GENERAL SANTOS CITY (18 April 2015) – Gensan has once again proven its moniker of being the Home of the Champions, this time, through a Nobel Prize.
Michael Conche, a native of General Santos, was part of the Netherlands based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which received a Nobel Peace Prize for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons last 2013.
In his return to his hometown on April 15, Conche was commended by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera and other city officials.
In his statement, Mayor Rivera cited the significance of Conche’s achievement in bringing pride to the city.
“It is good to know that there are a lot of Generals that have been giving glory to the city. This is the reason why we are working hard in the city government in order to help aspiring individuals in the city to excel in their line of field,” Mayor Rivera said.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod has also passed SP Resolution No.10641 expressing the highest salutation of the entire of Gensan to Conche for his achievement.
Aside from Conche, there are other Filipinos who are working for OPCW, namely: Helen Andriessen and Gemma van Oudheusden-Vincoy from Davao City; Jenniefer Balatbat, Allan Laroza, Roycelynne Reyes and Mary Ann Nieto-Schroor from Metro Manila; Emily Castriciones from Quezon City; and Franz Ontal and Van Dasler from Bacolod City.
The OPCW, through the support of the United Nations, helped to eliminate the Syrian army’s stockpile of chemical weapons. This action was reckoned by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its extensive efforts to eradicate chemical weapons while promoting world peace and progress.
Conche was a graduate of Mindanao State University – General Santos City Batch 1991.
He then joined the Philippine National Police prior to being part of the Philippine delegation to the United Nations International Tribunal in Yugoslavia.
He then resigned in 2010 from police service and pursued his career as an associate in the OPCW. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John Lagare)
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