MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III (photo) was honored with a special award, the Tanglaw ng Araw award, for promoting good Filipino values at the ninth Araw Values Awards, where ABS-CBN won five recognitions.
“ABS-CBN is really the recipient of this award. Since the Araw Values Awards was conceived in 2000, we have been offering it our utmost support as we both know that our institutions’ respective mission and vision statements are aligned with promulgating the importance of Filipino values,” said Lopez in his acceptance speech during the awarding ceremony held at the Dolphy Theater recently.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN’s Tulong Na, Tabang Na, Tayo Na, a campaign launched just after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda received the Silver award in the Love of Country and Respect for National Customs and Traditions category.
During the main event, ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio shared in her opening remarks that she is very proud to be part of a community where competitors unite for worthy causes.
“There are so many things to be done, so many more children to feed, more rivers to clean, more calamity-stricken areas to rebuild, more sick people to heal, more families to strengthen and more corruption to expose and eliminate. May God always guide us to use the gift of creativity and the power of media that He has entrusted us,” she added.