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Floreño Solmirano, 70 VETERAN JOURNALIST Floreño Solmirano died June 27, Monday. He was 70. Solmirano was the former bureau chief of Inquirer Southern Luzon. He started as an Inquirer correspondent in Bicol. In 1998, Solmirano, together with other Inquirer reporters, organized the Southern Luzon bureau of the paper,...

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PPI Elects New Officers THE PHILIPPINE PRESS INSTITUTE (PPI) elected members of its board of trustees and executive officers last Wednesday, June 22, during its Annual Membership Meeting at Century Park Hotel in Manila. Alfonso Pedroche, editor-in-chief of Pilipino Star Ngayon, was elected chairperson-president. He will replace outgoing...

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Rogelio Bagabuyo, 75 MINDANAO-BASED COLUMNIST and lawyer Rogelio Bagabuyo died of kidney failure Thursday, June 16. He was 75. Bagabuyo was a columnist for the Gold Star Daily. His columns, which appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, were usually on his advocacy for a shift to a federal...

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Zena O’Rourke, 53 AWARD-WINNING BRITISH EDITOR Zena O’Rourke died after a year-long battle with cancer Friday, June 10. She was 53. O’Rourke was the editor of the Cornish Guardian and the Somerset County Gazette. She edited the Guardian for six years before leaving in April 2015 to pursue...

Media and PWID Training and Fellowship Program

PROBE MEDIA FOUNDATION, INC, in partnership with Unilab Foundation, is inviting media practitioners to a training workshop about persons with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs). The workshop’s theme is “PWID: Stories on Capabilities and Contributions”, with a focus on PWIDs in the workforce. Participants are encouraged to produce stories that...

2016 Rory Peck Awards

THE RORY PECK AWARDS, the only awards aimed at honoring freelance camerapersons, is now open for applications. Established in 1995, the award is named after freelance cameraman Rory Peck who was killed while filming in Moscow. It aims to “celebrate creative, technical and journalism skills, and highlight the important...

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Vicente Torres, 66 FORMER PHILIPPINE DAILY EXPRESS REPORTER Vicente Torres died Thursday, June 2 of a heart ailment. He was 66. Torres was a reporter for the defunct Philippine Daily Express, but was among those who had to migrate to the United States upon the declaration of martial law...

Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats Training Program

JOURNALISTS FROM developing countries, the USA, Canada or Germany are invited to apply to “Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats”, a training program organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The program offers :1) a three-day residential story lab from October 19 to 22, 2016 in London, 2) the opportunity to...

Emergency Fund for Women Journalists

AS SUPPORT in times of crisis, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is offering an emergency fund for women journalists of any nationality. Staff or freelance women reporters who have been working as full-time journalists for at least six months are eligible to apply for the assistance. The...

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Stanley Burke, 93 CANADIAN NEWS ANCHOR Stanley Burke died Saturday, May 28. He was 93. Burke anchored Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The National News from 1966 to 1969 before it was rebranded as The National. He also worked as a foreign correspondent in France and Nigeria where he covered...

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