He was the recipient of a Commonwealth International Student Scholarship and was awarded the DM Myer Medal as the most outstanding undergraduate student graduating in that Faculty in 2006. After graduating with honors, Manapat became an Instructor at the Department of Philosophy in the Ateneo de Manila University from 1977 to 1979. In December 1979, he met with Sen. Benigno Aquino, Jr. (``Ninoy'') at the Aquino residence in Quezon City, where Manapat was congratulated by Aquino for his then 48-page pamphlet, ``Some are Smarter than Others''.
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Benigno Aquino, Jr.