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Joe Rellosa
The Philippines, 1945 |
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| 'Courage under fire' |
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This is a unique story
from the time when the Japanese occupied the Philippines. It
is a true story of courage and one employee's action above and
beyond what was expected of him.
'On the evening of February 22, 1945, Joe, a staff in the Standard
Chartered Bank current accounts department and four platoons
of guerrilla fighters - almost 30 men - left the mountains near
Siniloan and travelled through the night by foot to the Japanese
concentration camp outside Manila. That was where his Bank manager,
Mr Whatey, was being held. During the march through the rice
paddies, Joe lost his shoes. …. |
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| Standard Chartered Bank is dedicated
to improving the lives of those in the communities around
us. We have worked on many projects including 'Seeing
is Believing' in which we have raised more than US$1.3
million to give more than 50 000 people their sight back.
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