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Category: Vera Files
by Yvonne T. Chua VERA Files An election watchdog has this piece of advice for the Commission on Elections: Don’t buy the counting machines used…
by VERA Files Mary Ann Maslog, the woman who delivered a P3-million bribe in Malacanang 11 years ago in connection with a P200-million textbook contract…
“For its exhaustive investigative reports on the Assets and Liabilities of government officials, particularly of the President and the First Gentleman, highlighting the people’s right to information,” the citation read.
This is the first time that the 91-year old organization has included New media in its annual journalism awards.
RCM also gave two other special citation: a book award for Maritess Vitug for her book, “Shadow of Doubt, probing the Supreme Court”, and Mindanao Gold Daily for the regional newspaper award.
It’s the second award received by VERA Files, which started in March 2008. The first was the 2009 Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) for its investigative report “Quedancor swine program another fertilizer scam” written by Yvonne Chua and Luz Rimban, and contributor Diosa Labiste, who won top prize (Award of Distinction) and a Marshall McLuhan fellowship.
The winners for 2010 RCM Institutional Journalism awards:
*Philippine Daily Inquirer, newspaper of the year
*DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, radio station of the year
by VERA Files The woman who shook the nation by delivering P3 million in bribes to Malacañang 11 years ago is wanted in the United…
VERA Files’ Mario Ignacio covered the proclamation of the first nine winners in the 2010 senatorial contest. The top nine are: Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.;Jinggoy…
by Yvonne Chua, Luz Rimban and Avigail Olarte VERA Files Monday’s election was supposed to have ushered Filipino voters into the modern age of computerized…
The Commission on Elections on Tuesday decided to stop releasing updates of last Monday’s elections on the request of lawyers of some presidential and vice…
A photograph of former President Joseph Estrada’s ballot without any vote for vice president has been circulating all over the Web, feeding speculations that he…
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay are frontrunners in the presidential and vice presidential races based on the initial official election…