Ateneo de Iloilo's Iwag awardees
By Kathy Villalon Cinco of Sun Star Iloilo
THEIR writings deliver a power punch as they inform you of what's going on in their campus, the city, the country, and even the rest of the world.
They are the five editors of the nine publications of Ateneo de Iloilo - Sta. Maria Catholic School (AdI-SMCS).
They are Neil Andrew Chiu Llorente, editor-in-chief; Valerie Ann Gonzalez Villarosa, associate editor; Ethel Fatima Regla Angcoy Sia, managing editor; Jose Ryan Sumaylo Pelongco, opinion editor; and Florence Mae Macosi Jarillo, Chinese editor.
Recently, they were named as five of the 30 Iwag awardees by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
Llorente represented Ripples, the official school publication; Villarosa represented Coriolis Effect, the school's science publication; Sia represented Lagasaw, the Filipino publication; Pelongco, Interferences, the opinion publication; and Jarillo, Flow Magazine.
For several years, Adi-SMCS has fielded representatives to the Iwag search and has produced many awardees.
According to Herman Lagon, moderator of the school publications, the batch is one of the promising as it is composed of "gutsy" and "daring" members.
With several awards reaped by the school's representatives in many competitions, Llorente said he was sure of making it as an Iwag awardee.
He said working on the publications with less supervision from their moderator has taught them to be independent.
Sia said she wished to make it as an Iwag awardee. "I want to make the paper proud," she said. After all, she and the rest of the editors and staff worked hard and had sleepless nights over their publications.
"Working in a publication entails many sacrifices. With P100 per day budget, we had to eat only Lucky Me and crackers so we could (have money left to) feed the layout artists," she said. Sia also handles the publications' layout.
According to Llorente and Sia, the most responsible person in the group was Pelongco. "He (Pelongco) always passes the article on time," the group chorused.
"The Opinion Page is easy to manage because opinion writing is easier than feature writing," Pelongco said.
While being funded by the school, the articles in Ripples are not censored by the school except for the fact that vulgar words, naturally, had to be scrapped.
"We are free to express ourselves as long as we can back it up," Pelongco said.
For Jorillo, she did not expect to make it as an Iwag awardee. "Unlike Neil and the others, I didn't win in any national competition. But thankfully, I got an Iwag. It was a joyful experience to know that I made it," she said. Read more...
THEIR writings deliver a power punch as they inform you of what's going on in their campus, the city, the country, and even the rest of the world.
They are the five editors of the nine publications of Ateneo de Iloilo - Sta. Maria Catholic School (AdI-SMCS).
They are Neil Andrew Chiu Llorente, editor-in-chief; Valerie Ann Gonzalez Villarosa, associate editor; Ethel Fatima Regla Angcoy Sia, managing editor; Jose Ryan Sumaylo Pelongco, opinion editor; and Florence Mae Macosi Jarillo, Chinese editor.
Recently, they were named as five of the 30 Iwag awardees by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).
Llorente represented Ripples, the official school publication; Villarosa represented Coriolis Effect, the school's science publication; Sia represented Lagasaw, the Filipino publication; Pelongco, Interferences, the opinion publication; and Jarillo, Flow Magazine.
For several years, Adi-SMCS has fielded representatives to the Iwag search and has produced many awardees.
According to Herman Lagon, moderator of the school publications, the batch is one of the promising as it is composed of "gutsy" and "daring" members.
With several awards reaped by the school's representatives in many competitions, Llorente said he was sure of making it as an Iwag awardee.
He said working on the publications with less supervision from their moderator has taught them to be independent.
Sia said she wished to make it as an Iwag awardee. "I want to make the paper proud," she said. After all, she and the rest of the editors and staff worked hard and had sleepless nights over their publications.
"Working in a publication entails many sacrifices. With P100 per day budget, we had to eat only Lucky Me and crackers so we could (have money left to) feed the layout artists," she said. Sia also handles the publications' layout.
According to Llorente and Sia, the most responsible person in the group was Pelongco. "He (Pelongco) always passes the article on time," the group chorused.
"The Opinion Page is easy to manage because opinion writing is easier than feature writing," Pelongco said.
While being funded by the school, the articles in Ripples are not censored by the school except for the fact that vulgar words, naturally, had to be scrapped.
"We are free to express ourselves as long as we can back it up," Pelongco said.
For Jorillo, she did not expect to make it as an Iwag awardee. "Unlike Neil and the others, I didn't win in any national competition. But thankfully, I got an Iwag. It was a joyful experience to know that I made it," she said. Read more...
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