PGMA pays tribute to RP’s successful women entrepreneurs, role models

MANILA, Feb. 27 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today paid tribute to the role of women in nation-building during the launching of the third book of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship-Go Negosyo Thursday night at the National Bookstore at the Rockwell Power Plant Mall in Makati City.

The President, who returned to Malacanang yesterday after a two-day visit to Davao del Sur and Cagayan de Oro City, motored to the Rockwell Power Plant Mall to lead the formal launching of Go Negosyo’s latest book which features Joey Concepcion’s 55 inspiring stories about women entrepreneurs.

The latest Go Negosyo edition, which highlights the inspiring role of Filipino women as role models and entrepreneurs, was launched ahead of the annual celebration of Women’s Month on March 8.

Upon her arrival at the mall, the President had a photo session and book-signing with the successful women entrepreneurs.

In his welcome remarks, Presidential Consultant for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founding Trustee Joey Concepcion said the 55 carefully selected success stories of women entrepreneurs cover such fields and industries as fashion, tourism, health and beauty, among others.

The successful women entrepreneurs come from diverse backgrounds and social classes, he added.

The book features both micro- and large-scale women entrepreneurs, including Zenaida Tantoco of Rustan’s; Milagros Yee and Clarita Go of Goldilocks; Elizabeth Lee of Universal Motors Corporation; Vivian Sarabia of Sarabia Optical; Gladys Reyes of KSA Magic, and Jennilyn Antonio of Ehje’s Peanut Butter, all of whom “serve as mentors, bringing into their leadership the essence of womanhood.”

Go Negosyo has already come up with two previous editions on entrepreneurship. The first, “Go Negosyo’s Inspiring Entrepreneurial Stories,” topped the bestseller list in the non-fiction category of the National Bookstore.

The volume was followed by another blockbuster, “Go Negosyo’s Inspiring Entrepreneurial Stories Celebrity Edition,” which also joined the list of National Bookstore’s Top Four Bestsellers.

Joey Concepcion’s 55 Inspiring Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, is now available in leading bookstores nationwide at P280 per copy.

In celebrating this year’s National Women’s Month, Go Negosyo will also stage “GO NEGOSYO: Babae, Yaman Ka ng Bayan.” This will be the biggest women entrepreneurship event of the year, Concepcion said.