14 Filipino journalists join Papal Flight

MANILA - The Committee on Information and Media of the Papal Visit is organizing the accreditation of media personnel that will cover the Papal events.  The Accreditation Committee is doing everything in its power to accommodate all media applicants in the spirit of fairness although we do have to acknowledge space limitations in the locations except in Luneta where the Holy Father will preside in the Holy Eucharist.

The media office will also set up its Media centers in Diamond Hotel for the Vatican Press and the its accredited media personnel totaling to about 80 participants.  The Diamond Hotel, where the Media briefings will be held every evening starting January 15, can accommodate 250 participants.  The Main resource person will be Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. the official Vatican spokesperson.

But there is secondary Press Center located in Manila Hotel Tent City where it can accommodate 3,000 participants.  There will be an interactive facility connecting these two hotels so that the journalists can freely interact with Fr. Lombardi and ask questions.

REGARDING THE VAMP

The Holy See Press Office organized a media group consisting of media representatives from all over the world to accompany the Holy Father Pope Francis cover the Papal events in Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Known as the Vatican Accredited Media Personnel or VAMP, it is tasked to cover the papal visit at restricted and advantage points and to be with the Holy Father in the Papal Plane as he journeys from Rome to Sri Lanka to the Philippines and back to Rome. 

They will create pools on rotation basis in areas of restricted access.

They shall also be with the Holy Father as he conducts press briefings while inside the plane.

The Holy See Press Office has included in its official list fourteen Filipino journalists.  These come from the our four Filipino broadcast TV Stations, the Radio-TV Malacañang, Radio Veritas, CBCP Media and one from UCAN News.

The names of the fourteen Filipino journalists are as follows:

	NAME	SURNAME	PRESS ORGANIZATION	WORK
1	Nino	MANALO	9TV	CAMERAMAN
2	Ana Patricia Hontiveros	PAGKALINAWAN	9TV	REPORTER
3	Lynda Jumilla	ABALOS	ABS CBN NEWS	REPORTER
4	Ariel	FULGADO	ABS CBN NEWS	CAMERAMAN
5	Cicero Roy	LAGARDE	CBCP NEWS	REPORTER
6	Kara Patria	DAVID	GMA NETWORK	REPORTER
7	Melchor	QUINTOS	GMA NETWORK	CAMERAMAN
8	Joselito	ZULUETA	PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER	REPORTER
9	Marco Paolo	BOMBASE	PHILIPPINES POOL TV	CAMERAMAN
10	Wilfred Delgado	HERRERA	PHILIPPINES POOL TV	EDITOR
11	Gregory Ramon	GASTON	RADYO VERITAS	REPORTER
12	Arvin	RILLERA	TV5 NETWORK INC.	CAMERAMAN
13	Jhemmylrut	TENG	TV5 NETWORK INC.	REPORTER
14	Jose Adrias	TORRES	UCAN NEWS	REPORTER

There are a total of 80 VAMP including the 72 international press organizations, 7 Vatican Press Organizations, and 1 overall coordinator. (Report by Fr. Joselito Jopson)