The institute continues to extend its outreach program to non-PPI members in Palawan and Caraga (Surigao and Butuan) through a modest funding from Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) and GIZ-German Development Cooperation. Long-time
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In a rare occasion, the PPI led by Luzon trustee Elnora F. A. Cueto finally had the chance to meet former ANC host and president of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM)
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Davao-based media outlets backed moves to postpone the implementation of the Cybercrime Prevention Law which took effect on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine
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The Philippine Press Institute (PPI), the national association of newspapers, conducted the “Making Sense of Journalism Today,” a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
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Never Again, Never Forget. This theme reverberated in the two-pronged event organized by PPI members in Davao City on September 21 as seasoned journalists who had harrowing experiences during the Martial rule
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Some years ago, the Scholastic Press Alliance was formally launched during the PPI National Press Forum accompanied by a short seminar on Civic Journalism with some editors from member-publications in the provinces
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By Mindanao Times Campus journalists and communication students from fourteen schools in Davao City geared up for the real media world as the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) through its members – Mindanao
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Media organizations led by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Philippine Press Institute (PPI), television networks, media practitioners, members of the academic
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True to its tradition of recognizing excellence and in celebration of its 50th year, the Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) will once again award the best journalists from print, broadcast and online media
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AMADO P. MACASAET (MALAYA) Chairman-President VERGEL O. SANTOS (BUSINESSWORLD) Vice-Chairman ATTY. JESUS G. DUREZA (MINDANAO TIMES) Corporate Secretary and Trustee for Mindanao AL G. PEDROCHE (THE PHILIPPINE STAR) Treasurer
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Some 100 representatives of the business community, media, people’s organizations, local government units, and international organizations trooped to Ang Pulo Mangroves in Calatagan, Batangas on May 15 for a media forum and
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By Tess Bacalla Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales’s talk on the concluding night of the 16th National Convention of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) came like a breath of fresh air to the
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By Tess Bacalla There’s no gainsaying the visceral importance of the role of the mass media in raising public awareness of specific issues. That much has been said in more public fora,
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The Philippine Press Institute has announced the winners of the 16th Civic Journalism Community Press Awards. Seven regional newspapers were recognized during the awarding ceremonies held Tuesday at the Traders Hotel.
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By Tess Bacalla Remember Babe Ruth? The late American baseball player was “incorrigible and vicious” as a child. His parents, so the story goes, decided to send him to a reform school.
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The Philippine Press Institute’s current crop of regional trustees has received a fresh mandate after getting majority votes during the annual membership meeting held Tuesday at the Traders Hotel. The election was
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The Philippine media should not let up their fight for the decriminalization of the contentious libel law in the Philippines. Lawyer Joel Butayan, one of two founders of the Center for International
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Beginning next year, community papers can vie for two new categories in the annual Civic Journalism Community Press Awards organized by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) – the Best in Online Reporting
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Corporate support for the mass media makes good business sense, because doing so ultimately benefits the community. Speaking on the second and final day of the 16th National Press Forum of the
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By Vergel O. Santos It’s a rather curious theme: Media accountability and public engagement. How could we, the newspapers, have managed to make those two things a problem for ourselves, given the
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Believing that the Philippine media tended to dwell mainly on bad news, President Benigno S. Aquino III made an indirect appeal in an annual press forum held Monday for a more balanced
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Support crew and technicians put the finishing touches for the PPI’s 16th National Press Forum starting Monday, April 23 at the Traders Hotel Manila. President Benigno S. Aquino III will keynote the
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“Stop calling us local.” Journalists based in Cagayan de Oro, Ozamis, Iligan, Surigao, Bukidnon, Zamboanga and Butuan shun the term, “local” to mean journalists working outside Metro Manila. In a seminar-workshop on
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The Philippine Press Institute and the Philippine Press Council held the first roundtable discussion on the issue of libel and its proposed decriminalization on March 22, 2012 in Manila. The discussion gathered
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The Philippine Press Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of veteran journalist Isagani Yambot. He was 77. Gani, as was fondly called by his colleagues in the industry and those close
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