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2011
Jose G. Burgos for Biotech Journalism Awards held
THE
winners in the 2011 Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards for
Biotech Journalism were awarded Thursday
night at
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Social Hall.
“Biotech
crops planted in 1B hectares by 15.4 M farmers in 2010”
written by Business Mirror’s Lyn Resurrecction bagged
the first Prize in the Best News Story category.
Malaya’s Paul Icamina’s article “Help for abaca
farmers now available won second prize” and “Bt corn
saved the day for farmer” written by Jonathan Mayuga of
Business Mirror took the third prize.
Manila Bulletin’s
Agriculture Editor Zac Sarian won in the Best Feature
Story category with his article “13 tons corn per
hectare1. The second prize went to “Biotech crops help
attain UN Millennium Development Goals” written by Rudy
Fernandez of Philippines Star.
“Camarines LGU nixes NGO petition to stop Bt eggplant
field trial” by Business Mirror’s Jennifer Ng finished
third.
In the
Institutional Category Business Mirror won first place,
followed by The Philippine Star and Manila Bulletin.
A total
of 277 articles vied for best news story and best
feature in this year's Jose Burgos Awards for
Biotechnology Journalism.
The
Awards was organized by the Biotechnology Coalition of the
Philippines (BCP),
the J Burgos Media Services, Inc., the Biotechnology for
Life Media and Advocacy Resource Center (BMARC) and the
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and
Research in Agriculture-Biotechnology Information Center
(SEARCA-BIC).
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