U.S. journalism awards
PCIJ’s story on deforestation and the supply chain won various recognitions in the US. It was a collaborative project produced with NBC News under the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network. 2021 Best in Business Awards — SABEW. Winner in the Energy/Natural Resources category. The award was given by the Arizona-based Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). 88th National Headliner Awards. First place in the environment category. The award body was given by the Press Club of Atlantic City. Dateline Awards — SPJ. Winner in the print business category and broadcast business category. The award was given by the Society of Professional Journalists. The report was also shortlisted in two other awards: Sigma Awards, which recognizes the best in data-driven reporting New York-based Deadline Club Awards under the categories Business Investigative Reporting and Daniel Pearl Prize for Investigative Reporting. It is shortlisted alongside the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ “Pandora Papers” series
Recipient: Karol Ilagan
Date given: 2022
2022 SOPA Awards
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) bagged three honorable mentions in this year’s Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards and recognitions in various U.S.-based award-giving bodies. SOPA was founded in Hong Kong in 1982 to acknowledge the best works in journalism in the Asia-Pacific. It announced the winners on YouTube on Thursday, June 16.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2022
Online Investigative Reporting
PCIJ stories on governance win top honors at the National Statistics Month (NSM) Media Awards of the National Statistical Coordination Board. Executive Director Malou Mangahas won the Outstanding Award for Print and Broadcast for “her contribution in promoting and communicating reports on GMA News TV’s Investigative Documentaries and her various stories for PCIJ, “which enable statistics to reach out to a wider audience.” PCIJ Research Director Karol Anne M. Ilagan won the award for the Online Investigative Reporting.
Recipient: Karol Anne M. Ilagan
Date given: 2011
Outstanding Award for Print and Broadcast
PCIJ stories on governance win top honors at the National Statistics Month (NSM) Media Awards of the National Statistical Coordination Board. Executive Director Malou Mangahas won the Outstanding Award for Print and Broadcast for “her contribution in promoting and communicating reports on GMA News TV’s Investigative Documentaries and her various stories for PCIJ, “which enable statistics to reach out to a wider audience.” PCIJ Research Director Karol Anne M. Ilagan won the award for the Online Investigative Reporting.
Recipient: Malou Mangahas
Date given: 2011
WikiPinoy of the Year
PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas named “WikiPinoy of the Year” by WikiPilipinas, the online collaborative encyclopedia based in the Philippines, for her “very significant contribution to knowledge sharing in the Philippines by steadfastly advocating the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.” The WikiPilipinas editors said the award is usually given to people who have empowered the public by providing pen information and in-depth insights on the more significant issues affecting the country and its citizens.”
Recipient: Malou Mangahas
Date given: 2010
First Humanitarian Reporting Awards
PCIJ Multimedia Director Ed Lingao wins First Prize in the First Humanitarian Reporting Awards of the Committee of the International Red Cross in the Philippines, for his reports and documentaries on media killings and the Ampatuan political dynasty in Maguindanao.
Recipient: Ed Lingao
Date given: 2010
Marshall McLuhan Awardee
PCIJ Multimedia Director Ed Lingao named “Marshall McLuhan Awardee,” for his reports on “The Guns of Maguindanao” and his documentary, “The Maguindanao Massacre, Year One,” by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines.
