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Robina Gokongwei
Robina Gokongwei-Pe (born July 15, 1962) is a Filipino businesswoman who is currently chairman of Robinsons Retail. She is the daughter of late tycoon John Gokongwei and Elizabeth Yu-Gokongwei. Business Gokongwei served as the president and COO of Robinsons Retail in 1997 and then appointed as president and CEO of the company in 2018 before stepping down from both positions on January 1, 2025. She is also a director of JG Summit Holdings, Robinsons Land, Cebu Pacific, and the now defunct Robinsons Bank Corporation. She is a trustee and the secretary of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. and a trustee of the Immaculate Concepcion Academy Scholarship Fund. Gokongwei formerly wrote a column at The Philippine Star named ''Chicken Feed''. Kidnapping victim Gokongwei was once kidnapped in the 1970s, only to be saved later by a unit of the Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group (MISG) led by Panfilo Lacson, Ping Lacson. When Lacson ran in 2022 Philippine presidential electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Philippines
The University of the Philippines (UP; ) is a Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges, state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by List of Philippine laws, Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008), giving it institutional autonomy. Originally founded by the Insular Government, American occupational government on June 18, 1908, it was established through the ratification of Act No. 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature to serve as an "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to eligible students regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation." The University of the Philippines system has 8 constituent universities (CUs) and 1 autonomous college: University of the Philippines Diliman, UP Diliman, which serves as the system's flagship university, University of the Philippines Los B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
