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(From Left: City Administrator Aldrin Cuña, Councilor Gian Sotto, Councilor Precious Hipolito Castelo, Mayor Herbert Bautista, Radio Veritas Asst. to the President Rev. Fr. Bong Bongayan, SVD, Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, Dr. Emerlinda Roman, Dr. Manuel S. Alba)
Radio Veritas, the leading faith-based AM station in the Philippines, was awarded as one of the Most Outstanding Institutions for 2016 by the Quezon City local government.
Radio Veritas Asst. to the President Rev. Fr. Bong Bongayan, SVD received the Manuel L. Quezon Gawad Parangal in the awarding ceremony held at the Crowne Plaza Galleria on October 22, 2016.
Started in 2002, Quezon City government has been paying tribute to outstanding individuals and institutions that have contributed not only to the City’s development and reputation but also have served as inspiration to the country as well, through the yearly conferment of its highest award of honor and recognition, the Manuel L. Quezon Gawad Parangal. The conferment was named after the late Manuel L. Quezon, the country’s second president in history.
Radio Veritas was also a recipient of Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Golden Dove Award for best radio public service announcement on April.
The station also received the first SLB Kaisa ng Bayan Award by the Jesuit socio-political group Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan during their 30th anniversary celebration last February 24, 2016.
Trinity University of Asia also chose Veritas 846 as the winner of theTrinitian Award for Values-Oriented Radio Station for the 2016 Platinum Stallion Media Awards.
Meanwhile, the news program “Veritas Pilipinas” won the Hildegarde Award under the Broadcast Journalism – Radio category from St. Scholastica’s College Manila’s10th Hildegarde Awards for Women in Media and Communication.
Radio Veritas 846 is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila. Established in 1969, the Ramon Magsaysay recipient Catholic radio station continues to be the leading social communications ministry for truth and evangelization in the country today.
