By Jean Malanum
MANILA – The MVP Group of Companies will be honored in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on Jan. 27 at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel.
The corporation led by businessman and sports patron Manny V. Pangilinan helped support the training and participation of Team Philippines at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with gymnast Carlos Yulo winning two gold medals boxers Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas securing bronze medals.
Along with the MVP Group, the 100-year-old National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) will get a special award from the country’s oldest media organization headed by Philippine Star sports editor Nelson Beltran during the traditional awards ceremony co-presented by ArenaPlus, Cignal, and MediaQuest.
Pilipinas Live will also be recognized in the event backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Milo, PLDT/Smart, Senator Bong Go, PBA, PVL, 1-Pacman Party List, Rain or Shine, Akari, and AcroCity.
The top sports streaming platform by Cignal will be cited for its digital innovation of providing Filipinos in the country and around the world an entirely new experience seeing live and on-demand Filipino sports contents in their social network.
That brings to a total of 19 personalities and entities who are in the list of citations in the award proper.
Through the MVP Sports Foundation, the MVP Group has been backing various athletes and Nationals Sports Associations (NSAs) as part of its commitment to uplift Philippine sports such as basketball, boxing, gymnastics, badminton, taekwondo, esports, rugby, among others.
Pilipinas Live provides unmatched live coverage of sporting events, just like what it did in the Paris Olympics through its multiple platforms through Cignal TV, with PLDT and Smart as official broadcast partners and MPIC and Meralco as official broadcast sponsors.
Also to receive citations are the Philippine dragon boat team, Philippine Volcanoes, Creamline volleyball team, weightlifters Angeline Colonia and Lovely Inan, jiu-jitsu’s Isabella Joseline Butler, powerlifters Reggie Ramirez and Jessa Mae Tabuan, pool players Johann Chua and Albert James ‘AJ’ Manas, gymnast Carl Eldrew Yulo, chess player Ruelle Canino, table tennis bet Kheith Rhynne Cruz, bowler Marc Dylan Custodio, cyclist Mark John Galedo, the Philippine baseball team, Centennial 7, and Ramon “Tats” Suzara. (PNA)
