The Manila Overseas Press Club’s 5th Invitational Golf tourney was a resounding success, with corporate honchos mingling with diplomats and media editors for an enjoyable afternoon of golf at the Sta. Elena Golf and Country Club in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Participants engaged in a friendly but nevertheless fierce competition to win top honors in various categories. When the dust finally settled, the following emerged as victors:
Class A – Jose Mari Delgado, champion with Yi Kyu Shung as first runner-up; Class B – Metro Pacific Investment Corp.’s Jera Sison as champion with Mike Roces as first runner-up. For Class C, Bangladeshi Ambassador John Gomes bested everyone while Earl Seno of Smart Communications settled for first runner-up. Pilipinas Shell’s Bobby Kanapi had the “Lowest Net†while Overall Champion with Lowest Gross honors went to Ben Jacinto of Megafiber.
Cheers to Manila Overseas Press Club president Babe Romualdez, chairman Tony Lopez and treasurer Nelia Gonzalez for another exciting day of camaraderie! Kudos as well to event sponsors PLDT, Smart, Meralco, First Pacific Tollways, Philex Mining, Maynilad, Metro Pacific Investments Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, PAGCOR’s Casino Filipino, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, ABS-CBN, Social Security System, Auto Nation Group (ANG) Inc., The Bellevue Hotels and Resorts, PeopleAsia magazine, Weber Shandwick Philippines, BizNews Asia magazine, Solaire Resort and Casino, Unilab Corp., Jollibee Foods Corp. and Federal Land Inc.
GREETINGS
Happy birthday to our celebrators today, Cesar Gabaldon and Marty Lopez.
Advance birthday greetings to Jesus “King King†Celdran and Johnbee Sales, April 28; Tingting Cojuangco, April 29; Malou Fores, Tessie Daza, Minnie Advincula and Chito Lozada, April 30; Hoseki’s Knoi Esmane, May 1; Remé Ramos, Miguel “Mikey†Cojuangco, STAR Business as Usual editor Rica Delfinado and Raul Daza, May 2.
Happy wedding anniversary to George and Ana Litton, May 2. May you share many, many more wondrous years together.
So, how was your week?
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