TWOBusinessWorldreporters were recognizedat the 34thannual awards of the Economic Journalists Association of thePhilippines (EJAP)on Friday.
Beatriz Marie D. Cruz received the award for Reporter of the Year for Finance. Ms. Cruz has been withBusinessWorldfor three years, and currently covers the Property, Technology, and Launchpad beats.
Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson was awarded Reporter of the Year for Banking. Ms. Jocson was a senior reporter forBusinessWorldwho covered the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) beat until August this year.
ThePhilippine Starwas named Business News Source of the Year.
Other awardees include Jasper Arcalas from thePhilippine Star(Agriculture and Mining), Lenie Lectura fromBusinessMirror(Energy), Darwin Amojelar fromManila Standard(Macroeconomy), Meg Adonis from thePhilippine Daily Inquirer(Capital Markets), Lorenz Marasigan fromBusinessMirror(Telecommunications and Transportation), and Louella Desiderio from thePhilippine Star(Trade and Industry).
Gerard de la Peña from TV5 won for Business Feature of the Year.
Special awards were also given to former EJAP presidents for their feature stories on business reporting. Awardees include formerMalaya Business Insightreporter Jimmy Calapati (first place), InsiderPH Founder and CEO Daxim Lucas (second place), and Mr. De la Peña (third place).
The board of judges was chaired by Synergeia Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and former Finance Undersecretary Milwida M. Guevara.
The board also included former Agriculture Undersecretary Mercedita A. Sombilla, former Trade Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., former Finance Undersecretary Cesar V. Purisima, former Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. President and CEO Rodrigo E. Franco, former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairperson Teresita J. Herbosa, Philippine Institute for Development Studies Senior Research Fellow Jose Ramon G. Albert, and University of the Philippines School of Economics Professor Sarah Lynne S. Daway-Ducanes.
EJAP, the umbrella organization of business journalists in the country, handed out the awards in partnership with the Ayala Group.
