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World Events
On the Edge:
On Assignment with
Jiggy Manicad
Author: Jiggy Manicad
ISBN: 978-621-420-006-1
Edition: Softbound
Language: English
Pages: 172
Size: 6 x 8.5”
Rodrigo “Jiggy” Manicad is a news anchor and host
for 24 Oras Weekend, Reporter’s Notebook, and GMA
News TV’s Quick Response Team (QRT). He obtained
his bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts at the
University of the Philippines–Los Baños. His awards
include The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM)
award for broadcast journalism in 2012, and
Metrobank Foundation’s Journalist of the Year in
2014.
On The Edge is a compilation of twenty of the news reports by one of GMA News and Public
Affairs’ award-winning broadcast journalists, Jiggy Manicad. The book features Mr. Manicad’s
coverage of some of the most relevant and controversial local and international events including
the canonization of San Pedro Calungsod, the election of Obama as US Preident, the Ampatuan
massacre, and supertyphoon Yolanda, among others. With color photographs.
the field of Economics by the National Academy
of Science and Technology and received the
Outstanding Scholarly Work Award in the Social
Sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University.
He holds a PhD in Economics from the University
of Massachusetts Amherst.
Julio C. Teehankee is Full Professor of Comparative
Politics and International Development Studies
at the De La Salle University where he also serves
as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. He is
the Executive Secretary of the Asian Political and
International Studies Association (APISA). He
completed his postdoctoral studies at the Graduate
Schools of Law and Politics at the University of
Tokyo, Japan and obtained his PhD in Development
Studies from De La Salle University.
Antonio G.M. La Viña is the Dean of the Ateneo
School of Government, an instructor at the UP
College of Law, and professor of the Philippine
Judicial Academy. He also teaches Theory of Law
and International Environmental Litigation at the
Ateneo Law School. In addition, he lectures at
the Environmental Science, Political Science, and
Philosophy Departments in the Loyola Schools
of the Ateneo de Manila University. His legal
and governance expertise encompasses climate
change, biodiversity, biosafety policy, mining,
energy, forestry, indigenous peoples’ rights,
community-based natural resources management,
consensus building and negotiations, social
accountability, local government, legal philosophy,
and public ethics.
Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza is Professor
of Public Administration and Public Policy
and the current Dean of NCPAG, University of
the Philippines–Diliman. She teaches courses
both at the undergraduate and graduate
programs in the fields of public policy, public
enterprise management, development models,
administrative theories and governance.
Professor Mendoza was formerly Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs (2010–2013)
and Dean of the Faculty of Management and
Development Studies (2007–2010) of the UP
Open University.
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