PCIJ founder, ‘Let It Go’ composer among nominees for 2014 Presidential Awards

Eight outstanding overseas Filipinos have been nominated for the 2014 President Awards following deliberations by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), the Philippine Consulate General in New York said Thursday.

The nominees included an artist, a musician, a composer, an entrepreneur, doctors, and a noted journalist, all of whom nominated for “exemplifying the talent and industry of the Filipino,” the consulate general said in a news release.

The nominees are:

Sheila Coronel, a Magsaysay awardee and one of the founders of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism;

Robert Lopez, a songwriter known for penning the songs featured in the Disney Animation feature film Frozen.

Katherine Luzuriaga,  a Filipino-American pediatric immunologist who led a team that cured HIV in an infant in Mississippi, USA.

Sheila Lirio-Marcelo, a Filipino-American entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Care.com;

Lolita Savage, a noted Filipino–American artist who lives in New York City and Florence, Italy;

Paolo Antonio Silva, a Filipino ophthalmologist who was among the recipients of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines award in 2013;

Cecile Licad,  a world-renowned Filipina classical pianist;

Lea Carmen Salonga, a Filipina singer and actress who starred in the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon; and

“The Presidential awardees from the US Northeast successfully asserted their leadership roles in the community and the greater US society,” said Consul General Mario L. de Leon, Jr. of the US. “They inspire all of us to achieve excellence in whatever field or profession we are in.”

The eight will receive the Pamana ng Pilipino Award on December 5 at the Malacañang Palace

The award is conferred to Filipinos overseas “who, in exemplifying the talent and industry of the Filipino, have brought the country honor and recognition through excellence and distinction in the pursuit of their work and profession,” the consulate general said.

Nominees from the US Northeast comprised 17 percent of the 157 total nominations from 29 countries endorsed by 40 Philippine foreign services posts.

The eight awardees were picked out of 23 individuals and four organizations endorsed by the Philippine Consulate General. They will be among the 33 total Presidential awardees this year. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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