Special Academic Convocation3:00 pm, Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Henry Lee Irwin Theatre, Ateneo de Manila UniversityLoyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines

2017 Traditional university awards

Programme

Processional

National AnthemJames B Simpas PhD

InvocationEmerito Salustiano R de la Rama SJHead Chaplain for Basic Education

Opening of the Special Academic ConvocationMaria Luz C Vilches PhD

Vice President for the Loyola Schools

Welcome RemarksJose Ramon T Villarin SJ

President

CONFERMENT OF TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY AWARDSupon

Fr Mark Lesage CICMBukas Palad Award

Synergeia Foundation under the leadership of Milwida M Guevara PhDOzanam Award

Br Carlito M Gaspar CSsRParangal Lingkod Sambayanan

Intermission NumberPundaquit Virtuosi

Patricia B Licuanan PhDGovernment Service Award

Alfonso C BolipataGawad Tanglaw ng Lahi

Closing of the Special Academic ConvocationMaria Luz C Vilches PhD

Song for Mary

Recessional

Maria Assunta C Cuyegkeng PhDMaster of Ceremonies

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Fr Mark Lesage CICM

F r Mark Lesage, a missionary of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM), was ordained during Vatican I but being a dreamer, his

heart ran ahead of history.

Early in his first parish assignment in 1962 in Kapitolyo Pasig, seeing the same handful of people in different church meetings, he thought of how the whole ‘people of God’ could live and participate in church life and mission.

In 1969, he was assigned to the Parish of St Joseph in Las Piñas, where he would stay for 30 years. The wind of Vatican II in his wings, he spent all his energy

Bukas Palad Award

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in facilitating the emergence of small faith communities in neighborhood settings (popularly called basic ecclesial communities or BECs) and, in a special way, built up the leadership responsibilities of everyone involved.

In 1999, as he turned 65, an age when others hang up their gloves, Fr Mark entered a new arena by founding Bukal ng Tipan, a pastoral center that would serve dioceses in the Philippines, Asia, and Europe and would continue the community-building and communal leadership passion of Fr Mark.

The Parish of St Joseph in Las Piñas developed from a priest-centered church to a participatory church through the affirming leadership of Fr Mark. Believing in the innate goodness and giftedness of people, he gradually built up the leadership groups in the parish. From the traditional parish council made up of the leaders of the mandated organizations, he set up a think-tank group that would brainstorm on how to increase participation in church life and mission. Working groups were organized per parish activity, composed of people who were not involved in the mandated organizations and whose task was to think ‘out of the box.’

In the early 1970s, working groups flowed into lay ministries, which responded to the bigger needs of the Las Piñas parish community, especially in terms of social action as the majority of the parish community came from the poorer sectors. The heads of ministries formed the Parish Coordinating Group in 1975. In 1980, the Parish Pastoral Council was renamed LINGAP (Lingkod ng ating Parokya) with the clear intention of fostering a pastoral servant attitude among its members.

By 1985, the leadership structure had widened to the barrios and by 1990, the zones also had their own leadership teams. General parish assemblies attended by about a thousand people representing the different groups and areas in the parish started in 1986, as an integral part of the whole pastoral planning process for developing parish programs. This process entailed evaluation, decision-making, and goal-setting.

Believing that leadership does not reside in one person but that every person has a leadership responsibility, Fr Mark thought of ways of including the baptized in decision-making by asking churchgoers their opinion regarding pastoral programs and activities. In 1987, the first parish survey was conducted during the Sunday masses. A few years later, those who did not go to church were also consulted. The results of the consultations were then forwarded to the Parish Council before it started its yearly evaluation and planning.

For Fr Mark, building up leaders does not start with the question: What kind of leaders does the Parish need? It starts with the question: What kind of Church do we want to become? The growth in leadership, therefore, was in line with the vision of a participatory church. Fr Mark’s goal was to maximize participation from as many people as possible, especially the poorest, in all areas of parish life—from liturgical celebrations to formation seminars, decision-making, pastoral planning, and financial management—therefore engaging them in the life and mission of the greater church.

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A most important instrument Fr Mark saw early on, as early as the 1970s, for participation to increase was the Basic Ecclesial Communities, a concept which was just starting at the time in the country. Hearing about it in Mindanao, he attended the first Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference in 1971. He continued visiting parishes all over the country that were also searching for new ways of being Church, especially through BEC. He went to a parish in Cebu and in Leyte and attended a number of BEC seminars there. In 1991, he and lay worker Estela Padilla went to Lumko in South Africa to study their BEC approaches and tools.

Gradually, BECs—neighborhood groups meeting regularly to build up their faith in Jesus through liturgical activities, formation and awareness-raising, and social engagement and action—strengthened to the point that the Parish of St Joseph became an exposure site for participatory church and BECs among Philippine parishes and dioceses. By the mid-90s, the parish also became an exposure site for pastoral ministers, clergy, and lay from Asian countries, especially those studying in the East Asian Pastoral Institute. In 1993, Fr Mark and Estela became co-founders of the BEC Desk in Asia under the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. The parish BEC team also started giving BEC seminars to other parishes in the country and in Asia, and was also invited to teach about BECs in Metro Manila’s theological seminaries.

In 2001, Father Mark founded the Bukal ng Tipan Pastoral Training Center with six lay pastoral workers from the Parish of St Joseph. Bukal’s mission is to journey with peoples towards a participatory church in the world. From its parish experience of two decades, when these six lay pastoral workers became active agents of moving the parish from a priest-centered to a participatory church, Bukal’s main pastoral programs, tools, methods, and processes were designed. Presently composed of ten people—eight lay and two priests—Bukal has a BEC/Local Church Unit and a Youth Unit. It partners with different commissions of the Philippine and Asian Bishops’ Conferences, especially the BEC, Youth, Bible, and Theological Commissions.

Consistent with Father Mark’s passion for community-building and communal leadership, Bukal’s fundamental approach in pastoral work is accompanying and partnering with diocesan teams. Aware that it will always be an outsider, and respecting the history and culture of dioceses, Bukal starts with immersion and exposure to the social and church life of the different dioceses it works with. It makes sure that it partners with a local team from the very start of its involvement in another diocese or parish. Believing that they cannot give what they do not have, the Bukal ng Tipan team takes its community life seriously, as it does its relationship-building with the diocesan team it

The Bukas Palad Award embodies the Ignatian spirit of generosity and gives recognition to the unconditional, dedicated service of the Religious in Christ’s Kingdom. The awardees’ notable achievements serve as tangible, unmistakable evidence of the prophetic role of the Church in today’s world. They also serve as testimonials to Christ’s love for mankind, manifested in dedicated service to our fellowmen, especially the poor, the oppressed, the marginalized, the sick and the suffering.

