INQUIRER.net digital content producer Samuel Yap (Photo from his Facebook profile)
MANILA, Philippines — INQUIRER.net digital content producer Samuel Yap was nominated for a Gandingan Award for his piece analyzing the National Building Code.
The Gandingan Awards is a program by the University of the Philippines (UP) Community Broadcasters’ Society (ComBroadSoc) based in the University of the Philippines in Los Baños.
This initiative seeks to encourage developmental programming on television, radio, and online media.
Yap’s story entitled “A ‘ticking bomb’: 47-yr-old building code puts Metro Manila at risk” was among the four nominees for the “Most Development-Oriented Online Feature Article.”
Through months of analysis, the piece found that the outdated building code puts millions of Metro Manila residents at risk of earthquake-related hazards.
It also reported that Congress has yet to make amendments to the law.
READ: A ‘ticking bomb’: 47-yr-old building code puts Metro Manila at risk
The Gandingan Awards will have its ceremony on Saturday afternoon, April 26, at the Umali Hall in UP Los Baños.
