P3.5 million for more classrooms

MANILA, Philippines - Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro receives from Ayala Corporation chairman emeritus Jaime Zobel de Ayala, chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and president and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala, the company’s pledge of P2.5 million to support TEN Moves!, a private sector-led campaign to help DepEd address classroom shortage nationwide. The Ayala Young Leaders Congress, Integrated Micro-Electronics employees and Ayala Multi-Purpose Cooperative also donated more than P1 million to the cause. With Luistro and the Zobels are (from left) Ayala managing director John Philip Orbeta, Vicky Garchitorena, Ayala Foundation president Luli Heras-de Leon and senior director Mario Deriquito.