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works with.

To date, Bukal has worked intensely with about 30 dioceses in the Philippines, Asia, and Europe. Although it started as a pastoral center where people come and attend programs, it soon became a team that goes to dioceses and journeys with them. Bukal moved from a center to local areas, and in doing so became context-based, responsive to specific needs and, thus, more mission-oriented. From giving pastoral courses, it moved to facilitating processes of local church development. From pastoral consultants, Bukal became more conscious that they are partners and co-disciples with the different teams they encounter.

For devoting more than 40 years of his life pursuing his vision of a participatory church, which, in his words is, “a church where everybody has the opportunity to participate, a church that is listening to people, a church that is concerned with the lives of people, a church where everybody has a place and a space, especially the poor,” the Ateneo de Manila University, in this Year of the Parish as Communion of Communities, confers on Fr Mark Lesage CICM the 2017 Bukas Palad Award.

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Synergeia Foundation Inc underthe leadership of Milwida m guevara

S ynergeia Foundation Inc started as a learning circle for Ford Foundation grantees in 1999. When the Ford Foundation closed its Manila office in 2002, Synergeia

evolved into a development organization with a simple dream: to ensure that every Filipino child completes quality basic education. In the Philippines, where an average of only 7 out of 10 children complete grade six (and in marginalized communities, only 3 out of 10), that seemed like an impossible dream.

Ozanam Award

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Named after St. Frederick Ozanam, the great French Catholic leader who founded the St. Vincent de Paul Society for the relief of the poor, the Ozanam Award honors Christians who have given distinctive and continued service to their fellowmen in accordance with the principles of justice and charity.

The organization draws inspiration from the African proverb “It takes an entire village to raise a child.” It believes that educating our youth is too big a responsibility to be left to government alone. It believes that to truly improve education in scale, the entire community must come together. Synergeia acts as coach, catalyst, and broker, engaging and building capacities of local leaders and the entire community—school officials, socio-civic groups, teachers, parents, students, and the business sector—to improve learning, teaching, parenting, and governance. To date, it has partnered with over 300 local governments and impacts about 5 million Filipino children.

Synergeia prides itself in being a listening and learning organization. It does not prescribe what should be done; its programs are determined by the communities themselves. It believes that each community has unique needs—thus, rather than use a one-size-fits-all approach with its projects, it designs a cornerstone process that it applies to partner communities. The resulting programs may vary, but the result is the same—more students are able to read and complete quality basic education.

This cornerstone process has six stages, which begins with informing all stakeholders about the state of basic education in their community using data. The preparatory stages entail listening to their stories, challenges, and aspirations, and consulting them on issues that need to be addressed and strategic options that can be pursued. The entire stage of program creation requires close collaboration with the community. When the programs are implemented, they are monitored and evaluated so they can be progressively improved, strengthened, and sustained—again, with continuing collaboration with community stakeholders.

Synergeia’s strategy of involving the community in the entire process results in the commitment of local government leaders, school officials, teachers, and parents to the programs. It harnesses existing but often overlooked and underutilized government structures such as the local school board as its main avenue to gather key stakeholders. Planning and implementation are collaboratively achieved, with local leaders taking the lead, communities actively participating, and Synergeia serving as facilitators.

The collaboration of Synergeia with one of its most recent partners, the City Government of Valenzuela, has resulted in one of the largest-scale impact programs in a single city or municipality. The city’s education investment plan is a result of several town hall meetings to gather different ideas, views, and opinions from the community in order to craft solutions. This process gave birth to Valenzuela’s Education 360° Investment Program, a holistic, systemic, comprehensive, student-centered program that radically transforms the city’s public education system. The city has successfully adopted in public schools the best practices of local and international private schools. The program does not only focus on hard infrastructure, but also on all the other aspects that affect children’s access to education and their learning performance.

Valenzuela’s program benefits a total of 80,452 elementary school students and 41,102 high school students. Its main components illustrate the multi-pronged and comprehensive involvement of the city’s public, private, and civic groups.

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The city developed its own workbooks in Math and English for all elementary students through the Curriculum Build Up component. This significantly lessened the city’s cost while ensuring quality materials and a 1:1 student to workbook ratio.

Upon discovering that 78% of the total elementary student population (44,000) in the city could not read (34,320), a Summer Reading Camp was held for incoming Grades 3 and 6 students who were classified as non-readers or frustrated readers. By the end of the program, there was a dramatic improvement in the reading ability and comprehension of the 15,950 students who attended. For those classified as non-readers, only one remained so among the 2,165 incoming Grade 3 students; non-readers were fully eradicated in the incoming Grade 6 group. There was a big drop in the number of frustrated readers—from 5,870 to 1,364 in the incoming Grade 3 group, and from 7,738 to 1,120 in the incoming Grade 6 group. From students who could barely decipher English words, most of them could read four English short stories easily.

The Nanay-Teacher Parenting Camp is another innovative component dreamt up by the entire community. The city partnered with USAID and Synergeia to come up with the country’s first parenting camp. Fifty-five thousand (55,000) parents of students from 39 public elementary schools were reoriented on the importance of parent engagement in the learning life of their children.

The Teaching Camp, also conducted by the city in partnership with USAID and Synergeia, is an intensive training program which aims to sharpen the teachers’ teaching strategy and mastery of content.

What is truly innovative about Synergeia programs, such as the one with Valenzuela City, is that they are able to reach scale because of substantial commitments from the stakeholders themselves.

The Summer Reading Camp was realized by efforts of Valenzuela public school teachers and Education students from the local university, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, who gave up their summer vacation to volunteer as teachers and teaching aides. The Nanay-Teacher program has been sustained, with Parent Teacher Association (PTA) officers trained as mentors and facilitators by Synergeia serving as a support community for other parents struggling to cope with different parenting challenges. Another component, the In-School Feeding Program, is made possible by the local government’s partnership with the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED), and the untiring efforts of parent volunteers who man the central kitchen operations. Every day, parent volunteers wake up before dawn to prepare the ingredients, cook the ACED-prescribed menus, repack thousands of lunchboxes and deliver them to the public schools, feed the children, wash the lunchboxes, and prepare to do everything again the next day.

