Amando M Tetangco, Jr: The 5th Microentrepreneur of the Year Awards Speech by Mr Amando M Tetangco, Jr, Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas), at the Launching of the Microentrepreneur of the Year Awards Program, Manila, 11 May 2007. *  *  *  Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat! Ladies and gentlemen.
The video we just watched and the inspiring message of our 2006 National Winner Ms. Jennilyn Antonio serve as further validation of the power of microfinance to liberate people from poverty and to transform them into industrious and self-reliant microentrepreneurs. These are microentrepreneurs who overcome challenges to become employers themselves and in the process become agents for economic development in their respective communities.