2016 Awardees of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, pose for posterity on Nov. 4, 2016 with Ontario Lt. Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell and NEPMCC President and CEO Thomas Saras at the Lt. Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park, Toronto. Photo from NEPMCC website.

Hermie Garcia, Editor/Publisher, The Philippine Reporter and Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Delano Europa, Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Hermie Garcia, Editor/Publisher, The Philippine Reporter

Bin Kon Loo, Publisher Filipiniana newspaper

Norman Garcia, Hermie Garcia and Mila Astorga-Garcia. Garcia’s individual award is for “Journalists: Free Expression and Human Rights”

Lettie Europa, Delano Velasquez Europa, Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell. Europa’s award is for “Distinguished Services”

Paz and Bin Kon Loo. His award is for “Newspapers: Excellence in Editorial Concept, Art and Visual Presentation”