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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) Ginebra San Miguel recently held the “Ginebra Ako Awards Year 3: Pagkakaisa sa Gitna ng Pandemya” in a virtual awarding ceremony streamed via Ginebra San Miguel s official Facebook page.
Since 2018, the Ginebra Ako Awards has been honoring the hero in every Filipino, and for this year, the award-giving body salutes the COVID-19 heroes in three categories: “Pilipino Ako Award,” individual or organization that emphasized the value of unity in advancing their causes; “Matapang Ako Award,” person or group who went beyond their call of duty in uniting their fellowmen for a common purpose; and “Lalaban Ako Award,” person or institution that used their talent and exemplified excellence in their craft to help those in need.
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THE EMERGENCY QUARANTINE FACILITY (EQF) project led by Dr. Glenn Angeles and Architect William Ti provided hospitals with more space to safely and effectively treat COVID-19 patients, as well as give them space for health care workers to rest and recuperate, or even isolate if they have been infected.
THE “Matapang Ako Award” went to Minnie Pascual Klepacz, a nurse based in the United Kingdom and one of the proponents of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network and the Filipino Nurses Association United Kingdom (FNA-UK).
YOUNG CEO Martin Xavier Peñaflor was the recipient of the “Pilipino Ako Award” in this year’s Ginebra Ako Awards for his market research mobile application Tangere to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic and natural calamities that hit the country.