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Salonga gives cash award
to SU
This year's Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service Dr. Jovito Salonga will be giving his cash award of $50,000 to Silliman University (SU) and to two other entities. Salonga received a medallion, a certificate and the said cash award during the Presentation Ceremonies last August 31 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila. "I would be less than thankful if I assert [that] I was not attracted by the cash award of $50,000. But I have decided not to claim it for my own benefit," Salonga said in his speech. The cash award will be given to SU and two other entities: (1) Kilosbayan (People's Action), a people's organization, and (2) Bantay Katarungan (Sentinel of Justice), a non-government organization which harnesses the talents and idealism of qualified law students in the best law schools Manila. Both are independent, non-profit and non-partisan institutions. He also mentioned his brother, the late Benjamin Salonga, who was a Chemistry graduate from SU. Benjamin passed the Civil Service Examination and was employed in the Bureau of Science. "I had been a self-supporting student during my years of basic law studies in the University of the Philippines, but my brother Ben supported me so I could devote more time to reach my senior year in law school," Salonga said. Salonga was the sole winner from the Philippines among the seven awardees. He was cited "for the exemplary integrity and substance of his long public career in service to democracy and good government in the country." (by Christy Ann Marie Cong & Shenna Moncada)
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