PAPI President Juan P. Dayang announced the presentation of such awards is meant to create awareness of the value of excellence among media men. It will spice up this annual event that will tackle the hottest issue which carries a huge bearing on the country’s stability and virtual survival – that of food security.
Dayang said that at no other time in the history of the country has an issue galvanized the whole country in a unity mood, wherein even the most intense political rivals have cast aside their ambitions and their animosity towards each other and offered full cooperation to finally bring an end to this never ending cycle of food shortages. This is the reason why there has been a noticeable lull in political mudslinging, said Dayang.
The theme of the event is “A Crucial Challenge: Media’s Role in Food Security.” Members of the community press are being involved and called upon to step forward and take part in fomenting what could be the elusive solution to this perennial scourge.
By covering the provinces, community journalists can give eyewitness accounts of what happens throughout the archipelago whose wealth of information could serve as the starting point in the long search for the solution through an enlightened discussion of the issues involved.
“The members of the community press know the problems of both the farmers and consumers by heart because they live with them and share with them their heartaches and desires,” he added.
For the last 12 years, various media groups all over the country, including the International Cable TV Associations, Inc., the Mindanao Media Association (MMA), Federation of Philippine Press Clubs, Inc., the Visayan Media Associations, and the various press clubs throughout the country, have been networking with the PAPI to pursue causes for the common weal. /MP
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