February 08, 2021 THERE goes the sun gleaming toward a seasoned media practitioner from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, as she will be governing the Rotary International District 3850 come Rotary Year 2023-2024.
Maria Ester Mate Espina, who comes from a family of journalists and artists and currently serving as the district chair for public image and RI appointed Assistant Regional Public Image Coordinator for RY 2021-2022, was chosen as District Governor Nominee Designate (DGND) for 2023-2024 by the District Nominating Committee last February 6, 2021, Saturday, at the UCC Cafe in Lacson Street, Bacolod City.
This means that she will be serving as Rotary governor for District 3850 for RY 2023-2024.
December 14, 2020 AFTER reaping three awards and six finalist citations in the recent Globe Media Excellence Awards 2020, SunStar Bacolod multimedia content editor and reporter Erwin Nicavera won another award in the field of journalism.
Nicavera brought home, this time, the Most Supportive Provincial Agriculture Reporter for Negros Occidental award from the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas, through its Agriculture Reporters Awards 2020.
He received the plaque and certificate of recognition from officials of the DA-Western Visayas headed by Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter during the Media Pasasalamat and Year-End Press Conference held at the Westown Hotel in Iloilo City on Thursday, December 10.