Order of the Golden Heart (Philippines)

Order of the Golden Heart (Philippines)
The Order of the Golden Heart (Orden ng Gintong Puso) is an order of the Philippines.
History
Created by Executive Order 40-A dated June 21, 1954, the Golden Heart Presidential Award was upgraded to the Order of the Golden Heart by Executive Order 236 on September 19, 2003.
Criteria
The Order of the Golden Heart gives official recognition to Filipino or foreign citizens who have rendered distinguished services or given noteworthy monetary or other material aid, encouragement to the campaign for the amelioration and improvement of the moral, social, and economic conditions of the Filipino masses, and for volunteerism in the service of the Filipino masses.
Ranks
The Order of the Golden Heart shall be composed of the following ranks:
Grand Collar (GCGH) (Maringal na Kuwintas): Conferred upon a former or incumbent head of State and/or of government, see photo.
Grand Cross (GCrGH) (Maringal na Krus): Conferred upon a Crown Prince, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice or the equivalent, foreign minister or other official of cabinet rank; or upon an Ambassador, Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Grand Officer (GOGH) (Maringal na Pinuno): Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires, e.p., Minister, Minister Counselor, Consul General heading a consular post, executive director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Commander (CGH) (Komandante): Chargé d'affaires, a.i., Counselor, First Secretary, Consul General in the consular section of an Embassy, Consular officer with a personal rank higher than Second Secretary, Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Officer (OGH) (Pinuno): Conferred upon a Second Secretary, Consul, assistant director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Member (MGH) (Kagawad): Conferred upon a Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Attaché, Principal Assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Insignia
The Ribbon of the Order is red. The award had a tricolor blue, white, red ribbon
The badge and the plaque is a green-enamelled Maltese cross with an oval golden medallion representing hands open to a golden shining heart, surmounted by a reverse motto "MANUM TUAM APERVIT INOPE", the whole medallion surrounded by a green crown of laurel, and between the branches, golden laces and green leaves.
The badge was originally designed as a medal by Gilbert Perez and later modified into the badge of the Order by Galo Ocampo.
Notable recipients
The following names were based on the roster of recipients from the Malacañang Protocol Office:
Conferred by Ramon Magsaysay
Carlos P. Romulo, Member (Kagawad), September 13, 1954; Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 1954
Helen Keller, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), March 20, 1955
Conferred by Carlos Garcia
Ramon Magsaysay, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1958 (posthumous)
Manuel Quezon, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), August 19, 1960 (posthumous)
Conferred by Diosdado Macapagal
Queen Sirikit of Thailand, 1963
Gemma Cruz-Araneta, 1964
Conferred by Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.
Siti Hartinah, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1968
Dr. Clark Bloom, Golden Heart Presidential Award, 1971
Dr. Robert F. Chandler, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 1971
Queen Ratna, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1971
Kwa Geok Choo, Golden Heart Presidential Award, January 15, 1974
Dr. Charles P. Bailey, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1975
Dr. Denton Cooley, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1975
Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1975
Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1975
Talal bin Abdulaziz, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 1983
Peace Corps in the Philippines, Golden Heart Presidential Award, 1983
Imelda Marcos, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas)
Suharto, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas)
Conferred by Corazon Aquino
Dr. K. Ramiah, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus)
M.S. Swaminathan, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 1987
Santanina Tillah Rasul, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 29, 1988
Conferred by Fidel Ramos
Fr. Pierre Tritz, SJ, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), October 8, 1993
Manuel Manahan, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), April 20, 1994
Dr. Klaus Lampe, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), May 19, 1995
The Rockefeller Brothers, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), August 31, 1996
Eduardo Ermita, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), September 2, 1997
Fortunato Abat, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), September 2, 1997
Ruben Torres, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), September 2, 1997
Orlando S. Mercado, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), May 13, 1998
Emilia Boncodin, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Gabriel Singson, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Jose T. Almonte, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Juan Flavier, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Magtanggol Gunigundo I, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Manuel Morato, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Manuel Yan, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Renato de Villa, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Santanina Tillah Rasul, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 23, 1998
Conferred by Joseph Ejercito Estrada
Sir Rupert Clarke, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), March 9, 1999
Conferred by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Dr. Jacques Diouf, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), April 20, 2004
Democrito Mendoza, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), May 1, 2004
Eulogio R. Lerum, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), May 1, 2004
Johnny Tan, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), May 1, 2004
Emilio Yap, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), February 2, 2005
Carol Bellamy, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), April 5, 2005
Natividad Relucio-Clavano, Commander (Komandante), August 14, 2006
Rosa Rosal, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), October 26, 2005
Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), July 7, 2007
Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), 2007
Queen Letizia of Spain, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2007
Queen Sofía of Spain, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 2007
Richard Lugar, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Daniel Inouye, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Ted Stevens, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Daniel Akaka, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Nancy Pelosi, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Harry Reid, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Bob Filner, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Darrell Issa, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2008
Nicholas Alipui, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), October 14, 2009
Joseph R. Pitts, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), April 12, 2010
Madeleine Bordallo, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), April 12, 2010
Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, D.D., Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), June 1, 2010
Conferred by Benigno S. Aquino III
Rodolfo "Dolphy" V. Quizon, Sr., Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 2010
Fe del Mundo, Grand Collar (Maringal na Kuwintas), 2011 (posthumous)
Tsuneo Tanaka, Grand Cross (Maringal na Krus), 2013
Conferred by Rodrigo Duterte
Sr. Cecelia Wood, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), September 27, 2017
Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Grand Officer (Maringal na Pinuno), January 22, 2022
References
Golden Heart, Order of the
Golden Heart, Order of the
Awards established in 1954
Establishments by Philippine executive order