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Joe Torres, Journalist

Thursday, July 01, 2004

TORRES BAGS THIRD PRIZE IN JVO AWARDS
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ABS-CBN News website senior editor Jose Torres Jr. bagged the third prize Wednesday (July 1, 2004) in the prestigious Jaime V. Ongpin (JVO) Awards for Excellence in Journalism for his work titled "The Making of A Mindanao Mafia." Torres won the JVO award in the explanatory report category.

The special report of Torres appeared in the i Magazine of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) from January to March 2003 and in Today newspaper on April 9, 2003.

Margarita de Pano won the first prize in the explanatory category for her story "Cancer of the Poor" which was published in Newsbreak on July 7, 2003.

Pano received a plaque and P70,000 in prize money. She also received the Australian Ambassador's Award, an Australian visitor's program that enables the winner to experience Australia first hand.

Second prize for the same category went to the PCIJ for its special report "Who was responsible for the IMPSA deal?" published in the Philippine Staron January 15, 2003 and in Today on January 15-16, 2003.

The JVO awards had been solely for investigative reports from 1989 to 2000. This is the third year that the explanatory report as a separate category has been recognized.

The first prize for the investigative report category went to Tess Bacalla of the PCIJ for her report "BIR officials amass unexplained wealth" published in BusinessWorld, Cebu Daily News, Malaya, Manila Standard, The Manila Times and Sun Star Daily on May 12-14, 2003 and in Abante Tonite on May 13-14, 2003.

Bacalla received a cash prize of P70,000 and a plaque.

Gemma B. Bagayaua of Newsbreak won second prize for her report "Barbers cut?" published on October 13, 2003, as well as the third prize for "Tony's fortune" published on April 14, 2003 in the investigative report category.

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