2010 Outstanding Aklanons named BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
Cecile Motus (community service) and Rufino Leyson (banking), two of this year's Outstanding Aklanon awardees.
KALIBO, Aklan – Seven individuals have been chosen out of 23 nominees as this year’s outstanding Aklanons for their exemplary achievements in their respective fields of endeavor.
Leading the Outstanding Aklanons award by the provincial government of Aklan are Fr. Regino Cortes (posthumous-religion), Rufino Leyson (banking), German Palmani (broadcast journalism), Cecile Motus (community service), Stella Dy (business), Oseni Millemana (research) and Geronimo Ortega (public service).
Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez will honor the awardees in a commemorative program on April 25, 2010, the 54th Aklan Day anniversary at the Gov. Augusto B. Legaspi Memorial Sports Complex. The award is given every year to outstanding persons for their dedication and service in their chosen profession.
Father Cortes finished Philosophy and Sacred Theology and biblical studies in Jerusalem at Ecole Biblique at Archeologique Francaise. He also studied at the American University of Cairo and Islamology at the Institute Dominicain d’ Estudes in Cairo, Egypt. Cortes was the only Asian member of the Pontifical Bible Commission having been appointed by the late Pope John Paul II. He published “The Da Vinci Code: An Exegetical Review” where he pointed out theological flaws of Dan Brown’s best-seller, “The Da Vinci Code.”
The late Father Cortes served as rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Intramuros and Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Calamba from 1980 to 1986. He also served as parish priest of Santo Domingo and was Prior of Santo Domingo Convent from 1998 to 2001. At the time of his death on August 28, 2006, Cortes was Regent of the College of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Santo Tomas.
Rufino Cezar Leyson graduated cum laude in Northwestern Visayan Colleges, where he took up Commerce. He started working as a clerk in the Bank of the Philippine Islands Kalibo Branch and rose to the position of branch manager. He was also the former president of the prestigious Aklan Bankers Club and has served the BPI for more than 35 years.
Leyson was recently elected as District Governor of the Kiwanis International Philippine South District, which made him the first Aklanon elected to a Kiwanis district covering the Visayas and Mindanao clubs.
He is currently serving as treasurer of the Northwestern Visayan Colleges Alumni Association, board director / auditor of Boracay Foundation, Inc. and has been elected as president of Kiwanis Club of Kalibo.
German 'Jim' Palmani was the first chapter chairman of Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines) in Aklan. He served as station manager of the government-owned IBC DyRG and RMN DyKR and considered as one of the pioneers in radio broadcasting in the province.
Palmani is now based in Australia with his wife Ruth, who received her OAM in Australia for her service to multiculturalism, especially through assistance and support to the Filipino community in south east Queensland.
One of this year's awardee Cecile Laserna Motus worked as the Training Director of the United States Peace Corps in the Philippines for more than 13 years. She is the Assistant Director of the Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church and staff to the Sub-Committee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
She also worked in migration and pastoral outreach to immigrants and refugees, and in cross-cultural education with international organizations for more than thirty years. She served as Director of the Catholic Immigration Center-Catholic Charities Honolulu for six years, the Asia Regional Liaison Officer of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) for nine years; and Director of Adult Language and Culture Program for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Vietnamese First Asylum Camp in the Philippines for four years.
Her immediate past position was Interim Director and Ethnic Ministries Coordinator of the Office for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees (PCMR), USCCB Migration and Refugee Service Department. Among her published works are a set of Hiligaynon language books published by the University of Hawaii for training Peace Corps volunteers a cross-cultural orientation manual for Vietnamese refugees resettling in the United States; and several articles on immigrants in parishes published in magazines.
Motus is a member of the U. S. Mission Forum of the United States Catholic Mission Association, a board member of the Philippine Medical Mission Project at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Arlington Diocese and an advisor to the Filipino Family Fund. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the San Carlos University in Cebu, Philippines and a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Hawaii and the East-West International Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Another awardee chosen for the Outstanding Aklanon award is Dr. Oseni Maribojo Millemana, a senior scientist of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo. She completed her BS in Chemical Engineering degree, cum laude, at Central Philippine University in 1966.
Leading the Outstanding Aklanons award by the provincial government of Aklan are Fr. Regino Cortes (posthumous-religion), Rufino Leyson (banking), German Palmani (broadcast journalism), Cecile Motus (community service), Stella Dy (business), Oseni Millemana (research) and Geronimo Ortega (public service).
Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez will honor the awardees in a commemorative program on April 25, 2010, the 54th Aklan Day anniversary at the Gov. Augusto B. Legaspi Memorial Sports Complex. The award is given every year to outstanding persons for their dedication and service in their chosen profession.
