Diarito NEWS

Imee B. Patiño is a writer and founder of Diarito. She believes that the influx of modern technology has changed communication tremendously. The paper aims to help filter that gray line by encouraging people to read, as well as check their sources as articles in our paper converge with various respectable websites. Imee graduated Fine Arts in University of Santo Tomas. She proceeded to take her M.A. in Communication Management at Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication Management. She worked for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Embassy of Israel, and United States Agency for International Development. She likes to comment on local and world issues in her blog All rights reserved. In contrast to news, she also maintains her "relaxation" design blog - Flying Duchess. She is married to a funny, loving, and more importantly, a Christ-centered husband, Carlo A. Patiño. She's also a mother to a very active baby boy, Joachim, whose first word was "meow."

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Christine discovered her passion for food at the age of four- her parents caught her trying to cook Cheez Curls on the stove! Fortunately, her choice of ingredients now are healthier; she likes easy recipes that are focused on getting the best flavour. She firmly believes that the pleasures of comfort food nourishes the soul. Quite adventurous, she's always on a hunt to discover new restaurants and dishes, trying out different beverages, and enjoys wine tasting. Aside from food, she also likes gardening, photography, travel, and writing. She maintains a food blog Happy Eating. She wrote about art, literature, lifestyle, business, and advocacy in various publications. In college, she delighted her time eating fish balls at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, and as an M.A. student in Communication Management, she favors Chinese take-out near her school, the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communications.

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Marge Perko is a writer, voice actor, and artist based in Santa Barbara, California. She worked as an events and advertising writer for Scene Magazine in Cleveland, Ohio, and as a radio newscaster and events emcee for 923 Joey in Manila, Philippines. After graduating from the International School Manila, Marge went on to earn a B.A. in broadcast journalism at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. She is married to photographer and jazz drummer Matt Perko, and is the doting mommy to one bouncing baby boy named Eddie, and an enormous Maine Coon cat called Maximus Lord Kittensley Furface. She keeps her parenting adventures in a blog called mommamakeover.

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Jay-R Patron is a writer, content provider and multimedia hobbyist based in Paranaque City, Philippines. Jay-R works full-time for Headstrong Philippnes Inc., a global IT consulting and outsourcing company. He runs a socially veered blog, greatergood.i.ph, focused on promoting social entrepreneurship, volunteerism and philanthropy. He holds a B.A. degree in Journalism and Communication and Media Studies from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. If not at work, Jay-r can be seen riding the highways of the Philippines on his motorcycle or climbing the country's highest peak