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Monday, January 09, 2006
Cordillera's elite sportsmen to be honored
THE most outstanding athletes and sportsmen from the Cordilleras will be honored Monday by the City Government of Baguio and the National Correspondents Club of Baguio (NCCB) for their exemplary leadership and highly meritorious achievement in the sports arena.
Leading the core of awardees are the medalists in the just-concluded 23d Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the Eight World Wushu Championship held in Vietnam and the Asean Para Games together with a cast of local coaches and officials.
The event in the annual NCCB Kafagway Awards Rites will be held at the Malcolm Square at 2 p.m. with city director Isagani Nerez as the guest of honor and speaker.
Special guests include Mayor Braulio Yaranon, Representative Mauricio Domogan, Baguio Country Club (BCC) general manager Anthony de Leon who will represent the presenter of the prestigious Kafagway Award annual activity and City Social Welfare Officer Betty Fangasan.
"The SEA Games honorees will be led by gold medalists wushu disciples Eduard Folayang and Rhea May Rifani, judoka Helen Dawa, boxers Jouvilet Chilem and Alice Kate Appari; marathoner Christabel Martes; karateka Nelson Pacalso and mountain biker Baby Marites Bitbit," said veteran newsman and former councilor Nars Padilla, who conceptualized the annual awards scheme way back 1986.
The silver medalist awardees are Rexel Nganhayna, Jennifer Laguilag, Brent Velasco, Zaide Laruan and Midel Dique while the bronze medalists are Mark Eddiva and Estie Gay Liwanen. Bodybuilder Fernando Faroden will also receive an award.
Other honorees are the medalists in the recent World Wushu Championships Benjie Rivera and Nganhayna (gold medal), Rifani (silver medal) and Folayang (bronze medal).
The Asean Para Games awardees are Adeline Durnapong (lone Cordilleran gold medalist), silver medalists Agustin Kitam and Clover Larayan and bronze medalists Domingo Haban, Darwin Lunag and Agustina Batilok.
Padilla said other awardees include SEA Games officials led by Tony Candelaria, Glicerio Catholico Jr., Dr. Leonora Fe Brawner, Romeo Guido, Billy Alumno, Edzel Ngina, Prospero Asiong, Marquez Sangiao and Manuel de Leon.
He added that the University of Baguio (UB), the University of the Cordilleras (UC) and the BCC will also receive special citations.
Other awardees are Texas Instruments Philippines, Inc. as "Sports Patron of the Decade," Nuardo Laureano as the "Athletic Director of the Year," and George de Leon as "Sports Coordinator of the Year".
UC director Pedro Mendoza will receive the "Sports Lifetime Achievement Award," which is being given by the NCCB-KSA for the first time.
Citation will likewise be given to Philex Mines, Senior Police Officer 1 Francis Hulanio and retired police inspector Roger Mejia.
(January 9, 2006 issue)
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