Manny Pangilinan’s Life Success Story
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I would start featuring success stories of famous entrepreneurs and leaders to serve as inspiration to others. Today, I will feature the life story of the highest paid Philippine Chief Executive Officer Manny Pangilinan, the CEO of the most profitable company and the largest company by market value – Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Company or PLDT, the Philippine’s pioneer in telecommunications.
His life story came from his speech during the Ateneo Graduation last 2006 where he himself studied. During his speech, he narrated his own rags to riches story in three journeys from being a student to eventually becoming a corporate magnate. Let’s learn from him and be inspired.
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Manny Pangilinan
This day of academic ceremony must be a day of touching, personal memories. It is also a day to pause, and give honor and praise to your parents and to the good Lord for the grace to be at this place, at this time. While all of us may be seated, we’re actually standing on their shoulders, proud and thankful. Your years in college were a journey of discovery and preparation, a discovery of yourself and the gifts bestowed upon you. You’re now about to commence a new journey, of becoming an adult, of finding your place in society, of starting a future. Today, I’d like to share with you my own journey, as I traveled from being a student, to being a professional manager and an OFW, and now, an entrepreneur and corporate activist.
First part of the journey: A Student
The first part of my journey begins with my family. My lolo (grandfather) started as a public school teacher in Pampanga and Tarlac, rising through the ranks to become superintendent of public schools and, eventually, secretary of education. My dad began his career as a messenger at Philippine National Bank, and retired as president of Traders Royal Bank, one of the larger banks in the ’80s. During my elementary years, I had ten centavos to buy a bottle of Coke, five centavos for crackers, another ten centavos to take the bus home from San Beda in Mendiola, which I made sure I wouldn’t lose, otherwise I would have walked home. In college, my weekly allowance at the Ateneo was P10, and that included my jeepney fares. I have a lot of classmates who have cars and others even have their own drivers. They were lucky. Someday, I said to myself, I will reach all those. My scholarships in both San Beda and Ateneo were only my lucky charms.
In late 1965, as my own graduation was approaching, I had come home from the Ateneo one Saturday afternoon, and spoke with my dad about taking an MBA in the States. I was met with silence, which meant there wasn’t enough money for an education abroad, that if I really wanted it, I had find a way myself. Fortunately, Procter & Gamble was offering a rare scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. It was a national competition. I entered-and won. For three generations of my family, life meant coping with challenges despite modest means, relying on God-given talent, hard work and a passionate determination to succeed.
Second part of the journey: A professional manager
Let me now turn to the second part of this journey. After two years in Philadelphia, I returned home, hopeful about landing a managerial position in a large company. I struck out at first bat. My benefactor, Procter & Gamble, turned down my application. So I ended up taking the first job I was offered, as executive assistant to the president at Phinma for P1,000 a month. Without any job experience, we can’t be choosers, right? Grab the first decent job that comes your way, immerse yourself in work, and soon, you’ll find the right job, or it will find you.
After six years with Phinma, I decided to work abroad. There were the usual reasons: the glamor of being an expat in Hong Kong, the stifling staleness of my local career but, more importantly, I needed to find myself, to prove that I can stand on my own and succeed. The warmth of family ties, the comfort of an extended family system so embedded in our society were indeed beguiling, but I wanted to assert my independence.
I was recruited by Bancom International, a Philippine investment bank based in Hong Kong. It was a stimulating experience. I learned the dynamics of international finance from my Chinese colleagues, not from the Filipino executives. Thereafter, I was seconded to a joint venture investment bank with American Express. I had expected to be appointed CEO of that new bank, but wasn’t. While disappointed and even depressed, I soldiered on and, sure enough, this venture failed inside of two years. A huge dilemma confronted a young man of 30 years: return to Manila or stay with AMEX? I decided to remain a soldier of fortune in Hong Kong. Why? Because after this setback, I wanted to prove something to myself. I felt I had to prove to AMEX the Filipino can. Indeed, after four years with AMEX, I received a phone call from my boss in London. He said, “You’ve outgrown Hong Kong and are now ready for London, and to fast track your career.” After reflection, I politely said, no. I’ve proven the point to myself and to AMEX, and that had been enough. Besides, I felt Asia is my home — and so it shall be.
