3rd PopDev Awards

3rd Annual Population Development Awards

PRINT CATEGORY

Best in News Reportage Writing Winner: Linette C. Ramos, Sun.Star Cebu (score: 68.56): “LGUs told: Invest more in schools” and other stories 2^nd Place: Jujemay G. Awit, Sun.Star Cebu (score: 64.75): “Popcom urges parents to go back to school” and other stories. 3^rd Place: Ira P. Pedrasa, BusinessWorld (score: 63.63): “Migration affecting quality of voting population-economists” and other stories.

Best in Investigative Reporting Winner: Mayette Q. Tabada, Rene H. Martel, Rianne C. Tecson, Jujemay G. Awit, Cherry Ann T. Lim, Sun.Star Cebu (score: 80.38): “Surviving Aging” 2^nd Place: Mayette Q. Tabada, Rianne C. Tecson, Jujemay G. Awit, Cherry Ann T. Lim, Sun.Star Cebu (score: 77.83): “Hidden Scourge” 3^rd Place: Liberty A. Pinili, Jeanette P. Malinao, Linette C. Ramos, Cherry Ann T. Lim, Rianne C. Tecson, Mayette Q. Tabada, Sun.Star Cebu (score: 76.19): “Is the well running dry?”

Best in Opinion Writing Winner: Rene Ezpeleta Bartolo, The Mindanao Times (score: 66.25): “A little less of everything” 2^nd Place: Julia Careeon-Lagoc, The News Today, Iloilo City (score: 55.75): “A brighter day for little Jane” 3^rd Rene Ezpeleta Bartolo, The Mindanao Times (score: 55.25): “What do we want, really?”

B. ONLINE CATEGORY

Best in News Reportage Writing Winner: GMANews.TV (score: 39.5): “Campaign Day 31: Birth control issue killing bets' chances and other stories; 2^nd Place: GMANews.TV (score: 33.15): “Bird flu alert up and other stories 3^rd Place: GMANews.TV (score: 22.50): “Campaign Day 39: Poverty, hunger as poll issues” and other stories.

Best in Investigative Reporting Winner: Frank Cimatu, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (score: 75.5): “Sex, Laws and Video Nights” 2^nd Place: Red Batario, Girlie Alvarez, PCIJ (score: 63.25): “Postcards from the Road Back” 3^rd Place: Lala Ordonez-Cascolan, PCIJ (score: 56.25): “A Mother’s Breastfeeding Story”

Best in Opinion Writing Winner: Samira Gutoc, PCIJ (score: 71.5): “Confronting Peace, Battling Stereotypes” 2^nd Place: Maytet Diokno-Pascual, Clarence Pascual, PCIJ (score: 57.75): “Walking on a Knife’s Edge” 3^rd Place: Alecks Pabico, PCIJ (score: 54.75): “The Philippines, Now a ‘Second World’ Country?”

Board of Judges for the Print and Online Categories

Rep. Edcel Lagman (Board Secretary, PLCPD), Mr. Jose Pavia (Phil. Press Institute), Prof. Luis Teodoro (UP College of Mass Communication, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility) and Ms. Rina Jimenez-David (Columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer)