Friday, December 30, 2011

Leyte SP commends Arinto

TACLOBAN CITY – Members of the provincial board of Leyte in their last session for this year unanimously approved the resolution commending Leyte Samar Daily Express and Aksyon Radyo–DyVL News Correspondent Reyan Arinto. This, after he received recognition on his news reportage on the plight of indigenous community in Tacloban City.

Arinto is also a correspondent of national daily Businessworld.

Arinto’s broadcast story at Aksyon Radyo DyVL for the project of An Waray party-list through the Sinirangan Visayas Youth Organization and the University of the Philippines Office of Continuing Education – “Project Lapis: Learning for Adult Persons initiative of the SVYO” earned him a spot of the International Labor Organization (ILO) sponsored “Pagkilala sa mga Natatanging Kuwentong Katutubo” in partnership with Probe Media Foundation.

Project Lapis is a literacy program of the An Waray party-list, the first ever literacy program for indigenous people in the region that was gladly accepted by the Manobos.

It was launched in September of this year with around 20 members of the indigenous group as beneficiary of the program.

Moreover, Pagkilala sa mga Natatanging Kuwentong Katutubo awards aims to recognize program focuses on success stories of indigenous peoples communities or individuals and on how they were able to empower themselves amidst adversities and challenges and that that “journalists have an important role in reaching out to IPs to be able to write positive stories about them other than their being the most disadvantaged sector.”

Just this Saturday at the Express it at the Park 4th Media Awards Arinto for his news reportage at DYVL on the commemoration of Maguindanao Massacre by members of the fourth state in the region also earned him an award as the Best Radio News Reporter.

The resolution for commendation of Arinto was sponsored by Leyte Fifth District Board Member Carlo Loreto and was seconded by all members of the provincial board.

Aside from the commendation of Arinto, An Waray party-list and the University of the Philippines were separately also to be given with resolution of commendation from the provincial board on their effort to uplift the education and knowledge of indigenous people residing in the city of Tacloban.

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