The MAM Awards recognize the positive and significant contributions of media outlets, institutions and practitioners in the fields of print, radio, movie and television, advertising and internet from the government and private media organizations in the Philippines and abroad, in raising public awareness on issues on Filipino migration (i.e., human trafficking, illegal recruitment, brain drain and brain circulation, remittance flows, political crisis, families left behind by migrants, etc.) advocating the cause of Filipinos overseas, or promoting a positive image of Filipinos overseas.
The awards were conceived in 2011 by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and the Inter-Agency Committee for the December Celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants DAy in the Philippines.
For the 2019 Awards, entries must be received by the Awards Secretariat on or before 30 July 2019.
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