Recipient: Ed Lingao
Date given: 2010
Breaking Borders Awards
The Breaking Borders Awards for outstanding web projects that “demonstrate courage, energy and resourcefulness in using the internet to promote freedom of expression,” from Google, Thomson Reuters and the Global Voices community of bloggers across the world, given in Santiago, Chile.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2010
Kate Webb Award
The Agence France-Presse’s Kate Webb Award “for exceptional journalism work in difficult or dangerous circumstances,” given in Manila, the Philippines.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2010
AJA Award for Press Freedom
AJA Award for Press Freedom from the Asia Journalists Association (AJA), an organization of journalists from over 20 countries throughout Asia, given in Seoul, South Korea.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2009
Top 100 Philippine Blogs
One of Top 100 Philippine Blogs from the Daily Reviewer given to www.pcij.org/blog based on a vote of readers.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2009
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative and Explanatory Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative and Explanatory Category) – given to PCIJ fellow Roel Landingin for the three-part series on official development assistance (ODA) published on February 11-14, 2008 in the Philippine Star, Malaya, ManilaTimes and Sun.Star Cebu
Recipient: Roel Landingin
Date given: 2009
Recognition from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Recognition from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Solita “Winnie” Monsod by the Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, the Screening Committee and the Board of Judges
Recipient: Solita “Winnie” Monsod
Date given: November 25, 2008
Best Feature from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Best Feature from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to PCIJ fellow Isa Lorenzo for “A Feminine Challenge” published on i Report series, “All About Eba”
Recipient: Isa Lorenzo
Date given: November 25, 2008
Runner-up for Best Feature Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Runner-up for Best Feature Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to PCIJ contributor Solita Monsod for “Tracking the Women’s Journey” published on i Report series, “All About Eba”
Recipient: PCIJ contributor Solita Monsod
Date given: November 25, 2008
Runner-up for Best Investigative Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Runner-up for Best Investigative Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Alecks Pabico for his two-part series on the politics and the contentious issues that delayed the passage of the cheaper medicines law.
Recipient: Alecks Pabico
Date given: November 25, 2008
Runner-up for Best Investigative Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Runner-up for Best Investigative Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Jaileen Jimeno and Karol Ilagan for their three-part series on how the administration is falling behind key indicators for education.
Recipient: Jaileen Jimeno and Karol Ilagan
Date given: November 25, 2008
Runner-up for Best News Reportage Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards
Runner-up for Best News Reportage Category from the 4th Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Jaileen Jimeno for the blog “Low investment in education consigns millions to illiteracy;” “Arroyo urged to adopt coherent national population policy;” and “RP failing in ‘gut-level’ MDG indicators-ADB.”
Recipient: Jaileen Jimeno
Date given: November 25, 2008
Top Prize (Governance Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA)
Top Prize (Governance Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) – given to Alecks P. Pabico for “People Power Thrives in Naga City” published on April 29, 2007, part of the PCIJ’s i Report series on local “faces of change”.
Recipient: Alecks P. Pabico
Date given: November 14, 2008
Runner-up (Infrastructure Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA)
Runner-up (Infrastructure Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) – given to PCIJ fellow Roel Landingin for “Bids Sans Caps, Tied Loans Favor Foreign Contractors” published on February 12, 2008, second in a three-part series on official development assistance to the Philippines.
Recipient: Roel Landingin
Date given: November 14, 2008
Web Award Winner from the Digital Filipino (Podcast Category)
Web Award Winner from the Digital Filipino (Podcast Category)– given to PCIJ for its excellence to successfully harness the Internet for business development and e-commerce
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: November 5, 2008
Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace (Panibagong Paraan-Project Grant Competition)
Finalist from the Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace (Panibagong Paraan-Project Grant Competition) – given to the PCIJ for the “Suriin ang Kahirapan: A Community Audit of Poverty in the Philippines”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: April 9, 2008
3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards
Recognition from the 3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Lala Ordenes-Cascolan for “A Mother’s Breastfeeding Story”, an online investigative reporting from October 1, 2006- August 15, 2007 by the Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, Population and Development Strategies Cluster-UNFPA 6th Country Programme, Screening Committees and the Board of Judges for the Print and Online Categories
Recipient: Lala Ordenes-Cascolan
