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TOWER Awards (Centennial Edition)

Latest Update: The TOWER AWARDS (Centennial Edition) takes place today, June 13, 2019. Below is the list of awardees:

2019 TOWER Awardees

1. Benigno Nicdao Acacio • Fleet Heavy Equipment Officer, Manila Water Company, Inc. • 57 years old from Project 8, Quezon City

Mr. Acacio is one of the pioneers in the Fleet Management Department. Known as a “one-stop man”, Benny is an expert in the operation, maintenance and repair of all light to heavy specialized fleet equipment and is the only Manila Water employee who can operate all kinds of heavy equipment machineries. Finding better and more efficient ways of doing things, his innovation on the installation of water pipelines for floating pumps at La Mesa Dam using Heavy Equipment has led to more households having continuous water supply and has resulted in 62% decrease in chemical dosing consumption. He was the grand awardee of the 2018 Huwarang Manggagawa of Manila Water.

1. Roberto Gumaran Duran, Jr. • Industrial Mechanic, Philippine Coastal Storage and Pipeline Corporation • 41 years old from Bagabag, Sto. Tomas, Isabela province

Mr. Duran takes charge of asset maintenance and repair such as pipline valves, meters, and pumps. He has helped develop new techniques which imposes the importance of safety at work. One of the innovations he has initiated is the implementation of the application of carbon filter to reduce the fumes of gasoline tanks. This was a low-cost solution that provided great protection for people and the environment. He was awarded as one of the 2018 Ten Most Outstanding Freeport Employees.

1. Isaiah John Valenzuela Duyag • 31 years old from Calamba, Laguna • Mechanic I, Nestle Philippines Tanauan Factory

IJ has led several initiatives for the Nestle Tanauan Factory since 2017 such as the Modification of Misdosing @ MESPACK which has reduced the number of machine stoppages from 159 hours to 48 hours leading to additional production hours and reduced packaging material and powder loss. This has also led to an established routine standard for all technicians and operators and has corrected sources of powder leaks and improved hard to reach places reducing operators’ cleaning time and quality issues. Because of his contributions, IJ has been sent to Germany in 2018 with the responsibility to lead the Factory Acceptance Test for the filling machine that the factory bought. On his return, he led the installation of the machine which is now producing powdered milk in pouches.

1. Gerald A. Taguiam • Technical Services Engineer, SIA Engineering Philippines • 28 years old from Manila

Gerald belongs to a company that deals with highly technical with safety being the top priority in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircrafts. His innovations such as the Automated Weight and Balance Computation, 3D Repairs, and Pre-programmed SRM Assessment SRM IS Structural Repair Manual have led to less time and effort in computing the weight and balance, better understanding of the hows and whys and has created a better manner of applied repairs, and has shortened the three-day assessments into a half-day assessment. His innovations have increased the number of accomplished tasks in the company by 60-70%, assured the correctness of results by 100%, enhanced compliance by 100% and have created a dramatic decrease on resource wastage.

1. Johnny Saril Talaban • 33 years old from Negros Occidental • Metering and Substation Technician, Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative

Johnny’s innovation on the Modified External Control on Protection Relays of Valladolid, Overflow and Cauayan Substations has made the relays more user-friendly and easier to troubleshoot during electrical failures. This has also increased the system’s reliability, shortened durations of power interruptions and increased revenue. Johnny is a registered Master Electrician and was awarded as the Best Employee of NOCECO in 2019. He is recognized as a flexible employee who goes beyond the call of duty in his line of work.

1. Allan Castillo Unabia • 43 years old from Carmona, Cavite • Production Operator (Sachet Filling Line), Wyeth Philippines Inc.

Allan may be differently-abled as he contracted polio when he was young, but despite this, he is one of the Subject Matter Experts in filling operations. He is reliable and is often designated as the officer-in-charge (OIC) when his superiors are not around. His innovation of Centerline and Fine Tuning of Fuji Filler Parameter Settings have standardized operational parameters and reduced overfills by 79%. He is recognized in his company as he received the following recognitions: 2017 Exemplar of Leadership (Nestle Philippines), Top 1 for One Point Lesson (OPL), Top Tagger, and Canlubang Leadership Award for Superior Service (CLASS).

