MANILA, Philippines - The first Philippine Popular Music Festival was recently launched. Present at the event were (from left) Raul Alvarez, PLDT head of marketing and retail services; Roberto Garcia, PICC deputy GM; Ryan Cayabyab, PhilPOP’s executive director; Manny V. Pangilinan, chairman of PLDT-Smart/chairman of PhilPOP; Ricky Vargas, president of MAYNILAD/PhilPOP’s chairman of steering committee; Ogie Alcasid, OPM president; Noel Cabangon; Ely Buendia; Patrick Gregorio, MAYNILAD head of commercial and marketing; and Alfredo Panlilio, MERALCO SVP/head of customer retail services and corporate communications.