The Manila Times President and CEO Dante ‘Klink’ Ang 2nd (extreme right), poses with the representatives of the Top Philippine Model Municipalities: Mayor Maritz Ochoa-Montejo (fourth from left), representing Pulilan, Bulacan, (first runner up); Elizabeth Sheila Milo, Agoo Sanggunian secretary, representing Agoo, La Union Mayor Stefanie Ann Eriguel, M.D., (Top Philippine Model Municipality Award); and Mayor Ambrosio Cruz, representing Guiguinto, Bulacan, second runner up). With them, from extreme left, are The Manila Times Chief Operating Officer Blanca Calilung Mercado, co-presentors lawyer Eleanor Roque, P&A Grant Thornton Tax Advisory and Compliance Division principal and head; Gilles Hage, Lamudi vice president for commercial strategy; and Loren Sales (second from right), Phirst Park Homes vice president for customer management during the presentation of The Philippine Model Cities and Municipalities Awards at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City on June 19, 2018. PHOTO BY ANDREA DE LA CRUZ