PLDT exec joins ranks of TOYM Awardees for community service

MANILA, Philippines - June Cheryl “Chaye” Cabal-Revilla ,  Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. first vice -president and comptroller,   has been  named one of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awardees for Community Service in 2013.

The TOYM Award is widely recognized as the country’s most prestigious award for young individuals whose selfless dedication in their respective fields resulted in significant contribution to improve the lives of the Filipino people.

As first vice president and comptroller of PLDT, Cabal-Revilla has been keeping a tight watch over the listed company’s finances.

Cabal- Revilla has been recognized for her work in organizing  a comprehensive corporate social responsibility (CSR) program with the support of the PLDT Managers’ Club Inc. and the PLDT Smart Foundation that aimed to honor the country’s teachers. That program was called Gabay Guro (2G).

Since its inception in 2007, Gabay Guro has already provided more than 700 scholarship grants to aspiring teachers and conducted training to more than 40,000 teachers nationwide. During the last Gabay Guro tribute to teachers, over 17,000 filled the Mall of Asia Area.

Under Cabal-Revilla’s leadership, new scholarship grants were given to 190 aspiring teachers last year, and also 39 scholars graduated with honors and special awards, including five Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude honors.

During the gala dinner for TOYM 2013 honorees, Cabal-Revilla said: “I am fortunate to be part of a company that has a deep sense of service for the Filipino people and believes that we are here to change lives. Thus, when we organized Gabay Guro, the support was really there and this inspired us to pursue programs that will truly change the lives of those who changed ours – our teachers.”