15TH NATIONAL PRESS CONGRESS OPENS SUNDAY, DEC. 5 IN DAPITAN

Dakak resort, Dapitan City - The three-day 15^th National Press Congress starts Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Dakak Park & Beach Resort in Dapitan City, under the auspices of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI).

“Media: Reengineering Tourism and Climate Change Initiatives” will be the theme of the biggest gathering of the community press this year.

Some 200 publishers, broadcasters, editors, commentators, columnists, media executives, press club officers and members, Filipino journalists working abroad, writers, college editors, advisers, information officers, on-line journalists and other mass communication practitioners.

Among those scheduled to address the media event are Secretary Sonny Coloma of the Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO), Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, Albay Gov. Joey Mesina, Zamboanga del Norte Gov. Rolando Yebes, National press Club president Jerry Yap, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Cecile Guidote Alvarez, Zamboanga del Norte Congressman Frederick Seth Bullet Jalosjos, Dapitan Mayor Dominador Jalosjos, Jr.;

Former Congressman Romeo “Nonong” Jalosjos, media multi-award winner Rey Langit of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP); GMA anchor lady Claire Delfin, Broadcaster Allan Sison, interim president of the newly-reactivated Federation of Provincial Press Clubs of the Philippines (FPPCP); former Press Undersecretary Butch Junia, Dr. Jacqueline Badcock, representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Dapitan City Councilor Aana Marie “Apple” Agolong.

Aside from series of round table discussions, symposia, workshops and cultural shows, a whole-day tour of Dapitan and interesting sights of Zanorte will also be conducted under auspices of the City government of Dapitan and the province of Zamboanga del Norte.