Fookien Times: HVMO's Sarmiento is most ethnically Filipino creative director

Tony Sarmiento, managing partner at Havas Media Ortega (HVMO), has been featured in the esteemed Philippines Yearbook 2014.Published by the The Fookien Times, the 440-page publication highlights exemplary Filipinos who have been “agents of development and steadfast advocates of Filipino pride.”“Tony Sarmiento is the number one ethnically Filipino creative director in the industry and this was the key reason for us featuring Tony prominently in this landmark and very modern rendition of my family's publication now on its 77th year of publishing,” Vernon Go, president & publisher of The Fookien Times said.Other national figures in the 77th edition include Kenneth Cobonpue (Industrial and Furniture Designer), Daphne Oseña-Paez (Creative Entrepreneur), Gary Valenciano (Music Icon), Jim Paredes (World Citizen), Abby Asistio (Alopecia Awareness Ambassador) and Maegan Young (International Beauty Queen, Ms. World 2013).“Having travelled and worked abroad, I have been able to view the Philippines from the eyes of an outsider – an overseas worker, an advertising creative living in Malaysia, a homesick and eager prodigal son – I can say that nothing quite compares to the beauty of this country. Coming back and staying for good seems to have been one of the best ideas I have ever had,” Sarmiento said describing his love for the Philippines