The closest we had ever been with a saint… Pope John Paul II. Taken during the 1995 World Youth Day in Manila. I was just 16 years old back then. The Philippine automobile manufacturer Francisco Motor Corporation produced the custom popemobile for the 1995 papal visit. It was funded by voluntary contributions from the private
Good news! When you turn on the WiFi feature of your smartphone, tablet or laptop and you see www.ElmerFrancisco.org, you may use it for FREE without any password! This is a public service project of www.ElmerFrancisco.org wherein we provide WiFi Internet Access to the general public for absolutely FREE in every Francisco Passenger Jeepney. Thank you!
GENESIS – The beginning of the modern day and much improved Francisco Jeepney! 👊🏽 In this meeting, I was given the go signal to produce the soon to become historic prototype of the new Francisco Jeepney that we would later on mass produce. Take note, even the prototype is already SOLD! As for me, when the
Jeepney, Jeepney, Jeepney… Everywhere I go, I see Jeepneys… even at Louis Vuitton store! 😁 Even the French multinational giant luxury leather goods maker recognizes the icon! 👍🏻
Direction setting with AC Industrial President and IMI (Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc.) CEO Arthur Tan regarding the upcoming manufacturing of Filipino-made cars starting with the Francisco Jeepney project together with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala. 👍🏻 Starting things right for our fellow-Filipinos with the top-quality Jeepney while in our Sunday outfit at my usual table at Makati Shangri-La’s
Meeting this afternoon at the SMX Booth with our natural long time partner Isuzu Philippines Corporation represented by their Assistant Section Head for Powertrain Section Adit Roa to discuss usual business stuffs also together with our Francisco manufacturing plant manager and my cousin, Carlos Camahalan, and the heir to my throne, Dominic. With us also, my schoolmate and Isuzu
Another step closer to the production of the all new redesigned, safer, more affordable and more environment friendly Francisco Passenger Jeepney that would again serve the Filipino people for generations to come. Subok nang matibay at maaasahan pang negosyo nang pangmatagalan. The challenge that we are trying to solve now is how to pull down
Compared notes with my colleagues at Board of Investments this afternoon. We are all working together so that we could pull down the costs of production in relation to the PUV modernization program so that we could sell more affordable Francisco Passenger Jeepneys without sacrificing the quality. PEZA and BOI are both under the same
Join us in our journey through the production of the new Francisco Passenger Jeepney that will serve the Filipino commuting public for decades to come. It’s high time to change the signage… 👍🏻 Inspecting the Prototype X production area together with my cousin and long time Francisco plant manager, Kuya Caloy. With ASec
From Left to Right: LTFRB Board Member Aileen Lizada, DOTr USec. Mark de Leon, EFI Founder & Chairman Elmer Francisco, PEZA Deputy Director General Theo Panga, former FMC Manager Ric Pobre, EFI VP-Admin Jay Esplago, EFI COO Dominic Francisco & EFI Vice-Chairman Michelle Francisco Transport Group Pasang Masda President Ka Obet Martin posing at the