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Hotel Assures On Corporate Social Responsibility
The Management of
Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, has restated commitment to its corporate social responsibilities towards its host communities, as well as provision of excellent service delivery to its teeming customers.
The Assistant General Manager of the hotel, Mr Rex Yaakpogogo, stated this in Port Harcourt at the weekend during a party organised by the hotel for pupils of selected schools in Port Harcourt.
The Assistant General Manager said the hotel has not lost touch with its frontline mandate as a leading hospitality industry in Nigeria. He assured that the hotel management was poised to maintain standard in service delivery and extend its frontiers of development by giving back to society.
As part of its corporate social responsibilities, he said the hotel has put in place a policy of manpower development that would avail young talented but indigent members of the host communities to develop their inherent potentials through scholarship awards.
He said the target on young people was to develop budding talents for future carreer development and to promote the culture of excellence and self –reliance among youths.
In her remark, the Head teacher of one of the participating schools, State Primary School I Orlanada, Mrs Beatrice Emeike, thanked Presidential Hotel for the gesture and called on other multinationals to borrow a cue from the hotel. Students from Priqueen International school, Port Harcourt, also participated in the event. Some of the students who spoke with our correspondent expressed gratitude to the hotel for the get-together event.
Teneh Beemene
Business
Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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