The Pangasinan Star ONLINE

VETERAN broadcaster Bernie Errasquin handily won the presidency of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association (Patrima) Inc. in the mediamen group’s simple and orderly elections held last Wednesday at the Dagupan Business Center in the City Astrodome.

Errasquin , station manager of DWRS-Radyo ng Bayan-Tayug, is only the third president of Patrima. He will take over from Roland Hidalgo of DWPR who becomes ex-officio director of the club when the new president is formally inducted. Patrima’s first president was Minerva Caburnay of DZRH-Dagupan.

Supervised by the club’s Convenors led by Behn Fer. Hortaleza, Jr., the board election was preceded by a general assembly and meeting as set in the Association’s by-laws where the president and treasurer rendered their reports to the body.

The new board directors and officers came from the Sectoral Representatives earlier elected by club members in the club’s nine media sectors: Publishers/Editors, Station Managers/Program Directors, Announcers /Commentators, Columnists, Reporters, Government Information Officers, Cable TV Managers/Program Directors, Photographers and Reporters.

Completing the new and incoming board officers are Lelia C. Sy (Northern Times), vice president; Venus May H. Sarmiento (PIA/Pangasinan Star), secretary; Liway M. Yparraguirre (Manila Times/Pangasinan Star), treasurer; Joey Ballesteros (DWPR) auditor; and Violeta V. Ferrer (DWPR), business manager.

The rest of the earlier -elected sectoral representatives automatically become board directors.
Patrima, now on its third year, was formed by leading members of the local media to uphold the integrity of the profession and together make a difference in the public’s perception of the media sector.