Date given: November 27, 2007
3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards
Recognition from the 3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Maitet Diokno-Pascual and Clarence Pascual for “Walking on a Knife’s Edge”, an online opinion writing from October 1, 2006- August 15, 2007 by the Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, Population and Development Strategies Cluster-UNFPA 6th Country Programme, Screening Committees and the Board of Judges for the Print and Online Categories
Recipient: Maitet Diokno-Pascual and Clarence Pascual
Date given: November 27, 2007
3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards
Citation from the 3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Jose Enrique Soriano for “Indisputable Hunger”, best photo, for making a significant difference in the amount and accuracy of public knowledge of population and human development issues affecting the lives of Filipinos from October 1, 2006- August 15, 2007 by the Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, Population and Development Strategies Cluster-UNFPA 6th Country Programme, Screening Committees and the Board of Judges for the Photojournalism Special Category
Recipient: Jose Enrique Soriano
Date given: November 27, 2007
3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards
Recognition from the 3rd Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Alecks Pabico for “The Philippines, Now a ‘Second World’ Country?” for his invaluable role in raising public awareness on population and human development issues affecting the lives of Filipinos through online opinion writing from October 1, 2006- August 15, 2007 by the Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, Population and Development Strategies Cluster-UNFPA 6th Country Programme, Screening Committees and the Board of Judges for the Print and Online Categories
Recipient: Alecks Pabico
Date given: November 27, 2007
27th National Book Awards
Finalist for the Best Book of Journalism from the 27th National Book Awards – given to PCIJ for the book “The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and the Well-Born Dominate Congress – presented by the National Book Development Board and Manila Critics Circle
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: November 15, 2007
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards
1st Prize from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards – given to Vinia Datinguinoo-Mukherjee for “Muslim Classes Come Alive” published on i Report series on Literature and Literacy
Recipient: Vinia Datinguinoo-Mukherjee
Date given: June 2007
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards
Finalist from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards – given to Alecks P. Pabico for “Waste Not, Want Not”
Recipient: Alecks P. Pabico
Date given: 2007
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards
Finalist from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards – given to Isa Lorenzo for “A Feminine Challenge”
Recipient: Isa Lorenzo
Date given: 2007
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards
Finalist from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards – given to PCIJ fellow Prime Sarmiento for “What’s Swimming in your Soup?”
Recipient: Prime Sarmiento
Date given: 2007
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards
Finalist from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)- Australian Press Awards – given to PCIJ fellow Rorie Fajardo for “Still Strangers in their Own Land”
Recipient: Rorie Fajardo
Date given: 2007
Philippine Blog Awards (News Media Category)
Best Blog from the Philippine Blog Awards (News Media Category) – given to PCIJ
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2007
2nd Annual PopDev Media Awards
Citation from the 2nd Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Vinia Datinguinoo for her online news reportage from October 1, 2005- September 30, 2006 by the Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc., United Nations Population Fund, Population and Development Strategies Cluster-UNFPA 6th Country Programme, Screening Committees for NCR, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, and the Board of Judges
Recipient: Vinia Datinguinoo
Date given: December 12, 2006
Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA)
Top Prize (Women and Development Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) – given to Tess Bacalla for “One Year after Quezon Disaster, Women are Leading their Families toward Recovery” published in major newspapers on November 14, 2005
Recipient: Tess Bacalla
Date given: April 19, 2006
Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA)
1st Runner-up (Poverty Issues Category) from the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) – given to Chit Estella for “Substandard Nursing Schools Sell Dreams of a Life Abroad” published in major newspapers on March 21, 2005
Recipient: Chit Estella
Date given: April 19, 2006
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Vinia Mukherjee for “Preparing for Disaster” published in i Report on March-June, 2006
Recipient: Vinia Mukherjee
Date given: 2006
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Vinia Mukherjee for “Preparing for Disaster” published in The Philippine Star, Business Mirror, Malaya, Manila Standard Today, and Sun Star Cebu in August 14-15, 2006
Recipient: Vinia Mukherjee
Date given: 2006
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Alecks Pabico for “New Rx Needed for Generics Movement” published in Malaya on September 28-29, 2006
Recipient: Alecks Pabico
Date given: 2006
