Year of retirements: ABS-CBN’s Ging Reyes and GMA’s Marissa Flores retire TWO INFLUENTIAL leaders in the country’s biggest newsrooms retired this year: Maria Regina “Ging” Reyes, News Senior Vice President at ABS-CBN this December and Marissa L. Flores, GMA News and Public Affairs (NAPA) chief last July. Facebook Fundamentals for News launched in the Philippines THE META Journalism Project has launched the Facebook Fundamentals for News Program in the Philippines to train journalists and publishers to “combat misinformation” and “improve journalism.” ANFREL offers media fellowship program on election reporting THE ASIAN Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is offering its media fellowship program that has a series of online intensive training sessions on fundamental election concepts and reporting techniques. Ninfa Leonardia, 89 VISAYAN DAILY Star (VDS) co-founder, president, and long-time editor-in-chief Ninfa Leonardia passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, August 23. She was 89. Rene Aranda, 66 CHIEF EDITORIAL cartoonist of the Philippine Star for 33 years since 1987, Rene Aranda passed away in his home in Pasay City on August 24 of lung cancer. He was 66. Melvyn Calderon, 70 PHOTOJOURNALIST MELVYN Calderon, fondly called the “Panginoon” (God) of Philippine photojournalism, passed away at the age of 70 after a lingering illness on August 13, Saturday. ABS-CBN in landmark agreement with TV5 ABS-CBN AND TV5 announced a landmark investment agreement on Thursday, August 11, promising further collaboration in entertainment and news programming. Press freedom champion: Journalists pay tribute to Former President Ramos FIDEL V. RAMOS (FVR), the 12th President of the Philippines, died on July 31. He was 94. Reuben Canoy, 93 FORMER CAGAYAN de Oro mayor and radio commentator Reuben Canoy passed away on July 5. He was cremated hours after he suffered cardiac arrest at a hospital in Cagayan De Oro. He was 93. Guillermo “Gil” Santos, 90 Guillermo “Gil” Santos, veteran journalist and educator, passed away on Sunday, July 17. He was 90. « Previous1…34567…31Next »