PAGADIAN CITY NEWS - The hard life of being a vendor, working student, farmer, waiter, tricycle driver, and mechanic have greatly contributed to the success of this year’s regional winner of the search for the “2011 Model Overseas Filipino Worker Family of the Year Award (MOFYA) land-based held in Lantaka Hotel, Zamboanga City on October 4, 2011
City Councilor Arnold Robes Gavenia, 47, who received a plaque of recognition, certificate and total cash of P25 thousand from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) recounted his very difficult life during his childhood that forced him to work abroad.