Birthday Tribute to BFAR Director Jovita P. Ayson (January 12, Capricorn) (Below is my personal gift to the woman who pushed me farther into my ‘alleged’ theater artistry when she allowed me to establish the only existing fisheries development theater group in the country today, the Teatrong Dagat, in 1998, still in performance until this very day. From my official family at Philippine Information Agency, we wish her a happy and a working 60th birthday.- Benjie Sagadraca De Yro) Like Fish into Water Then US First Lady Leonore Roosevelt once likened a woman to a teabag- you will never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. The First Lady may have thought of a future fisheries regional director like Jovita P. Ayson who, from day one of her colorful and exciting career, has gracefully displayed a strong character that borders between public service and career advancement. So dedicated was she in her chosen careeer that the joke circulating among her close-knit media friends is that she virtually lives inside her transport as she shuttles from one engagement into the next, in and out of the country. She was relentless in her pursuit of service excellence. In fact, she has been bestowed with the highest national government award which she considers simply as a bonus for her efforts. She believes that women should never be relegated to the footnotes of history and gather dust. Like previous women of her caliber in the past, she knows that female boldness has been required to defend personal liberty and self-determination. Even before women’s liberation became in vogue in most part of the western world, this petite Asian woman has imbibed in her system the determination not only to succeed in the so-called man’s world but likewise to share her talents and abilities for all humanity. Slowly, she was able to create a niche of her own, particularly in her chosen field. Why, it took a Cagayana of a regional director to send a message to foreign poachers that enough is enough. During the early days of her relentless campaign, she eats threats for breakfast. Director Ayson was unfazed. But that’s water under the bridge now because she was given the full authority to protect the water resources of the country. Republic Act 8550 , known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, became her bible, its provisions, her armor of God. She unknowingly transformed herself into a modern- day sentinel of the Northern seas. She continuously contributes to the national coffers by way of fines and penalties imposed against foreign poachers who thought that the northern Philippine waters is their economic playground. As a woman, Ayson is an emblem of radiant beauty and intelligence, an enigma that harbors a myriad thoughts and emotions within the crucible of her own privacy. As an afterthought, the Yemen Times has this to say: “As a great leader is said to be backed by a great woman, a prosperous nation is backed by the significant contribution of its women power.”
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:45:56 +0000
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