FLP honors law, business scholars

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino law and business scholars will receive cash and other prizes at the awards ceremony of the Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity (FLP).

Business leader Manuel V. Pangilinan and First Lady Liza Marcos will be the respective guest speaker and special guest at the event today at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City.

There are three groups of awardees: 20 law scholars who will receive P200,000 each; five Master of Business Administration fellows specializing in entrepreneurship, sustainability, management, economics or business law (Esmel) will each receive P450,000 and 20 dissertation contest winners will win prizes amounting to over P1.5 million.

Retired chief justice Artemio Panganiban, chairman of the FLP, will bestow the cash, plaque and other prizes to the awardees, together with Pangilinan and Marcos.

The law scholars, Esmel fellows and winning dissertations were chosen by a board of judges for each group, respectively chaired by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Amando Tetangco Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier.

Scholarships will be granted to 10 third-year law students, in partnership with the Tan Yan Kee Foundation represented by Lucio Tan III.

These third-year law students are Mariana Alberto, Cicily Mirasol and Chinzen Viernes from the University of the Philippines (UP); Kerstein Despi, Christa Mutuc and Mary Te from the University of San Carlos (USC); Enrico Paguia, Janelle Sy and Ricardo Sobreviñas from the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and Jayson Orajay from Xavier University.

Fourth-year law students who will receive scholarships are Betlee-kyle Barraquias, Gerifel Cerillo and Aimiel Reyes of ADMU; Susanna Ruth Gruyal, Allan Reyes and Robert Sanders Jr. of UP; Bulacan State University’s Joanna David; Saint Louis University’s Mia Laza; University of Santo Tomas’ Alma Patricio and Jose Rizal University’s Azelea Salcedo.

Esmel fellows who will receive P450,000 (P350,000 for tuition and P100,000 for books and living allowance) are UP’s Ralph Villanueva; ADMU’s Ciara Tuquero and Milagrosa Ballestar, Gian Lucas and Wallace Panlilio II from the Asian Institute