Third part: An entrepreneur and corporate activist
The third, and final part, starts with First Pacific. Whilst working in the region, I met some clients – foremost being Anthoni Salim – who were willing to support my idea of a regional banking and trading business. With their help, I founded First Pacific in Hong Kong in 1981. I started out with only six people, on 50 square meters of office space, and little capital. Now, the companies that constitute First Pacific have sales of $5 billion, with more than 60,000 employees across the region. But I won’t tell you about our successes at First Pacific. Instead, I’ll describe our failures – some of which indeed became total failures, but some of which we turned around and made a success.
In 1989, we were negotiating to acquire Hanimax, maker of middle to low-end cameras based in Sydney, Australia. I took the overnight flight to Sydney from Hong Kong, confident that when I arrived the following morning, a letter from an international bank approving our financing would await me. But lo and behold, it was a letter of disapproval. So there I was in Sydney, committed to purchase Hanimax, but without enough money to complete it. Providentially, there was a competing bidder who sought to take us out of the race by offering a sum of money. That practice is called “greenmail.” Our gambit won $7 million that day when we had no cards to play. But there’s a sequel to this. Buoyed by confidence – perhaps overconfidence, even hubris – we were off to the races again, and decided quickly to buy another company. This was Tech Pacific, Australia’s largest distributor of computer products. It was indeed a large company with sales in excess of a billion dollars! Well, it was a disaster. It took us three years, and enormous pain and effort, to turn its fortunes around. I fell sick from stress and anxiety and, on several occasions, contemplated resigning. But we stood to our tackle and, after those three years, Tech Pacific is now Asia’s largest distributor of computer products.
In 1998, I came home, after 22 years abroad – after what father (Roque) Ferriols often calls “the days of wasted youth.” When we invested in PLDT seven years ago, we faced the massive task of repair and renewal. Critics told us that we couldn’t change the culture of monopoly, that misdemeanors in PLDT couldn’t be eradicated, that our fixed line business had no future. But we made the tough and unpopular decisions at PLDT. Like reducing the number of employees from 14,000 to 9,000. Like changing dubious practices and encouraging honesty and transparency. Like converting the mindset of bureaucrats to that of innovators and entrepreneurs. Decisions about people are always difficult for us because First Pacific is an Asian company with Asian values. But head count reduction was critical for PLDT to survive.
Now that PLDT has recovered, and is now the most profitable company in the country, my confidence in the Filipino’s ability to succeed has been absolutely affirmed. In fact, despite the downsizing I mentioned earlier, we now have more people under our wings – about 19,000 – simply because PLDT is now a different company. And to most of you who might be familiar with Piltel or Talk N’ Text – it was a company in extremis. I’ve had to tell creditor banks that Piltel could not pay its debts – the first time I’ve done that in my life. My officemates told me to close Piltel. I didn’t agree. I believed that the cellular frequency it owns, as well as its brand, are potentially valuable, as they have become today. Also, I did not want to imperil the financial health of local banks to which Piltel owed much.
After five years of rehab, Piltel’s return to profitability has been close to supernatural. It is now the country’s most profitable company – after PLDT and Smart. Finally, some of you have raised with me the question – is business bad? Let me respond by saying, business is not all bad. It is people – some people at least – that may make business bad. No business can prosper in the long term without the right values. The best performing companies are those that manage their businesses which meet ethical standards. Transparency, accountability, integrity, discipline – all these good governance principles – must permeate every policy, every process, of the company, as they do at First Pacific and PLDT.
Closing:
Thefore I close, I’d like to make a personal request. I’d like to ask each of you a favor. Give me bragging rights. Do something great. Sometime in the future, I want to hear some incredible thing you’ve done. And I’d like to brag that I spoke at your graduation. In return, I offer you a few more pieces of advice. Keep it real. Stay true to what’s best in yourself, to the best of your experience here at the Ateneo. Trust your instincts. Believe in yourself. Engage in sports, you’ll need it as you age. Make art, or at least, value it. Be brave. Be bold. Find something that moves you or pisses you off, but do something about it. You have a voice, speak up.
