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9th Plaridel Awards honors top journalistic works and community leaders for 2020
San Francisco – The Philippine American Press Club USA, during a virtual presentation on October 22, 2020, honored community leaders and outstanding journalists at its 9th Plaridel Awards for excellence in Filipino American Journalism, and the 10th Torchbearer Awards. This year’s event was hosted by 3-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, Henni Espinosa of ABS-CBN […]
Journalists as “frontliners for truth” need to uphold media ethics more than ever
By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, TX – I watched Episode 7 of Women’s World on the topic titled, “Ethnic Media in the time of Covid” two Sundays ago. At the end of it, I felt like I just stepped out of a class in Journalism. The presentation by Marivir Montebon, co-Host of WW and Executive […]
PIDCI Report on Accountability Wins 2019 Plaridel for Best Investigative Story
Daly City Mayor Raymond Buenaventura receives award on behalf of writers Cristina DC Pastor and Marivir Montebon New York – Journalists Cristina DC Pastor and Marivir Montebon won the Best Investigative Story of the 2019 Plaridel Awards for their four-part series of the accountability issues surrounding the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. The award […]
WICCAFE for FilAm Communities to Tackle Immigration Over Coffee and Pastries
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York – Although human trafficking is a huge and complex beast that devours young and old unsuspecting people alike, there are tell-tale signs if one is a victim. Here’s a checklist: If you paid a huge job placement fee to land a job in the US or […]
2018: A Year of Persistence and Many Firsts
By Marivir R. Montebon President, FAPCNY The year 2018 began with feistiness and ended in gratitude and hope. Looking back, the year of the dog in the Chinese calendar, went through as a clearly dangerous one, but it was nevertheless met with grit and solidarity among journalists. The first engagement that the FAPCNY had gone […]
Carolinians Feel the Pride for Dr. Resil Mojares, Natl Artist for Literature
By Marivir R. Montebon New York – This week, Dr. Resil Mojares, received the National Artist Award for Literature, among seven other luminaries whose works for the arts have enriched and elevated Philippine culture. Naturally, the University of San Carlos (USC) community in Cebu was in great jubilation now that its quiet, unassuming scholar, […]
FILAM Press Club NY Celebrates 7th Year in a Just-Crazy-Not-So-Rich Asians Cocktail Party
By Marivir R. Montebon President FAPCNY New York – Expect the 7th anniversary of the Fil-Am Press Club of New York (FAPCNY) to be fun, stylish and substantive in a community party on November 16, 2018 Friday at six in the evening. The press club is now seven years old, and we […]
OSM!, NWUSO Revive Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program
Online students accepted; Registration is going on New York – The Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program is back. This one-month individualized coaching program officially began on June 27, 2018 with a registration and orientation between 2pm to 5pm at the National Writers Union office in mid-Manhattan. The AWMP aims to synergize the interest of aspiring […]
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