Helena Thorfinn, (second from left on the 6th row from the bottom), Karin Hoglund (first from the right on the second row from the bottom) and Marie Neeser, (third from left on the third row from the bottom) from International Training Program  (ITP) based in Sweden with Philippine, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Timor Leste delegates to the ITP Media Asia Alumni Stakeholders Meeting on State of Press Freedom and Establishing and Institutionalizing Media-Citizen Council in n Asia held October 6-8, 2023 at Century Park Hotel in Manila.

Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg (not in photo) also graced the event as guest of honor and speaker. Philippine Press Institute (PPI)member News Core online with its publisher and editor-in chief , Carmela Reyes-Estrope, Correspondent of Philippine Daily Inquirer in Bulacan and Central Luzon Media-Citizen Council President, (second from right, second row from the bottom).   ITP Photo