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Vinia Mukherjee for “Tempest in a (Feeding) Bottle”
Recipient: Vinia Mukherjee
Date given: 2006
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Tess Bacalla for “Boys Town Wards Cry of Sexual Physical Abuse” published in The Philippine Star, The Manila Times, Malaya and Sun Star Cebu on June 12-13, 2006
Recipient: Tess Bacalla
Date given: 2006
Annual PopDev Media Awards
Best in Online Opinion Writing from the Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Alecks Pabico for his blog post on the living conditions of thousands of resettled families at the Southville Housing Project
Recipient: Alecks Pabico
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Vinia M. Datinguinoo for “Mama can’t eat” published in i Report on January- March, 2005
Recipient: Vinia M. Datinguinoo
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Luz Rimban for “Running on taxpayer’s money”
Recipient: Luz Rimban
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Cheryl Chan for “Perils of Generation Sex”
Recipient: Cheryl Chan
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Luz Rimban for “Major players elude government’s anti-logging drive in Aurora”
Recipient: Luz Rimban
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Avigail M. Olarte for “So young and so trapo”
Recipient: Avigail M. Olarte
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Avigail M. Olarte for “Trained to care”
Recipient: Avigail M. Olarte
Date given: 2005
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Alan Robles for “Mutants on your plate”
Recipient: Alan Robles
Date given: 2005
Annual PopDev Media Awards
Best Investigative Report from the Annual PopDev Media Awards – given to Jaileen Jimeno for her two-part series on public access to modern family planning methods
Recipient: Jaileen Jimeno
Date given: 2005
Rock the Vote ’04 (Edukasyon sa Halalan para sa Kinabukasan)
Appreciation from the Rock the Vote ’04 (Edukasyon sa Halalan para sa Kinabukasan) – given to PCIJ by Grassroot Project for Development.
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: May 7, 2004
Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace (Panibagong Paraan-Project Grant Competition)
Finalist from the Philippine Development Innovation Marketplace (Panibagong Paraan-Project Grant Competition) – given to the PCIJ for the “Empowering Citizens through the One-stop Information Site on Philippine Politics and Government”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: January 9, 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Yvone T. Chua, with additional reporting by Avigail Olarte and Booma Cruz for “Fat salaries, big allowances and other perks of lawmaking” and “An expensive – and unaccountable – legislature
Recipient: Yvone T. Chua
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Chay Florentino-Hofileña and Aries Rufo for “The showbiz press gets into politics”
Recipient: Chay Florentino-Hofileña and Aries Rufo
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “Much ado about numbers”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Yvonne T. Chua and Booma B. Cruz for “Pork is a political, not a developmental, tool,”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua and Booma B. Cruz
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Luz Rimban for “In Tarlac, CARP gives land to the wealthy” published in Business World, Cebu Daily News, Malaya and Mindanao Daily Mirror on July 5-6, 2004 by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and the Ateneo de Manila University
Recipient: Luz Rimban
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Cecile C.A. Balgos for “Half-truths in advertising” published in i Magazine on January- June 2004
Recipient: Cecile C.A. Balgos
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Ibarra C. Mateo for “Spinning the news”
Recipient: Ibarra C. Mateo
Date given: 2004
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “Much ado about numbers”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 2004
2002 National Book Award
2002 National Book Award – given to PCIJ for the book “Investigating Corruption” edited by Sheila S. Coronel and Lorna Kalaw-Tirol by the Manila Critics Circle, National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the National Book Development Board
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: August 30, 2003
Public Service Award from the Bantay Katarungan
Public Service Award from the Bantay Katarungan – given to PCIJ for its fearless in-depth reportage on the Narvasa Court, for its documented reports on the former President Joseph Estrada, his wealth, his mistresses and his cronies, for its impartial, no-nonsense investigative reporting on the GMA Administration, shortly after it came to power, and for its remarkable initiative and exceptional courage in performing its task under three different administrations, admirable sense of fairness and unimpeachable integrity, and for its respect for the facts and the available evidence
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: February 8, 2003
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Tess Bacalla for “BIR officials amass unexplained wealth”
Recipient: Tess Bacalla
Date given: 2003
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to the PCIJ Team for “Who was responsible for the IMPSA deal?”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 2003
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category)
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Explanatory Category) – given to Jose Torres Jr. for “The Making of the Mindanao Mafia”
Recipient: Jose Torres Jr.
