AFTER it was postponed twice due to the ban on social gathering at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Valenzuela City has finally honored the 20 Top Taxpayers and 23 Job Providers for 2019.
Since June 16, the local government unit (LGU) has delivered and handed out the trophies to the awardees right at their very own doorsteps.
In his letter to the awardees, Mayor Rexlon Gatchalian acknowledged how instrumental their taxes were in keeping the city’s economy afloat, especially during the two-month enhanced community quarantine.
He affirmed that their taxes will surely go a long way in funding and strengthening the LGU’s Covid-19 response, while also hoping to sustain more businesses and be a competitive economic hub in the future.
Confronted by such unprecedented health emergency, the local chief executive also expressed his gratitude to the companies for their significant contribution to the city’s relief efforts and their support to frontliners.
“Local governments have been becoming more competitive. We want to get more businesses in [and] we want to retain more businesses so we have to up our game in terms of infrastructure and to be able to attract these types of businesses,” Gatchalian said.
The LGU has feted five top taxpayers from each of the four categories. For micro scale enterprises, they included Uni Elements Enterprises, Contract Packaging Corp. of the Philippines, VA Tech Wabag (Philippines) Inc., Innovative Packaging Industry Corp., and Grand Chamonix Marketing Inc.
Small scale business awardees were We Enterprises and Contractors Inc., Suncrest Foods Inc., Fiberline Industries Inc., Mega Masterlink Fabricator and Electrical Service, and Industrial Welding Corp.
Under medium scale category, the honorees were Unicorn Metal Corp., Peerless Products Manufacturing Corp., Mayer Steel Pipe Corp., Tiger Machinery and Industrial Corp., and Maxima Steel Corp.
Large scale awardees were Manila Electric Co., SM Prime Holdings Inc., Maynilad Water Services Inc., San Miguel Foods Inc., and Powertrac Inc.
Recipients of the Top Job Provider were: (Valenzuela-based direct hire companies) Pandayan Bookshop Inc., CDO Foodsphere Inc., SM Prime Holdings Inc., Suncrest Foods Inc., Donutification Corp. (Dunkin’ Donuts); (Non-Valenzuela-based direct hire companies) Republic Biscuit Corp., Robinsons Supermarket Corp., Savory Fastfood Inc. (Classic Savory), M. Consunji Inc., Concentrix Philippines; (Manpower agencies) Fineco Management Corp., Elite Jinzai Marketing Services Inc.; (Overseas job provider) East West Placement Center Inc.; (Special Program for the Employment of Students) Fresh N’ Famous Foods Inc. (Chowking Valenzuela), Fujiweld Inc., McMagik Corp. (McDonald’s Valenzuela) and Lamco Paper Products.
The Service to Employers Award was feted to Human Resources Management Association of Valenzuela City Inc., and the Outstanding Humanitarian Service for Inclusive Employment Award was handed to Humanity & Inclusion.
A new category, Persons with Disability Employment, was bestowed to Suncrest Foods Inc., JBC Food Corp., and Sunwalk, Inc.