The Laoag City-based The Ilocos Times, the oldest and most read weekly tabloid in Northern Philippines, has selected its Ten Most Outstanding Ilokanos for 2013.
Herdy La Yumul, chair of the paper's Editorial Board Screening Committee, identified the recipients of the award as: Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Pamela Aragoza, owner of a restaurant specializing in Ilokano food owner and civil leader; Jesson Ramil Cid, gold medalist in decathlon at the recently-concluded Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar; Joven Cuanang, patron of contemporary art and former chief medical officer of St. Luke's Medical Center; Christian Espiritu, dance instructor; Michael Farinas, former Laoag City mayor; Aldrin Garvida, advocate of native culture, particularly of the Tinguians; Jorge "Jopo" Guerrero, local television broadcaster and anchor; Tina Tan, Ilokano culture blogger; Ricardo Tolentino, agriculturist, who parlayed his P50,000 into a multi-million mango business; and Zacarias Sarian, development journalism practitioner, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The award was inaugurated last year, the recipients of which were mostly politicians, in contrast to this year's awardees who came from different fields of endeavors
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