The Gusi Peace Prize is a Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 based award recognising individuals working toward the attainment of peace and respect for human life and dignity.
The award is given to 10 to 15 persons each year, who must attend the awards night to receive it.Absentees's awards are rescinded. The prize is given to distinguished individuals or groups worldwide with exemplary contributions to peace and human rights, science, or the arts.

The annual awards is run by the Gusi Peace Prize Foundation, an organization based in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

 that performs humanitarian work for poor communities in the Philippines. The foundation was created in 2003 by Barry Gusi.
Daniel Amar Siad As Secretary General

The Gusi Peace Prize is mandated by Presidential Proclamation No. 1476 signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

, declaring every fourth Wednesday of November as the 'Gusi Peace Prize International Friendship Day'.

2011

• Behgjet Pacolli
  Behgjet Pacolli
  Behgjet Isa Pacolli is a former President of the Republic of Kosovo, and is now First Deputy Prime Minister serving in the cabinet of Hashim Thaçi...
  
  , Former President of Kosovo
  Republic of Kosovo
  Kosovo , officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognised state and a disputed territory in the Balkans...
  
   and First Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo
  Republic of Kosovo
  Kosovo , officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognised state and a disputed territory in the Balkans...
  
  
• Norman Inkster
  Norman Inkster
  Norman David Inkster, OC served as 18th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from September 1, 1987 to June 24, 1994...
  
  
• Amos C. Sawyer, Former President of Liberia
• Thakur S Powdyel, Minister of Education in Bhutan. Advocate of Educational / Academic / Institutional Integrity & Moral Literacy
• Mayankote Kelath Narayanan
  Mayankote Kelath Narayanan
  Mayankote Kelath Narayanan , commonly referred to as M. K. Narayanan, is the current Governor of Indian state West Bengal and was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India until January 2010. He was appointed to this post on January 25, 2005, three weeks after the previous NSA,...
  
  , Governor of West Bengal, India
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Megre
  Vladimir Megre
  Vladimir Megre is a Siberian entrepreneur from Novosibirsk, and founder of the Anastasia/"Ringing Cedars" movement.-Background:...
  
  , Author of the world renowned novel “Anastasia” which sold millions of copies worldwide
• Phongsavath Boupha
• Phra Maha Vudhijaya Vajiramedhi
• Felino Palafox, Jr.
• Diana Uribe
• James Mancham
  James Mancham
  Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977.-Political background:...
  
  , Founder and Former President of the Republic of Seychelles
• Richard Ryan Ho Lung
• Viktor Medikov
• Emanuel Jones, USA Senator, Atlanta, Georgia
• Thomas K. Stern
• Yolanda O. Stern
• Omer Zulfu Livaneli
• Roland Mösl
  Roland Mösl
  Roland Mösl, born July 9th 1958 in Innsbruck, Austria.He invented 1991 the Gemini house and founded PEGE.org - Planetary Engineering Group Earth.He was awarded for this project at the EUREKA world innovation fair in Brussels 1993...
  
  
• Aykut Eken

2010 Laureates

Arnold Foote (Jamaica)

Mary Chinery-Heese (Ghana)

Michael Nobel

Michael Nobel

Dr. Michael Nobel is most commonly known for his part in developing the Magnetic Resonance Imaging . At present, Nobel serves on several international boards that focus on scientific, medical and charitable initiatives. He is an advocate and authority on environmental issues and alternative energy...

 (Sweden)

Yank Barry

Yank Barry

Yank Barry was born Gerald Barry Falovitch on January 29, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec. The philanthropist along with his friend and partner Muhammad Ali have fed over 515,000,000 meals to the needy around the world over the last eighteen years....

 (Canada)

Art-Ong Jumsai (Thailand)

Jivko Jelev (Bulgaria)

Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe (Sri-Lanka)

Professor Dr. Irinel Poppescu (Romania)

Mr. Arne Veidung (Norway)

Mr. David Plattner (USA)

Professor Raoul Parienti (French)

Honourable Oliver "Buck" Revell (USA)

Rev. Fr. Rocky Evangelista (The Philippines)

Consul General Lo Seng Chung (China)

Mr. Walter Maibaum (USA)

Mr. Demetri Argyropoulos (Greece)

Dr. Rainer Krell (Germany)

2009

Bob Filner

Bob Filner

Robert Earl Filner is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 50th, serving since 1993, and Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

 (USA)

Christine M. Warnke, Ph.D. (USA)

Her Royal Highness Princess Fuziah Raja Uda (MALAYSIA)

Hon. Massimo Romagnoli (ITALY)

Ambassador Preciosa S. Soliven (PHILIPPINES)

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga

Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...

