TIM eMagazine Volume 3 Issue 5 | Page 11

TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 5 ATI is Manila's top taxpayer T he City of Manila named listed port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) as the Philippine capital’s top real property and sixth highest business taxpayer for fiscal year 2017 during the commemoration of the city’s 447th founding anniversary. In ceremonies held at the historic Manila Hotel, former president and Manila mayor Joseph Estrada lauded ATI and other corporate taxpayers for dutifully contributing to the city coffers and for serving as the city’s partners for progress. ATI assistant vice president Ian Baking (in photo, left) with Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada of the City of Manila ATI operates the Manila South Harbor, one of the two international gateways into Manila, which offers comprehensive port services for international containerized and non-containerized cargoes, international cruise ships and foreign navy vessels sailing into the country on goodwill visits. ATI assistant vice president Ian Baking (in photo, left), said that “these citations are added testament to ATI’s growth and excellence as a major port operator, which supports the country’s growing economy.” ati.com A ATI joins Batangas City community clean-up sian Terminals Inc.’s (ATI) Batangas Port employees recently took time off from usual duties to join hands with the local community, particularly in cleaning and greening public spaces in Batangas City in commemoration of the city’s 49th founding anniversary. Momentarily trading port and office equipment for brooms and cleaning kits, ATI volunteers cleared flotsam along streets adjacent the Batangas Port in support of Batangas City’s “Sama-Samang Pagkilos para sa Luntiang Lungsod” community activity. As a responsible corporate citizen, ATI spearheads and joins community undertaking to promote safety, health and environmental protection under ATI CARES (Corporate Advocacies and Responses for the Environment and Society), its dynamic Corporate Sustainability Program. ati.com 11