Silahis ng pasko awards 12 outstanding elderlies
>> Wednesday, January 2, 2019
By Aileen P. Refuerzo
BAGUIO
CITY - Twelve outstanding elderlies received the Gintong Tala Luminary Award
for exemplary leadership and extraordinary services in the city’s community
development efforts in a program here Dec. 30 as part of Silahis ng Pasko
activities at Baguio Sunshine Park.
Rev. Fr. Domingo
“German” Ledesma, parish priest of the Loakan Proper barangay paris led
awardees who included husband-and-wife medical practitioners Drs. Edison and
Purita Noble.
Rev. Fr. Ledesma who was
the former spiritual adviser of the Shrine of the Brown Madonna along km 7 Asin
Road in Tuba, Benguet and of the National Correspondents Club of Baguio from
2003 to 2016 received the award for spiritual and religious service while the
doctor couple got the plum in the field of medicine.
Other awardees were
former Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan and retired City Environment and Parks
Management Officer Cordelia Lacsamana for government service; Dean James
Malaya, founder-president of the Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC)
in La Trinidad, Benguet education; retired city tourism operations officer
Benedicto Alhambra, tourism and special events; national artist Ben Cabrera of
the BenCab Museum , arts and culture; Rebecca Domogan of the Soroptimist
International civic-social and fraternal community development; Ompong Tan of
Colorworld Graphics Processing, business and trade; Kathleen Okubo, editor of
the Northern Dispatch journalism; and Hector Begeo, a former member of Team
Philippines Track and Field squad, sports.
Begeo is an original
member of the Gintong Alay rank and file was in Team Philippines delegation to
Barcelona, Spain, North Korea and Los Angeles.
He hails from Besao, Mt.
Province but is presently residing in Baguio.
NCCB president former
city councilor Narciso Padilla said this was the first time in the history of
the 14-year old awards project that a couple were simultaneously given the
award.
Padilla said awardees
were recognized for individual “exemplary leadership, performance and
achievement in their respective profession, vocation or career and for
outstanding participation in civic-social or environmental development
activities for a better Baguio either as a club member-officer or as an
individual volunteer.
Award presenters were
Mayor Mauricio Domogan. Rep. Mark Go, Vice Mayor Edison Bilog, Councilors Benny
Bomogao and Faustino Olowan, City Administrator Carlos Canilao and
Filipino-Japanese Foundation of Northern Luzon under director Arnel Cabanisa.
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