2012 Chapter President of IIEE-CRCSA is one of the 2018 Bagong Bayani Awardees

Engr. Rolando M. Nicolas, 2012 Chapter President of IIEE-CRCSA was conferred as the 2018 Bagong Bayani Award for Outstanding Employee given by Bagong Bayani Foundation, Inc. (BBFI) held last June 7, 2018 at the Jose Rizal Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. Atty. Ciriaco Lagunzad, the Undersecretary of the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) & National Wages & Productivity Commission Chairman (NWPC) presented the awards assisted by Vice Admiral Eduardo Ma R. Santos, President of BBFI. The complete 2018 awardees with their position and company are as follows:

A. Bagong Bayani Award for Outstanding Employee

1. Mario A. Balboa, Product Development Manager, Saudi Telecoms Company, Saudi Arabia
2. Jimmy Acevedo Carpon, Jr. Nursing Service Office Clinical Coordinator, University Hospital Tuebingen, Germany
3. Erwin Martinez Faller, Senior Lecturer, MSU Holdings Shd Bhd/ Management & Science University, Malaysia
4. Rolando Mendoza Nicolas, Senior Electrical Engineer, Saudi Consulting Services Company Engineering Consultants, Saudi Arabia
5. Jethroefel Esposo Rambuyong, Acting Manager, Inteltec Emirates, United Arab Emirates
6. Genevive Regato Soliven, Household Service Worker, Abdel Baset Mohamed Elnabawi Abdel Hamid Sayfol International School, Malaysia

B. Bagong Bayani Award for Community and Social Service

1. Augusto Pesito Buenaventura, Master Mariner, Ventis Maritime Corporation, Singapore
2. Florante Marmolejo Catanus, Finance & Payroll Officer, Audhali Law Firm, Saudi Arabia
3. Dennis Nama Rata, Welder/Glass Aluminum Technician, Design World Center Metal Company, Kuwait

C. Bagong Bayani Award for Culture and the Arts & Blas F. Ople Para sa Natatanging Bagong Bayani Award

1. Ronaldo Enriquez Molina, Supervisor/Marketing Specialist, Al Mira Centre for Trading Company Ltd., Saudi Arabia

D.Gregorio S. Oca Achievement Award

1. Eduardo Ungson Manese, Chairman of the Board, Magsaysay Inc. & Affiliates, Philippines

E. Special Recognition Award (Posthumous)

1. Eduardo Pingol Nicdao, Managing Director, New Cabalen Chain of Restaurant, Saudi Arabia

The Bagong Bayani Awards is a worldwide search for the country’s outstanding and exemplary Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).  The awards seek to recognize and pay tribute to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) for their significant efforts in fostering goodwill among peoples of the world, enhancing and promoting the image of the Filipino as a competent, responsible and dignified worker, and for greatly contributing to the socio-economic development of their communities and our country as a whole. The BBFI works hand-in-hand with the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE), Philippine Overseas & Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the private sector in paying tribute to the OFWs through the Bagong Bayani Awards.