Officers:
President: Imelda V. Abaño - She has been an environmental journalist for 12 years now. She is the 1st Filipino to receive the Developing Asia Journalist of the Year Award, given by the Asian Development Bank Institute in 2009 for her climate change stories. She is also the Asian Winner of the Global Awards on Environmental Reporting by Reuters and IUCN in Washington DC in 2002. She is a United Nations fellow journalist since 2007 covering the series of international climate change negotiations. Abaño is a Correspondent of the daily newspaper in the Philippines, the BusinessMirror. She also writes for the UK-based Science and Development Network. She is a member of the US-based Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ).
Vice President: Alex Rey Pal - A veteran journalist, he has been in the media industry for 27 years now. Among his many awards are Excellence in Environmental Reporting given in 1999 by the Asian Development Bank and the Asia Pacific Federation of Environmental Journalists and the Exemplary Environmental Stewardship Award given by the Save Tanong Strait Citizens’ Movement in 2008. He is the Editor- in- Chief of the Dumaguete-based The MetroPost.
Secretary: Henrylito Tacio – He especializes in writing science feature stories such as in medicine, agriculture, environment, and technology. He has received several national and international journalism awards, including the Hall of Fame in Science Reporting from the Philippine Press Institute and the Journalist of the Year Award from the Rotary Club of Manila, both awards in 1999. He writes for Sunstar Daily Davao, Reader’s Digest (Asian Edition), People and Planet, Gaia Discovery, and Travel Plus.
Treasurer: Delmar Cariño – He has been writing about the environment, agriculture and culture of the Cordillera peoples and places for many years now. As Chairman of the Benguet Press Corps and a long-time correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, he has developed a passion for the environment, particularly on concerns / issues that directly impact the region: climate change, watershed, energy, concerns of indigenous communities, rivers and waters.
PNEJ Board of Directors:
Nora Gamolo – She is one of the ten journalists cited in the 2007 Jaime V Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism, for writing a special report series on the problems confronting the implementation of ecological waste management in the Philippines. She earned her MA in Communication Management from the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, and promotes the cause of citizen or civic journalism. She is a former senior desk editor and columnist of The Manila Times.
Myrna Velasco – A reporter of the Manila Bulletin, she has done research and editing works on consultancy and sub-contract capacity with the International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, and the Japan External Trade Organization. She is a recipient of the Henry Ford Journalism Award, Citibank Pan-Asia Journalism Award, and an institutional award on Journalism Excellence from the Philippine National Oil Company.
Members:
Jun Ariolo Aguirre – freelance (Kalibo, Aklan)
Leoncio Balbin, Jr – Philippine Daily Inquirer-Northern Luzon Bureau
Ed Bartolome – Bombo Radyo (Nueva Vizcaya)
Theodore Boehneot – Daily Tribune (Nueva Vizcaya)
Lita Jane Cadalig – Baguio Midland Courier
Gabriel Cardinoza – Aksyon Radyo (Dagupan), Philippine Daily Inquirer-Northern Luzon Bureau
Leilani Anne Chavez – ABS-CBN News Online
Celeste Anna Formoso – Palawan Today and KBN 9
Christina Gabrillo – VSU Radio DYAC
Melvin Gascon – Phil Daily Inquirer, Nueva Vizcaya
Charlie Lagasca – Philippine Star (Nueva Vizcaya)
Jesse Maguiya – Benguet Press Corps (La Trinidad, Benguet)
Noel Magturo – The Mimaropa Sunrise
Maria Lourdes Mozo – Manila Bulletin (Cebu City)
Rey Nasol – Philippine Daily Inquirer Southern Luzon
Beverly Natividad – Philippine Daily Inquirer
Rimaliza Opiña – Baguio Sunstar Daily
Cai Ordinario – BusinessMirror
Irma Faith Pal – The Dumaguete Post
Elina Ramo – Allvoices.com
Wilfredo Rodolfo III – BusinessMirror (Cebu City)
Purple Chrystyl Romero – Newsbreak
Prime Sarmiento – Xinhua News Agency
Sherrie Ann Torres – GMA 7
Mauricio Victa – BusinessMirror (Baguio City)
Delfrado Villanueva, Jr – Bombo Radyo (Baguio City)
Villamor Visaya,Jr – The Valley Times (Isabela), Philippine Daily Inquirer-Northern Luzon Bureau
Edgardo Espiritu – Philippine Daily Inquirer (Baguio City)
Liza Agoot – Baguio Midland Courier, BusinessMirror
Larry Madarang – Manila Times, Baguio Chronicle
Veronica Hernandez – Greenfields Magazine, DWDD
Yolanda Sotelo – Phil Daily Inquirer (Pangasinan)
Mike Escobar – NBN 4 Vigan
Rhaydz Barcia – Manila Times, Reuters, Bicol Mail
Dhobie De Guzman- ABS-CBN Northern Luzon
Robert Abano – Phil Daily Inquirer-Northern Luzon Bureau
Yvette Lee – freelance
Pia Faustino – GMA News
Raffy Tima – GMA News
Gregory Bren Garcia – Hawaii Filipino Chronicle, The Urban Times
Anna Theresa Valmero – LOQAL.ph
Mike Banos
Marlon Luistro -GMA Network / The Filipino Connection
Bong Fabe – Interaksyon / BusinessMirror
Rizza Mendiola – Researcher/Producer – GMA Network
Rouchelle Dinglasan – Reporter/News Producer – GMA News Online