PHOTO
GALLERY
Ninoy
Aquino Fellowship Awards 2003
NINOY
AQUINO FELLOWS. (Top photo:) U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone
(left) and former President Corazon Aquino presented to journalist Eileen
G. Mangubat (center), publisher of Cebu Daily News, the 2003
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Fellowships for Professional Development during
a ceremony held at the ambassador's residence on February 5. (Lower
photo:) Sultan Abdulgani Batua (center) received a similar award
on behalf of his brother-in-law and interfaith dialogue advocate Taha M.
Basman. Established in 1988 by the U.S. Embassy to commemorate the
late Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.'s accomplishments in public service
and the media, the fellowship awards allow recipients to travel to the
U.S. to meet and exchange views with their professional colleagues.
Former
President Corazon Aquino (top, left) and Ambassador Francis Ricciardone
(top, right) delivered the keynote remarks during the awarding ceremony.
Mrs. Molly Stephenson (left, lower photo), Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer
of the Embassy, was master of ceremonies.
Mr.
W. Charles Moore II (top, left), Director of the Department of State's
Office of International Visitors, remarked on the U.S. government's Internationational
Visitors Program. Mr. Danilo Songco (top, right), a Director of the
Development Bank of the Philippines, shared his ideas and experience as
the Ninoy Aquino Fellowship Awardee for public service last year.
(Lower photo:) Director Moore, accompanied by U.S. Embassy Public
Affairs Officer Ronald Post (left), meets guests Mrs. Marixi Prieto (second,
right), publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Ms. Zakiah Binti
Awang (right), Minister Counselor of the Malaysian Embassy.
Sultan
Abdulgani Batua, his relatives and family members of 2003 Ninoy Aquino
Fellowship Awardee Taha Basman, pose for a picture with former President
Aquino and Ambassador Ricciardone.
Eileen
G. Mangubat, 2003 Ninoy Aquino awardee for journalism, poses with former
President Aquino and Ambassador Ricciardone, accompanied by her associates
from Cebu and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer Publications, of
which Ms. Mangubat is publisher, is affiliated with the Philippine Daily
Inquier.
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