THE CHAIRMAN'S WORK AND RECOGNITIONS

Recognitions

2007 Gold Humanitarian Award

2001 Silver Humanitarian Award
For outstanding volunteer efforts in alleviating human suffering
 
1991 Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Award
Philippine National Red Cross

Works

He has led the PNRC volunteers in several rescue and relief operations all over the country including the:

-1987 sinking of MV Asuncion where he helped rescue 55 people and even adopted an 11 year-old survivor, Lilibeth Acar;

-1987 and 1989 Super typhoons and floods in Ormoc, Cebu, Negros, Isabela, Pampanga, Bataan

-16 July 1990 Killerquake that hit Luzon Provinces and the cities of Manila, Cabanatuan, Baguio, La Union, and Pangasinan

-15 June 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption of the century of where he led thousands of indigenous mountain dwellers to safety

-1991 Bocaue Bulacan Pagoda Fluvial Parade Tragedy

-1993 and 2000 Mt. Mayon Volcanic eruptions

-May 1993 collapse of Guzman Tech Building in Manila

-1997 called for an Asian Disaster Training and Logistic Center in Subic Freeport to help plan, prepare for and mitigate calamities and disasters.

-1999 convened the first ASEAN Disaster Management Workshop Seminar in Manila. Efforts are now underway for the establishment of such regional center in Subic Freeport

-February 2000 launched the MILLENIUM PARTNER wherein corporate donations sustain disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts. To date, it now raised almost PhP 27 Million funds

-March 2000 successfully negotiated, without ransom, the release of 18 Filipino hostages from the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan

-Fires that razed the Philippine International Convention Center and the Office of then Vice President Teofisto Guingona in 2001 and the Manor Hotel in 2002

-Immediately flew to Palawan 28 May 2001 after Dos Palmas kidnapping and on 4 March 2003 to Davao after the Davao International Airport bombings.