With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and with the number of people getting sick and dying continuing to rise at an alarming rate, the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL), for its first Virtual General Membership Meeting (VGMM) for 2021, decided to focus on one key question: Will the COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out…
Eladio “Dio” L. Angeles will serve as the president of the Association of Carriers ang Equipment Lessors (ACEL) for 2021. The president and general manager of Olympic Engineering and Sales Corporation and ACEL’s first vice president for the 2020 term, he was elected to the presidency by the Association’s directors in a meeting held last November…
Oath Takers Looking Back 2019-2020 The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) recently proved that, despite the stringent COVID-19 protocols, nothing can stop the joy and camaraderie that Christmas brings. And that was exactly what the Association’s members experienced last December 10 when the ACEL Online Christmas Party 2020 was held –…
“All’s well that ends well!” would be an appropriate tagline for the fourth Virtual General Membership Meeting (VGMM) of the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL). Originally scheduled for November 13, 2020, the meeting, which had as the main item on its agenda the election of the Association’s directors for 2021, was cancelled because…
The assessment and certification policies of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) under the so-called “new normal” took center stage at the third Virtual General Membership Meeting (VGMM) of the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL). Held on October 28, 2020, the meeting, like the previous two GMMs that were also held…
Association still excepting equipment, relief goods donations to aid typhoon victims Last November 14, 2020, just three days after Typhoon Ulysses (international name Vamco) devastated Central and Northern Luzon and flooded large parts of Metro Manila, the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) immediately launched “Taskforce Rolly+Ulysses.” Named after the two powerful typhoons that…
The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) again partnered with the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) as a co-organizer to stage the first virtual edition of Philconstruct that was held on November 5-11, 2020. An annual project of PCA, Philconstruct is the Philippines’ premier construction industry event. It is actually a series of trade shows…
The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) recently stepped up its support for thecampaign against COVID-19 by donating rapid coronavirus test kits to five government institutions.Last September 16, 2020, ACEL President Eduardo P. Trinidad, First Vice President J. Eladio L. Angelesand Second Vice President Jonathan R. Perez, together with Laurice S.D. Ambrosio, the Association’sexecutive…
Under today’s so-called “new normal,” not only can meetings be attended without leaving one’s home, monitoring equipment – including fleets of heavy construction machineries – can be done remotely as well. This was a key message that the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) imparted to the participants of its second Virtual General Membership…
In observance of the health protocols imposed by the government to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL) held its second General Membership Meeting for this year online to mark its first foray into the so-called “new normal.” Held on July 30, 2020, the event – the Association’s first…