PIA awards devcom writers
The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) VI is giving recognition to 31 student writers , as recipients of the 2006 IWAG award. These 31 have been carefully screened and chosen from out of 50 nominees from all over Western Visayas.
The IWAG awardees are Jofer T. Serapio, The Scholars' Gazette, Kalibo, Aklan; Marianith Blancaver, Hillside Echo Junior, FCC; Estelle Marielle Delfin, The Script Capiz National High School; Andrea Fay Calar, ang kasanag, Capiz National High School; Cathryn Bueno, The Hillside Echo, FCC.
The province of Negros Occidental has 10 IWAG awardees: Rene Ray Ransom Agui, L Magazine, USLS; Beulah May Corpus, Bacolod City National High School; April Anne Espinosa, Tay Tung High School; Lauren Angel Santelices, The Eaglet, Colegio de San Agustin; Jison Golez, The Starlight, UNOR-HS; Jeralyn Pasinabo, Tolentine Star, UNOR; Jinky Ponte, Consolight, La Consolacion College-Murcia; Dorothy Gabo, The Rays, LCC-Integrated School; Melnard Chilyn Rafael, Ang Aninag, NOHS; and Jeffrey Gil Lingamen, The Spectrum, USLS.
Meanwhile the province of Iloilo has 17 awardees, namely: Neil Andrew Llorente, Ateneo-Iloilo; Jeffrey Espiritu, MTC Colleges, Glady Moore Abetong, The Golden Harvest, WVSU-Calinog; Mary Rose Adelle Pacificar, Silak, WVSU-COEd; Juhn Evans G. Slida, The Mediator, WVSU-Mass Comm; Jeremiah Butch Gemarino, Vital Signs, WVSU-Medicine; Karen Armada, Hillside Echoes, Alimodian National High School; Henry Gomez, The Junior Technovator, WVCST; Sheena Twinkle Luceno, Batang Tekniko, WVCST; Richard Catedral, Technovator, WVCST; Ethel Fatima Sia, Ateneo-Iloilo; Jose Ryan Pelongco, Ateneo-Iloilo; Valerie Ann Vllarosa; Ateneo-Iloilo; Cherry Amor Deala, the Blue Quill, WVSU-Lab School; Florence Mae Jarillo, Ateneo-Iloilo; Shan Robert Sta. Romana, Forum Dimensions, WVSU; and, Robert Morada, Jr. The Techno Forum, SIPC-Miag-ao.
The awardees will each receive a medal and a citation, while the school paper advisers will also receive a certificate of recognition. For the provinces of Aklan, Capiz and Negros Occidental, the medals and certificates are already at the PIA Information Centers, while for those in Iloilo City and province, they can be picked up from the PIA regional office, Quezon-Delgado Sts., Iloilo City.
The IWAG Award is an incentive scheme designed to give due recognition to student paper writers who have excelled in developmental writing during a given period.
(PIA6/ESS)