LINGAYEN, Pangasinan –Former
President Fidel V. Ramos and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. joined their province-mates at the President Hotel here to
mark the 3rd year anniversary of Pacebook Magazine which honored 25
outstanding Pangasinenses Saturday.
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| BEST OF P'SINAN: Former President Fidel V. Ramos (4th from right) and former 5-time Speaker Jose de Venecia (3rd from left) strike a pose at the President's Hotel in Lingayen, Pangasinan during the fete the duo have graced to Pangasinenses who performed commedly in their professions and endeavors. |
Ramos,
better known as FVR or Steady Eddie, cited the magazine for giving recognition
toi certain individuals from Pangasinan who have performed commendably in their
chosen fields and endeavors.”
“They give life and substance to the
magazine’s advocacy of exhorting the many doers are able to[g1] improve the lives of others,” he said.
He said “ten years after I finished my term as president from l992 to l998, I am still busy “promoting people empowerment,
a culture of excellence and global
competitiveness … to alleviate poverty and improve people’s lives.”
He is the chairman of the non
government RPDEV Foundation which “helps
empower the Filipino people through four major areas: peace and security in the
Asia Pacific, sustainable development, democratic governance and socio economic
diplomacy.”
He commended Pacebook “for chronicling landmark events and
highlighting what is good and noble in people.”
Meanwhile
in the same occasion, De Venecia inducted the officers of the Pangasinan
Association of Columnists and Editors (PACE) consisting of veteran writers for
its role in “encouraging professionalism in the print media.”
De
Venecia, founding chairman and co-chairman of the committee of International
Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), is the leader of a global
movement behind the Global Parties Climate and Ecological
Safety Alliance (GPCESA) in the battle against climate change , mitigation of
terrible ecological disasters and the promotion of global peace and sustainable
development.”
De Venecia inducted PACE officers Cesar Carpio, board chairman; Juanito Velasco,
president; Ruel Camba, vice president; Ramon Santillan, secretary; Jesus Perez,
treasurer; Lelia Sy, auditor; Liezle Inigo, PRO; Abe Belena, Eddie Ferrer, Orly
Guirao, Lorna Germogeno, Mel Velasco, Mortz Ortigoza, Leu Paragas and Ruben
Rivera, directors. Atty. Gonzalo Duque, Ermin Garcia and Rhee Fer Hortaleza,
Mita Duque, advisers.
The
first project of Pace in collaboration with Pacebook magazine is the
publication of books containing selected editorials and columns and/or feature
articles by former Pangasinan editors and
journalists as part of
professionalizing the media promoting excellence in journalistic
writing.
The group has created a committee
to anthologize the works of Panbgasinan journalists and writers including
Carlos Bulosan, Ermin Garcia Sr., Bayardo Estrada, National Artist Frank Sionil
Jose, and others.
Ramos and De Venecia, assisted
by Velasco and Mita Duque, presented the
“outstanding Pangasinense” Awards to Gov. Amado Espino Jr., Archbishop Socrates
Villegas, Reps. Rosemarie Arenas, Georgina De Venecia and Leopoldo Bataoil,
Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman Antonio Villar Jr., Mayors Belen Fernandez, Ricardo Camacho, Carlito Zaplan, Gwen Palafox
Yamamoto, Abono Party-List chairman
Rosendo So, Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia, Atty. Gonzalo Duque, Atty. Liberato Reyna
Jr, Dr. Robin Navarro, Engr. Reynaldo Mencias, FAMAS president Angelo Padua accupressure specialist Eddie
Quinto, Dr. Vicky Siapno Tada, television journalist Maki Pulido, evangelist
Bro. Danny Espiritu, Zeny Palisoc, artist Claireyenne Malanyaon and
businessman-philanthropist Ashok Vasandani.
Ramos
said his admiration for the press must
have been due to his father, former
Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos, who published a community paper, the
Pangasinan News, in Lingayen in 1930’s.”
When
he was Ateneo college editor, De Venecia
was a recipient of a citation from
Columbia University , “Outstanding Student Newspaper in the World.”
De Venecia was the founder-publisher of Pan Asia News Alliance, columnist of the
Philippine Herald in the early 60’s and Vietnam ambassador before he became a
politician.
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