JEDDAH: Two Filipinos from Riyadh are among the 31 awardees selected by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) from Filipinos all over the world to receive the 2008 Presidential Awards from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The awarding ceremony will be held at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on Dec. 9.
Awardees Alexander Edades Asuncion is working as an executive assistant at the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) while Joseph Magdalena is a businessman who owns the biggest Pinoy supermarket in Riyadh. Asuncion is widely lauded for his efforts in translating and explaining to fellow Filipinos in the Kingdom the new Saudi Labor Law, and encouraging Filipino workers to enhance their relationship with their employers, and be a model expatriate to the Kingdom.
In 1994, he was awarded by President Fidel V. Ramos The Bagong Bayani (new hero) award as one of the outstanding Filipinos in the world. full story
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