Journalist Melandrew T.  Velasco of Dagupan City was among the eight JCI (Junior Chamber International) Senators conferred with the 2009 JCISP Golden Awards by the JCI Senate Philippines.

Velasco was awarded for his works in media and literature.

Velasco, a U.P. Diliman College of Mass Communications graduate, was recognized by the JCI Senate Philippines “for his excellent and exemplary achievements in the fields of media and literature having authored seven historical biographies mostly on the exemplary lives of the family members and that of former President Fidel V. Ramos, thus enriching Philippine history and literature as lasting gifts to the future generations of Filipinos.”

Last year, he served as JCISP national chairman of The Outstanding Filipino Physicians (TOFP) awards and in 2007 as editor of the JCI Senator, the official publication of JCI Senate Philippines.

A product of the public educational system, he earned his primary schooling at the Binmaley Central School in Pangasinan. For six years, he was a consistent outstanding seminarian at the Mary Help of Christians Seminary in Binmaley and Christ the King Mission College Seminary in Quezon City.

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