Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award

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The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences bestowed the Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award to Filipino producers and film industry leaders of distinction whose body of films produced and/or film industry achievements have given merit to the Filipino film industry as a whole, as well as Filipino film producers in other countries whose body of work is recognized in that particular country.

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Joseph Estrada The 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001

Joseph Ejercito Estrada is a Filipino politician and former actor who served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, ninth Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, from 2013 to 2019. In 2001, he became the first president in Asia to be impeached from an executive role and resigned from power.

Eddie Garcia Filipino actor

Eduardo Verchez Garcia, known colloquially as Manoy, was a Filipino actor, television personality, film director and producer. With over 600 film and television roles and a career spanning seven decades, he is widely regarded as the "greatest Filipino actor of all time". He had the highest number of appearances in Philippine films, portraying a variety of roles which include gay, antihero, and villain roles.

Manuel "Manoling" Morato is a former government official in the Philippines.

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References

  1. ↑ "20th FAMAS AWARDS winners". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
  2. ↑ "1973 FAMAS AWARDS". Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
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