The Presidential Medal of Merit (Pampanguluhang Medalya ng Merito) is an honor given by the Republic of the Philippines. History The Presidential Merit Award was renamed the Presidential Medal of Merit by Executive Order 236 on September 19, 2003. Award The Presidential Medal of Merit shall be conferred upon an individual, Filipino or foreign: Recipients Rosa Sevilla, 1948 Aurora Quezon, 1949 (posthumous) Carlos P. Romulo, 1949 Carmen de Luna, 1949, for her contributions to youth and education Francisca Tirona-Benitez, 1949 María Orosa, 1949 (posthumous) Jaime De Veyra, 1950 Rebecca Parrish, 1950 Sergio Osmeña, 1950 Elpidio Quirino, 1955 Emilio Aguinaldo, 1955 Juan Nakpil, 1955 Engracia Cruz-Reyes, 1955 Trinidad Fernandez-Legarda, 1966 Josefa Edralin-Marcos, 1966 Amado T. Del Rosario, 1970 Guillermo Tolentino, 1970 Vicente Madrigal, 1970 Scout Oscar M. Alcaraz, 1970 (posthumous) International Rice Research Institute, 1972 Manuel Elizalde, 1972 Kenneth Lee Pike, 1974 Herbert W. Armstrong, 1983 Gabriel Elorde, 1984 Paeng Nepomuceno, 1984 Ossie Mills, 1987 Lea Salonga, 1990 Cecile Licad, 1991 Maniya Barredo, 1994 Haydee Yorac, 1997 Teresita de Castro, 1998 Armand Fabella, 1998 Hermogenes Esperon, 1998 Edelmiro Amante, 1998 Emilio Osmeña, 1998 Epimaco Velasco, 1998 Franklin Drilon, 1998 Leonardo Quisumbing, 1998 Victor Sumulong, 1998 Ramon Montaño, 1998 Jang Young-sik, 1998 Jesus Dureza, 1998 Philip Watts, 2001 Robert A. Underwood, 2002 Manny Pacquiao, 2003 Dr. Josette Biyo, 2003 René van der Linden, 2005 Abdulmari Imao, 2005 Alexander Magno, 2005 Alfonso Yuchengco, 2005 Andres Bautista, 2005 Carmen Pedrosa, 2005 Efraim Tendero, 2005 Gilberto Duavit Sr., 2005 Mel Senen Sarmiento, 2005 Oscar Rodriguez, 2005 Pablo Garcia, 2005 Pedro Romualdo, 2005 Raul Lambino, 2005 René Azurin, 2005 Sergio Apostol, 2005 Vicente Paterno, 2005 Anita Magsaysay-Ho, 2006 Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, 2006 (posthumous) Juvenal Sanso, 2006 Nena Saguil, 2006 (posthumous) Oscar Yatco, 2006 Romeo Tabuena, 2006 apl.de.ap, 2006 will.i.am, 2006 Benjamin Cayetano, 2006 Linda Lingle, 2006 Francisco Bustamante, 2006 Monique Lhuillier, 2006 Federico Alcuaz, 2006 Manuel Conde, 2006 (posthumous) Malang, 2006 Alfonso Cusi, 2007 Antonio Cuenco, 2007 Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, 2007 Raul del Mar, 2007 Thadeo Ouano, 2007 Tomas Osmeña, 2007 Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, 2007 Reverend Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros, SJ, 2008 (posthumous) Francis Magalona, 2009 (posthumous) Jaime Augusto Zóbel de Ayala II, 2009 Leland Yee, 2010 Lilia de Lima, 2010 Ambeth Ocampo, 2013 Peter Irving Corvera, 2016 Arnel Paciano D. Casanova, 2016 Araceli Limcaco–Dans, 2018 Hidilyn Diaz, 2021 References 1 Presidential Medal of Merit Establishments by Philippine executive order