Sinukuan Gazette, the official student publication of Pampanga State Agricultural University, emerged victorious at the 23rd Regional Higher Education Press Conference (RHEPC), securing 31 awards in both individual and group categories.
Jointly organized by the Association of Tertiary School Paper Advisers of Region 3, Inc. and The Young Journalists Association of Region 3, this year’s RHEPC gathered 541 delegates from 38 student publications across Central Luzon.
Bannering this year’s theme, “PRESS PLAY: Campus Journalists as Game Changers in Digital Revolution,” Sinukuan Gazette staffers constitute the RHEPC 2025 delegation of 541 campus journalists from 38 student publications all across Central Luzon.
Twenty-four of these are Sinukuan Gazette staffers who showcased their expertise in journalistic storytelling.
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
For two consecutive years now, SG has produced two highest pointers: Editor-in-Chief Mark Lorenz Acojedo and Head Visual Artist Daphne Mavery Ruiz, who climbed their way up the coveted pylon of highest scoring delegates for the individual categories once again by both securing 18 points.
Both highest pointers are bound to the Luzon-wide Higher Education Press Conference (LHEPC), along with two other qualifiers: Junior Opinion Editor Princess Guiana Del Rosario and Head Layout Artist Elmar Christian Arellano.
The whole delegation of Sinukuan Gazette to the 23rd RHEPC, who fiercely represented the University include:
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇 𝗠. 𝗔𝗰𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗱𝗼
5th Place, Highest Pointer for Individual Categories
1st Place, Copy Editing and Headline Writing
3rd Place, News Writing
Participant, Opinion Writing
LHEPC Qualifier
𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝗶𝘇
5th Place, Highest Pointer for Individual Categories
2nd Place, Digital Comic Strip Drawing
2nd Place, Digital Editorial Cartooning
Participant, Digital Literary Graphics Illustration
LHEPC Qualifier
𝗘𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼
1st Place, Infographics Design
4th Place, Layouting
LHEPC Qualifier
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼
2nd Place, Pagsulat ng Pangulong Tudling
LHEPC Qualifier
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻
6th Place, Pagsulat ng Balita
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮
8th Place, Editorial Writing
8th Place, Sports Writing
𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗼
6th Place, Tradisyunal na Pagguhit ng Komik Istrip
Participant, Tradisyunal na Pagdidibuho ng Sulating Literari
Participant, Traditional Editorial Cartooning
𝗬𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘇
7th Place, Digital na Paglalarawang Tudling
Participant, Digital na Pagdidibuho ng Sulating Literari
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗼
9th Place, Feature Writing
Participant, Poetry Writing
𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗽
9th Place, Tradisyunal na Paglalarawang Tudling
Participant, Traditional Literary Graphics Illustration
Participant, Traditional Comic Strip Drawing
𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻
10th Place, Pagsulat ng Balitang Isports
Participant, Development Communication Writing
𝗝𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗣𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗹
Participant, Pagwawasto ng Sipi at Pag-uulo ng Balita
Participant, Pagsulat ng Development Communication
𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘆
Participant, Pagsulat ng Opinyon
𝗕𝗲𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗼
Participant, Pagsulat ng Lathalain
𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻
Participant, Pagsulat ng Tula
𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼
Participant, Pagkuha ng Larawang Pampahayagan
𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗼𝗻
Participant, Photojournalism
𝗔𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼
Participant, Tradisyunal na Pagguhit ng Komik Istrip
Group Categories
This year, Sinukuan Gazette competed in three of the five group categories at RHEPC, earning the following accolades:
𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜-𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜 𝗫𝗫: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘆𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮
4th Place, Overall Literary Folio
1st Place, Best Literary Concept
3rd Place, Best Literary Content
7th Place, Best Cover Design
9th Place, Best Visual Arts
𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗸𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲
8th Place, Overall Best Magazine
3rd Place, Best in Development Communication
4th Place, Best in Sports
7th Place, Best in Editorial and Opinion
7th Place, Best in Magazine Photos
7th Place, Best in Cover Design
8th Place, Best in Page Design
9th Place, Best in News
𝗥𝗮𝗱𝘆𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗼, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗸𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲
8th Place, Overall Best News Production
8th Place, Best News Reporters and Anchors
5th Place, Best Script
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Sinukuan Gazette staffers and print issues will compete in Lucban, Quezon Province for the Luzon-wide Higher Education Press Conference, where SG aims to help defend Central Luzon’s overall championship in the island-cluster tilt.
