Masaya po tayong ibalita na lumusot na po sa review ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan ang Kalibo Campus Journalism Ordinance
Main features:
Kalibo Schools Press Conference (KSPC) — annual contest & training for both students & teachers
Kalibo Academy for Campus Journalism (KACJ) — seminar-workshops which shall tour the public schools
Support for writing in the Akeanon language
Subsidies for our delegates to the National and Regional Schools Press Conferences (NSPC & RSPC); incentives for winners (including IWAG & COPRE awardees)
Industry linkages & immersions for campus journalists
Support for schools with Special Program in Journalism
Kasama nating dumalo sa SP hearing sina sir Dennis Bontogon ng Kalibo Pilot Elementary School at Kalibo Budget Officer Medette Q. Viray.
Bilang isang manunulat at mamamahayag, dream come true na makapagpasa ng ganitong batas para sa ating kabataan. (Background: dati tayong editor-in-chief sa ABS-CBN bago naging konsehal, at nagwagi rin tayo sa kategoryang newswriting sa NSPC 2002 at RSPC 2001. Kasalukuyan tayong columnist ng diyaryong Akeanon News.)
Nagpapasalamat tayo sa mga Board Member na nag-apruba sa ating batas (headed by SP Committee Chair on Education Mark V. Quimpo), at sa ating mga kasamang sponsor nito, sina SB Christine Dela Cruz at SB Romylene Flores.
Nagpapasalamat din tayo sa lahat ng naging bahagi ng Kalibo SB committee meetings at nag-ambag ng ideya para maging komprehensibo ang ordinansa.