...the Aussie media awardee

Pinoy wins media award in Australia

 

ABS-CBNnews.com

09/21/2012

 

MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino who established an online publication to serve the Filipino-Australian community won an award for its coverage of community affairs in Australia.

 

Romeo Cayabyab, editor and publisher of “The Filipino Australian”, received the award at ceremonies for the first New South Wales Multicultural Media Awards at the State Parliament last September 15.

 

An accountant by profession, Cayabyab migrated to Australia in 1981. He lives in Minchinburry, New South Wales with his family.

The native of Capas, Tarlac is a self-taught encoder, programmer and web publisher.

In 1998, Cayabyab co-founded emanila.com with multimedia specialist, Rom Zamora. Two years after, emanila.com became the first recipient of the Technology Award under Australia's National Multicultural Marketing Awards.

Cayabyab further used his expertise to establish "The Filipino Australian" in 2005 to provide online news services to the Filipino-Australian community.

Honorable Shaoquett Moselmane, Member of the Legislative Council, NSW Parliament, said it is fitting to recognize the multicultural and indigenous journalists who bring communities together and promote multiculturalism in Australia.

Moselmane founded and chaired the Awards.

...the transparent government

Transparency drive lauded by investors

By MAR T. SUPNAD

August 18, 2011

Manila Bulletin

MARIVELES, Bataan, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino III’s clampdown on graft and corruption earned a positive review from foreign investors, among them executives of a Hong Kong-based garments firm who noticed an “improvement” in government transactions in this industrial town.

Luen Thai President Raymond Tan said Thursday that the government’s campaign against corruption has improved a lot and this is the reason why his firm signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) for the setting up of a manufacturing plant here.

Tan did not pinpoint which particular agency of government he was referring to about corruption but newsmen gathered that there was a previous incident allegedly involving certain representatives of the Board of Investments (BoI) that hindered foreign investments.

Luen Thai’s project in this town will add to its other branches in Clark, Tarlac and Cebu, employing around 12,000 workers for its export-quality apparel brands like Polo Ralph Lauren, Carhartt, Dillard’s and Levi’s, among others.