GMA Network President and CEO Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr. welcomed Japan's Ambassador to the Philippines, His Excellency Endo Kazuya, at the GMA Network Center on July 12.
Accompanying Ambassador Endo were Director of Japan Information & Culture Center Matsuda Shigehiro, Press Officer Shigeyoshi Rintaro, and National Staff members Angela de la Rama and Dyan Lamando. Meanwhile, Duavit was joined by GMA Network Executive Vice President and CFO Felipe S. Yalong and Senior Vice President and Head of GMA Integrated News and GMA Regional TV and Synergy Oliver Victor B.
Amoroso. In his message, Duavit recalled launching the Network’s international channel in Japan and highlighted the ongoing participation of GMA talents in various events for Filipinos there. “I distinctly remember 2005 in April, when we launched there, providentially in Japan because a great number of our countrymen were in Japan,” Duavit said.
Duavit also mentioned the Network’s collaboration with the Japanese government on various socio-civic projects. “A part of the company is a foundation, called the GMA Kapuso Foundation, which had also become a partner of the Japanese government. Specifically, in 2019, the Japanese embassy gave a grant to our foundation to build a multi-story, seven-classroom school building in Marawi City.
” Ambassador Endo, in turn, expressed gratitude for GMA Network’s hospitality and acknowledged its role in strengthening the bond between the two countries. “I am deeply grateful.