MANILA, Philippines — GMA Network chairman and chief executive officer Felipe L. Gozon announced that he is stepping down from his post during his 84th birthday last night.
He will be replaced by GMA president and chief operating officer G ilberto R. Duavit Jr. as the network CEO.
Gozon will continue to serve as the chairman of the board and adviser to the corporation.
Duavit Jr. is the eldest son of one of GMA’s founders, Gilberto M. Duavit Sr. He joined GMA’s Board of Directors in 1999 and has been the chairman of the network’s Executive Committee since August 2000.
In November 2000, Duavit Jr. was named executive vice president and chief operating officer. Ten years later in 2010, he was elected as the company’s president.
Gozon along with Duavit Sr. and Menardo R. Jimenez revived the struggling Republic Broadcasting System Inc. (RBS), the precursor of GMA, in 1975.
GMA currently has a n etwork of 106 TV stations and 21 radio stations nationwide. It also has a flagship AM station, DZBB, and an FM station, Barangay LS.
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MANILA, Philippines – De La Salle Santiago Zobel pulled off a victory in a thrilling, come-from-behind fashion after trailing for five rounds to seize the Middle School championship in the 2023 Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP) Interschool tournament last week at Norman and Aoki courses of the Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club.
Sitting at third place, Zobel’s junior bets uncorked a strong sixth and final round to dramatically overtake Ateneo de Manila Team 1 and emerge as champion with a total 519 points.
Cailey Chanelle Gonzales tallied 54 points to lead Zobel’s charge in that decisive sixth round, followed by Georgina Handog (50 points), Jacob Gomez (47) and Gerard Handog (40).
Ateneo Team 1 was second with 514 points, while Ateneo Team 2 placed third with 500 points. Saint Pedro Poveda School was fourth overall with 442 points, w hile Xavier School Team 1 finished at fifth with 395 points.
Meanwhile — Zobel’s Lower School boys’ team, composed of Axton Travin Gonzales, Aedan Pizarro, Hugo Pallasigui, Azariah Kaleb Verano and Joaquin Magtalas — ended up fourth place in this event organized by the JGFP.
Zobel will gun for the overall championship as the tournament resumes in January with the junior and senior high school divisions.