2018 Plaridel Awards Press Release

Spirits Rising! 30th Anniversary of The Philippine American Press Club-USA Oct. 4, 2018, San Francisco, Ca: Their souvenir cover said it all. Superimposed on a 1900 sepia colored photograph of the La Solidaridad’s esteemed writers and co-founders, was a similarly posed group photograph of the 2017 Plaridel Awards recipients, organizers and community leaders. Esther Chavez, past president of PAPC and founder of the Plaridel Awards explained that by combining the two photos, she felt the “inspi...
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Fil-Am journalists reap Plaridel Awards, urged to fight fake news

SAN FRANCISCO – Speakers at the 2017 Plaridel Awards, held October 5 at the Philippine Consulate’s Kalayaan Hall, challenged Filipino American media practitioners to be true to their calling as credible and dependable journalists. The 6th annual event of the Philippine American Press Club (PAPC) gave Plaridel and merit awards to deserving Filipino American journalists in the United States in 16 categories. The organization also gave torch bearer awards to outgoing Deputy Consul General ...
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2018 Plaridel Awards Call for Entries and Entry Form

PRESS RELEASE: Contact: Esther M. Chavez Tel: (650) 270-0089 Jojo Peralta Tel: (650) 583-6818 The 7th PAPC Plaridel Awards Call for entries SAN FRANCISCO -- The Philippine American Press Club USA is proud to announce the seventh Plaridel Awards which will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at the Filipino Cultural Center at 814 Mission Street corner 4th Street San Francisco, California. . Call for Entries are now on full swing. Entries for this year’s competition must have seen print or ...
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2017 Plaridel Awards Finalists

The Philippine American Press Club USA is proud to announce The 2017 Plaridel Awards finalists and Torch Bearer Awards Recipients prior to the awards ceremony on Thursday, October 5, 2017 TORCH BEARER AWARD RECIPIENTS Deputy Consul General Jaime Ramon Ascalon Yolanda Ortega Stern and Dr. Tom Stern / One Wold Institute Janet Alvarado / The Alvarado Project 2017 PLARIDEL AWARDS FINALISTS Guia Mendoza, Positively Filipino Henni Espinosa, Balitang America, TFC Jared Bray, B...
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