Association of the Philippines President Grace Sorongon. The PMAP President delivered her Welcome Remarks last September 25, the first day of the three-day PMAP 50th Annual Conference. 

"Pres. Grace believed that PMAP has achieved much over the past 50 years, saying, “First, we mined PEOPLE… Then we mined COMPETENCY, as we transformed from Personnel to Human Resources, and we mined our driver’s seat with a new paradigm of INNOVATION. These three things are our LEGACY for the next 50 years…”

Past annual conferences were retraced and the relevant themes recalled. It was a milestone to reach the golden years, even though there might have been some "worst times", and the need to embrace "change" and understand that "we are the change that we have been waiting for."