"From Carabao to Sheep" Wins Print Journalism Award

Email from CFO notifying AKLnzPINOYS that the migrant handbook "From Carabao to Sheep" is the winner of the Print Journalism Award:

Dear AKLnzPINOYS Moderators:

Greetings from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas!

We are pleased to inform you that AKLNZ’s publication “FROM CARABAO TO SHEEP” was chosen as the winner for the Print Journalism Award, one of the seven categories of the first Migration Advocacy and Media Awards. This year’s awardees were chosen for having raised public awareness on issues on Filipino migration, advocated the cause of Filipinos overseas, and promoted a positive image of Filipinos overseas, and migration and development

We hope that you will be able to receive this award during the Awarding Ceremonies on 15 December 2011 (Thursday), 5:30 pm at DM Hall (LandBank Auditorium), LBP Plaza, Malate, Manila. Should you be unable to personally receive the award, you may delegate a representative in behalf of your group to accept the award.

Please be informed that awardees are allowed to bring a maximum of five (5) representatives or guests during the Awarding Ceremonies. Kindly provide us the complete names of those who will be receiving the award (maximum of three), as well as your guests on or before December 10.

May we also invite you to participate in the different activities organized by the Inter-Agency Committee in line with the celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos (MOF) in December and International Migrants Day on December 18. Please find attached the confirmation slip, which include the MOF activities, in which you could participate.

For more information, you may contact Mr. Frencel Tingga at telephone no. 552-4766 and at his e-mail address ftingga@cfo.gov.ph .

Congratulations and we look forward to seeing you this December.

Thank you and best regards.

Very truly yours,


SECRETARY IMELDA M. NICOLAS
Chairperson