In Memoriam

The faculty, staff, and students of the UP Visayas community mourn the passing of Prof. Connie Manuel-Lim, who formerly taught Mathematics under the Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics. Her students fondly remember her as a loving, highly intelligent, and dedicated teacher who was admired by many.

Prof. Manuel-Lim was a devoted wife to Elmer Philip V. Lim and mother to her brilliant daughters Natania, Thessa, and Kristina. She was a doting grandmother to five grandchildren and loving sister to Ma. Evelyn Manuel-Jimena and Vivian Manuel-Cañonero.

Rest in peace, Prof. Lim.

Source: University of the Philippines Visayas Facebook

Let’s offer a prayer for our departed alumnus. May he rest in peace.

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Let’s offer a prayer for our departed alumni. May they rest in peace.

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We are gripped by deep sadness as we announce the death of our esteemed colleague, mentor and friend, Prof. Rolando G. Panopio. He passed away yesterday, January 9, 2023. His wake is being held at St. Arnold’s Chapel of the St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish (Los Banos).

Source: UPLB Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics Facebook

We are deeply saddened to have lost the core of our office. To our AD Lhen, the literal beauty and brain of our team, just listing the things you do with the office, as a professor, a university scientist, among many others, is already tiring. But is “tired” even in your vocabulary? We always see you smiling brightly, leading and guiding us to the next steps the office will take.

We always wonder how you do it. You are the epitome of “babaeng walang pahinga.” yet you always give your best in everything you do. Even if we have to drag our feet, we would still move forward and make true the plans you envisioned for our office.

Rest in power to one of the brightest person in the whole world, who never failed to reach great heights in serving the community. Our beautiful AD Lhen, your brightness will never be dimmed.

Source: UPM CAS Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Public Service Facebook

We were very saddened when we heard the news of the passing of our great teacher and friend, Mr. Dante Gideon K. Vergara.

Sir Dante has been a fundamental link in our journey in UPLB SESAM. We cannot thank him enough for all his help and contributions to our GS journey. May his memory live on as we, his students and friends, endeavor to make the world a more sustainable and greener place.

May he find eternal peace in the presence of our creator, and may his life serve as an inspiration to us all.

On Tuesday, 20 December 2022, at 4:00 in the afternoon, the UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management will pay tribute to the life of Sir Dante at Church Among the Palms, Los Baños, Laguna.

Source: UPLB Environmental Science Society Facebook

Ralf Rivas



Mercedes Gotianun and her husband Andrew Gotianun Sr. started selling used cars in the 1950s. Their empire has since branched out to real estate, banking, hospitality, and power.

MANILA, Philippines – Filinvest Group chairperson emerita and co-founder Mercedes Gotianun died on Sunday, December 11, at the age of 94.

In a statement on Monday, December 12, Filinvest said the matriarch was surrounded by her loved ones as she passed away.

Mercedes, or Chita, is the wife of the late Andrew Gotianun Sr., the founder of Filinvest Development Corporation, who died in 2016.

They both started a business that focused on small-scale financing and secondhand cars back in 1955. They grew it into a conglomerate that has since branched out to banking, hospitality, power, and properties.

The Gotianun family’s net worth is pegged at $1.09 billion, according to Forbes.

“Andrew and Chita’s harmonious synergy created a fruitful conglomerate now known as Filinvest Development Corporation. Now, among the country’s major conglomerates with interest in Filinvest Land and Filinvest Alabang for land development, EastWest Bank for universal banking, and Davao and North Cotabato Sugar Central. Hotels under the Crimson and Quest brands and power generation under Filinvest Utilities and infrastructure in the Clark International Airport, among other new ventures,” the company said.

Chita was the first woman president of a Philippine universal bank, having co-founded and led Family Bank and Trust Co. in the ’70s and ’80s. The bank was later turned into BPI Family Savings Bank and eventually merged with the Bank of the Philippine Islands.

Chita was a valedictorian in both elementary and high school from the College of the Holy Spirit. She graduated magna cum laude with a pharmacy degree from the University of the Philippines.

She is survived by her siblings, Eduardo, Zenaida, Blesilda and Domingo, Victor and Nenita, Benjamin and Elizabeth, and Celia.

Chita and Andrew’s family includes children Bibot and Marivic, Jonathan and Cristina, Josephine and Joseph, and Michael; grandchildren; and great-grandchildren. – Rappler.com

Source: https://www.rappler.com/business/filinvest-co-founder-mercedes-gotianun-dies/

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