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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Metro Manila

FIFTEENTH CONGRESSSecond Regular Session

House Resolution No.

Introduced by Kabataan Party-List Rep. Raymond V. Palatino

A RESOLUTIONCONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING SINAG PUBLISHING AND PRINTINGSERVICES AND ITS PROPRIETORS RUEL LANDICHO AND RAIA JENNIFER DELAPERA-LANDICHO FOR WINNING THE TOP PRIZE IN THE NATAZA PRIZECATEGORY OF THE WORLD YOUNG READER AWARDS BY THE WORLDASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS PUBLISHERS

WHEREAS, it is State policy, in accordance to Republic Act No. 7079 or the CampusJournalism Act of 1991, to "promote the development and growth of campus journalism as a means ofstrengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and creative thinking, and developing moralcharacter and personal discipline of the Filipino youth." In this vein, it is only fitting for the State torecognize various efforts aimed at improving the journalistic skills of young Filipinos and supportprograms and activities that promote at uphold the freedom of the press at the campus level;

WHEREAS, Sinag Publishing and Printing Services, a small printing press in Calamba City,Laguna owned by Ruel Landicho and Raia Dela Pena-Landicho, regularly offers free seminars,lectures and workshops on journalism to students of public and private institutions in Laguna throughits flagship social responsibility program, the Sinag Journalism Training Seminars. First launched inOctober 2008, these events offer free lectures and workshops on journalism topics such as editorialand news w riting;

WHEREAS, Sinag Publishing and Printing Services recently won the top prize in the NatazaPrize category of the World Young Reader Awards (WYRA). The Nataza Prize for newspaperprinting plants is an award for projects by newspaper printing plants that effectively teach the youngabout newspapers and journalism. The WYRA is organized by the Europe-based World Associationof Newspapers and News Publishers, a global organization of more than 18,000 publications, 15,000online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries;

WHEREAS, according to the WAN-IFRA jury which judged the awards in Brazil, "thisprinting plant's journalism seminar activity is clearly a fitting tribute to the person after whom thiscategory is named as the commitment is clear to assuring that the youth learn about the importance

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and fragility of a free press and about how to do good journalism." The Nataza Prize is named afterNataza Vuckovic Lesendric, a Serbian who founded and ran a distribution system and then a printingplant for the independent press under the regime of Slobodian Milosevic;WHEREAS, the Laguna-based husband-and-wife team of small entrepreneurs received the international award last October 12in Vienna, Austria during the occasion of the 63` d World Newspaper Congress and the 18 t h WorldEditors Forum at the Reed Exhibitions Wien;

WHEREAS, Sinag Publishing and Printing Services, in a statement, said that theinternational recognition bestowed upon them "proves that you don't have to be a big company to do asuccessful social responsibility program, and that even small entrepreneurs can give back to one ' scommunity in a big way" ;

WHEREAS, despite the grim picture of press freedom in the country, with the Philippinesbeing named by international bodies as the "most dangerous place for journalists in the world" due torising and unsolved media killings, the commitment of Sinag Publishing and Printing Services totrain and encourage young Filipinos, students and budding journalists to become skillful and ethicaljournalists and defenders of press freedom is a beacon of light in the media gloom and a show of trustfor the Filipino youth that they can effect genuine change in our nation;

1 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to2 congratulate and commend Sinag Publishing and Printing Services and its proprietors Ruel Landicho3 and Raia Jennifer Dela Pena-Landicho for winning the top prize in the Nataza Prize Category of the4 World Young Reader Awards by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

HON. RAYMON D V. PALATINORepresentative, Kabataan Party-list