BARMM official gets TOYM 2019 award
GOVERNANCE/POLITICS • 14:30 PM Mon Dec 9, 2019
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By:
John M. Unson
TOYM 2019 awardee Zia Alonto Adiong is a member of the BARMM parliament (Contributed photo)
COTABATO CITY --- One of this year’s recipients of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) awards is a Maranao who is a member of the Bangsamoro parliament.
Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong shall receive the TOYM 2019 award on December 13 during a special ceremony at the Manila Hotel.
The grant of TOYM citations is an annual activity of the Philippine Jaycees Incorporated, meant to honor Filipinos with remarkable community service feats.
Adiong, more known as “Zia,” is younger brother of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr.
He is presently an appointed member of the parliament of the still fledgling Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Adiong had served for three terms as member of the now defunct Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that got replaced with BARMM last February.
ARMM’s replacement with BARMM is a product of 22 years of talks between Malacañang and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a peace overture that the Adiongs of Lanao del Sur supported extensively