PGMA leads rites to recognize Women of the Year Awards

WOMEN NEGOSYO SUMMIT DRAWS BIGGEST CROWD

A CELEBRATION of success. This was the order of the day as thousands trooped and gathered for the biggest entrepreneurship event of the year.

Despite the summer heat, more than 20,000 aspiring entrepreneurs, enablers, students and mentors gathered at the recently concluded Women Entrepreneurship Summit held at the World Trade Center early this week.

The summit was part of the highlights of the celebration of the National Women’s Month. Aptly themed, “Babae, Tagumpay Ka ng Bayan!,” the event was a result of collaboration and partnership of Go Negosyo and the Philippine Commission on Women among with other government agencies and private sector partners.

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At the age of eight, Myrna Padilla would dive for a minute or two at the depths of 10 to 15 feet, gathering shellfish and seaweed beneath corals. Whatever sum she earned in selling what she collected, she shares with her mother and saves a little for paper and pencil for school. Hard work and sacrifice are words that are not new to Myrna, who was born to a fisherman father and a housewife mother and was the eldest of the six children. She also worked as a domestic helper overseas for 15 years, until she had to undergo a throat and thyroid surgery. Myrna decided to come back home to the Philippines to have her surgery. She also settled to stay home for good. Then, Myrna started her own business. Today, she is recognized as the Founder and President of Mynd Consulting and Management Services, a major player in the BPO industry in Mindanao.

Myrna is one of the nine small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) who will be recognized at the GO NEGOSYO SA DAVAO CARAVAN on Dec. 4, 2009 at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Convention Hall, Quirino Ave., Davao City.

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Celso Valdecañas spent his early childhood shining shoes for older men and selling ice drop and newspaper in a small barrio in Bataan. His mother died when he was just three years old. Left with his father who cannot figure out how to feed four children, Celso knew he had to fend for himself at an early age.

Today, after decades of hard work and strength of will to survive, Celso happily enjoys his well-earned success with his family. He now serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the five businesses that he owns: VL Construction; VL Realty & Brokerage Company; Joyous Group Developers, Inc.; Eternal Shrine Memorial Park; and Santuario Garden & Chapels.

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Go Negosyo Goes to Bataan

November 6, 2009

9AM to 6PM

Bataan People’s Center

7AM Bataan Negosyo March
(Assembly Area: Balanga City Plaza)
9AM-6PM Seminars/Forums
6PM-Onwards Go Negosyo Music Fest

Hosted by Cito Beltran, Susan Enriquez
RJ Ledesma, Chal Lontoc-Del Rosario and Bobby Yan

Join us for an educational and empowering event in the historic province of Bataan. With the Bataan Negosyo Champions and other Bataan entrepreneurs in the frontlines, aspiring negosyantes will be armed with valuable knowledge and information from the seminars and exhibits during the caravan. Be smart. Be enterprising. Be there!

Event Secretariat: 0920-6337063 / 0922-8568235 / 047-2373005
PCE GoNegosyo 6379229 / 6379347

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