Regional Schools Press Conference, Department of Education, Region III, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 13-17, 2006

Update as of September 18, 2023: If you’re a high school or grade school student in the Philippines who’s joining the photojournalism contest in the division, regional, or national press conference, I’m offering two free resources to you : A. 900-plus interactive exercises on English grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, verbal analogy, etc (with around 200 megabytes total file size). The exercises have time limit and automatic scoring, with an average of 10 items per exercise. Examples of these interactive exercises are: Common English grammar errors: Exercise 01 (nouns - confusions of number); Phrasal Verbs: Expressions with Go; English Placement Test (45 items). B. 200-plus resources (JPG, PDF, MP4, etc.) on photography and photojournalism, with 600-plus megabytes total file size. For some examples of these resources, surf to the “Free photography e-books, cheat sheets” page. For the download links and more information about how to use the interactive exercises, please surf to my “Better English resources and exercises” blog. Please inform your journalism teacher/schoolpaper adviser or your parents about these resources before downloading them. If you have any question about downloading or using these free resources, please email me (after informing your journalism teacher/schoolpaper adviser or your parents). I’ll be able to reply to you within two to three days; if you don’t see my reply in your Inbox, check your Spam folder. Or, you can text me. Also, if you win in the photojournalism contest at whatever level (district, division, regional, or national), you can send me your prizewinning pictures, and I will feature them in a blog post. Atty. Gerry T. Galacio gtgalacio@yahoo.com 0927-798-3138

More than 2,000 students from grade schools and high schools, their journalism advisers, and DepEd officials attended the conference held at the Talavera National High School and the Talavera Central Elementary School. Competitions were held in photojournalism, writing (editorial, news, sports, feature and copyreading), editorial cartooning, and radio broadcasting.

The DepEd Region III is composed of 17 divisions from several provinces and cities, namely, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Angeles City, Cabanatuan City, Olongapo City, Tarlac City, San Jose del Monte City, San Fernando City, Gapan City, Balanga City, Science City of Munoz, and Malolos City.

I was the resource speaker and judge for the photojournalism competition (high school category, with a total of 102 participants). Pictures below show the photojournalism contestants during the lecture, the actual photo shoot, waiting for the arrival of their printed pictures, and the layouting of their contest entries (plus scenes from the grade school competitions and RSPC activities). Congratulations to all the winners!

Listen muna tayo sa lecture kahit corny yung jokes ni Atty. Gerry!



Eto ang tinatawag na low angle shot ...

Hide and seek ata eto, hindi photojourn!

Kanya-kanyang style lang yan



Acrobatic photojournalism ang tawag dito

Pssst, ano ang sinisilip mo dyan?

Natural frame!


Uso ata talaga ang low angle shot ...


Break muna after the hectic photo shoot

Photojournalists having their picture taken this time around

Sir Gerry, tip naman para manalo yung pictures namin ...

Konting jitters while waiting for the pictures to arrive from Cabanatuan City pa ...



Kami, relaxed na relaxed!

Okay, layouting time na!



Hmm, di bale nang wag manalo, malagay lang ang picture ko sa Internet ...

Pa-kopya naman ng layout ninyo!