Date given: 2003
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “Corruption still goes on at DepEd filed offices”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 2003
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 2003
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Luz Rimban and Sheila Samonte-Pesayco for “Trail of power mess leads to Ramos”
Recipient: Luz Rimban and Sheila Samonte-Pesayco
Date given: 2002
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Malou C. Mangahas for “The Estrada plunder case, Year 1: Trial of the century’s may take ages to finish”
Recipient: Malou C. Mangahas
Date given: 2002
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Marites Sison for “Garbage problem rooted in money and politics”
Recipient: Marites Sison
Date given: 2002
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Luz Rimban for “A dangerous place to be a journalist”
Recipient: Luz Rimban
Date given: 2002
2000 National Book Award for Journalism
2000 National Book Award for Journalism – given to PCIJ for the book “Betrayal of the Public Trust: Investigative Reports on Corruption” edited by Sheila S. Coronel – presented by the Manila Critics Circle and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: September 8, 2001
The Chino Roces Freedom Award of the year
The Chino Roces Freedom Award of the year – given to PCIJ for seeking and revealing the truth, with outstanding courage and professional competence, so the people may know
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: August 27, 2001
Public Service Award for Pioneering and Exemplary Public Service
Public Service Award for Pioneering and Exemplary Public Service – given to PCIJ by the Ateneo de Manila University
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: July 25, 2001
Recognition from the House of Representatives (Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, Office of the Speaker and AKBAYAN
Recognition from the House of Representatives (Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, Office of the Speaker and AKBAYAN – given to PCIJ for their unwavering commitment to true, fair and fearless reporting: for the risks they took and sacrifices endured and for their immeasurable contribution to the phenomenon that was People Power II
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: March 1, 2001
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila Samonte-Pesayco for “GSIS insurance monopoly: ‘A never-ending scam’
Recipient: Sheila Samonte-Pesayco
Date given: 2001
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category)
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards (Investigative Category) – given to Luz Rimban and Mike F. Leonen for “In haste in government approval of IMPSA power project deal” published in Business World, TODAY, The Freeman on April 1-3, 2001 and Cebu Daily News on March 31- April 2, 2001
Recipient: Luz Rimban and Mike F. Leonen
Date given: 2001
One of the Top 10 Newsmakers of the Year from the Bulong-Pulungan
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: December 12, 2000
1999 National Book Award
1999 National Book Award – given to PCIJ for the book “From Loren to Marimar: The Philippine Media in the 1990s” edited by Sheila S. Coronel by the Manila Critics Circle and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: September 9, 2000
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua, Sheila S. Coronel and Vinia M. Datinguinoo for “Can Estrada Explain his Wealth?” (published in Business World, Philippine Post, Pinoy Times, Sun Star Manila, Cebu Daily News, Sun Star Cebu, Freeman, Today, and Philippine Collegian on July 25-26, 2000), Ma, Lourdes Mangahas and Luz Rimban for “First Family’s Firm Flouts the Law” (published in Business World, Pinoy Times, Philippine Star and Philippine Collegian on August 21, 2000), and Sheila Coronel for “Erap and Families” (published in i Magazine on September 2000)
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua, Sheila S. Coronel and Vinia M. Datinguinoo
Date given: 2000
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and Glenda Gloria for “Cronies scramble to get Clark casino for Estrada”
Recipient: Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and Glenda Gloria
Date given: 2000
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Prime Sarmiento for “Corruption and waste weigh down agriculture”
Recipient: Prime Sarmiento
Date given: 2000
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Luz Rimban and Mike Leonen for “Baguio forest cut down to build ‘Cronyville’”
Recipient: Luz Rimban and Mike Leonen
Date given: 2000
