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← Balita · Issue 3937 · 13 October 2022 Club news

Cogs in the Wheel

Short notes on Rotarians Jed Dayang, Philip Recto, Rocco Sarmiento, Lance Tan and Enrique Yap.

Cogs in the Wheel

Rtn. Jed Dayang from Ankara, Turkey

It was a pleasure meeting Dr. Emre Öztürk Rotary Club District 2430 Governor at the Ankara International Rotary Club Meeting. He spoke of how Rotarians are people who are not bystanders but people who find happiness in helping people through sacrifice and living a life of service. Thanks to the invitation of Bangladesh Ambassador H.E. Mr. Mosud Mannan, whose grandfather served as Ambassador to the Philippines.

Rtn. Philip Recto Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from UAP College of Fellows

Noted architect Rtn. Philip Recto was among the honorees of the “Balik Tanaw 2022” Lifetime Achievement Award of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) College of Fellows last October 1, 2022, in conjunction with the celebration of World Architecture Week. He later gave a response in behalf of all the honorees. In 2019, Rtn. Philip Recto also received the UAP Likha Gold Medal Award—the highest recognition for Filipino architects. He is only the 14th recipient of this prestigious award out of more than 45,000 Filipino architects nationwide, and in the 45-year history of UAP.

Rtn. Rocco Sarmiento's Firm Vitarich Wins Executive Leadership Team of the Year Award at the Asia CEO Awards 2022

Congratulations to Rtn. Rocco Sarmiento, CEO of Vitarich. His firm just won the Executive Leadership Team of the Year Award at the Asia CEO Awards 2022 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom.

Rtn. Lance Tan Opens Dream Lab

Rtn. Lance Tan opened his Dream Lab, the newest interactive museum, last October 12, 2022 at the UG Level of the Ayala Malls Circuit in Makati City. Dream Lab is the biggest entrepreneurship museum where young Filipinos are taught how to become an entrepreneur through interactive experimental simulations.

Rtn. Enrique Yap Has Been Admitted to the Degree of Master of Business Administration, Jointly Awarded by New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and HEC Paris

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