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December 78, 1921 - North Shore News

NV resident to

LEO CUNANAN is finally
going to get to see Imelda
Marcos’ shoes.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The 54-vear-old North Van-
couver resident has been awarded
a Lingkod sa Kapwa_ Filipino
Award from the Philippines gov-
ernment.

He is one of on
fron around the

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world

NEWS photo Mike Waketield

NORTH VANCOUVER resident
Leo Cunanan will be presented
with a prestigious award in
December by Philippines
President Corazon Aquino.

honored with the prestigious
award for his volunteer efforts in
aid of Filipinos overseas.

The award will be presented to
Cungnan tomorrow in Manila by

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Aquino,

And high on Cunanan’s agenda
will be a tour of the fancy
footwear made famous by the
former first lady of the Philip-
pines.

il take my wife along to the
presidential palace. She'll be so
happy.’ Cunanan said prior to
leaving for the Philippines to col-
feet his award. ‘We'll also tour
the museum with fmelda’s shoes
and gowns. | was surprised. 1 did
nol think | would get this award
because there are se many more
deserving Filipincs.”’

Cunanan said he won the award
in) part for his volunteer work
with such projects as a volcano
relief! effort, work with the
YMCA organization and his ef-
forts to promote journalism in the
local Filipino community.

Cunanan was the publisher and
editor of a Philippines newspaper
on the Lower Mainland before he
sold the publication.

He is currently the publisher of
the ipino-Canadian Business
Directory
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Cunanan, an emptoyee with the
Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC)
in North Vancouver, will have
spent Christmas and New Year’s
Eve in the Philippines since he left
that country 20 years ago.

“P have been fortunate enough
to live in’ a place” like this
(Canada) and J feel it is my
obligation to help others who may

not be as fortunate,’ said
Cunanan. “— grew up very poor
and I can empathize with the vic-
There's almost no end to all
calamity that has struck the
Philippines.’

Cunanan will receive his award
from the Commission of Filipinos
Overseas (CFO).

“You have been nominated for

consistently undertaking programs
(o promote the welfare and inter-
ests of Filipinos in Canada and
for initiating various activities
which led to the channeling of
resources to support various civic
and economic projects in the
Philippines,’' CFO executive

‘director Alfredo Perdon said in a

letter to Cunanan.

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