Conferment Ceremony of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon on Former NTC Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba

2023/7/20
  
 
On 19 July 2023, Honorable Gamaliel A. Cordoba, Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) and former Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in a conferment ceremony held at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan.

The award, conferred by Ambassador KOSHIKAWA Kazuhiko on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, was given in recognition of Hon. Cordoba’s contributions to advancing the cooperation between Japan and the Philippines in the field of telecommunications.
 
 

 

In his congratulatory message, Ambassador Koshikawa cited Hon. Cordoba’s pivotal role in the application of ISDB-T [1] in the Philippines. The ISDB-T is a terrestrial digital television-broadcasting standard devised by Japan. In cooperation with the Japanese public and private, Hon. Cordoba successfully led the efforts for the smooth launch and dissemination of ISDB-T in the country. “Without Commissioner Cordoba's visionary leadership and unwavering dedication, the deployment and dissemination of ISDB-T in the Philippines certainly would have never materialized” Ambassador Koshikawa added.

The ceremony was witnessed by First Lady Louise Araneta – Marcos, former President and current House Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal – Arroyo and former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Senate Majority Floor Leader Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, and NTC Commissioner Ella Lopez, along with close family and friends.

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[1] ISDB-T stands for Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial