FILINVEST. Andrew L. Gotian, Sr. Founder of the Filinvest Group of Companies. Seated L-R: Fr. Aristotle C. Dy, SJ, PH.D., President - ERDA Tech Foundation Inc.; Jonathan T. Gotianun, Chairman - Filinvest Development Corporation (FDC); Mercedes T. Gotianun, Chairman Emeritus - FDC; Fr. Roberto C. Yap, SJ, President - Xavier University, Ateneo de Cagayan, CDO; Atty. Efren C. Gutierrez, President - Andrew Gotianun Foundation, Inc. (AGFI); Isidro A. Sobrecary, Member, Board of Trustees - Xavier University. (Standing L-R) David C. Gotianun, Senior Architect - FDC Hotels Corporation; Andrew T. Gotianun Jr., Director -FDC; Joseph M. Yap, President - Filinvest Cyberparks, inc.; Josephine Gotianunb-Yap, President and CEO -FDC; Joseph Patrick M. Yap, Special Projects Officer - EastWest Banking Corporation; Francis C. Gotianun, Vice President - FDC Hotels Corporation; Atty. Cornelio Gison, Member, Board of Trustees -AGFI; Jose Sandejas Member, Board of Trustees -AGFI; Crisanta Legaspi, Executive Director - AGFI; Dr. Gilda Brito, Director - Xavier University Center for Integrated Technbologies.
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THE Andrew Gotianun Foundation, Inc. (AGFI) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with a pledge of P500 million to the Educational Research and Development Assistance (ERDA) Foundation and Xavier University to put up a Technical-Vocational High School for scholars at the Phividec Industrial Estate in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental.

The school, which will be called Andrew L. Gotianun, Sr. Center for Integrated Technologies, Xavier University, is envisioned to produce graduates who are worldeady, with international standard competencies, and spiritual and social commitment.

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AGFI shall finance the construction of the school buildings, workshops, and dormitories, as well as the provision of furniture and other equipment, IT, Tech-Voc machinery and transport vehicles.  The Foundation also commits to partly finance the annual operating costs of the senior high school for the first five years of operations so all its students can attend as full, live-in scholars.

Dedicated to the memory of Filinvest Founder Andrew L. Gotianun, Sr., the school represents his advocacy for education and his commitment to the progress of Mindanao.

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