Take a stand for what’s right. Make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is cool, isn’t it? But I also want to offer a warning: you will meet people who’ll entice you to compromise your principles. They’ll try to seduce you and distract you with money, power, security and perhaps, most dangerously, a sense of belonging. Don’t let them; it’s not worth it.
You can have genuine values and still get that job. You can have a conscience and still make money.
Let me send you off with one final thought. I was born poor, but poor was not born in me. And it shouldn’t be born in you either. You can make it. Whatever you may wish to do with your future, you can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes always. Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. In the end, faith will not disappoint. You must not disappoint.
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Tagalog Quotes Here! Reply:
January 9th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Nice! Galing naman ni Manny!!
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Manny Pangilinan’s story is really inspiring.. i just hope that many Filipinos will be as successful as mvp.. although it’s easily said than done, but it’s something i believe achievable..
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this story is really inspiring…hehe ^^
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thanks for sharing this inspiring speech.
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when i was reading the story of manny pangillinan it is really inspiring story..i do hope that i’ll be like him someday..because im taking up bachelor’s degree of entrepreneurial management..
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wow.! idol talaga…
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….hi there..thanks for publishing a wondrous article such as this one..I am truly inspired by this..I hope that our youths for today will also look forward to have their own stories of success..Through your stories it can give us more courage to have a perseverance to do relevant things where all of us can benefit from it..
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Trixie Reply:
January 26th, 2011 at 4:22 am
Wow…deep
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THIS ARTICLE REALLY INSPIRES THE READER..IT MOTIVATES ME TO ACHIEVE MY DREAMS IN LIFE….IT GIVES ME “HOPE” AND TELL MY MYSELF THAT ITS NOW MY TURN… YES I CAN!!!!
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galing…idol talaga
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Upon reading this story, I felt sadness and my tears were likely to fall from my eyes because I had been a negligent, happy-go-lucky, and stubborn person. However, since I begun a different tract out of aspiration to also become a successful person someday, I gradually learned of better things. This life success story of Manny Pangilinan will indeed be an additional eye opener and inspiration to me and to all the people who lack courage and looses hope to aim high.
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I worked in First Pacific in Hong Kong and Manny is a good guy he desreves all of his success.
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This is how Filipinos should think hahaha
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He plagiarized.r
In his graduation speech before the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pangilinan also said:
“But having a lot of money does not totally make you a successful person. What you want is both money and meaning. You want your life and your career to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings real richness to your life, to be surrounded by people you can truly work with-because you trust and treasure them, and they cherish you in return. That’s when you’re really rich, that’s when you really succeed.”
The paragraph closely resembled remarks made by US talk show host Oprah Winfrey in her June 2008 commencement address at Stanford University, where she said:
“But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. That’s when you’re really rich.”
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100404-262262/Pangilinan-quits-Ateneo-amid-flap-over-borrowed-grad-speech
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The person/s who discovered the plagiarism should be recognized and rewarded. He’s my hero. Manuel Pangilinan should say to him “You got me…” and should give him a monetary award and a medal just like police and soldiers are recognized. Mr. Pangilinan did the right thing in resigning right away. We need more fellow Pinoys like this. I wish this day April 4th would be a day for this Pinoy pirate buster. Please share your thoughts on how you discovered this piracy. With a reward like this, others will be encouraged to read and observe for piracy in this vast ocean of literature.
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MVP 2006 Ateneo Graduation
Thefore I close, I’d like to make a personal request. I’d like to ask each of you a favor. Give me bragging rights. Do something great. Sometime in the future, I want to hear some incredible thing you’ve done. And I’d like to brag that I spoke at your graduation.
In return, I offer you a few more pieces of advice. Keep it real. Stay true to what’s best in yourself, to the best of your experience here at the Ateneo. Trust your instincts. Believe in yourself. Engage in sports, you’ll need it as you age. Make art, or at least, value it. Be brave. Be bold.