Valenzuela City’s success undeniably lies in its progressive local leaders, who were willing to listen and make the necessary decisions and efforts to improve the city’s education outcomes. But alongside the local leadership and the community was Synergeia, quietly and steadily facilitating the entire process it had pioneered. The city’s program also benefited from the experiences and learnings of earlier Synergeia mayors, governors, and Department of Education officials who now serve as mentors, generously sharing their experiences and programs, and encouraging new partners to take the lead in their areas. Now, Valenzuela City is paying it forward as its mayor is a staunch Synergeia advocate who actively mentors other local government leaders on how to effectively fundraise for their programs. By

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gathering partner local leaders to serve as mentors, Synergeia inspires other communities that something can be done, that they can work together to improve the education of their children.

Behind Synergeia’s achievements is its equally inspiring president and chief executive officer, Dr Milwida Guevara, who has nurtured the organization from the beginning. With her dedication, passion, and resolute focus on strategy and metrics, she has successfully effected the systemic changes Synergeia has dreamt about and has steered the foundation to where it is today. What started out as an impossible dream is now slowly but surely becoming a reality.

For successfully bringing together communities and inspiring them to share a collective dream for their children, and, more important, for convincing them that by working together, they can be the change agents that will make the dream happen, Ateneo de Manila University confers on Synergeia Foundation Inc, under the leadership of Dr Milwida M Guevara, the 2017 Ozanam Award.

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BR CARLITO M GASPAR CSSR

B rother Carlito M Gaspar learned the value of diversity and concern for others early on. Growing up in Digos City, he came into regular contact

with Lumad groups like Bagobo families in the nearby mountains or Samal families from Jolo settling in eastern Mindanao. His parents set the example of caring for needy people by offering water to these thirsty travelers on their way to sell their goods at the Sunday market.

Br Karl’s commitment to indigenous people was further reinforced when, as an undergraduate at Ateneo de Davao, he was exposed to two new kinds of learning: a stimulating anthropology class and extended field visits to indigenous communities.

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BR CARLITO M GASPAR CSSR

Hearing people’s stories of discrimination, land-grabbing, and violence perpetrated by powerful external forces, while at the same time appreciating the indigenous people’s love for life and their culture as they once knew it, Br Karl instinctively realized that this was where he wanted to be—with indigenous communities, helping them overcome the degradation and discrimination that seemed to be their lot, while nonetheless enabling them to retain their sense of identity and pride as a people. That was the beginning of his life as an activist.

The declaration of Martial Law interrupted his immersion in indigenous communities all over Mindanao. He was arrested along with his companions, released, but soon re-arrested and detained for 22 months. That time turned out to be both a frightening experience and a time of grace. Karl began to reflect upon his own journey in life, sensing that he wanted to live it as a religious but not yet. Those years in detention further convinced him that his human rights work, which included stopping development aggression, advocating Lumad rights, and enabling the Lumad to become their own advocates, must continue.

His release found him returning to indigenous communities. In due course, however, he recognized his need for expanded knowledge on sociocultural issues and for appropriate theoretical frameworks to understand the realities of poverty, inequality, and culture among the Lumad along with their resilience and capacity to take action. He, therefore, enrolled for a master’s degree at the Asian Social Institute in Manila. There, meeting like-minded fellow students backed up by an inspiring faculty gave him what he was seeking—intellectual tools and practical guidance in applying them to social action. Pivotal was his visit to the Kalinga of Chico River fame in the Cordilleras, then adamantly resisting government pressures to turn their ancestral domain into a dam that would displace the people and threaten their cultural survival. Inspired by the Kalinga resistance and determination to remain in their ancestral homeland, he returned to Davao eager to help indigenous communities there take control of their own ancestral settings.

Working with seasoned missionaries—the Maryknoll Fathers in Mati serving the Mandaya, the Passionist Fathers linked to the T’boli in Lake Sebu, and the Redemptorists in Mandaya and Manobo areas, among others—motivated him to connect with a more extensive and well-funded program. Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) welcomed him as its new regional manager, enabling him to travel widely in Mindanao and Sulu to do cultural generation work for several years with the Bajaw, Subanen, Taosug, and Yakan, among others. His decision to move once again into a clearly activist mode led him to leave PBSP and join the Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference Secretariat (MSPCS) located in the famed Susana Building in Davao City. There, in the exciting company of Protestant and Catholic clergy, nuns and lay activists working closely with indigenous communities and defending their rights, Br Karl helped document and counter the massive human rights violations happening under the guise of “development.”

Giving the greatest cause for concern was PANAMIN, the Presidential Assistant on National Minorities, led by the scion of one of the Philippines’ wealthiest and most influential families. Although billed as a non-stock non-profit corporation and allegedly created to protect the interests of Philippine cultural minorities, activists like Br Karl considered PANAMIN an instrument of the State. Members of the MSPCS who had come in direct contact with it in indigenous communities were convinced that its millionaire head had other intentions. Their suspicions encompassed establishing corporate farms, fuel-generating schemes, and other external mechanisms for financial gain that would take advantage of the people’s relative powerlessness, despoil their fertile upland settings, and ultimately crush them. The machinations of corrupt local politicians eager to take over the land likewise gave cause for concern. Civil society documenting and information dissemination thus accelerated, with Br Karl fostering and facilitating many of those efforts.

At some point, he decided it was time to take a break from direct action and gain the anthropological perspectives needed to strengthen his cultural sensitivity when working with indigenous communities. Getting a better grasp of land issues seemed most pertinent to his activities in Mindanao. The next portion of his journey, then, took him to the University of the Philippines

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in Diliman where he pursued a PhD in Philippine Studies, specializing in anthropology. Keenly aware that the State’s notion of private land did not fit indigenous concepts, he insisted on the recognition of indigenous concepts that saw land as collectively owned by the people as stewards of the earth. Moreover, their gods had allocated it to them to protect, nurture, and use well. Yet, the colonial past and ensuing socio-economic elite consolidation had enabled “the literate people in cities,” as he puts it, to claim ancestral lands as theirs to own. These usurpers know how to read and write, fill up forms and cultivate friends in the government, especially in the Bureau of Lands. All the while, maintained Br Karl, “our ancestors, with their Waray, Tagalog, Ilokano, Manobo, Mandaya, Maranaw, Tinggian, or whatever ethnic origins, lost much of their land, their ancestral domain.”

