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With
the passage of the 2004 Accountancy Law and
approval of the amended Implementing Rules and
Regulation (IRR) and By-Laws of the Philippine
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA),
the entire Philippine Archipelago is now divided
into four geographical areas namely Luzon, Visayas,
Mindanao and Metro Manila and is represented
by nine (9) regions and four (4) sectors recognized
nationwide representing the various sectoral
interest, namely public practice, commerce and
industry, education and government service.
As one of the
geographical areas, Metro Manila is governed
by the Geographical Area Office composed of
four (4) National Directors, Treasurer, Secretary,
four (4) Chapter Presidents and sixteen (16)
Regional Sectoral Representatives effective
July 1, 2006. Under the Metro Manila Geographical
Area is the PICPA METRO MANILA REGION (MMR)
organized into four (4) chapters based on the
location of all chartered cities and municipalities
comprising the region, namely:
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Northern
Metro Manila Chapter consisting of Kaloocan
City, Valenzuela City, Navotas and Malabon;
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Western
Metro Manila Chapter consisting of Manila,
San Juan and Mandaluyong City;
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Eastern
Metro Manila Chapter consisting of Quezon
City, Pasig City, and Marikina City ;
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Southern
Metro Manila Chapter consisting of Makati
City, Pasay City, Parañaque City,
Las Piñas City, Pateros, Taguig and
Muntinlupa City.
The Geographical
Area Office, the Regional Councils and the local
Chapter Boards are governed under uniform rules
prescribed by the National Board of Directors
consistent with the existing rules of the Professional
Regulation Commission.
As the leading
region with the highest number of active CPAs,
PICPA MMR accounts for a major portion of the
total membership. It has taken the lead in making
breakthroughs in the conduct of continuing professional
education by providing quality and timely topics
of seminars in local and national conferences.
The region is the first to initiate international
conferences that contributed in making its Filipino
CPA participants to be global CPAs in the following
conferences held in the ASEAN Region:
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1st
PICPA MMR International Conference in Windsor
Suites Hotel, Bangkok on May 20-23, 2004
with the theme; “A Global Challenge
to Accounting and Auditing”
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2nd PICPA MMR International Conference in
New World Hotel Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam on May 19-22, 2005 with the theme:
“Global Alliance of Accounting Professionals.”
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3rd PICPA MMR International Conference in
InterContinental Grand Stanford, Kowloon,
Hong Kong, May 18-21, 2006 with the theme
“Securitization & Financial Instruments:
Understanding the Roadmap to Liquidity.”
The year 2005
was a banner year for PICPA MMR because aside
from the outstanding chapters and region awards
garnered by the four (4) chapters comprising
the region and PICPA MMR, respectively, the
Northern Metro Manila Chapter and the PICPA
MMR received the Hall of Fame Award in recognition
for their ten (10) years as outstanding awardees.
PICPA MMR and
the four (4) Chapters consistently delivered
its social involvement projects such as medical
and dental mission, donate a book, plant a tree
project to our less fortunate countrymen. It
has continuously implemented adopt-a-scholar
project to eighty (80) Polytechnic University
of the Philippines (PUP) Accountancy scholars
until they graduate, created a task force on
membership growth to tackle the increase and
retention of membership. It will continually
extend various services to its members such
as personal accident insurance, assistance in
the renewal of PRC ID and accreditation to various
government agencies, instant ID upon activation
and/or renewal of membership and many more…
As the region
takes the lead in facing the enormous challenges
of laying out the groundwork in complying with
the mandatory requirements of the New Accountancy
Law within the next three (3) years, the 2006-2007
officers are committed in bringing our profession
to new avenues and challenges of learning, deliver
relevant, timely and quality seminars and extend
all out value-added services to our members.
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