PAJ forms Eastern Visayas chapter, OpinYon publisher elected prexy

Published: Tuesday, 08 September 2015 Written by OpinYon

Mr. Ray Junia, OpinYon publisher/editor, at the first business meeting of the Philippine Agricultural Journalists - Eastern Visayas chapter. Mr. Junia was elected PAJ-Eastern Visayas chapter president during the PAJ workshops in Tacloban City, held on August 27 to 28.

The Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. (PAJ), in its workshop on climate change for journalists in Tacloban, August 27-28, has formed a regional chapter in Eastern Visayas, with Ray Junia, publisher/editor of OpinYon weekly newspaper elected as President.

Junia, a seasoned journalist and media specialist, hails from Tolosa, Leyte. He served as a resource person on ‘Media crisis management,’ during the two-day workshop, attended by 75 tri-media journalists from Tacloban and Eastern Visayas provinces, resource persons from national and regional agencies, PAJ national officers and guests.

The other elected officers of the PAJ Eastern Visayas chapter are: Vice President -Christine Colasito of Department of Agriculture (DA) region 8 chief information officer; Secretary – Lalaine Jimenea, publisher/editor of EV Mail; Treasurer – Chito Morante, Radyo ng Bayan Tacloban; Auditor – Samuel Candido, Radyo ng Bayan, Sogod, Leyte; PIO for print – Erna Gorne; and PIO for broadcast – Dindo Alaras.

The PAJ Climate Change workshop for journalists is sponsored by the DA and MVP group of companies, led by its chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan. The other co-sponsors are the CCAFS regional program on climate change and food security, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).

The Tacloban workshop was the second of a four-leg series, with the first held in Legazpi City (July 31 – Aug 1). The third and fourth legs will be held in Siargao (Sept 17-19) and Tuguegarao City (Oct 27-29), respectively.

The national PAJ, organized in 1976, is headed by Roman Floresca, former business editor of the Philippine Star. He is assisted by Noel Reyes, former director for information at the DA national office, as vice president for internal affairs; and Dr. Matilde Maunahan of UP Los Banos, as VP for external affairs.

PAJ has to date three regional chapters in Calabarzon, Bicol and Eastern Visayas. It aims to organize three more regional chapters in CARAGA, Davao and Cagayan Valley. (By Noel O. Reyes)


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