- Lilybeth Rasonable and Grace Dela Peña-Reyes will be receiving the 2018 Glory Awards.
- The two GMA Executives are part of the 12 journalists that will be honored with the said award.
- The awarding is set on October 6, during the UPCMC annual homecoming.
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) will be awarding GMA Network’s Senior Vice President and Entertainment Group Head Lilybeth Rasonable and GMA First Vice President for News Grace Dela Peña-Reyes.
Rasonable and Dela Peña-Reyes are just two of twelve 2018 glory awardees. Both GMA executives are UPCMC alumnae.
GMA Network won many awards including the international Peabody Award being considered as the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting. They earned this recognition for their Typhoon Yolanda coverage.
The board of jurors for this year are Director Joel Lamangan, former CNN Philippines and ANC News Director Jing Magsaysay, Public Relations Society of the Philippines President Ritzi Ronquillo, Manila Standard Associate Editor and Journalism Professor Chin Wong, Oxfam Director for Asia and 2017 Glory Awardee Lan Mercado, UPCMC Dean Dr. Elena Pernia, and UP Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs and Alumni Office Director Dr. Wendell Capili.
The 10 other Glory awardees are:
Dolores Cheng – started the Center for Possibilities Foundation and her advocacy to gain awareness and acceptance for children with special needs
Jose Ramon “Monchet” Olives – ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel providing a premium cable service available for Filipinos through five satellites around the globe such as North America, Europe, Middle East, Japan and Australia
Florida “Linggit” Tan-Marasigan – Produced successful ABS-CBN sitcoms such as Home Sweetie Home, Home Along Da Riles, Goin’ Bulilit, Banana Split (now Banana Sundae) and New York Festivals bronze medalist Abangan Ang Susunod Na Kabanata.
Beth Uyenco – Developed and deployed digital research tools and analytics as a senior executive for industry giants Microsoft, comScore, OMD and DDB Needham Worldwide.
Chito Roño – Directed memorable films including Private Show, Yamashita: The Tiger’s Treasure, Caregiver, Bata, Bata…Paano Ka Ginawa?, Dekada ’70, Feng Shui 1 and 2, Sukob, and The Healing.
Pedro “Boo” Chanco III – For his long-running business column in the Philippine Star that provides good readership and neutral and stylish tone.
Cecilia “Ces” Oreña-Drilon – For not quitting journalism and newscasting even after being kidnapped in Sulu province while pursuing a story in 2008.
Luz Rimban – Wrote or co-wrote three first prize-winning stories in the annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Awards.
Michelle “Maxxy” Santiago – ABS-CBN correspondent in the Middle East and Arabia Times who covered the war in Iraq in 2003 and the evacuation of Filipinos from the conflicts in Libya and Syria in 2011-2012.
Photojournalist Fernando Sepe Jr. – covered international news including Hurricane Katrina in the US, civil unrest in the Middle East and Myanmar, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and the World Cup of football in Germany. He topped the excellence in feature writing category of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards in 2018 for his photo essay on the Philippine government’s war on drugs.
The awarding ceremony is set on October 6, during the UPCMC annual homecoming.
