 Inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2005, he has also been a recipient of the Catholic Mass Media Awards and the PBBY-Salanga Writers Prize.His children's book "Sandosenang Sapatos", now listed in the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) catalogue for the Bologna International Children's Book Fair 2005, was named the 2005 Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities by the IBBY .He has also been cited as one of "HealthToday Philippines Magazine"'s Ten Pillars of the Philippine Health Care Industry, 2003 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for his contribution in the field of Literature, and as finalist in the 2004 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) search.