Saturday, January 21, 2006

Sun Life Donates P50,000 To Kalibo

Sun Life Financial launched its SAGIP 111th campaign with a P50,000 donation to the Ati Atihan town of Kalibo. The said amount will be disbursed for the procurement of road signs for installation in Kalibo. This is a priority project of the Kalibo LGU to ensure not just order but a decline in the incidence of road accidents all around Kalibo.
Mr. Randy A. Rebaldo, brother and private secretary received the P50,000 check during the launching program in the afternoon of January 14, 2005 held in Kalibo, Aklan. In the name of Mayor Rebaldo, Randy thanked Sun Life Financial for its generosity.
In its press release, it is learned that Sun Life Financial is the first and most trusted life insurance firm in the Philippines. It is now celebrating its 111th year in the Philippines with the launching of its community development project called “Sagip 111”. The project reeled in Cebu City and being brought to the other parts of the country where Sun Life operates like in Kalibo.
Sun Life Financial – Philippines chairman Esther C. Tan led in the launching program. She talked of the financial services the firm’s commitment to its social responsibility during the launching.
“For 111 years now, Sun Life Financial has grown its business in the Philippines by protecting the life and personal interests of Filipinos. It is now time for us to transcend our promise of protection into something more concrete and that is through a direct extension of assistance to the very people we consider our business partners,” Tan stressed. Sun Life is said to be intent on launching its own foundation within the year.
Following the Sagip 111 launch, Sun Life also participated in the Ati-Atihan Festival through the sponsorship of the very popular Ati Atihan group called Scorpio 11-19 to represent Sun Life in the grand parade. Scorpio 11-19 won first place in the Small Group Modern Category from January 1995 to January 1999; and won first place in Big Group Modern category from January 2001 up to the present. Scorpio 11-19 just won the P25,000 first prize in the Modern Tribal Group last Sunday, January 15.
Sun Life Financial – Philippines is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies, a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of wealth accumulation and protection products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Tracing its roots back to 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com

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