With the People Power Uprising of 1986, Br Karl, his NGO, and indigenous people’s organizations took advantage of the opportunity to place advocates into the Philippine Constitutional Convention that followed. Their lobbying efforts lodged several pro-indigenous people delegates in the body. These pushed for a third legal concept of land beyond the twofold public–private systems. Ancestral domain was thus integrated into the Philippine Constitution. Ten years later, the indefatigable supporters successfully lobbied to institutionalize the concept through the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA), or Republic Act No 8371 of 1997.

In the interim, Karl Gaspar embraced the long-postponed opportunity to enter the Redemptorist order, choosing to be a Brother rather than a priest. That would keep him in continuing close touch with the activities of his extensive networks of NGOs, faith-based organizations, and indigenous people’s organizations. In the ensuing years, they pursued Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Order 2, the predecessor of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim (CADC). That entailed doing the onsite research needed for the indigenous occupants to establish a legal claim to their ancestral land. The CADC called for everything from genealogies, rituals, resources, maps, governance systems, and much more. The mobilizing model set by these early efforts came into full play once IPRA was passed. With tenure legitimized through a CADC, the next step was to help those communities develop their land further to produce more food and income. This entailed an Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP).

Soon, IP communities were teaching other IP communities how to acquire their land and make it more prosperous. Coining the term “indi-genius,” combining “indigenous” and “genius,” Br Karl and social action groups proclaimed the value of Lumad indigenous knowledge, skills, and practices, not only in land management, but also in their approaches to health and well-being.

The next thrust was to enhance school curricula that embodied cultural regeneration while assuring compatibility with the national system as a parallel program. This called for better school buildings and modern technology in the classroom to form next-generation leaders. Many indigenous students completed college in the intervening years and returned to their communities as teachers, farmers, and cultural regeneration workers. Br Karl’s creativity, leadership, networking skills, drive, and the warmth of his personality inspired many others to continue the work under often difficult circumstances.

The Award gives recognition to outstanding public service of an individual or organization.

Public service is defined as areas of endeavor that supplement or complement what government should be or is doing e.g., helping the needy, protecting the environment, promoting public discourse, promoting peace and development.

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As Br Karl began to realize that he could no longer easily hike through mountain ranges or spend long periods in villages to help people voice their concerns, he decided that his mandate of service now called for turning the daily observations he wrote in his journal into manuscripts for publication. Because the Lumad rarely wrote about their lives, he felt he could do it for them with their agreement. A prolific writer, he started in 1986 with: How Long? Prison Reflections from the Philippines and continued with A People’s Option: To Struggle for Creation, 1990; Readings on Contemporary Mindanao Church Realities, 1994; Mapagpakamalinawon: A Reader for the Mindanawon Peace Advocate, 2002; To be Poor and Obscure: The Spiritual Sojourn of a Mindanawon, 2004; Manobo Dreams in Arakan: A People’s Struggle to Keep Their Homeland, 2011; Desperately Seeking God’s Saving Action: Yolanda Survivors’ Hope Beyond Heartbreaking Lamentations, 2014; Davao in the Preconquest Era and the Age of Colonization, 2015; O Susana! The Untold Stories of Martial Law in Davao, 2016; A Hundred Years of Gratitude, 2017; and the most recent, PANAGUTAY: Anthropology & Theology Interfacing in Mindanao Uplands (The Lumad Homeland), 2017.

This is Karl Gaspar—Redemptorist Brother, anthropologist, lecturer, writer, artist, peace builder, and facilitator extraordinaire. His outstanding commitment to serve Lumad communities, enabling them to live in a changing world while continuously renewing their culture, represents the best in public service. The Ateneo de Manila University is proud to confer on Brother Karl Gaspar the 2017 Parangal Lingkod Sambayanan for a life well-lived in service to the Lumad communities in Mindanao, and for urging us to recognize the importance of indigenous people in our midst, not only for their sake but for ours.

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Patricia B Licuanan PhD

O ur Government Service awardee, Patricia B Licuanan, chair of the Commission on Higher Education, is a familiar face and presence to the Ateneo de Manila University

(ADMU). For decades, she was an active leader and member of the ADMU academic community where she served as professor and chair of the Psychology Department, and later, academic vice president. Her stellar work in our university led to her appointment as president of Miriam College, where she served for thirteen years. She came to these positions academically prepared, having obtained a master of arts in Psychology from Cornell University and a doctorate degree in Social Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University.

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Government Service AwardThrough her many years in academe, Dr Licuanan has done distinguished and world-class work. She has actively led and participated in research, training, and advocacy work in applied social psychology, education and educational reform, human resource development, and gender issues. As a young social scientist, she was an early voice expressing concern about the human costs of overseas employment of Filipino workers and continued as a tireless advocate for the rights of women migrant workers and their families in national and international fora.

Even before she joined government, Dr Licuanan played important leadership roles in a wide range of organizations. She was president of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), vice president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), and president of the Association of Women Presidents and Chancellors of Private Colleges and Universities (SOPHIA). Dr Licuanan was also commissioner and chairperson of the Education Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Dr Licuanan was an early advocate for the advancement of women’s rights and quality of life. In 1995, at the Beijing World Conference on Women, she chaired the main committee responsible for drafting the Beijing Platform for Action, a document which became the focal point and benchmark for the advancement of women’s rights and quality of life. She has headed regional women’s NGO networks such as the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW) and South East Asia Women’s Watch (SEAWWatch), chaired the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 10 and was convenor of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15. She was also chairperson of the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), now the Philippine Commission on Women, in 1987–1992.

While acknowledging all her academic and professional accomplishments, the Ateneo de Manila University is conferring this year’s Government Service Award to Dr Licuanan, specifically for her visionary and excellent leadership of the Commission on Higher education (CHED), where she has been serving as chair for seven years now. Under her stewardship, CHED has been successfully implementing the Higher Education Reform Agenda, initiated by the administration of President Benigno Aquino III and continued under President Rodrigo Duterte. These reforms have been focused on access, quality, excellence, and efficiency.

Under Chair Licuanan’s watch, access to higher education has expanded through the strengthening of student financial assistance programs for lower income and disadvantaged groups through the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education or UniFAST. More recently, Congress enacted Republic Act No 10931, the Universal Access to Quality Higher Education Act, which is expected to further improve access to quality education.