Find something that moves you or pisses you off, but do something about it. You have a voice, speak up.
Take a stand for what’s right. Make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is cool, isn’t it?
But I also want to offer a warning: you will meet people who’ll entice you to compromise your principles. They’ll try to seduce you and distract you with money, power, security and perhaps, most dangerously, a sense of belonging. Don’t let them; it’s not worth it.
You can have genuine values and still get that job. You can have a conscience and still make money.
Samuel Jackson 2004 Vassar College
I would like to ask each of you to do me one personal favor. Okay, two. First, don’t wear the Kangol hat backwards…that’s my thing, and very few folks pull it off as well as I do. But more importantly, give me bragging rights. Do something great. Sometime in the future I want to hear about some incredible thing you’ve done and be able to say, man, I spoke at her—or his—graduation.
In return, I want to offer you a few pieces of advice: try to keep it real. Stay true to what’s best in yourself and to the best of what you’ve experienced here at Vassar. Continue to expose yourself to new ideas. Trust your instincts and think for yourself. Make art, or at least value it. Look for the core of what makes each person human, appreciate the details that make them unique.
Find something that moves you or pisses you off, and do something about it. Put your self out there. Be brave. Be bold. Take action. You have a voice. Speak up, especially when something tries to keep you silent. Take a stand for what’s right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater that yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool.
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i dont know the story if he plagiarized but i believe he really meant what he has said and its not bad anyway. it reflects what should we doing as a person and as a filipino.
MVP mabuhay ka pards..
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I have no issue with the message, what is being pointed out here is whether one had the intellectual and moral intergity to attribute the original source of the message.
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ganjanz Reply:
April 7th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
you have no issue with the message im ok with that other than that who cares, did you?
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kennethkramer Reply:
April 7th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
obviously I care, otherwise what is the point of me commenting. Please read it carefully. You stated that what he said was not bad anyway. Yes, it is not bad, the problem is that message did not come from him and he passed it off as if it was his, and that i s where I have a problem with.
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yani Reply:
October 28th, 2011 at 6:30 am
blah, blah, blah…it doesn’t matter! original or not, what’s important is the message….it’s not a “scientific article” that needs strict citations….siguro taga UP ka? ganyan mentalidad ng mga taga UP masyadong possessive sa lahat ng bagay…halos lahat gusto laging nakadikit sa pangalan nila…tsk tsk tsk
I understand MVP is a very busy man, but with all money, one would expect that he could hire an honest speechwriter. What is scary is the lesson that it gives the younger generation, that one can be successful and dishonest at the same time.
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krisitne Reply:
January 2nd, 2012 at 6:59 pm
true.. i agree!
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regardless MVP is already successful…we can only speculate and make comment but at the end of the day you ask yourself what have i accomplished this day…MVP has done a tremendous job and we should be glad that we can have someone to look up to…people make mistakes…
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kennethkramer Reply:
April 7th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
okay so what you are clearly saying is that successful people get a free pass, that it somewhat mitigate the gravity of the offense? If you have kids, you can tell them, it is okay to steal ideas so long as you are successful for in the end, it is your success that counts and matters
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kennethkramer Reply:
April 7th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
… i know whatever little success I have would pale in comparison and would in no way compare to the empire built by Manny, I am not judging his entire success based on this mistake, that he did not deserve it because he plagiarized that would be a very myopic way of looking at it.
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I admire you Mr. Pangilinan a lot. You truly serve as an inspiration to Filipinos to Aim High and to Think big.
With regards to the inspiration speech you delivered at ateneo… well maybe its our turn to give you an advice. I personally don’t have an issue whether it was copied or not. Having you as a speaker, standing in front, and looking on you (as a person and a role model for youth) who have worked hard to earn success is a big thing and truly inspiring to people already.
You have contributed a lot to the people and to the society and that matters most.
Your involvement in sports, business and etc. is amazing!
So keep it up and God bless MVP!
you are a one true Most Valuable Person to the Filipino’s.
