NEW OFFICERS Diego C. Cagahastian (fourth from right), Editor-in-Chief of the newly established The Daily Chronicle, is joined by other newly elected officers of the Philippine Agricultural Journalists Inc. or PAJ for 2024-2026. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Diego C. Cagahastian, a veteran newspaper editor, was elected to the position of Vice President for External Affairs at the general assembly and election of officers of the Philippine Agricultural Journalists Inc. (PAJ) for 2024-2026.
Cagahastian is presently the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Chronicle, the newest virtual newspaper in Philippine media industry. The Chronicle is published online daily.
The assembly was held at the Agricultural Training Institute mess hall, ATI Compound, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City last May 2.
The new officers of the PAJ for 2024-2026 are:
Raymundo L. Junia, (Opinyon) President
Gadmer G. Layson (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Internal Vice President
Diego C. Cagahastian (The Daily Chronicle) External Vice President
Maria Ruby G. Lumongsod (DA Bureau of Agricultural Research) Secretary
Yovina Claire A. Pauig (Agricultural Training Institute) Assistant Secretary
Inez G. Magbual (Best Media Source Corporation) Treasurer
Carolina B. Manzano (National Food Authority) Auditor
Conrad M. Cariño (The Manila Times) PRO for Print/Mainstream Media
Pamela Mariquita G. Mappala (Agricultural Training Institute) PRO for Broadcast/Social Media.
Directors:
Rommelda O. Batocabe (UPLB)
Fermin M. Diaz (LAMB Magazine)
Freddie G. Lazaro (National Tobacco Administration)
Ma. Evelyn B. Castino-Quilas (Gervel Agribiz)
Adora D. Rodriguez (DA Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division)
Thelma M. Tolentino (Farm Book)
Before joining The Daily Chronicle, Cagahastian was consulting editor of Opinyon Media Advocacies and editorial writer of Malaya Business Insight.
He worked for 26 years in the Manila Bulletin, where he was deskman, Malacañang reporter, Metro editor and News editor.
Cagahastian briefly worked as Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Press Secretary in Malacañang under President Joseph Estrada. He was also head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Education and Information Department and Comelec spokesman under Chairman Benjamin Abalos.
During the six-year term of Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, Cagahastian was head of the City Information Office and Mayor Estrada’s spokesman.
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