Akbayan Rep. Tom Villarin chose to return the government service award given to him by the University of Santo Tomas Alumni Association Inc. on Sunday, in protest of the association’s decision to give the same award to Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Esther Margaux “Mocha” Uson.
Villarin and Uson, along with Sen. Joel Villanueva and Health Secretary Francisco Duque, were among 19 government officials awarded the Thomasian Award in Government Service during an alumni homecoming on Sunday.
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