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “Up to 65% of textbook funds goes to bribes”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 1999
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Chay Florentino- Hofileña and Ian Sayson for “Centennial Expo: convenient cover for election fundraising”
Recipient: Chay Florentino- Hofileña and Ian Sayson
Date given: 1999
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Into the Light” published in i Magazine on January-March 1999
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1999
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Marites Sison for “In a bind, many single mothers leave their kids in orphanages”
Recipient: Marites Sison
Date given: 1999
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Jaileen Jimeno for “Government women’s budget goes to frivolous projects”
Recipient: Jaileen Jimeno
Date given: 1999
National Book Awards
Award for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “Robbed: An Investigation of Corruption in Philippine Education”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 1999
National Book Awards
Award for Media from the National Book Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel (editor) for “From Loren to Marimar: The Philippine Media in the 1990s”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel (editor)
Date given: 1999
National Book Awards
Finalist for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Cecile C. A. Balgos (editor) for “Her Stories: Investigative Reports on Filipino Women in the 1990s”
Recipient: Cecile C. A. Balgos (editor)
Date given: 1999
National Book Awards
Finalist for Documentation from the National Book Awards – given to Cecile C. A. Balgos (editor) for “News in Distress: The Southeast Asian Media in a Time of Crisis”
Recipient: Cecile C. A. Balgos (editor)
Date given: 1999
Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards
Finalist from Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “As much as 65% of Textbook Funds Goes to Bribes”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 1999
Centennial Year Journalism Award
Centennial Year Journalism Award from the RCM Marcelo H. del Pilar – given to Sheila S. Coronel and Ellen Tordesillas for their exposition of the purchase by the Amari Corporation of reclaimed land from the Philippine Estates Authority (PEA)
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel and Ellen Tordesillas
Date given: June 18, 1998
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel and Ellen Tordesillas for “The Grandmother of all scams”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel and Ellen Tordesillas
Date given: 1998
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua for “DECS plagued by ‘ghost’ deliveries”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua
Date given: 1998
National Book Awards
Award for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel (editor) for “Pork and other Perks: Corruption and Governance in the Philippines”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel (editor)
Date given: 1998
Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards
3rd Prize from Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards – given to Alecks P. Pabico for “Law on tribal rights reaches a dead end”
Recipient: Alecks P. Pabico
Date given: 1998
National Book Award for Journalism from the Manila Critics Circle
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1998
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Fellowship for Media
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1998
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Justice to the highest bidder”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1997
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Claire Tielens for “God’s own assembly line”
Recipient: Claire Tielens
Date given: 1997
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Rachel Khan for “Comelec: Weighed but found wanting”
Recipient: Rachel Khan
Date given: 1997
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Colleen Chien for “Energy policy keeps 17 million Filipinos in the dark”
Recipient: Colleen Chien
Date given: 1997
National Book Awards
Finalist for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Yvonne T. Chua (editor) for “Uncovering the Beat: The Real-World Guide to Reporting on Government”
Recipient: Yvonne T. Chua (editor)
Date given: 1997
National Book Awards
Finalist for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Danilo Arao, Yvonne T. Chua and Alecks P. Pabico for “The Electronic Trail: A Guide to Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting in the Philippines”
Recipient: Danilo Arao, Yvonne T. Chua and Alecks P. Pabico
Date given: 1997