To upgrade the quality of higher education, programs were enhanced, faculty development programs were offered, and linkages between academe and industry were strengthened. CHED also partnered with universities abroad to develop the capacities of Philippine universities to undertake cutting-edge research.

During her tenure in office, Chair Licuanan promoted and implemented an outcomes-based approach to higher education and also reformed the way higher education institutions are classified. Much work has been done

The awardee, in the fulfillment of his or her direct duties within the public service, should have developed and implemented a public policy, program, or activity which is foundational or innovative and significant for the common good, or should have in some other way rendered exemplary service to the common good such as preferential option for the poor.

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to improve the quality of state universities and colleges, an important achievement because of their role in providing many Filipinos with access to higher education. These have all been challenging reforms, but resistance notwithstanding, CHED has succeeded in pursuing them, thanks to the vibrant and focused leadership of its chairperson.

At CHED, consistent with her long-time advocacy of women’s rights, Dr. Licuanan was instrumental in mainstreaming gender and development (GAD) in higher education, with support from advocates and activists. Since 2011, CHED has been spearheading gender summits which “roused the entire higher education sector from non-compliance or indifference to GAD policies and thrusts, to a linked and committed partnership from which emerged numerous programs, activities, and projects with the judicious use of the GAD budgets of public HEIs.”

Chair Licuanan has fully supported the K–12 Basic Education Program and has made sure CHED would help the country and its educational institutions adapt to the new system. A difficult transition period required CHED not only to manage resistance from certain sectors in the academe to the K–12 program as well as petitions in relation to changes in the core curriculum of tertiary education. CHED also developed programs that supported the displaced tertiary instructors through faculty development grants, research grants, among others.

These programs are made available to higher education institution (HEI) personnel, teaching or non-teaching, with employments terminated or contracts not renewed because of the K–12 implementation. Designed to protect the rights and welfare of these personnel, these government support programs aim to equip them with professional development, employment, livelihood, or entrepreneurship opportunities.

For steering the Commission on Higher Education to implement significant reforms in higher education and through the difficult transition in basic education that affected the curriculum as well as the faculty and personnel of tertiary institutions, for her tenacity and dedication to her duties despite challenging transition issues, and for a leadership in education marked by uprightness, integrity, practical wisdom, and a high level of competence, the Ateneo de Manila University confers on Dr Patricia Licuanan, Chair of the Commission on Education, the 2017 Government Service Award.

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Alfonso c bolipata

Alfonso ‘Coke’ Bolipata is the one of the country’s leading musicians; he’s a seasoned performer, teacher, writer, and administrator of a community school for music

and the arts. He has been widely recognized for his performances and efforts in cultural development, and was a recipient of the 2000 TOYM Award (Ten Outstanding Young Men), the Katha Award for his recording Pelikula, the 2001 Aliw Award Best Instrumentalist for his performance of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the 2002 Gawad ng Maynila Award, a National Book Award (Book Design) in 1997 for his children’s book Water in the Ring of Fire, and the NCCA Alab ng Haraya Award.

A child prodigy, Coke comes from a family of musicians and received his first violin lessons at the age of eight from master musician Oscar C Yatco as a scholar of Stella G Brimo. His lessons continued with Basilio Manalo and Rizalina Buenaventura. At age twelve,

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The Ateneo de Manila University created the Tanglaw ng Lahi Award to single out those who have dedicated their life’s work to the pursuit of Filipinism and the Filipino identity through any of the channels of culture. The award recognizes the contribution of any individual or organization, regardless of race, creed or political affiliation, so long as he/she/it has succeeded in steering the national consciousness towards a clarification, development and enhancement of the essential Filipino image.

he won First Prize in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists, subsequently leaving to study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. His teachers include Dorothy Delay, Jascha Brodsky, Felix Galimir, and James Buswell. He was a member of Alexander Schneider’s New York String Orchestra and an original member of the New World Symphony in Miami under Michael Tilson Tomas.

He has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician (Bolipata Trio, Keats Trio, Gavin Quartet) in the major halls in America, as well as in numerous concerts in other countries such as Canada, Germany, Japan, Indonesia, China, Spain, and France. He has performed with the Beijing Philharmonic, the Nagoya Philharmonic, and the Bulgaria Radio Orchestra, and as a regular soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and Saint-Saens Rondo Capriccioso with the Sophia Philharmonic of Bulgaria.

In 1990, Coke received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (Washington) and Artists Affiliates (New York) to bring culture to the rural areas of America. This served as an impetus for his return to the Philippines. He opened an art space on his family’s mango orchard in Zambales, where he brought in artists and mounted exhibitions of their works, and offered extension violin classes to children from the local community. His brother, the cellist Ramon Bolipata, held regular classes in cello and his sister, Plet Bolipata, offered art classes. Coke had his first violin workshop with twelve students from the community, whom he taught under a big tree as there were no classrooms yet at the time.

He called the place CASA San Miguel and developed it into a community-based art center that integrates arts and the rural community. It has brought art, music, theater, dance and film to the barangays, orphanages, and indigenous communities in the province. Twenty of CASA’s scholars pursued music courses in the country’s leading conservatories such as the UP College of Music and the UST Conservatory of Music. Some of them studied music abroad, in Germany and the United States.

After a few years of violin lessons, some of the students, the scholars in particular, are taught how to teach the instrument to young mentees. Cokes calls it ‘playing’ it forward. It’s part of their system that if one is a scholar of CASA, one has to teach six hours a week. Thus, many of them are now mentors themselves in CASA. A number of them have also taught in Centex, a public school in Tondo, Manila for underprivileged children, with private sector support, where Coke also holds regular classes in violin.

CASA San Miguel has now engaged close to 2000 children from the local community in the art and music process, as well as some of the most prominent artists in the country today, including Elmer Borlongan, Don Salubayba, Myra Beltran, Carlo Gabuco, and Leeroy New, among others. Its facilities include a 300-seat auditorium designed for chamber orchestra concerts, theater plays and operettas, and a Museum of Community Heritage, which features the rich heritage of Barangay San Miguel, the town of San Antonio and the province of Zambales. Many of CASA’s alumni have gone on to make names for themselves with prizes in local and international competitions, grants for residencies, international seminars, exhibits and workshops. A CASA San Miguel alumnus or alumna can be found in every orchestra in the Philippines today.