 (PHILIPPINES)

Alexey Steele

Alexey Steele

Alexey Steele is an American painter of the Russian Representational School and a Soviet Art scholar. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990. Steele gained recognition for his unusual multi-figure compositions of an exceptionally large scale. His areas of expertise also include portraits, nudes and...

 (RUSSIA)

Ali Nasuh Mahruki (TURKEY)

Charalambos Lambrou (CYPRUS)

Madam Timi Bakatselos (GREECE)

Madam Surapee Rojanavongse (THAILAND)

Dr. Ho Son Fat (MACAU)

Dr. Rudiger Losch (GERMANY)

Natividad Mercedes Meza (PARAGUAY)

Dr. Liu Chi Chun (TAIWAN)

Silvia Scherer (SWITZERLAND)

The Most Rev. Fr. Joseph A. Faller (PHILIPPINES)

Ali Nasuh Mahruki (TURKEY)

Dr. Alice Chui (HONG KONG)

Professor Emil-Silvio Ciobata (ROMANIA)

2008

Congressman Gus Bilirakis

Gus Bilirakis

Gus Michael Bilirakis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives.- Early life, education and career :...

 from (USA)

Dr. James Boss of (Singapore)

Kevin Kwan from (Hong Kong)

Dr. Henry Lee (USA)

Speaker of the House Tan Sri Pandikar Mulia (Malaysia)

Charles Njonjo, (Kenya)

Dr. Dan Zoltan Reinstein (UK)

Rolf Schwind (Germany)

Giorgios Tassou (Cyprus)

Dr. Harold Lindsay Thompson (Australia)

Rosario Uriarte (Philippines)

Antonio Lopez (Philippines)

2007

Ceremony held at Meralco Theater

Meralco Theater

Meralco Theater is a theater on Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City, Philippines. It was previously known as the Meralco Auditorium.It seats over 1,000 people.-Current Tenants:*Sunday Mass ServiceCurrent Events...

 in Pasig City

Pasig City

The City of Pasig is one of the city municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region...

 on November 21.

• Constancia de Guzman (Philippines)
• Persida Rueda-Acosta (Philippines)
• Heherson T. Alvarez
  Heherson T. Alvarez
  Heherson "Sonny" T. Alvarez is a Philippine politician. He was born in Santiago, Isabela, the Philippines on October 26, 1939. He is married to Cecile Gidote. They have two children....
  
   (Philippines)
• Dr. Shigeru Suganami (Japan)
• Dr. Tae Sup Lee (Korea)
• Yu Pang Lin (China)
• Dr. Farland Stanley (USA)
• Michalos Constantine (Greece)
• Thomas Cheng Wai Yu (Hong Kong)
• George Bistis (USA)
• Dr. Peter Schantz
  Peter Schantz
  Peter Gösta Schantz, born in April 28 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden, graduated as doctor in medical sciences at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in 1986, became associate professor in human movement sciences at the University of Örebro in 2005, and professor in human movement sciences at...
  
   (USA)
• Dr. Phet Phongternith (Thailand)
• Lt. Gov. Elmo Johnson (Federated States of Micronesia)
• Vice President Elias Camsik Chin (Palau)
• Sen. Ney Robinson Suassuna (Brazil)

2006

The awards were presented by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

, at Meralco Theater on 22 November 2006.

• Datuk Ismail Mohammad (Malaysia)
• Gov. Carl T.C. Gutierrez
  Carl T.C. Gutierrez
  Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez is a Guamanian politician.He has served at total of 10 terms in the Guam Legislature and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1978 , and again in 1986. Gutierrez was defeated by Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo and Lieutenant Governor Edward D. Reyes in 1986...
  
   (Guam)
• Dr. Ioannis Lyras (Greece)
• Justice Ram B. Jethmalani (India)
• Former President Fidel Valdez Ramos (Philippines)
• Master Bup Kwan (Republic of Korea)
• Rev. Father Corsie Legaspi (Philippines)
• Ambassador Tarmizi Taher
  Tarmizi Taher
  Tarmizi Taher, MD was Indonesia's Minister of Religious Affairs from 1993 to 1998. After qualifying as a doctor, he made his career in the Indonesian Navy and retired with the rank of Rear Admiral. He then served as General Secretary of the Department of Religious Affairs for 5 years, before being...
  
   (Indonesia)
• Dr. Leung Ping Chung (Hong Kong)
• Dr. Felipe I. Tolentino (Philippines)
• Katya Grineva (Russia)
• Alan John Hackett (New Zealand)
• Director Carlo J. Caparas
  Carlo J. Caparas
  Magno "Carlo" Jose Caparas , widely known as Carlo J. Caparas, is a Filipino comic strip creator/writer-turned director and producer, who is best known for creating Filipino superheroes and comic book characters such as Panday, Bakekang, Totoy Bato, Joaquin Bordado, Kamagong, Kamandag, Elias...
  
