Paghahabi is the Filipino term for weaving materials such as textile, mats, baskets. It also means the weaving or telling of stories.
In essence, paghahabi reflects the core competency of the AIJC, ie communication. This competency transmits truth, creates understanding, builds community. It brings together the diversity of warp and woof and interlaces them into a single colorful fabric of concord and trust.
Our e-newsletter Paghahabi tells AIJC’s stories. It reflects our efforts to promote understanding amidst diversity through our various communication programs and projects and to build a network of AIJC partners and stakeholders whose stories are intertwined with ours.
The AIJC is committed to weave a community committed to the common good and the best interest especially of marginalized sectors that need the comfort of a warm woven fabric.
The Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) Board of Trustees has recently appointed Ramon R. Tuazon as the new president of the institute. Mr. Tuazon has literally grown with the AIJC starting as one of the graduate students of the school and working as Graduate Assistant in the 1980s. He was one of the committed men and women who nurtured the organization as a respected institution in media and communication.
As Vice President for Research and Development and Consultancy of AIJC prior to his appointment, Mr. Tuazon was consultant/project manager and training resource person of various local and international-funded projects. He has conducted numerous international and local research studies in the areas of communication, mass media, social mobilization, education, literacy, environment and sustainable development.
AIJC has convened two Peace Journalism forums among prominent and respected journalism practitioners to generate recommendations on the best way to implement the Fellows on Peace Journalism Project next year.
Held on December 3 at the Linden Suites, the first forum was participated in by Inquirer columnist and veteran journalist Juan Mercado, Assistant to the President Rod Cornejo of GMA 7, Jose Torres of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Carolyn Arguillas of MindaNews, among others.
The labor sector in the Philippines is celebrating two significant events in 2008 and the AIJC is helping in the planning of these events.
In 2008, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will celebrate its 75th anniversary and the Philippine membership to the International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark its 60th anniversary. To prepare for these twin events, the AIJC facilitated a Communication and Advocacy Planning Workshop on November 20, 2007 at the ILO office in Makati City. The workshop was sponsored by the ILO Subregional Office for South-East Asia and the Pacific.
AIJC conducted a seminar-workshop on EffectiveTraining Communication Media Skills for 19 government staff on December 5-7 at the Meralco Management and Leadership Development Center in Antipolo City. Participants were personnel from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs, Office of the Ombudsman and Department of Finance who are tasked to perform communication functions.
AIJC facilitates Web writing and editing for Literacy personnel
A two-day Training on Web Writing and Editing was facilitated by AIJC for 11 staff of the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) Secretariat on December 12-13 at the SEAMEO-INNOTECH in Diliman, Quezon Cty.
AIJC and eight other private and public organizations entered into a Memorandum of Agreement to respond to the global call to bridge the digital divide through the establishment of the Philippine Community e-Academy. The partnership includes the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), International Development Research Centre, Development Academy of the Philippines, National Telehealth Center, UP Los Banos Open University, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Intel Technology Philippines Incorporated, and Microsoft Philippines Incorporated.
AIJC officers participate in Ford Motoring Awards, KBP Golden Dove
Two top officers of AIJC have been requested to participate in the judging of prominent awards. Newly appointed AIJC President Ramon. R. Tuazon took part in the Ford Motoring Awards as one of the members of the Board of Judges.
