The Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) recognized members of the Aliw Media Group during the RCM Journalism Awards 2017 held on June 22 at the New World Hotel in Makati City.
The BusinessMirror bagged the Business Newspaper of the Year award for the fourth time, while CNN Philippines was awarded Television Network of the Year for the second consecutive year.
Also recognized were CNN Philippines’s Pinky Webb as TV Female Broadcaster of the Year and Cely Ortega-Bueno of DWIZ as Radio Female Broadcaster of the Year.
Present during the awarding ceremony were (from left) Marvin Nisperos Estigoy, vice president for Advertising Sales of the BusinessMirror; T. Anthony C. Cabangon, publisher of the BusinessMirror; Benjamin V. Ramos, president of the BusinessMirror; Pia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan, CNN Philippines chief correspondent, who accepted the award on Webb’s behalf; Ortega-Bueno; Alfonso Marquez III, vice president for News and Current Affairs, CNN Philippines; Susing Pineda, RCM director; D. Edgard A. Cabangon, chairman of the Aliw Media Group; and Jimmie Policarpio, chairman of the RCM Journalism Awards Committee.
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