Friday, February 01, 2008 Laviña hails accomplishments of 2 Filipinos By Grace L. Plata
TWO outstanding Filipinos have once again gained recognition for the country, Councilor Peter Laviña said Thursday.
Walden Bello was named this year's Outstanding Public Scholar by the International Studies Association for his achievements in combining his academic work and activism.
Bello teaches at UP and writes about his many advocacies as a global activist for social justice, peace, human rights and the environment. He was described by a Belgian newspaper as the "most respected anti-globalization thinker in Asia," he was earlier a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, known as the alternative Nobel Prize.
"Walden and I sit at the National Council of the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party," Laviña said.
May-an Villalba, another outstanding Filipino is an executive director of the Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation. She is a finalist in the Ernest & Young search for the Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines.
"She is a dedicated worker for the cause of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and pioneered in promoting savings mobilization for investments among our overseas workers and an outstanding social entrepreneur," Laviña said.
