ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Apr) – Local mayor Celso Lobregat announced Wednesday the launching of the Maria Clara Lobregat Media Awards to coincide with the observance of the Dia de Madam Caling.
“Madam Caling” was the name referred to Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat, the influential mayor of Zamboanga City and mother of Celso Lobregat, who died of heart in January 2004.
The Dia de Madam, the mayor said, also was the day Maria Clara Lobregat was born and would be observed on April 26. She would have turned 86.
The observance of the special day in Zamboanga City will be highlighted by various activities and one of them is the “Mayor Maria Clara L. Lobregat Media Awards,” a tribute to journalists for their invaluable support and contribution to Zamboanga City.
Lobregat said the nominations for the awards have began for six categories: Columnist / Media Commentator, Development News Writer, News and Public Affairs Program, Feauture Writer, Photographer and the Mayor Maria Clara L. Lobregat Award, for outstanding journalist.
The criteria for this year’s award are the following: Immensely supportive of the city’s agenda for growth and advancement, manifesting this in the journalist profession, that included unquestionable integrity and credibility; who shows genuine love for the city, its people and traditions, promoting unity in the ranks of not only media, but the community as well – the journalist works should reflect the culture and good attributions of Zamboanga.
Journalist should serve as a model of integrity, esteem, professionalism and leadership in the media profession and must have made an extraordinary and remarkable contribution to society; and finally, journalist must earn the respect of all sectors of society with his skill, impartiality, integrity and capability.
The Zamboanga Press Club has hundreds of members, but not many of them are active or working journalists.
Maria Clara Lobregat was born in April 26, 1921 from a Filipino mother Luisa Rafols and Spanish-Filipino father Don Pablo Lorenzo.
The 21st mayor of city, Lobregat, started her political career in 1971 when she was elected as the city’s delegate to the Constitutional Convention. During the Marcos regime, she was the chair of the Philippine Coconut Authority.
She ran for the position of regional representative to the Batasang Pambansa in the early 1980s but lost to the more colorful Cesar C. Climaco. In 1987, she ran for Zamboanga City’s congressional seat and won the election.
She was considered as one of the greatest political leader in the Philippines because of her many achievements and love for humanity. (Mindanao Examiner)
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