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Views: Visits 10 Awujale Adetona By Dr (Chief) Fassy Adetokunboh Yusuf IT can only be providential that a young prince studying Accountancy in England would be recalled home at the age of twenty-five years to occupy the stool of his forefathers as the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of the Ijebu nation, when he was oblivious of what was going on in Ijebuland. Such was the lot of charming Prince Sikiru Kayode Adetona from the Anikinaiya Ruling House. Apparently, the incumbent A...

LIBERIA: UL Professor Publishes Book on the Effect of Diplomacy … Liberia, U.S., China’s Triangular Relations LIBERIA: UL Professor Publishes Book on the Effect of Diplomacy … Liberia, U.S., China’s Triangular Relations Prof. J. Moses Gray A new skyline of practical intellectualism that enlightens the academic space wherein home-grown educators-men and women of letters, are intensifying the production of genuine and unique reading materials through the publication of high-pitch res...

(Photo from Darla Mae Hasan) Hasan graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. After graduating in 2018, the 23-year old worked for the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for two years before she shifted to full-time freelancing. “I chose freelancing because it gives me that sense of freedom that I never felt when I was still an employee,” Hasan told the Manila Bulletin. When she was in her 9 to 5 job, Hasa...

Mr Kwasi Obeng-Fosu has assumed responsibility as the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Ministry of Energy. He comes to his new position with years of experience in both information management and strategic communications. Prior to taking up his new role at the Ministry, Mr Obeng-Ofosu was the deputy and became the substantive Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education with special responsibility in media engagement, planning and directing communications related activities at th...

Listen to article Mr. Kwasi Obeng-Fosu has assumed responsibility as the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Ministry of Energy. He comes to his new position with years of experience in both information management and strategic communications. Prior to taking up his new role at the Ministry, Mr Obeng-Ofosu was the deputy and became the substantive Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education with special responsibility in media engagement, planning and directing communications rela...

WHAT WE DO... SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since 1980, has been providing assistance to populations that are victims of armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs: drinking, eating, shelter. Committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the worlds leading cause of mortality, SI provides expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essenti...

1.1 Historical background of development communication Development Communication involves the strategic use of communication for alleviation of social problems evolving societies ( wilkins, 1996). The term ‘development communication’ was coined in 1972 by Quebral, who defines the field as: ‘the art and science of human communication applied to the speedy transformation of a country and the mass of its people from poverty to a dynamic state of economic growth that makes possible greater so...

Changes in the journalism profession have made journalism education challenging. For instance, the growth of the internet has given everyone the ability to generate and distribute information. This includes news materials and photographs, shared across public platforms without any professional or editorial scrutiny. As a result of this democratisation, journalists are struggling to adapt to this new reality, where they compete daily with a larger society that has blurred the lines between creat...

Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid This,  Dr. Tony Leachon, former adviser to the National COVID-19 Task Force noted,   is the country’s most  pressing need.  And former Secretary of Health as well as Social Welfare and Development Dr. Esperanza Cabral, narrating the stories of her patients who were denied access to health care services in our hospitals agreed. Citing RA 8344, which stated that “you cannot turn away patients without first stabilizing him or her and that if the patient needs a...

Country: United States I am a Professor of Communication in the School of Media and Communication at Temple University in Philadelphia. Currently, I serve there as director of the Master of Science in Globalization and Development Communication program. And, I am Chair of the Scholarly Review Committee for the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Ongoing research addresses communicative action and cultural change, participation, and program assessment. Recent publica...