   (Philippines)
• Madam Wang Zushi (People’s Republic of China)
• Supreme Master Ching Hai (Vietnam)

2005

• Dr. Anthony C. H. Wong (Hong Kong)
• Sis. Arlene Riccio and The Daughters of St. Mary of Providence (Vatican)
• George Dovellos (Greece)
• Regina Paz L. Lopez (Philippines)
• David T. Bussau (New Zealand)
• Prof. Li Qi (China)
• Jose Mari Chan
  José Mari Chan
  Jose Mari Chan is a Chinese Filipino singer, songwriter and businessman in the sugar industry. He was born in Iloilo City on March 11, 1945. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1967...
  
   (Philippines)
• Cong. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Guam)
• Dr. Sundaram Natarajan (India)
• Archbishop Nikitas Lulias (Greece)
• Ma. Alexandra Prieto-Romualdez (Philippines)
• Malcolm William Prowse (Australia)
• Maria Coop (Australia)
• Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn
  Edward S. Hagedorn
  Edward Solon Hagedorn is the mayor of Puerto Princesa City. He was first elected mayor of in May 1992, when the city was still capital of the island province of Palawan, in the Philippines...
  
   (Philippines)

2004

• Georg Von Dziembowski (Germany)
• Dr. Peter K. W. Fong (Hong Kong)
• Eugene Torre (Philippines)
• Douglas Maclagan
  Douglas Maclagan
  Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan PRSE FRCPE FRCSE FCS FRSSA was a Scottish surgeon, toxicologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence....
  
   (UK)
• Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales (Philippines)
• Rodolfo “Dolphy” V. Quizon (Philippines)
• Dr. Iichiro Ohhira (Japan)
• Sen. John Michael Quinata (Guam)
• Hiro Kundamal (Pakistan)
• Mayor Feliciano R. Belmonte Jr. (Philippines)
• Lee Xiu Mien (China)
• Fundador “Fundy” C. Soriano (Philippines)
• Carmela “Mel” Tiangco (Philippines)

2003

• Maximo V. Soliven
  Máximo V. Soliven
  Máximo Villaflor Solivén was a prominent Filipino journalist and newspaper publisher. In a career that spanned six decades, he attained his greatest peak and influence with the Philippine Star, which he co-founded in 1986, and where he served as publisher until his death...
  
   (Philippines)
• Enrique P. Syquia (Malta)
• Fernando Poe Jr. (Philippines)
• Queen Gloria Gibbon Salii (Palau)
• Dean Julita V. Sotejo (Philippines)
• Tommy Remengesau
  Tommy Remengesau
  Thomas Esang Remengesau, Jr. is a Palauan politician who served as president of Palau from 2001 to 2009.He became vice-president in 1992 and was elected as president in 2000; he took office on January 1, 2001. He wished to make Palau less dependent upon United States aid, and to promote limited...
  
   (Palau)
• Dr. Fe del Mundo
  Fe del Mundo
  Fe del Mundo was a Filipino pediatrician. The first woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School, she founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines...
  
   (Philippines)
• Jesse Anderson Lujan (Guam)
• Teresita Ang See (Philippines)
• Carmen Fernandez (Guam)
• Mildred A. Go (Philippines)
• Sen. Rodolfo Biazon
  Rodolfo Biazon
  Rodolfo "Pong" Gaspar Biazon is a politician in the Philippines. He is a former Senator. He was elected Senator in the 1992 election for a term of 3 years. He was elected to his first six-year term in the 1998 election, and was re-elected in the 2004 election...
  
   (Philippines)
• Julius Babao
  Julius Babao
  Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao is a Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator and former talk show host for the Philippine television station ABS-CBN...
  
   (Philippines)

2002

• Anthony Quinn
  Anthony Quinn
  Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
  
   (USA)
• Angelo T. Reyes (Philippines)
• Robert Barbers
  Robert Barbers
  Robert Zabala Barbers was a police officer, Secretary of Interior and Local Government and Senator of the Philippines.-Early life and studies:...
  
   (Philippines)
• Benjamin Abalos
  Benjamin Abalos
  Benjamin S. Abalos, Sr. is a politician and is a former chairman of the Philippine Commission on Election. He was also a MMDA Chairman and Mandaluyong City Mayor. He is the father of current Mandaluyong City mayor Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos, Jr..-Early life:Benjamin Abalos was born into a poor...
  
   (Philippines)
• Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (Philippines)

External links

(inc. list of prominent Gusi Peace Prize laureates)

• 2007 Gusi Peace Prize, Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association