Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales was named the recipient of the 2017 Tandang Sora award given to outstanding Filipino women who embody the values espoused by one of the most popular Filipina heroines — Melchora "Tandang Sora" Aquino.
Carpio-Morales will receive the award on January 6 during a ceremony commemorating Tandang Sora's 205th birth anniversary at the shrine erected in her honor in Quezon City.
The Tandang Sora award is given to women who embody the seven virtues exhibited by the heroine known as the "Grand Mother of the Revolution" against Spanish colonizers in the 1800s: honesty, industry, service, word of honor, kindness, caring, and protectiveness.
Former Tandang Sora awardees include former Quezon City Mayor Adelina Rodriguez, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, journalist Tina Monzon-Palma and educator and former senator Helena Benitez.
In 2016, Carpio-Morales also received another prestigious award, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered Asia's premier prize and highest honor.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award was bestowed on Carpio-Morales for her "moral courage and commitment to justice."
The Ramon Magsaysay Foundation lauded Carpio-Morales for "restoring faith in the rule of law."
Under Carpio-Morales' leadership, the Office of the Ombudsman posted a conviction rate of 74.5 percent from only 33.3 percent previously.
Carpio-Morales will receive the award on January 6 during a ceremony commemorating Tandang Sora's 205th birth anniversary at the shrine erected in her honor in Quezon City.
The Tandang Sora award is given to women who embody the seven virtues exhibited by the heroine known as the "Grand Mother of the Revolution" against Spanish colonizers in the 1800s: honesty, industry, service, word of honor, kindness, caring, and protectiveness.
Former Tandang Sora awardees include former Quezon City Mayor Adelina Rodriguez, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, journalist Tina Monzon-Palma and educator and former senator Helena Benitez.
In 2016, Carpio-Morales also received another prestigious award, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered Asia's premier prize and highest honor.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award was bestowed on Carpio-Morales for her "moral courage and commitment to justice."
The Ramon Magsaysay Foundation lauded Carpio-Morales for "restoring faith in the rule of law."
Under Carpio-Morales' leadership, the Office of the Ombudsman posted a conviction rate of 74.5 percent from only 33.3 percent previously.
Source: gmanetwork
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