Coke also shares his love for music and the arts beyond CASA San Miguel. In 2000, he co-founded the Metro Manila Community Orchestra and the Symphony By The Sea Community Orchestra in Subic SBMA. He has also served as a trustee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the executive director of Miriam College’s Music Center for Applied Music, and is currently a commissioner to the Philippine National Commission of UNESCO. He has significant award-winning contributions to local television and cinema as a producer (Puting Paalam, Concierto, Mangatyanan), actor (Boses), composer (theme song of Ina Kinasusuklaman Ba Kita), and film scorer (Boses, Boundary).

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CASA San Miguel is now on its 25th year. In the year 2000, it came at the crossroads, because it had become unfeasible for the school to continue. The board rethought their questions when the students expressed how much the school meant to them. “It’s beyond music, it’s really about self-esteem, about confidence, about defining themselves. So from then on, that became our reason for being. That we are here to give the kids a chance to discover who they are, to have experiences, overcome difficulties, and make music together. A lot of what we do here has helped them cope with difficulties in their own lives. Music has become their moral backbone, so to speak. Music has become something that you can rely on when you’re having a hard time, whether it’s pressure from school, pressure from parents, personal problems…. I think it’s very important for them to have that to fall back on. What you learn in music goes beyond music. It enters your life—the way you make decisions, the way you think, your values,” Coke says.

For nurturing the love of music among Filipino youth and mentoring young violinists, especially those from the social margins; for creating a center which celebrates local culture and the arts, thus inspiring and cultivating pride in the community; for animating the spirit of generosity among his students and fellow artists, and concretely demonstrating that the arts may be an instrument for social transformation, the Ateneo de Manila University proudly confers on Alfonso C Bolipata the 2017 Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi.

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HONORARY DEGREES 2015 Ma Lourdes A Carandang Doctor of Science Gabriel C Singson Doctor of Public Administration2014 Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering Doctor of Humanities2012 Washington Z SyCip Doctor of Humanities2010 Oscar M Lopez Doctor of Humanities Manuel V Pangilinan Doctor of Humanities2009 Howard Q Dee Doctor of Humanities Nicole Revel Doctor of Humanities2007 Diosdado P Banatao Doctor of Science2006 Beverly McLachlin PC Doctor of Laws Socorro C Ramos Doctor of Humanities2005 Edilberto C de Jesus Doctor of Humanities2004 John L Gokongwei Jr Doctor of Humanities2003 Mary Racelis Doctor of Humanities2002 Miguel A Bernad SJ Doctor of Humanities Fe del Mundo MD Doctor of Science2001 Hilario G Davide Jr Doctor of Humanities Bernardo Ma Perez OSB Doctor of Humanities2000 Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC Doctor of Humanities Patricia B Licuanan Doctor of Humanities DelfinColome DoctorofHumanities1999 Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau SJ DD Doctor of Humanities 1998 William Cardinal Keeler Doctor of Humanities Pedro Santiago de Achutegui SJ Doctor of Humanities Catalino G Arevalo SJ Doctor of Humanities 1997 Fidel V Ramos Doctor of Humanities Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou Hwan Doctor of Humanities 1996 Alejandro R Roces Doctor of Humane Letters Anwar Ibraham Doctor of Humane Letters Anscar J Chupungco OSB Doctor of Humane Letters Helmut Kohl Doctor of Humanities 1995 Christian S Monsod Doctor of Laws 1994 Gelia T Castillo Doctor of Science 1993 Ricardo J Cardinal Vidal DD Doctor of Humane Letters Francis X Clark SJ Doctor of Humane Letters1992 Dioscoro L Umali Doctor of Science 1991 Onofre R Pagsanghan Doctor of Humane Letters 1990 Joseph A O’Hare SJ Doctor of Humane Letters Joachim Cardinal Meisner Doctor of Humane Letters 1989 Alfredo R A Bengzon Doctor of Science 1988 Antonio Y Fortich DD Doctor of Humane Letters 1987 Vicente R Jayme Doctor of Humane Letters 1986 Claudio Teehankee Doctor of Humane Letters Corazon C Aquino Doctor of Humane Letters 1985 Bienvenido A Tan Jr Doctor of Humane Letters 1983 Lorenzo M Tañada Doctor of Humane Letters Agostino Cardinal Cassaroli Doctor of Humane Letters Joseph Cardinal Hoffner Doctor of Humane Letters

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HONORARY DEGREES 2015 Ma Lourdes A Carandang Doctor of Science Gabriel C Singson Doctor of Public Administration2014 Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering Doctor of Humanities2012 Washington Z SyCip Doctor of Humanities2010 Oscar M Lopez Doctor of Humanities Manuel V Pangilinan Doctor of Humanities2009 Howard Q Dee Doctor of Humanities Nicole Revel Doctor of Humanities2007 Diosdado P Banatao Doctor of Science2006 Beverly McLachlin PC Doctor of Laws Socorro C Ramos Doctor of Humanities2005 Edilberto C de Jesus Doctor of Humanities2004 John L Gokongwei Jr Doctor of Humanities2003 Mary Racelis Doctor of Humanities2002 Miguel A Bernad SJ Doctor of Humanities Fe del Mundo MD Doctor of Science2001 Hilario G Davide Jr Doctor of Humanities Bernardo Ma Perez OSB Doctor of Humanities2000 Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC Doctor of Humanities Patricia B Licuanan Doctor of Humanities DelfinColome DoctorofHumanities1999 Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau SJ DD Doctor of Humanities 1998 William Cardinal Keeler Doctor of Humanities Pedro Santiago de Achutegui SJ Doctor of Humanities Catalino G Arevalo SJ Doctor of Humanities 1997 Fidel V Ramos Doctor of Humanities Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou Hwan Doctor of Humanities 1996 Alejandro R Roces Doctor of Humane Letters Anwar Ibraham Doctor of Humane Letters Anscar J Chupungco OSB Doctor of Humane Letters Helmut Kohl Doctor of Humanities 1995 Christian S Monsod Doctor of Laws 1994 Gelia T Castillo Doctor of Science 1993 Ricardo J Cardinal Vidal DD Doctor of Humane Letters Francis X Clark SJ Doctor of Humane Letters1992 Dioscoro L Umali Doctor of Science 1991 Onofre R Pagsanghan Doctor of Humane Letters 1990 Joseph A O’Hare SJ Doctor of Humane Letters Joachim Cardinal Meisner Doctor of Humane Letters 1989 Alfredo R A Bengzon Doctor of Science 1988 Antonio Y Fortich DD Doctor of Humane Letters 1987 Vicente R Jayme Doctor of Humane Letters 1986 Claudio Teehankee Doctor of Humane Letters Corazon C Aquino Doctor of Humane Letters 1985 Bienvenido A Tan Jr Doctor of Humane Letters 1983 Lorenzo M Tañada Doctor of Humane Letters Agostino Cardinal Cassaroli Doctor of Humane Letters Joseph Cardinal Hoffner Doctor of Humane Letters

