Dr. Jestoni P. Babia, Interim President of the City College of CDO, is honored as one of the Outstanding OWWA Scholars during the "Gabi ng Parangal at Pasasalamat 2024," held on August 23, 2024, at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.
Regional Director Leonor C. Mabagal led OWWA 10 in presenting plaques to partner agencies that have provided essential support to OFWs during difficult times. The event also celebrated distinguished scholars who have made significant contributions to their fields, demonstrating leadership, innovation, and a commitment to excellenceโqualities that OWWA aims to cultivate.
In a recent Facebook post, Dr. Babia reflected on how OWWA inspired him to take on leadership roles during his college years. He shared, โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ด' ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด' ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ (๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ). ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.โ The "๐๐๐๐ข ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ" is an annual OWWA event that honors institutional partners and celebrates the success of OFW program beneficiaries.
Congratulations, Dr. Jestoni, on this well-deserved honor!