Marites vitug biography
Marites vitug biography
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Marites Vitug
Newsbreak, Philippines
Vitug told the IWMF: “The Courage Award gave me a mantle of protection. It was a big, joyful boost!
Sometimes, we need moments like this, to reassure us that we’re doing good work.
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I felt safe because of the international attention it gave me. I knew that people would think twice before doing me harm.”
Later in 1991, she began expanding her articles and investigations into a book, The Politics of Logging: Power from the Forest, which was published in 1993 and won the Philippines’ National Book Award.
A lawsuit against her was dropped five years after it was filed and the timber tycoon moved to Vietnam where he took up car manufacturing – “and maybe logging,” said Vitug.
The stories she wrote, the ensuing lawsuit over them and the international recognition that she garnered because of them taught her a lot, said Vitug.
“When you’re trying to do a good job, all you have to do is st