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The Cebu Media Excellence Awards by Globe was recently launched at Harold's Hotel. The Cebu Media Excellence Awards will award deserving media professionals and practitioners in Cebu. The Globe Cebu Media Excellence Awards will have various categories for different mediums, even bloggers are recognized.

The search period will be on September 21, 2011 to July 31, 2012. The deadline for search entries will be on July 31, 2012 while the screening period will be on August 1-31, 2012. The Announcement of the Media Excellence Awards Nominees will be on September 1, 2012 and for the winners on September 21, 2012!

The Excellence Awards by Globe will be the following:

• PRINT REPORTER OF THE YEAR
• TV REPORTER OF THE YEAR
• RADIO REPORTER OF THE YEAR
• FEATURE STORY OF THE YEAR (print, tv, radio)
• COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
• TV BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
• RADIO COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR
• BLOGGER OF THE YEAR (as a special award)

Be sure to witness the recognition of Media Excellence next year!!

The 10th ABET Awards was held in the Center for Performing Arts, USJR at 6:00pm last February 18, 2011 which was organized by the Masscom Coordinates. ABET or Amateur Broadcast for Experimental Television Awards is a yearly event of the said organization that gives commendations to the short films and music videos of the students enrolled in Mass Communications.

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY:
Best Screenplay Award (true friend)
Value Oriented Video Award (true friend)
Best in Cinematography / Originality Award (true friend)
Best Director Award (Felvie Oracion of True Friend)
Best Female Performer Award (Cynthia Lois Tac-an of True Friend)
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (true friend)
best male performer (charles letigio of thinking of you)
best in make up (when i look at you)


SHORT FILM CATEGORY
Best Poster Award (jemeneah)
Best in Cinematography (jemeneah)
2nd BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR Award (jemeneah)
shortfilm of the year (ngano)
Best In Screenplay (sulat ni trese)
Best In Original Concept (sulat ni trese)
Third Best Short film of The Year (sulat ni trese)
best actress (pia abejo of ate)
best actor (wilo ybanez of kasakit sa kamatuoran)
best supporting actress (losyl villarico)
best supporting actor (vladimir kuizon of ngano)
best in visual effects (eskinita)
best director (john gestoni sajulan of ngano)
best musical score (ngano)
best themesong (eskinita)

will be updated soon with the complete list!

Due to his contributions to business and community development, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) president Roberto E. Aboitiz received an honorary degree for Doctor of Science in Business Management from the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJR) last Aug. 19. During his conferment, Aboitiz said that the citation is “an honor (we) will treasure in (our) family.”

“I receive this prestigious award on behalf of all men and women I have worked with over the years. The challenges and setbacks we have experienced have served to form me into the person that I am today. This is an occasion for all of us to celebrate,” Aboitiz told the audience mostly composed of the USJR Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, and students.

Aboitiz is also Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Aboitiz Construction Group Inc.-Metaphil. He is also Director of Aboitiz and Company Inc., Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., AboitizLand Inc., Cebu Industrial Park Development Inc., City Savings Bank, Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc., and Aboitiz Foundation Inc.

He is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sacred Heart School-Jesuits. He is the Consul ad Honorem of the Netherlands in Cebu and has been serving in this capacity since May 1980.

In March 2008, he received the Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) and the Perlas Award (Valuable Leader in Youth and Community Development). In January 2009, he was conferred the Knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau by Her Majesty Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of the Netherlands.

In his conferment, Aboitiz shared his “Bugsay Philosophy.” Bugsay is the Cebuano word for paddle. “Every person in this room, and born into this world, is given a bugsay. By this, I mean that we have the power to act, to achieve, and to propel ourselves to become the person of our choice.

In this respect, we are all born equal. What we accomplish thereafter depends largely on the decisions and choices we make or fail to make. It’s called free will,” he said. He pointed out the importance of having a goal in life broken into daily activities; being prepare to deal with setbacks and changes; persisting; having the right attitude and plan to succeed; working with teams; taking a positive view of life; and living life with a purpose.

“Like the fishermen, don’t stop paddling or you will never get to your destination. Believe in yourself and trust in your mission. You can make a difference. We can build a nation if we all paddle together,” Aboitiz said. As president of RAFI, Aboitiz integrates his development framework of partnership, linkages, and belief that development is possible when there is collaboration from all sectors.