First Filipina: Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

12.28.2009

Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

1st Filipina and first person to receive the first US anti-child labor award (2009)
1st Filipina anti-child labor advocate to receive the first annual Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor given by the US Department of Labor (2009)

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Filipino receives first US anti-child labor award
Philippine Woman Honored for Fight Against Child Labor

Did you know...

...that President Noynoy Aquino was the first Filipino bachelor to become President of the Republic of the Philippines?
...that Astronomer Armando Lee was the first Filipino Master of Science (MS) degree holder in Astronomy in the Philippines?
...that race driver Marlon Stockinger was the first Filipino-Swiss race winner in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship?
...that Joy Rojas was the first Filipina to run across 3,107 miles across the United States?
...that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the first Filipino sports billionaire?
...that José Rizal was given the label 'First Filipino' by Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first Filipino Ambassador to Germany?

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