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Obviously, Manny is neither a gifted orator nor a talented motivational speaker. He probably had his speech written by some fool who copied off the internet. Come on guys, give him a break. He did resign didn’t he? Just like a true leader, he admitted to the charges and submitted his resignation. To be honest, he’s rich and old, and he’s currently holding positions in many of the country’s top companies. I’m sure he’s glad to get rid of one responsibility. He’s already made history by revolutionizing business in the Philippines. Who would care for something as trivial as him repeating off a speech made by someone else in another side of the planet? If part of the speech is worth repeating to a different set of audience, then so be it. Everyone else does the same thing. And let’s not lie to ourselves — we do repeat what other people have said if their words are worth re-telling.
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kennethkramer Reply:
July 18th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
It is okay to borrow from other people’s ideas so long as you attribute it to them, otherwise that is tantamount to stealing of intellectual property and by-product,
how would you people if other people use your words and pass it off as their own?
Who would care for something as trivial as him repeating off a speech made by someone else in another side of the planet? If part of the speech is worth repeating to a different set of audience, then so be it. Everyone else does the same thing. And let’s not lie to ourselves — we do repeat what other people have said if their words are worth re-telling.
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kennethkramer Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
It is okay to borrow from other people’s ideas so long as you attribute it to them, otherwise that is tantamount to stealing of intellectual property and by-product,
how would you feel if other people use your words and pass it off as their own?
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it is not how you say it but it is how you mean it
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Manny Pangilinan deserves praise for what he had done to Philippine Business. That part about plagiarism is just a simple glitch in his personal story. We should not dwell on it rather we should dwell on his general values and accomplishments. We Filipinos have a tendency to magnify what is not essential just to put a good man down so that in so doing we might feel good. That is crab mentality.
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i think the point here is not to take away from MVP’s many accomplishments. If we can however praise him for his achievements, we can equally call him out on his mistakes. Let us not approach this issue with one-dimensional simplicity, and to dismiss the argument as “crab mentality”. MVP for all the good things he has done, is not beyond criticism.
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someone that plagiarize a speech must be dishonest in business. poor guy he got caught.
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I am inspired by his success story. I am one of the boxers an ABAP and i have seen MVP’s efforts to help improve the plight of Philipine Athletes, at least in boxing.I hope I get to pay it forward by helping others as well in whatever way I can. Hayaan nyo na yun konting ginaya na linya sa speech, ang mahalaga may mga nainspire naman at gusto din umasa na maging successful at may kabuluhan ang buhay nila.
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MVP has proven his worth and borrowing a portion of someone’s speech do not make him lose his value. He has survived a good fight and he is inspiring in his works, if not his own words.
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hmmm, it only shows what character he has. no doubt, he is successful in the corporate world.
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kennethkramer Reply:
“okay so what you are clearly saying is that successful people get a free pass, that it somewhat mitigate the gravity of the offense? If you have kids, you can tell them, it is okay to steal ideas so long as you are successful for in the end, it is your success that counts and matters.”
Just like my cousin who’s a mayor; sends his kids to US to study; spends a lot traveling/hobbies – despite his meager earnings.
During reunions, I remind him of good values/principles and doing the right thing. The rest of the clan accuse me of crab mentality, as they run to his side to give praises.
I remind my children: a man’s worth is not measured by material success. Esp, they see so many corrupt rich politicians/businessmen.
Typical penoys look up to rich people (w/ ill-gotten wealth); get them as ‘ninong.’ How can a country go the straight path when majority have skewed values.
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Hey guys,
Kenneth has raised a very valid point.
MVP has erred and apologized/resigned.
What’s your point of discussing futher? Lack of comprehension?!
End of story, let’s move on Dudes.
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WOW! I salute you Mr.MVP i wish i could be just like you in near future. i hope many filipino who striving hard can be succesful just like you.
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I was impressed with his speech, I do admire his self-confidence and determination which made him the most popular businessman not only here at the Philippines but also in Asia. He is truly the man of success. He stand-up though he face many failures and trials in his life. He is a man of ambition which made him strong and well-known.
