AKBAYAN Rep. Tom Villarin chose to return the government service award given to him by the UST Alumni Association, Inc. (UAAI) on Sunday, in protest of its decision to give the same award to Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Esther Margaux “Mocha” Uson.

Villarin and Uson, along with Senator Joel Villanueva and Health Secretary Francisco Duque, were among 19 government officials who were given the Thomasian Award in Government Service, during an alumni homecoming on Sunday. Uson was included in a last-minute decision by the association.

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