1. John Robert V. Uy • 35 years old from Baguio City • Manufacturing Engineer II, Moog Controls Corporation

Robert has been with Moog Controls Corporation for over 10 years and is an expert on deburring, being the company’s first deburring engineer. This expertise played a vital role in the B787 and A350 Manifold development and industrialization. He is also very active in Lean Management Systems joining most of the Kaizen events in the company. As he never stops to develop new techniques and improve current processes to help his other operators, he submitted three projects for process improvement: Process Standard Work Creation and Implementation on Sub-Assembly Process, and Non Conformance Reduction Associated with Position/Location Defects of CB02560-002 Manifold and Creation of Standard Work for Inspection After Deburr Process. These innovations have helped save the company’s resources by PHP 3.3M annually.

Rotary Club of Manila Centennial Chorale Competition

Latest Update: The Lyrics of the Best Song Composition in the Chorale Competition

This Is Our Pledge (Himig Rotarian). Lyrics by: Catherine Bancod. Music by: Fr. Ernest Raymund Simeon

Fountain of wisdom and love, source of inspiration. Rotary Club you build you protect you bring. You strengthen those who are weak. You enlighten and give peace and understanding. You strengthen those who are weak. You give hope.

God bless you, Rotary Club Great. For you are God’s instrument of grace. You have taught us fight for our dreams and live in honesty and truth. This is our pledge to build a better world.

Formed from the vision to serve, those who are in need. Rotary club you give hope to all by your overflowing kindness! Build lives of the lost, you empower and inspire!

God bless you, Rotary club Great. For you are God’s instrument of grace. You have taught us fight for our dreams and live in honesty and truth. This is our pledge to build a better world.

God bless you, Rotary club Great. For you are God’s instrument of grace. You have taught us fight for our dreams and live in honesty and truth. This is our pledge to build a better world…….. Build a better world……

This song will be sung by the five Grand Finalists during “A Legacy of Rotary Service” which takes place on June 21, 2019.

Journalism Awards

Latest Update: The Journalism Awards took place last June 6, 2019 where several journalist luminaries were recognized.

A Legacy of Rotary Service

Latest Update: LAMBERT FELLOWS

A Lambert Fellow is a person whose happiness grows from the soil of goodness, service, charity and generosity. To him one is happiest when he serves best. This is an award given on the occasion of the Centennial celebration of the Rotary Club of Manila on June 21, 2019, a singular club whose examples of good deeds were rooted in the noblest of human nature.

It is the logic of nature that good seeds grow on fertile soil, that when they put out shoots with the blessings of sunshine, they could become the trees that give comfort with their shades, or fruit that sustains, or flowers that give scent or beauty to the senses. Such was the natural evolution of the Rotary Club of Manila, and in time, it became a nationwide and undisputed primary movement of service in the Philippines and in Asia.

All that metaphor said above, we owe it to Leon J. Lambert, the first and Charter President of the Rotary Club of Manila, who hosted the first Rotary luncheon in his Pasay City home on January 12, 1919 with Roger D. Pinneo as his guest. The latter had been commissioned by the Rotary Club of Seattle to assist in the organization of the first Rotary Club in the Far East. Among those in attendance were Messrs. E. E. Elser, James Geary, A.W. Beam.

We wish to continue this metaphor through the living reality practiced by these chosen Lambert Fellows on the occasion of the 100 years of the founding of the Rotary Club of Manila and the Rotary movement of the Philippines and Asia.

Let us meet the first batch of LAMBERT FELLOWS, as follows: Rtn. CELSO E. ABASTILLAS, Rtn. GERONIMO P. BELLA, JR., Rtn. JOHN EMYL C. EUGENIO, PP BIENVENIDO E. LAGUESMA, PD EDGAR L. LEE, PP TEODORO J. OCAMPO, PD ABRAHAM PASCUAL, President JESUS M. PINEDA, JR., PVP FAUSTO R. PREYSLER, JR., DE/BLA AMADO D. VALDEZ, PVP BENJAMIN E. DIOKNO, RID RAFAEL M. GARCIA, III, Rtn. ABDULGANI M. MACATOMAN, AT REINERIO C. LONZAGA & FEMY LONZAGA, PVP MANNY DY