For me, though Manny Pangilinan is not the richest man here in the Philippines I do believe that he is the most inspiring person I ever known.
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MVP, as most people posted here, already apologized and resigned. With what happened, I even admired him more because even most people pressured him to name his speechwriters, he didn’t do it and said that they should give these new blooming speechwriter some slack and that they already learned the lesson of what happened. He took all the blame and resigned the post. That’s a true leader there.
Sadly, most people who criticized him around the country only heard about him when this plagiarism issue arose, and knew a bit of his background.
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Hi Dawho, I invite you to look at this from a bigger perspective. Yes MVP resigned the post and did not reveal his speechwriter, admirable? Yes. But the greater issue here is not only about MVP owning up, it is a sad commentary as well on the institutions, like Ateneo. When students cheat on their exam, do we expect any slack or understanding of some sort? No, the Honesty Code is strictly enforced right? Why do we have to have a double standard? That we will tolerate you and even beg you to stay on, just because you have given and contributed so much? What time of message would that leave our students? My point is stop the hypocrisy. Let us not expect our students to be morally upright. that is why unfair to hold different people under different standards.
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Wow… This is an inspiring story… Hats off i am to you sir! I have my dreams but seem it’s very difficult for me to accomplish.
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i want to be just like him. and i promise i will be successful in the corporate world even if i am a woman.
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NA ENJOY AKONG BASAHIN ANG STORY NAKAKA INSPIRED YUNG MAMANG ITO , BASTA MASIPAG AY MATIYAGA KA MAY ASENSO LIKE MVP . MABUHAY KA MANNY. SALUDO KO SAYO
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you are very fortunate because you obtain your goal in life and that you still acknowledge GOD for all the success you have right now…i salute in you..God bless you and be still…
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very inspiring.. I hope, lahat nga pinoy ganto mag-isip.
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Let’s give MVP a chance.Everyone commits mistakes ,what is important is that he acknowledged it and made an apology.A single mistake doesn’t make him a lesser man.
Shame on you people who treats him like a corrupt ,and immoral politician already for his previous mistake.
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shame on you too Neta, please stop putting words in our mouths. Where in the comments dod we treat MVP as corrupt, immoral politician? please read it carefully.
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I agree that a single mistake does not make him a lesser man. Yes that mistake alone will not define him, but it does not mean that he will get a free pass. We cannot have a double standard because it sends the wrong message.
FYI, I would like to thank Manny for making the NBA show possible last weekend.
Let’s move on from all of this.
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I was moved by MVP! The secret of success is in the business. Depends on how you take care your business. Filipinos should have entrepreneur mindset! He learned the dynamics of international finance from his Chinese colleagues? Not surprisingly, most Chinese are successful in business.
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huh! Ateneo speech is nothing! PLDT is a complete BUL*****. He has political connections which help his company to dominate telecom industry in Philippines.They block any serious competition by using political connections. Have you ever wonder why there is no international telecom company in Philippines. people of Philippines are left on the mercy of worst and one of the most expensive (in Asia) crap services of PLDT and MERALCO. This is the true inspiring story of this clever and crook man.
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ponkanacious Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 2:56 pm
agree. have you heard of Suharto’s ill gotten wealth?
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Minch Asuncion Reply:
January 4th, 2012 at 11:42 am
hehehe…..just heard MVP buy the Ospital ng Maynila na….wonders how come? is really Philippines is for Sale? why gov’t owned ofc for sale? haisstt……kaloka siguro pag nabalitaan natin Malacanang owned by MVP too….
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I worked for First Pacific before. Manny is a good boss and deserves all the success, and I miss him.
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God Bless you.
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Thank you po!
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Shame on you as well Kramer….if you’re not affected by my personal opinion , then better shut up.I am not pointing at anyone specifically.If you have your own views on this , then I will respect that.Hope you do it likewise.
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MannyNeta, you cannot shut me up, this is what this forum is for. If you put forward an idea, I have the right to criticize it, it was you who said it first, that is why I am returning the shame back to you. If you want your ideas to be respected, it would be better to extend the same courtesy first before asking it in return.
