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By EDD K. USMAN | Twitter: @edd1819 | Instagram: @bluestar0910 | Facebook: SDN — SciTech and Digital News
METROPOLITAN THEATER, Manila, August 30, 2023 (SDN) — The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) bestowed today, Wednesday, its “Seal of Excellence in Public Service” 24 champions of the Filipino language.
The awardees are government agencies and local government units (LGUs) whose representatives seemed gladly attended the awarding ceremonies at the refurbished and rejuvenated Metropolitan Theater in Plaza Lawton, Manila, to receive their much deserve recognition.
KWF Chair Arthur P. Casanova led the awarding as he extolled the government agencies and LGUs for their outstanding initiatives in promoting the use of the national language in delivering public service to their constituents and/or clienteles through communications in Pilipino, the national language of the Philippines.
Casanova described in an interview — of course, in Pilipino — with SDN — SciTech and Digital News and other news outlets after the event “that this day is the giving of recognition award for excellence in service”.
“The Seal of Excellence (Selyo ng Kahusayan in Pilipino) is bestowed on agencies of the government which have trained and reached the standard of excellence in using the Filipino language in their office’s transactions, communications, documents, information campaigns, and other activities — whether verbal or in writing — in different offices of our government,” the KWF (in English: Commission on Filipino Language) head emphasizes.
Casanova added that the award is in response to Executive Order No. 335 signed by the then President Corazon C. Aquino.
In the interview with journalists, Casanova, in a resplendent colorful native attire, lamented that there are already Philippine dialects that have already been gone or at least in the process of “dying”.
To promote the Filipino language, he reiterated that all government agencies should use Pilipino in verbal or in writing to raise the level of the National Filipino language.
The KWF awardees for the 2023 “Selyo ng Kahusayan sa Serbisyong Publiko” (Seal of Excellence in Public Service) are the following:
Level 1
- Department of Agriculture (DA)
- Philippine Council on Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCIEERD)
- Department of Education-Bureau of Learning Division (DepEd-BLD)
- DepEd Schools Division Office (SDO) Ligao
- Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board (MTRCB)
- Amang Rodriguez Medical Center (ARMC)
- National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA)
- Pasig City Local Government Unit (LGU)
- Bulacan Provincial Government
- Municipality of Pililla, Rizal
- Barangay Hagdang Bato, Mandaluyong City
- Barangay Lower Bicutan, Taguig City
Level 2
- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
- Department of Labor and Employment-Bureau of Workers with Special Concern (DOLE-BWSC)
- Santa Rosa City Government
- Municipality of Marilao, Bulacan
- Barangay San Isidro, Iriga City
Level 3
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
- Rizal Medical Center (RMC)
- Pasay City Government
Level 4
- DepEd-Region V (Bicol Region)
- DepEd SDO Iriga
- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
- Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC)
“Our national language is a symbol of our being Filipino,” says Casanova.
“Thus, the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino is urging that everybody should abide by EO No. 335 because it is the duty of every office to use our language in their agency,” he added.
In relation with the Seal of Excellence in Public Service, the KWF announced that the nomination for 2024 is now open. (✓)