More than 160,000 pages of 8,170 issues for 25 years from a team of professional writers and seasoned columnists who are guided by the principles of accuracy, objectivity, fair play, balance and editorial integrity and independence. This is your DAILY STAR, whose staff members - both editorial and business - have been among its invaluable assets through the years.

The DAILY STAR is, perhaps, one of the few community newspapers in the country with almost 100 percent of its staff having Journalism and Mass Communications degrees from among the finest schools in its editorial staff.

Two of its key personnel hold masteral degrees in Journalism from two major universities in the United States and two others are working on their M.A. diplomas from the Asian Center for Journalism at Ateneo de Manila University.

Believing in the development of its human resources, The STAR regularly sends its staff to numerous national and regional trainings conducted by the Philippine Press Institute, the Center for Press Freedom and Responsibility and other media organizations. The trainings provide the STAR writers with an opportunity to upgrade their skills in specialized forms of writing and updating their competencies in editorial and business management, among others.

Adding substance to the news and editorial pages are the writers of the Oriental Negros bureau, which was led by Alex Pal since it started 10 years ago and now by banker-turned media man Rene Genove.

The STAR has almost 20 columnists who share with their readers their views and perspectives on far ranging issues and social affairs affecting the community.

Providing a welcome balance to the STAR reading fare is StarLife Sunday, the weekend edition of the publication, which focuses on inspiring stories as well as travel and personality features and timely commentaries by writers from both the Occidental and Oriental side.

The hardworking business office personnel - led by pioneering staff Maja Dely and assisted by Weena Magturo, Hernand Garciniego, Ronnie and Rommel Galvan - are responsible for ensuring that the business side of newspaper operations is sound under the guidance and supervision of Administrative Officer Carlo Leonardia.

Readers, especially those away from Bacolod City, continue to have their access to Negros news through the STAR's online edition at www.visayandailystar.com.*

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