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KennethKramer , yeah ,for sure , that’s what you are really good at…..criticizing others mistakes.
Well , good luck , hope you’ll get rich by doing this.And it’s okay , I don’t need your respect.You can have it , and stick it to your narrow mind.
And yes I am ashamed , because I made a mistake….mistake of replying to you.You can reply to this , and win the discussion.Anyway , it doesn’t make me a lesser man at all.You love having this attention , and showing how good you are.You can be the protagonist or be the good guy , the hell I care!!
Go ahead , and enjoy your minute of fame here. Or should I say the other way around??Because now that I have your attention here ,and I am sure you could not resist in answering back …. I am getting my minute of fame as well.
Shame on me.
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KennethKramer Reply:
August 27th, 2011 at 11:46 am
Wow, this is what you call selective reading. Yes, I am rich, but not as rich as Manny though, but please note that my bank account or my assets are irrelevant to this debate. If you can’t engage in public discourse on the level of ideas, then don’t clutter this forum with your fallacious and ad hominem arguments. You have the the gall and temerity to say that I am narrow minded and beneath you is an amazing tactic. You are not getting any minute of fame, because you just expose how severely lacking you are in the brain department and people can see you for what you truly are, a pathetic excuse for a human being and a disservice to the human gene pool. If I am Catholic, you will be my primary argument why the RH Bill should be passed into law. (insert smiling emoticon here). Sarcasm noted. MannyNeta got served :p
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Wow Kennethkramer…so now you are attacking my existence here on earth??It doesn’t mean if you are eloquent and very good in attacking on person’s inability , or weaknesses…you have the right to choose on who to live on this planet.
You ridicule my Creator and my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who do you think you are?? You will regret your last comment about me!!!Sometimes be careful of what you wish for!!!
You will regret this from now on…..do not underestimate ordinary human like me!!
From this day , you will regret every sentence you made from your last comment…..believe me!!
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KennethKramer Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 10:53 am
I stand by and mean every word PU(Man)nYeta. My only wish is that you grow a brain.
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MannyNeta Reply:
August 30th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Kennethkramer I told you , and I mean it also , you will regret this….my only wish as well is that you’ll grow a tumor on your brain.Don’t worry , that will happen , soon.
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YANI Reply:
October 28th, 2011 at 6:58 am
ang laki siguro ng brain ni kennethkramer……sobrang galing nya eh!…super!…siguro may tumor na sya sa utak…..feeling so righteous & holy…….he’s a perfect example of “Filipino Crabs”….
MannyNeta Reply:
October 28th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Sad to say Yani , madami talagang ganyan.
you will reap what you sow
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Likewise kennethkramer!! Ha-Ha-Ha
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hearty har-har-har!
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Thanks for sharing this inspirational story!
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ang sama ni kennethkramer….bakit kelangan pati pagiging katoliko idadamay pa…
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kennethkamer Reply:
October 10th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Hi Testing, please don’t be so literal, you will miss out on a lot of things. Clearly, you failed to capture the sarcasm of the statement
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Idol, ang galing nice principles in life, nanakakaliwanag ng isip… always reading about MVP’s story of life. My dreams is same as yours… (“,)
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Hi Yani, yup tiga UP ako, siguro di ka pumasa ng UPCAT kaya ka bitter. Ano ang “Filipino crabs”, hindi ata naturo yan sa UP, alam ko crab mentality. Galing ng logic mo. Basahin mo ang comment thread, huwag kang selective.
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Irrelevant kung saan ako nagaral, siguro ikaw Yani hindi ka lang pumasa ng UPCAT kaya ka bitter. Why do you have to drag an institution into this?
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wow, so dapat scientific article lang ang may strict citations? Ganyan ba ang turo sa inyo? so ang thesis mo plinagiarize mo rin? Oh what, did you even graduate from college? If yes, irefund mo ang tuition mo, ang dami mong di natutunan.
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Tama ka diyan kabayang Yani!!
