Ms. Cleta Omega, Samar
TESDA Provincial Director broke the news Wednesday morning while the
awarding ceremony in Manila was still going on.
TESDA said that the
award is a concrete recognition by the government of the important
role played by Filipino workers who are honest, hardworking,
persevering, highly skilled and successful.
The national awardee,
Dr. Amparado, is currently teaching at the Samar State University (SSU)
College of Fisheries at the Mercedes Campus this city.
Just last week,
Amparado received news that he won the regional award. In a PIA
interview last week, Amparado, although happy and elated with the
regional award then, said he did not expect to win the regional
search, much more the national quest since there would be many
contenders.
The nomination by
TESDA-Samar proved to be the best decision as Amparado emerged as the
Best in Eastern Visayas and now the national winner.
The award, named after
then President Ramon Magsaysay who was considered a true blue-collar
worker is given to Filipinos workers who are highly successful in
their respective fields, toward achieving the country's economic goals
in support of national development.
Amparado, who will
turn 50 this October is presently in
Manila
to receive his award and could not be reached for comment.
Meanwhile, TESDA said
that they will prepare a jovial homecoming and motorcade for the
national awardee.
Amparado is married to
Herminia Amparado, the Provincial Red Tide analyst. Even two of their
three children have developed a leaning to fisheries as his eldest
child is pursuing a course in Marine Biology while their youngest
child plans to go into the same field.
Amparado has always
taken pride in his humble beginnings as a tech-voc graduate who
pursued higher education up to his doctorate degree.
The whole of Samar
especially TESDA is excited for Amparado’s return next week and TESDA
together with its newest national awardee would drumbeat the theme
this year “TESDA sa ika 13, kasanayan mo, higit pang isusulong ko!
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