Vice President de Castro inducts PAPI officers for 2009-2011The Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) elected its officers during its 13th Midyear Conference and Executive Session of Publishers and Editors at the Ayala Hall of the Makati Sports Club, Makati City on Wednesday afternoon.
Veteran journalist Juan P. Dayang, a native of Kalibo, Aklan and a columnist of Balita and Tempo, was re-elected PAPI president for another three years term.
Vice President Noli 'Kabayan' de Castro inducted Dayang and other PAPI officers - Rosario Lelia Chua-Sy of Northern Times (executive vice president), Mario Romero of Island Observer (vice president-Luzon), Nestor Abrematea of Tacloban Star (vice president-Visayas), Anthony Figueroa of Mindanao Times (vice president-Mindanao), Johnny Nuñez of Nueva Ecija Newsbusters (secretary), Estrella Gallardo of Bataan Headline (treasurer), Joseph Llazar Punay of Alpha Times News (assistant secretary treasurer) and Nelson Santos of Finders Ads and News (auditor). 
The directors are Paterio Sigue of Island Observer and Wilfredo Bersanio of Brigada Pahayagan Malaya for Luzon, Boy Ryan Zabal of Aklan Media Forum and Andy Manatad of Advantage Magazine for Visayas and Camcer Ordoñez of Sunstar Zamboanga and Roger Flaviano for Mindanao.
De Castro, the guest of honor and speaker of the annual gathering of journalists, urged the community media to strengthen and sustain the press freedom advocacy towards national development and progress.
Dayang, who has been at the helm of PAPI for more than 13 years, said the two-day conference under the theme, "Media and the 2010 elections: Challenges and Opportunities," reaffirmed the leadership of PAPI in preserving the ideals of justice and democracy with the dynamic community press as vanguards of press freedom and the dignity of journalism.
PAPI, the largest organization of community editors, columnists, correspondents, publishers and broadcasters in the country, was organized in 1974. In 1995, former National Press Club secretary Dayang took over this prestigious organization.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in 2006, has declared December of every year as "National Press Congress Month and the Month of Community Press in the Service of the Nation" under presidential Proclamation No. 1187, citing PAPI's dedication in the promotion and defense of press freedom to the lofty ideals of journalism as a public service, especially in the countryside.
The directors are Paterio Sigue of Island Observer and Wilfredo Bersanio of Brigada Pahayagan Malaya for Luzon, Boy Ryan Zabal of Aklan Media Forum and Andy Manatad of Advantage Magazine for Visayas and Camcer Ordoñez of Sunstar Zamboanga and Roger Flaviano for Mindanao.
De Castro, the guest of honor and speaker of the annual gathering of journalists, urged the community media to strengthen and sustain the press freedom advocacy towards national development and progress.
Dayang, who has been at the helm of PAPI for more than 13 years, said the two-day conference under the theme, "Media and the 2010 elections: Challenges and Opportunities," reaffirmed the leadership of PAPI in preserving the ideals of justice and democracy with the dynamic community press as vanguards of press freedom and the dignity of journalism.
PAPI, the largest organization of community editors, columnists, correspondents, publishers and broadcasters in the country, was organized in 1974. In 1995, former National Press Club secretary Dayang took over this prestigious organization.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in 2006, has declared December of every year as "National Press Congress Month and the Month of Community Press in the Service of the Nation" under presidential Proclamation No. 1187, citing PAPI's dedication in the promotion and defense of press freedom to the lofty ideals of journalism as a public service, especially in the countryside.
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