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Rex A. Bernardo
39, Academician
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Afflicted with polio at the age of 5 and was unable to go to school until the age of 20. |
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Pursued post-graduate studies at the Trinity University of Asia, University of Sydney and Asian Institute of Management. |
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Serves in the Gawad Kalinga and persons with disability. |
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Curently the Research, Marketing and Promotions Director at the Mabini Colleges in Camarines Norte. |
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2008 Apolinario Mabini Presidential Awardee |
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2008 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) Awardee |
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2009 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Awardee |
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Nona David Andaya-Castillo
47, Teacher and Consultant
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Spent the past 14 years promoting and protecting maternal and child health rights. |
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Helped propelled the breastfeeding movement in the Philippines
despite offer of huge financial support from the milk companies. |
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Founder, Nurturers of the Earth, a support group for vegetarians to help people understand the link between personal health and preservation of the environment. |
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Organizer, two (2) Guinness Book of World Records for simultaneous breastfeeding in a single site and multiple sites. |
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Organizer, Global Synchronized Breastfeeding since 2007 with 19 participating countries (in 2009). |
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Gerardo Gamez
44, Salesman
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An amputee at 14, he finished high school by selling newspapers and later become a college scholar. |
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A nationalist and street parliamentarian, he was able to escape an attempt on his life. |
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Employed high school graduates and trained them to become enterprising through his company, First Concepts Products. |
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Currently President of Rotary Club Caloocan, Kabataang Kaisa ng Sambayanan Sa Pagbabago (KAISA) and the Samahan Ng Mga Bayaning Filipino sa Taon ng Bagong Milenyo |
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ABS CBN Bayaning Pilipino Awardee (Gawad Geny Lopez Jr Regional Winner) |
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Celestino Habito
90, Retired Professor
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Had to be self-supporting and a working student at an early age to help meet his family’s daily needs. |
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Won Fulbright Schmidt Mundt Program and Rockefeller Foundation scholarships which enabled him to study in the US for his MS and PhD in Education. |
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After his stint as an educator for many years, he served in the UN as FAO training officer in Bangkok (1979) and was transferred to UN FAO Head Office in Rome (1981) to assist Indonesia in its agricultural education program. |
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Founder, Makiling Assembly of the Fourth Degree of Knights of Columbus, and an apostolate focused on devotional family worship. |
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Carolina Reyes
78, Housewife/ Lecturer
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Diagnosed with malignant breast cancer (with metastasis in the bones) in 2008 |
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Retired from work at 28 to focus on being a housewife, resumed teaching profession at 46 in the College of the Holy Spirit, and pursued MA in Values Education in UA&P at 67 |
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Travelling around the country, she addressed teachers, doctors, housewives, military personnel, politicians, etc on various topics like Values Education, Family, Life, etc. |
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Writer/Publisher, "Parenting : No Return, No Exchange, No Rewind, No Replay". |
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1998 Gintong Ina Awardee |
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Maria Kathrina L. Yarza
26, Artist and Entrepreneur
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Diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (a very rare genetic disease) causing her difficulty to swallow, hear, see and her paralysis of her left extremities. |
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Having undergone numerous major surgeries, her speech and mobility is limited but she uses the Internet to get paid by a US Company for the consumer reviews that she writes. |
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Establishing a fund-raising project, Help My Ear Hear, she now designs t-shirts, posters, etc for her medications and implant. |
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Solicits help for sick children in neurosurgery wards and pediatric units in the PGH as a birthday project. |
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Winston A. Maxino
47, Corporate Executive
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Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (a generative and incurable bone disease), osteoporosis, asthma and uveitis. |
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Consistently on top of his class from elementary to college, graduating cum laude at the Silliman University and attending law school with distinction at the Ateneo de Manila |
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Former Chief Operating Officer (COO), Hooven Philippines, Inc. and presently, General Manager of Green Earth Power and Energy Corporation and COO of its three sister companies. |
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A Certified Balloon Artist (CBA) and magician, he performs for free and wears costumes at children’s parties. |
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As Former President of Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines, he was instrumental in securing Pres. Proclamation No. 157 which declares the month of February each year as the "Down Syndrome Consciousness Month" |
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OTHER NOMINEES
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