Ateneo de Zamboanga University to launch Center for Leadership and Governance

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 3, 2009) – The Ateneo de Zamboanga University will launch its Center for Leadership and Governance in Zamboanga City in Mindanao.

It said the center would be formally launched on February 6. It will be followed by a press conference at the Ateneo’s LRC Conference Room.

Fr Antonio Moreno, AdZU president, is expected to give his welcome remarks while Regina Junio, the coordinator for the Center for Leadership and Governance, will present the center’s program.

Edward Lim, the regional coordinator for Western Mindanao of the Philippine Environmental Governance Project 2; and Ginagene Uy, of the Local Governance Resource Center of the Department of Interior and Local Government, are also expected to give their solidarity messages.

Prestigious Ateneo Awards Conferred To PIME, Nagdilaab Foundation And Naga City Mayor

A Catholic organization, a Philippine foundation and a Filipino city mayor are conferred the prestigious Ateneo awards in Zamboanga City in Mindanao. The Pontificio Instituto Missioni Estere is accorded the Archbishop Luis Del Rosario SJ DD Award. Italian missionary Fr. Julio Mariani represented the PIME. The Nagdilaab Foundation in Basilan province, represented by Jessica Flores, is also conferred the Ateneo Peace Award and so is Mayor Jesse Robredo, of Naga City in Camarines Sur, who received the Mayor Cesar Climaco Award. Fr. Antonio Moreno and Rev. Romulo Valles lead the awarding ceremony in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 24, 2008) – A Catholic organization, a Philippine foundation and a Filipino city mayor had been conferred the prestigious Ateneo awards in Zamboanga City in Mindanao.

The Pontificio Instituto Misioni Estere (PIME) was accorded the Archbishop Luis Del Rosario SJ DD Award. Italian missionary Fr. Julio Mariani represented the PIME.

Ateneo awarded PIME in recognition of its 40 years of committed service to the people in Mindanao through inter-religious and intercultural dialogue and pastoral ministry among others.

PIME has missionaries across Mindanao, mostly in far-flung areas, helping the poor.

The Nagdilaab Foundation in Basilan province was also conferred the Ateneo Peace Award and so was Mayor Jesse Robredo, of Naga City in Camarines Sur, who received the Mayor Cesar Climaco Award.

The Nagdilaab Foundation, represented by Jessica Flores, was awarded because of its dedicated leadership and unwavering involvement in the “Pantabangan Basulta,” a consortium of ten non-government organizations that engage and support local leader and multisectoral constituents in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi to develop sustainable interventions to promote peace and development in partnership with communities and stake-holders.

The Ateneo de Zamboanga University also recognized Robredo’s outstanding and exemplary achievements in public service. It said Robredo demonstrated peerless brand of leadership, good local governance, and transparency and for giving credence that effective city management is compatible with yielding power to the people.

Fr. Antonio Moreno, president of Ateneo, and Rev. Romulo Valles, the Archbishop of Zamboanga, led the awarding ceremony at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Wednesday. (Mindanao Examiner)