National Book Awards
Finalist for Biography from the National Book Awards – given to Maria Rosa Henson for “Comfort Woman: Slave of Destiny”
Recipient: Maria Rosa Henson
Date given: 1997
Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards
Finalist from Louie R. Prieto Journalism Awards – given to Howie G. Severino for “Nasugbu farmers lose out to tourism”
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: October 1996
Excellence in Writing on Women and AIDS
1st Runner-up for Excellence in Writing on Women and AIDS – given to Cecile C.A. Balgos by the AIDSCAP Women’s Initiative of Family Health International and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Recipient: Cecile C.A. Balgos
Date given: July 9, 1996
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Fellowhip for Media
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: 1996
National Book Award for Journalism from the Manila Critics Circle
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1996
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Chay Florentino-Hofileña for “Profits from disaster”
Recipient: Chay Florentino-Hofileña
Date given: 1996
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Squeeze Play on the North Luzon Expressway”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1996
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Asian ‘tigers’ feast on sharks”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1996
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Gemma Luz Corotan for “Corruption charges hound Ramiro”
Recipient: Gemma Luz Corotan
Date given: 1996
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and Eric Gutierrez for “Misuari faces big headaches”
Recipient: Marites Dañguilan-Vitug and Eric Gutierrez
Date given: 1996
National Book Awards
Award for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel (editor) for “Patrimony: Six Case Studies on Environment and Local Politics in the Philippines”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel (editor)
Date given: 1996
2nd Place for Best Documentary
2nd Place for Best Documentary from the Cultural Center of the Philippines – given to PCIJ for “No Time for Play”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1996
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Fellowhip for Media
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: 1996
Asian American Journalists Association National Awards (Photography – Unlimited Subject Matter)
1st Place from the Asian American Journalists Association National Awards (Photography – Unlimited Subject Matter) – given to Rick Rocamora for “Caged” Manila’s Invisible Children”
Recipient: Rick Rocamora
Date given: August 24, 1995
National Book Awards
Award for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Jose F. Lacaba for “Boss: Five Case Studies of Local Politics in the Philippines”
Recipient: Jose F. Lacaba
Date given: 1995
National Book Awards
Finalist for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Cecille C. A. Balgos for “The Child with a Fish for a Twin (Or how not to write about children)”
Recipient: Cecille C. A. Balgos
Date given: 1995
National Book Awards
Award for Photojournalism from the National Book Awards – given to Alex Baluyut and Gemma Luz Corotan for “Brother Hood”
Recipient: Alex Baluyut and Gemma Luz Corotan
Date given: 1995
National Book Awards
Finalist for Environment from the National Book Awards – given to Howie G. Severino (editor) for “The Green Guide: A Sourcebook on the Philippine Environment”
Recipient: Howie G. Severino (editor)
Date given: 1995
National Book Award for Journalism from the Manila Critics Circle
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1995
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to PCIJ with the Institute for Popular Democracy for “Jueteng thrives in the Ramos heartland”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism with the Institute for Popular Democracy
Date given: 1995
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Gemma Luz Corotan for “The meteoric rise of Hilarion Ramiro”
Recipient: Gemma Luz Corotan
Date given: 1995
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Gemma Luz Corotan for “The NFA: Tailor-made for corruption”
Recipient: Gemma Luz Corotan
Date given: 1995
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Howie G. Severino for “Widespread fraud mars DENR flagship program”
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: 1995
Annual Science and Technology Journalism Awards
Honorable Mention from the Annual Science and Technology Journalism Awards – given to Sheila Coronel by the Philippine Press Institute and the Philippine Geothermal, Inc.
