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DOST-STII Press Release: Second Audition for DOSTv talents set

The Department of Science and Technology- Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) announces its search for DOSTv talents, mainly for the station’s main weather forecaster. DOSTv, the Filipino Weather Channel launched in 2013, will start its regular broadcast on May 30, 2016.

DOST-STII and its partner production group are looking for talents who:

• Have a good grasp of meteorological, weather, geological, and other weather-related terminologies and principles;
• Have a knack for explaining scientific principles into laymanized information;
• Can project well on television;
• Preferably connected to DOST as regular or contractual employees, partners, or researchers; and
• Are willing to serve as “the face” of DOSTv.

The second batch of auditions shall be held at the DOSTv Studio at DOST-PAGASA in Quezon City on 22 April 2016, 2:00 PM.

For more information on DOSTv, please check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd387d_0N60&feature=youtube_gdata

For more information on the auditions, please call the Office of the Chief of DOST-STII’s Communication Resources and Production Division at837-2195 or message us at https://www.facebook.com/dost.stii/

COMELEC Press Release: Media accreditation for the 3rd and last Presidential Debates now open

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced today that members of the national and local media may apply for accreditation to cover the Luzon round of the #PiliPinas Presidential Debates beginning April 11, 2016 until April 15, 2016. 

The third and the last of the series of COMELEC-led Presidential debates will be held on April 24, 2016 at Dagupan City in Pangasinan.

COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez said media accreditation may be granted to members of the press who represent a bona fide media organization, subject to the following requirements:

• a fully accomplished Accreditation Application Form;
• two (2) recently taken 2” x 2” colored photograph;
• an endorsement from the Publisher, Editor-In-Chief, Assignment Editor, Station Manager or similar office of the newspaper, television, radio, or online publication employing the applicant;
• an endorsement from the appropriate officer of the broadcast organization of film distributor which has committed to air or distribute the work;
• and in the case of freelancers, a valid assignment letter from the bona fide media organization.

Bloggers and online publications may also be granted accreditation.

Media Accreditation Application Forms are available at the COMELEC Education and Information Department, said Jimenez.

The forms may also be downloaded from http://facebook.com/comelec.ph , he said.

Applications for accreditation may be personally filed at the COMELEC Education and Information Department at the COMELEC’s Main Office in Intramuros, Manila in the case of national and foreign media, and at the Office of the COMELEC Pangasinan Provincial Election Supervisor, in the case of the local media.

According to Jimenez, the accredited national and local media will be issued stickers as proof of their accreditation. ###

Ref: James Arthur B. Jimenez

            Director IV, Education and Information Department

            Commission on Elections

            Tel. No. (+632) 525-9294

Date:   April 11, 2016

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