League of Cities in the Philippines signs up for PR Congress

The League of Cities in the Philippines (LCP) has agreed to lend its support to the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) for the holding of the 16th National Public Relations Congress on September 10-11, 2009 at the Manila Hotel.

In photo are 16th National PR Congress chairman Barbie L. Atienza of Manila Bulletin (far left) and PRSP immediate past president and event adviser Jones T. Campos, APR, of Globe Telecom, Inc. (third from left) as they paid a courtesy call to LCP president and Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin C. Abalos, Jr. (second from left); and LCP executive director Hilda I. Corpuz.LCP will encourage communication professionals working for city governments to attend the PR Congress, which has the theme: “The Social Change Challenge: PR pursuing reforms.”

The annual event gathers PR professionals, experts and advocates from business and industry, government, non-profit organizations, service providers and the academe to explore innovative approaches in the practice of PR to make the profession more responsive and significant to developments happening in the business climate.

For more information, please call the PRSP Secretariat at 638-0012.

Six new members inducted at GMM 2

More and more PR practitioners are joining the ranks of the country’s foremost organization for PR professionals, the Public Relations Society of the Philippines.

In photo, from left: PRSP President BUTCH S. RAQUEL, APR, VP for Corporate Communications of GMA Network, Inc.; CHERYL ANN C. SERRANO, Corporate Communications manager of Sanofi-Aventis Philippines, Inc.; MA. CARMEN A. SARMIENTO, AVP/ executive director of Philippine Airlines Foundation; NOREEN GAY P. JOAQUIN, director for Marketing & PR of IN Thing Magazine; AURAMAR DE ONON CALBARIO, Corporate Communications manager of Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC); STELLA FORMOSO CAPINPUYAN, Relationship & Business Development director of Media Meter; BENIGNO C. VALLES, Corporate Communication manager of Tollways Management Corporation; and PRSP VP Internal EDUARDO S. ALCARAZ, APR, President of ESA Consultants.