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Tag team parang wrestling hahaha
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YANI, mas malaki talaga ang brain ko compared sa iyo. Hindi ka pa kasi nageevolve from the neathderthal stage.
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MannyNeta and KennethKramer, please stop the fight. Let’s all be positive here.
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MannyNeta Reply:
October 28th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Tyrone , kabayan….hindi naman ako nakikipag away dito.Nag agree lang naman ako sa comment ni Yani.Wala naman ako sinabing masama. At wala naman ako nilait na tao.
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Tyrone, this would be my last statement for this. I expressed an opinion in this forum, which has rubbed some of your readers the wrong way. I am perfectly okay if some do not necessarily share my point of view, I do not represent that mine is the correct one nor do I claim I owe the monopoly to the right perspective. I am not averse to anyone challenging my opinion so long as it is backed up solidly with perfectly good arguments to convince me otherwise. You see, debates should not be seen as a zero sum game, were people would keep track of scores of who had the final say, that is reserved for the insecure. In the marketplace of ideas, what is important is the opportunity to say what you want to say without fear that you will be run over by the mob who disagrees with you. But what I merely ask is that we disagree and settle it on the level of ideas, show the basis for your conclusions. If you resort to fallacious arguments, then I can play that game too. If you will review the message threads, it was MannyNeta who was the initial aggresor, I was just defending my opinion. My opinion is controversial, but life is too short to be always safe. I will say what I strongly believe in regardless of whether it would clash with the popular opinion.
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The title of this blog is ” Manny Pangilinan’s Life Success Story”.I don’t know kung bakit mas mahalaga kung sino ang aggresor ,sinong may maling opinion ,sinong may tamang opinion, sinong matalino , sinong bobo commentator.It’s not about MannyNeta being the antagonist ,aggressor,or needs to grow a brain.May mga tao talaga na sadyang magaling , at hindi papa talo kahit anong mangyari.All I can say is -good for you!
The focus should be on Manny Pangilinan….Manny Pangilinan…and most specially on Manny Pangilinan’s successful story.Or maybe we should change the title of this blog?
” Manny Neta’s Successful Aggression Story”?
Please my dear kababayan’s , let us stick to Manny Pangilinan.He gave us so much inspirations and positive outlook.If you consider MannyNeta the aggressor , so be it.Nakaka tulog naman ako ng mahimbing if you think na I am the bad guy.It doesn’t bother me at all , since ang tunay na bida naman dito ay si MVP!!!
My apology to Tyrone Solee and for the rest who are more interested on Manny Pangilinan.From now on , I will stick on the subject.Anyway ,as I’ve mentioned , the title of the blog is ” ” Manny Pangilinan’s Life Success Story”.
Cheers to you MVP!!
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hehehe kaka inspired.
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Thanks for blogging about this inspiring story Tyrone!
This is something that I want and need to read over and over.
Thanks again!
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Indeed an inspiring story. I hope more Filipinos will be encouraged by MVP’s story so Philippines will become a better place to live. I am an OFW for more than 2 decades but sad to say, I observed Philippines is not getting better.
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i would like to know more about his parentage. Her mother particularly. his elementary and high school and college schooling. I am preparing the biographies of Successful people in Apalit and he is one of them.
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A very inspiring piece…is THE MAN married? Nothing’s much heard of his personal life…
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a challenge to all of us that no matter poor we are, if we strive for best we will succeed in life with God’s grace and favor.
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Manny Pangilinan and other big names that came from “rags to riches” are my greatest insipration in life besides God.
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MVP’s story will truly be an inspiration to many especially to me who works among the poor, It can be said that we could not blame others or our parents that we are born poor, but if we die poor, we should be blamed because we have not done anything to rise from poverty. Mabuhay ka MVP.
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SIR wala po akung masabi subra, subrang napa ka ganda to, sana po hindi po kau magbago, at sana po palakasin niyo pa po ang ekonomiya ng ating bansa, nandito lang po kaming mga BELIEVER niyo sir…. thank sir…
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Manny Pangilinan is one of the successful people in his field. He really deserves all of these achievements.
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