Recipient: Sheila Coronel
Date given: December 7, 1994
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Howie G. Severino for “Chemical Giant Evades Ban on Deadly Products”
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: 1994
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Stella Tirol-Cadiz for “Tan Yu’s projects: Grand plans but little achievement”
Recipient: Stella Tirol-Cadiz
Date given: 1994
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Earl and Disraeli Parreño for “Hostages of war”
Recipient: Earl and Disraeli Parreño
Date given: 1994
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to J. R. Alibutud for “Filipino war veterans: American dream ends in nightmare”
Recipient: J. R. Alibutud
Date given: 1994
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Eric Gutierrez for “House of Representatives’ business interests: Congressmen violate conflict-of-interest rule”
Recipient: Eric Gutierrez
Date given: 1993
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Eileen Mangubat and Marites Sison-Paez for “Hooked on Nubain: Indictable pain-killer lures Cebu addicts”
Recipient: Eileen Mangubat and Marites Sison-Paez
Date given: 1993
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Yasmin Arquiza for “The Green Evolution: The environmental movement at the crossroads”
Recipient: Yasmin Arquiza
Date given: 1993
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Stella Tirol-Cadiz for “Millions at stake in lotto war”
Recipient: Stella Tirol-Cadiz
Date given: 1993
Jaime V. Ongpin Award
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Stella Tirol-Cadiz for “Judiciary on trial: Unethical practices of justices”
Recipient: Stella Tirol-Cadiz
Date given: 1993
National Book Awards
Award for Journalism from the National Book Awards – given to Marites Dañguilan-Vitug for “Power from the Forest: The Politics of Logging”
Recipient: Marites Dañguilan-Vitug
Date given: 1993
Catholic Press Awards
Best Book from the Catholic Press Awards – given to PCIJ for “Kudeta: The Challenge to Philippine Democracy”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: March 14, 1992
Recognition from the Earth Savers Movement
Given to PCIJ for the Development and Rehabilitation of the Environment through Arts, Media and Science in consonance with the 1992 UN Earth Summit Goals by DREAMS Honor Roll Earth Day
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1992
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel, Malou C. Mangahas, Howie G. Severino, Eric Gamalinda, Stella Tirol, Lan Mercado and Cecille C. A. Balgos for “Hard times: The challenge to President Ramos”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel, Malou C. Mangahas, Howie G. Severino, Eric Gamalinda, Stella Tirol, Lan Mercado and Cecille C. A. Balgos
Date given: 1992
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “The making of the President: 1992”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1992
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Stella Tirol-Cadiz for “De Venecia’s debt trail”
Recipient: Stella Tirol-Cadiz
Date given: 1992
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Wounded earth: T’bolis fight for their ancestral land”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1992
National Book Awards
Award for Anthology from the National Book Awards – given to PCIJ for “Saving the Earth: The Philippine Experience”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1992
Press Freedom Award from the Annual (Philippine Movement for Press Freedom) PMPF Awards
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: August 30, 1991
Likas Yaman Award from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: June 27, 1991
Recognition from the Communicators’ League for Environmental Action and Restoration (CLEAR)
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: March 21, 1991
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Marites Sison-Paez for “Like a rolling stone: Manila’s homeless”
Recipient: Marites Sison-Paez
Date given: 1991
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Carolyn O. Arguillas for “Money for nothing: Kidnappings are big business”
Recipient: Carolyn O. Arguillas
Date given: 1991
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Editha Erecre Eco for “Married to the M.O.B. (Mail-Order Bride)”
Recipient: Editha Erecre Eco
Date given: 1991
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Howie G. Severino for “Marijuana: Principal crop in roadless Ifugao town”
Recipient: Howie G. Severino
Date given: 1991
Catholic Mass Media Awards
Best Book Award from the Catholic Mass Media – given to PCIJ for “Kudeta: the Challenge to Philippine Democracy”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1990
National Book Awards
Award for Anthology from the National Book Awards – given to PCIJ for “Kudeta: the Challenge to Philippine Democracy”
Recipient: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Date given: 1990
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards was given to Malou C. Mangahas for “The traffic in human organs”
Recipient: Malou C. Mangahas
Date given: 1990
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards was given to Red Batario and Girlie Alvarez for “One million have fled their homes to escape fighting”
Recipient: Red Batario and Girlie Alvarez
Date given: 1990
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – for “Chaos in the courts”
Recipient: Cecile C. A. Balgos
Date given: 1990
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
1st Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Constantino Tejero for “Censorship in Philippine movies and television”
Recipient: Constantino Tejero
Date given: 1990
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
3rd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards – given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Agrarian Reform” published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer from April 24-26, 1989 by the Institute of Business and Government
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: October 3, 1989
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
Finalist from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards was given to Sheila S. Coronel for “Right- wing evangelicals”
Recipient: Sheila S. Coronel
Date given: 1989
Jaime V. Ongpin Awards
2nd Prize from the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards was given to Ceres P. Doyo for “The AIDS threat”
Recipient: Ceres P. Doyo
Date given: 1989