MANILA, Philippines, July 31, 2024: The Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors (ACEL), Inc. holds its third General Membership Meeting (GMM) for the year at the Marquis Events Place in BGC Taguig. Originally, this GMM was scheduled for a July 24 date and was postponed to July 31 due to Super Typhoon Carina and Habagat hitting Metro Manila; nevertheless, 105 guests attended and turned the event into a full house and roaring success.
Hosted by ACEL’s First Vice President, Mr. Francis Cruz, and ACEL’s Corporate Treasurer, Ms. Abigail S. Mancilla, the GMM commenced with the Call to Order, followed by the President’s Report from ACEL President, Engr. Jonathan R. Perez, who updated the attendees with the activities of the association for the past two months, and announced the different upcoming activities, such as TESDA’s Accreditation for the Competency Assessors for Heavy Equipment Operations, and PhilConstruct Mindanao in Davao City this September 5-7, 2024.
His President’s Report also includes the acknowledgment of present members and welcoming the new members: Northbay Construction Services and ZWM Phils., Inc., who will be inducted later that night.
The topic of this GMM explored the key areas of the Ease of Paying Taxes (EOPT) Act, highlighting the different areas and concerns that every company should know in this dynamic industry, such as the classification of taxpayers, value-added tax and other percentage tax, transitory provisions: invoicing, preservation of books of accounts, and other accounting related matters.
Another highlight from the third GMM is the induction of the new ACEL members – Northbay Construction Services and ZWM Phils., Inc., ACEL President, Engr. Jonathan R. Perez, and ACEL Corporate Treasurer, Ms. Abigail S. Mancilla, joined them and served as their board inductors. The new ACEL members received a warm welcome from the rest of the board via group photo op.
Following the induction of new ACEL members, some games such as “Name That Tune” and “ACEL Trivia” bring excitement to the crowd as the attendee who gets the correct answer will receive some amazing prizes such as premium baked cookies and different sweet treats.
And as every GMM’s customary, different prizes were given away to different raffle winners such as Multifunctional Fans, Body Massagers, Waffle Makers, Oven Toaster, Coffee Makers, Cookwares, Rice Cooker, and Samsung Tablet together with a 43’’ and 50’’ Smart TV for the major prize category.
In general, this GMM proved to be insightful and engaging, as the attendees gave it positive feedback from the venue, topic, and raffle prizes, making it a successful one.
ACEL would like to express its gratitude to all the sponsors who supported and made the event possible. The Gold sponsors included Olympic Engineering & Sales Corp., Inframachineries Corp., Cleamco Industrial Corp., Civic Merchandising, Inc., Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure, Jap Const. & Dev’t Corp., Excelucent Equipment Corp., Monark Equipment Corp., M.G. Lualhati Construction Corp., LTE Concrete Solutions Inc., Datem Inc., Bienes De Manila, REBCOR Construction and Trading Corp., and CM Pancho Const., Inc.,
The Silver sponsors were T1 Rentals, RD Policarpio & Company, Inc., and Highland Tractors Parts Inc.
The Bronze sponsors included Equiprime Optimum Solutions, Inc., Megawide Construction Corp., First Phil Skills & Equipment Testing Corp., Pacific Orient Winds Corp., Faequip Corp., J.E. Manalo & Company Inc., HD Rentals & Construction, Inc., Rayman Builders, Inc., MDC Equipment Solutions Inc., and Benedicto Steel Corp.
The event’s Social Media sponsor was Socor Construction Corporation, whose support was instrumental in promoting the event to a wider audience.
