The induction of new set of Officers and Board of Trustees of the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCAPI) was held last June 25, 2019 at the Seda Vertis Hotel, Quezon City. Assistant Regional Director for Manila Bay – Eva Ocfemia, PhD CESO IV was the guest of honor and inducting officer.

During the induction ceremony, the draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Adopt-an-Estero Program was endorsed to the outgoing PCAPI President Mr. Jeremiah Dwight Sebastian and incoming PCAPI President Engr. Gretchen Fontejon- Enarle. It must be noted that the proposed partnership was initially discussed during the 39^th PCAPI National Annual Convention in Cebu City in May.

PCAPI’s service awardees were also honored during event. Mr. Felix Liwanag who served the Association for almost 4 decades received the Ruby Award. Raymundo Rafols Jr. received the Silver Award while Engr. Benjamin T. Gregorio serving the Association for 20 years received the China Award. Other awardees were Engr. Emmanuel Altarejos Jr. for Crystal Award and Mr. Jeremiah Dwight Sebastian for Tin Award. Completing the list of awardees were Engr. Fernando Ramos, Mr. Rogelio Dela Paz Jr., Engr. Joerey B. Yson and Engr. Emigdio L. Lomibao IV for the Wooden Award.

Lifetime and new Institutional Members were also recognized. Among the new institutional members were EDS Manufacturing, Inc., San Miguel Brewery, Inc., Universal Robina Corporation, Cagdianiao Mining Corp., Di-Catalyst International Corp., People360 Consulting Corp., DLSU-Dasmariñas, Atlantic Coatings, Inc., Pepsi-Cola Products Phils., Inc., Foremost Farms Inc., Asian Alcohol Corp., JGC Phils., Inc., Oceanagold Phils., Inc., Mitsubishi Motors Phils., Corp.