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1982 Vicente T Paterno Doctor of Humane Letters 1980 Jaime L Cardinal Sin DD Doctor of Humane Letters 1979 Cecilia Muñoz Palma Doctor of Humane Letters 1977 Francis Madigan SJ Doctor of Science 1976 Francis-Hubert Lambrecht CICM Doctor of Humane Letters 1975 Sixto K Roxas Doctor of Humane Letters1974 Cesar Enrique A Virata Doctor of Humane Letters Van Cliburn Doctor of Humane Letters 1972 Jaime N Ferrer PhD Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration 1971 Jose B L Reyes Doctor of Humane Letters 1970 Mercedes Concepcion Doctor of Humane Letters 1969 Joaquin P Roces Doctor of Humane Letters 1968 Waldo S Perfecto Doctor of Philosophy in Education 1967 William F Masterson SJ Doctor of Humane Letters Jesus E Perpinan Doctor of Laws Jose Yulo Doctor of Laws 1966 Oscar Ledesma Doctor of Laws Frank H Golay Doctor of Laws Jesus Diaz OP Doctor of Humane Letters 1965 Raul S Manglapus Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities Stephen H Fuller Doctor of Humane Letters Horacio V dela Costa SJ Doctor of Humane Letters 1964 Cesar Bengzon Doctor of Laws 1963 Fernando Zobel de Ayala y Montejo Doctor of Humane Letters 1962 Hans M Menzi Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration Golda Meir Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science1961 Jose P Bantug Doctor of Humane Letters H Otley Beyer Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology Jaime C de Veyra Doctor of Humane Letters Hyacinth Gabriel FSC Doctor of Humane Letters Allan Nevins Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration 1960 Paulino J Garcia Doctor of Science RufinoJCardinalSantos DoctorofHumaneLetters

BUKAS PALAD AWARD

2014 Orlando B Cardinal Quevedo OMI DD2013 Sr Michelle L Gamboa RGS2012 Sr Amelia G David ICM2010 Msgr Jose C Bernardo Jr Fr Sebastiano D’Ambra PIME2009 Rev Ciriaco A Sevilla Jr (Posthumous)2008 Very Rev Antonio M Pernia SVD2007 Fr Edward F Malone MM 2006 Fr Eliseo R Mercado OMI Fr Charlito Cerio Colendres (Posthumous) 2005 Sr La Croix de Jesus Ilagan SPC 2004 Sr Christine Tan RGS (Posthumous) 2003 Msgr Sabino A Vengco Jr Rev Luis E Iriarte SDB2002 Rev Walter J Maxcy MM

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2001 Rev Francis Chapman MSSC Rev Michel de Gigord MEP Rev Rhoel D Gallardo CMF 2000 Heroic Filipino Priests Brother and Nuns in East Timor Sr Cecilia del Mundo FMA Sr Olivia Sadaya FMA Sr Maria Fe Silva FMA Sr Marivic Sombero FMA Sr Evangelina Evangelista OP Sr Marylu Mariano OP Sr Pelagia Virtudazo OP Sr Petronila Lalic CM Sr Ester Padilla CM Sr Susan Nimfa Timbal CM Rev Edmund Barreta SDB Rev Rolando Fernandez SDB Rev Ramoncito Padilla SDB Rev Aguedo Palomo SDB Rev Jose San Juan SDB Bro Ephrem Santos SDB Rev Noel Villafuerte SDB Rev Andrew Wong SDB Rev Cyrus Claro V Banque CMF Rev Renato B Manubag CMF Rev Ricardo T Salomon CMF Sr Mary Baradero SPC Sr Carmen Pangilinan SPC Sr Bernadette Velayo SPC Sr Edna Machilas FdCC Sr Violeta San Miguel FdCC Sr Charito Torrefranca MM1999 Msgr Jose C Abriol Sr M Soledad Hilado OSB1998 Rev Domingo M Moraleda CMF MotherMaryAuroraSSpSAP(JosefinaMarasigan)1997 Bishop Benjamin D de Jesus OMI DD (Posthumous)1996 Sr Victricia Pascasio SSpS1995 Sr Ramona Mendiola ICM Msgr Francisco G Tantoco Jr 1994 Archbishop Mariano G Gaviola DD JCD Rev Lino F Banayad SJ (Posthumous) 1992 Bishop Bienvenido S Tudtud DD (Posthumous)1991 Bishop Gaudencio B Rosales DD Bro James Dunne SJ Sr Mary Assumption Ocampo RGS 1990 Sr Patricia Marie Callan 1989 Ms Mathilde Buhl Beckers 1988 Sr Mary Dorothy O’Connor RGS Sr Milagros Dayrit RA 1987 Sr Maria Socorro Angela Reyes SPC Sr Eusebia Vilanueva SPC 1986 The Society of the Divine Word1985 Rev Benigno P Dagani SJ

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1984 Religious of the Virgin Mary 1983 Sr Valeriana Baerts ICM 1982 Sr Auxilindis Streibel SSpS 1981 Rev Leo A Cullum SJ 1980 Most Rev Gerard Mongeau OMI1979 Rev Ruben Villote1978 Rev Walter B Hogan SJ 1977 Sr Redempta Biltereyst ICM 1976 Rev Thomas McMahon CSrR 1975 Rev Leo Hofstee OP 1974 Rev Henry L Irwin SJ Rev John A Pollock SJ 1972 Rev William J Galvin MM1971 Rev Luis Jalandoni1966 Rt Rev Msgr Dominga Librea1963 Rt Rev Msgr Jose N Jovellanos

