PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lauded this year’s awardees of the Metrobank Foundation, which include Bukidnon’s Icon for Transformative Education in the Modern Age and Davao City’s Modern Teacher Influencer.

Marcos said that the excellence they have demonstrated is “worth emulating.”

“Your accomplishments bring us closer to Bagong Pilipinas that we are determined to build—a nation that has a globally competitive education system, a safe and empowered citizenry, and a society that offers equal opportunities for all,” he said
during the awarding rites held in Malacañang on Thursday.

Among the awardees were Rex Sario, Bukidnon’s Icon for Transformative Education in the Modern Age and June Elias Patalinghug, Davao City’s Modern Teacher Influencer.

“Your noble works as academicians, soldiers, and police officers are oftentimes the most demanding, exhausting, and wearisome professions out there,” the President said.

“Nevertheless, yours are also among the most important and hopefully the most rewarding and fulfilling vocations there are,” he added.