Father Cortes finished Philosophy and Sacred Theology and biblical studies in Jerusalem at Ecole Biblique at Archeologique Francaise. He also studied at the American University of Cairo and Islamology at the Institute Dominicain d’ Estudes in Cairo, Egypt. Cortes was the only Asian member of the Pontifical Bible Commission having been appointed by the late Pope John Paul II. He published “The Da Vinci Code: An Exegetical Review” where he pointed out theological flaws of Dan Brown’s best-seller, “The Da Vinci Code.”
The late Father Cortes served as rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Intramuros and Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Calamba from 1980 to 1986. He also served as parish priest of Santo Domingo and was Prior of Santo Domingo Convent from 1998 to 2001. At the time of his death on August 28, 2006, Cortes was Regent of the College of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Santo Tomas.
Rufino Cezar Leyson graduated cum laude in Northwestern Visayan Colleges, where he took up Commerce. He started working as a clerk in the Bank of the Philippine Islands Kalibo Branch and rose to the position of branch manager. He was also the former president of the prestigious Aklan Bankers Club and has served the BPI for more than 35 years.
Leyson was recently elected as District Governor of the Kiwanis International Philippine South District, which made him the first Aklanon elected to a Kiwanis district covering the Visayas and Mindanao clubs.
He is currently serving as treasurer of the Northwestern Visayan Colleges Alumni Association, board director / auditor of Boracay Foundation, Inc. and has been elected as president of Kiwanis Club of Kalibo.
German 'Jim' Palmani was the first chapter chairman of Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines) in Aklan. He served as station manager of the government-owned IBC DyRG and RMN DyKR and considered as one of the pioneers in radio broadcasting in the province.
Palmani is now based in Australia with his wife Ruth, who received her OAM in Australia for her service to multiculturalism, especially through assistance and support to the Filipino community in south east Queensland.
One of this year's awardee Cecile Laserna Motus worked as the Training Director of the United States Peace Corps in the Philippines for more than 13 years. She is the Assistant Director of the Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church and staff to the Sub-Committee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
She also worked in migration and pastoral outreach to immigrants and refugees, and in cross-cultural education with international organizations for more than thirty years. She served as Director of the Catholic Immigration Center-Catholic Charities Honolulu for six years, the Asia Regional Liaison Officer of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) for nine years; and Director of Adult Language and Culture Program for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Vietnamese First Asylum Camp in the Philippines for four years.
Her immediate past position was Interim Director and Ethnic Ministries Coordinator of the Office for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees (PCMR), USCCB Migration and Refugee Service Department. Among her published works are a set of Hiligaynon language books published by the University of Hawaii for training Peace Corps volunteers a cross-cultural orientation manual for Vietnamese refugees resettling in the United States; and several articles on immigrants in parishes published in magazines.
Motus is a member of the U. S. Mission Forum of the United States Catholic Mission Association, a board member of the Philippine Medical Mission Project at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Arlington Diocese and an advisor to the Filipino Family Fund. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the San Carlos University in Cebu, Philippines and a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Hawaii and the East-West International Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Another awardee chosen for the Outstanding Aklanon award is Dr. Oseni Maribojo Millemana, a senior scientist of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department in Tigbauan, Iloilo. She completed her BS in Chemical Engineering degree, cum laude, at Central Philippine University in 1966.
She obtained her Master of Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology and her International Post-Graduate Diploma from Tokyo Institute of Technology. Aspiring for excellence, she finished her Ph.D. in Fisheries Science at Kagoshima University in 1999.
Singly and in collaboration with other scientists, she has undertaken numerous research studies, 40 of which were published in international journals and scientific proceedings. She was thrice a recipient of national award for best paper in Aquaculture Engineering and Fisheries presented by the DABAR and PCAMRD. Not only was she cited among the Top Ten Filipino Scientists with published papers (1990-1998) as Senior Authors in International Journals by the United Board of Philadelphia but she was also selected for inclusion in the 6th Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.
Singly and in collaboration with other scientists, she has undertaken numerous research studies, 40 of which were published in international journals and scientific proceedings. She was thrice a recipient of national award for best paper in Aquaculture Engineering and Fisheries presented by the DABAR and PCAMRD. Not only was she cited among the Top Ten Filipino Scientists with published papers (1990-1998) as Senior Authors in International Journals by the United Board of Philadelphia but she was also selected for inclusion in the 6th Edition of Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.
Geronimo Ortega is being honored for his outstanding work in public service as former manager of Iloilo Mission Hospital, former Sangguniang Bayan member of Makato and branch manager of a development bank. He is presently the administrative officer of Saint Gabriel Hospital, a first-class hospital in the capital town of Kalibo and manager of Makato Rural Bank.
Stella Tejada Dy, also of Kalibo, Aklan, is named for Outstanding Aklanon award for business where she established doll industries in the United States. She is also active in charity works in the province and Metro Manila.
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