LUX-IN-DOMINO AWARD 2016 Adolfo S Azcuna2014 Mari-Jo P Ruiz PhD 2013 Dr Edmundo F Nolasco2012 Jose P De Jesus2011 Lorenzo R Relova2010 Alfredo R A Bengzon MD2009 Jesus C Palma 2008 FernandoPHofileñaMD2006 Conrado S Dayrit MD2005 Voltaire Y Rosales (Posthumous) 2004 Bienvenido A Tan Jr 2003 Jose C Medina Jr (Posthumous)2001 Juan C Tan Manuel Chua Chiaco Sr Enrique T Novales 2000 Meneleo J Carlos Jr 1999 Luis F Lorenzo Sr (Posthumous) 1998 Roberto A Gana (Posthumous) 1997 Richard Michael R Fernando SJ (Posthumous) Raul S Manglapus 1996 Oscar R Ledesma1994 Manuel P Manahan 1991 Gabriel A Daza Sr Gaston Z Ortigas (Posthumous) Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo1988 Tomas P Castro (Posthumous)1986 Evelio B Javier (Posthumous)

PARANGAL LINGKOD SAMBAYANAN

2016 Tzu Chi Foundation Philippines2015 Edmundo G Garcia2014 Pastor Delbert Rice (Posthumous)

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2013 Atty Christian S Monsod2011 Ilawan Center for Volunteer and Leadership2009 The Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) Denis Murphy2008 Eugenia Duran-Apostol2007 Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran Inc (KAISA)2006 Elvira Lopez-Bautista 2005 Atty William T Chua (Posthumous)2004 Teodoro M Locsin Sr (Posthumous) 2003 Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) 2000 Fe del Mundo MD 2001 Tabang Mindanaw Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) 2000 The Association of Philippine Volunteer Fire Brigades Inc 1999 Teresita Ang-See Rosa Rosal 1998 Roberto A Gana (Posthumous) Carlos M Ollado (Posthumous) Archbishop Fernando R Capalla DD Dr Mahid M Mutilan1997 Rev Jesus S Palileo (Posthumous) Rhona Mahilum 1995 Jesuit Volunteers Philippines Foundation Inc (JVPFI)1994 Sajid Bulig (Posthumous) Robin Garcia (Posthumous)1992 Archbishop Paciano B Aniceto DD Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA)1991 The Constitutionalist Soldier1986 National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL)1984 Benigno S Aquino Jr (Posthumous)1983 Radio Veritas

GOVERNMENT SERVICE AWARD

2016 Austere A Panadero2014 Conchita Carpio Morales2013 Sec Jesse M Robredo (Posthumous)2011 Lilia B De Lima2007 Benjamin G Caling2006 Raymundo S Punongbayan (Posthumous) 2004 Haydee B Yorac 2003 Ester A Garcia Emilia T Boncodin2001 Tomas P Africa

GAWAD TANGLAW NG LAHI 2016 Aga M Butocan Beatriz P Tesoro2015 Rodolfo C Vera2014 Agnes D Locsin2013 Dr Resil B Mojares2012 David Cortez Medalla Reynaldo C Ileto

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2010 Federico Aguilar Alcuaz 2009 Gregorio C Brillantes Jose F Lacaba Nicanor G Tiongson2008 Gilda Cordero-Fernando2007 Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)2006 Marilou Diaz-Abaya Laurice Guillen 2005 Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa 2004 Nena Saguil (Posthumous) Rolando S Tinio (Posthumous)2003 Doreen G Fernandez (Posthumous)2002 Edith Lopez Tiempo2001 The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature2000 Bienvenido Lumbera Anita Magsaysay-Ho1999 Lucrecia R Kasilag 1998 John N Schumacher SJ1997 Nick Joaquin1996 Francisco Demetrio SJ (Posthumous)1995 Bienvenido M Noriega Jr (Posthumous)1994 Elena Gardose Dr William Henry Scott (Posthumous)1993 Paete Woodcarvers1992 Philippine Children’s Television Foundation Inc for its show BATIBOT 1991 Apo Hiking Society Basil Valdez Joey Ayala1990 Cesar Legaspi1989 Roque J Ferriols SJ 1988 Jose M Maceda1984 Atang dela Rama Hernandez1982 Lucio D San Pedro1981 Wilfrido Ma Guerrero1980 Victorio Edades1979 Lazaro Francisco 1978 Genoveva Edroza Matute1977 Lamberto Avellana1976 Eduardo Hontiveros SJ1970 Amado V Hernandez

OZANAM AWARD 2014 Teresa Banaynal Fernandez2011 Randolf S David Ma Teresa D Vitug2009 Eriberto B Misa Jr2008 Sumilao Farmers with Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao2007 Jose M Tiongco MD Charles L Cheng MD2006 TeofiloTBangayan2005 Merlie B Mendoza2004 Cecilio K Pedro

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2003 Antonio P Meloto Jr2002 Ma Cecilia H Magsaysay2001 Rosemarie M Cabrera (Posthumous)2000 Rey Magno Teves1999 Jose T & Teresita Quintos-Deles1998 Teresita D Baltazar1997 Ma Teresa F Nieva1996 Couples for Christ1995 Billie Mary “Betty” Go-Belmonte (Posthumous)1994 Hector D & Corazon Juliano-Soliman Eddie G & Florencia Casanova-Dorotan1993 Ernesto D Garilao1991 Mina M Ramirez Ronald P Guzman Robert P Guzman1990 Fasters for the Forest of Bukidnon1989 Leonor C Sevilla 1988 Jose Ma Lucas1986 Howard Q Dee 1984 Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo1982 Victor J Baltazar1981 Miguel A Magsaysay1980 Jesus dela Paz Trinidad dela Paz1979 Genaro V Ong Jr (Posthumous)1978 Christian Family Movement1977 Antonio V Ayala (Posthumous) Antonio B Lambino Sr1976 Jesus de Veyra1971 Juan C Tan1970 Maximo Soliven1969 Onofre Pagsanghan 1968 Most Rev Msgr Antonio Y Fortich DD 1966 JosefinaConstantino1961 Francisco Ortigas Jr1960 Felicidad Alvarez Silva1959 Jesus A Paredes Jr (Posthumous)1957 Jesus M Tan1954 Lorenzo Tañada1953 Lulu Reyes Besa1949 Josefa Gonzales de Estrada1948 Benjamin Gaston1940 Mariano Santos1938 Aurora A Quezon 1937 Augusto Cortez

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