Africa-Press – Angola. This year’s edition of the Palanca Negra Gigante Award, a national initiative that distinguishes the best of the year in their respective areas of activity, will be held on April 2, at the António Agostinho Neto Memorial, in Luanda, under the motto “History does not erase, remember”.
The president of the Organizing Committee, Mauro Ananias, revealed that in this edition, which will award the best of last year, the range of categories has been expanded.
As an example, he highlighted the categories of best municipality in the province of Luanda and those of best editor and page editor, the last two referring to the press (newspapers).
“From a survey we carried out, we found that these two journalism professionals, despite the great role they play in the newspaper’s production process, had never been selected for any award, which is why we decided, in this edition, to create these categories, as way of valuing the work they do”, he stressed.
Jornal de Angola, the main title of Edições Novembro, competes in these two categories with two professionals, namely journalist and editor Sérgio Chivaca and page editor Ireneu Caldeira. In his category, Sérgio Chivaca will compete with Adolfo Luemba, from Angop, Onélio Santiago, from Novo Jornal, and Paulo Sérgio, from Jornal O País, while Irineu Caldeira will compete for the prize with Francisco Silva, from Jornal o País, and André Suamino, from Novo Jornal.
“I think that, from now on, these professionals will feel more valued and encouraged to continue doing their job well”, stressed the president of the Organizing Committee of the Award.
In the Journalism category, the Palanca Negra Gigante Award will also award, among others, the best journalist of the year, with professional finalists such as Alberto Falcão de Lucas, from Angop, João de Almeida, ex-Rádio MFM, Amílcar Xavier , TV Zimbo, and Alexandre Solombo, from Rádio Despertar.
The Award also reserves the category of “Best Radio Broadcaster”. Seven professionals compete here, most of them linked to Rádio Despertar.
Regarding the category of best municipality in the province of Luanda, Mauro Ananias explained that its creation aims, above all, to encourage administrators to do more for the municipalities they manage.
He said that in this category the level of hygiene of the municipality, safety and the interaction between the Administration and the citizens will be evaluated. “The idea here is to measure the level of satisfaction of citizens in relation to the performance of administrators”, he clarified.
Mauro Ananias mentioned that another novelty of this edition of the Palanca Negra Gigante Award will be the merit student category. category will award the student who has created solutions that allow the development of the community in which he is inserted.
The vote, open to all, will be done through WhatsApp of the organization of the prize 923862042 and through the website www.galapalancanegragigante.ao, where the faces of all competitors.
The Palanca Negra Gigante Award, which is now in its ninth edition, will honor the founder of the Nation, António Agostinho Neto, for the commemoration, this year, of its centenary.
The Palanca Negra Gi-gante Gala was created in 2012 to reward the best of the year in various categories, by choice made by university students. Initially, the award distinguished only three categories, namely best student, teacher and journalist. One of the requirements to be distinguished is the good performance in the area of activity during the year.
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