GMA reporter JP Soriano wins gold at first-ever Labor Media Awards

GMA News reporter JP Soriano received high recognition from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) at the first-ever Labor Media Awards held in Manila last December 3.

According to DOLE, Soriano bagged the Gold Award for Best in Reporting for "his series of reports on countering illegal recruitment and human trafficking special reports."

GMA News reporter JP Soriano poses with DOLE's Bureau of Local Employment Director Dominique Rubia-Tutay after he received the Gold Award for Best in Reporting at the DOLE Labor Media Awards held in Manila on Dec. 3, 2019. GMA News

DOLE, which is celebrating its 86th anniversary, said the Labor Media Awards "aims to recognise members of mainstream media who contributed high impact documentation of DOLE programs and services."

In their press release, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III explained that the awards aim to "increase mainstream media documentation and reporting of DOLE high impact events and activities by giving due recognition to the best and outstanding published works of our friends from media."

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (3rd from left) with other DOLE officials and awardees during the Labor Media Awards ceremony last Dec. 3, 2019 in Manila. GMA News

The secretary adds that it "enhances the good relations between the department and media, in bringing our programs and services to the public." —Margaret Claire Layug/KG, GMA News