HONORARY DEGREE. Olivia Villaflores-Yanson (seated), with children Leo Rey Yanson (3rd from left) and Ginnette Yanson-Dumancas (3rd from right), together with Rev. Fr. Joel Alve (2nd from left), president of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos; Dr. Raul Alvarez (2nd from right), regional director of the Commission on Higher Education-Western; and other university officials during the conferment of the honorary doctorate on Yanson on Wednesday (Aug. 30, 2023). The 89-year-old businesswoman and philanthropist received a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management for her “manifold contributions to the world of business.” (PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver)
Cesafinews | The biggest bus company in PH promises to keep providing public transportation | BACOLOD CITY – The Yanson Group of Bus Companies, which is based in Bacolod and is the biggest bus company in the country, promised Filipino commuters all over the country on Thursday that it would keep up its high level of service.
Olivia Villaflores-Yanson, the founder of the Yanson Group, made the promise after receiving an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos. The Commission on Higher Education approved the award for her “many contributions to the world of business.”
On Wednesday, the ceremony was held in the gym at the university.
In her response speech, she said, “My husband and I started a transportation business in a small way. We hoped that one day, it would grow into something more: it would be profitable and serve more people who needed to get to places to take care of their own lives.”
The 89-year-old businesswoman and humanitarian is known as “OVY.” In 1968, she and her late husband, Ricardo Yanson, started Vallacar Transit, Inc. (VTI), which is the main subsidiary of the Yanson Group.
She was given a medallion, a diploma, and accepted into the Blue and Gold Alumni Association in front of her two children, Ginnette Yanson-Dumancas and Leo Rey Yanson, who is the president and head of the board for all Yanson Group operating companies.
The Yanson Group has offices on Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. It runs a fleet of 4,000 buses and has 18,000 workers all over the country. It also has Ceres Liner Travel and Tours, Inc., Ceres Transport, Inc., Mindanao Star Bus Transport, Inc., Bachelor Express, Inc., Southern Star Bus Transport, Inc., Gold Star Bus Transit, Inc., and Rural Transit (Mindanao), Inc. (via PNA)
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