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ABS-CBN News
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News (formerly known as ''ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs''), is the news and current affairs (news format), current affairs division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The division is the country's largest international news gathering and broadcast organization, maintaining several foreign news bureaus and offices through ABS-CBN's ABS-CBN International, Global division. The division generates news output for the company's media assets such as radio station DZMM, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630; the former main ABS-CBN terrestrial television network (including List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations, its former free-to-air television and radio stations) and its current ad-interim replacements Kapamilya Channel, A2Z (TV channel), A2Z, All TV and PRTV Prime Media; cable television through ABS-CBN News Channel, ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo; international channel The Filipino Channel, TFC; and news websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PRTV Prime Media
PRTV Prime Media, also known as Prime TV, is a Philippine free-to-air digital television channel owned by Prime Media Holdings thru Philippine Collective Media Corporation. It serves as the national extension of PCMC's PRTV brand, which is currently used on its regional television station in Tacloban. History Prior to the launch, PCMC has been planning to launch of a national TV channel after its Congressional franchise was amended in 2020 to expand its coverage into nationwide broadcast. PCMC became an indirect subsidiary of Prime Media Holdings (PRIM) after the two firms signed a sharing deal through backdoor listing. PCMC/Prime Media has been collaborating with ABS-CBN Corporation through a joint-venture to operate Radyo 630 and TeleRadyo Serbisyo (now DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo). Aside from ABS-CBN, Prime Media has also been discussing collaborations with other content providers, including TV5's and Cignal TV's owner, MediaQuest Holdings. On May 27, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Patrol
''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z and All TV. Originally anchored by Noli de Castro, Mel Tiangco and Robert Arevalo, it premiered on March 2, 1987, on the network's Primetime Bida line up replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. De Castro, Karen Davila, Bernadette Sembrano and Alvin Elchico currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest running Filipino-language news program. History Pre-launch Following the People Power Revolution in February 1986 and the resumption of operations months later, ABS-CBN News executives, among them then-News Manager Angelo Castro Jr., began holding meetings with higher-ups on plans to launch an all-new news program that will serve as a replacement to ''Balita Ngayon''. On March 1, 1987, ABS-CBN announced the launch of ''TV Patrol'' during the public variety extravaganza "Ang Pagbabalik ng Bituin" () at Luneta Park, Manila. 1987–2004: ''TV Patrol'' (first iteration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortigas Center
Ortigas Center (also known as the Ortigas Central Business District or Ortigas CBD) is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within Metro Manila in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important business district after the Makati Central Business District. It is governed by the Ortigas Center Association, Inc. (OCAI), a non-stock and non-profit organization established in 1982 by Ortigas Land to manage the development. Ortigas Center is home to many List of shopping malls in Metro Manila, shopping malls, office and condominium skyscrapers, nightlife bars, restaurants and other building complexes. These include the St. Francis Square, the Asian Development Bank compound, the Oakwood Premier serviced apartments and a Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Shangri-La hotel. It is also home to the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation, Jollibee Foods Corporation, Viva Communications, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Engineer
A chief engineer, commonly referred to as "Chief" or "ChEng", is the most senior licensed mariner (engine officer) of an engine department on a ship, typically a merchant ship, and holds overall leadership and the responsibility of that department. In rank, a chief engineer is equivalent to the rank of a ship's captain. As a person who holds one of the most senior roles on the ship, they must have excellent communication and leadership skills. They will be expected to regularly work alongside other crew members and external consultants, and most importantly, provide guidance to their team. To be a chief engineer, an engineer must attain a chief engineer's license appropriate to the tonnage, power rating, and type of ship the engineer is employed on. A chief engineer is ultimately responsible for all operations and maintenance that has to do with any and all engineering equipment throughout the entire ship, and supervises all other engineering officer and engine ratings within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Taruc
Jose Malgapo Taruc Jr. (; September 18, 1947 – September 30, 2017), also known as Joe Taruc, was a Filipino news anchor who worked at DZRH in the Philippines. He was one of the top-rating news anchors on radio. Aside from being a news anchor, Taruc was also the Senior-Vice President of the station. Career He was the news anchor of the 7:00 am newscast DZRH Pangunahing Balita as well as ''Damdaming Bayan'', one of the longest-running public affairs programs on the station. Taruc interviewed people about politics, mostly the president. He was also the pioneer of ABS-CBN DZAQ Radyo Patrol (predecessor of DZMM) before the Martial Law regime. Then in the 1980s, Taruc transferred to DWWW 630 of the Kanlaon Broadcasting System (now DZMM) where he teamed up with Tiya Dely Magpayo and Noli de Castro in a morning program. He also worked on DZBB Bisig Bayan 594 (later rebranded as Super Radyo) before his transfer to DZRH in 1991, which he became the station manager and newscaster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orly Mercado
Orlando "Orly" Sanchez Mercado (, born Orlando Mercado y Sanchez; April 26, 1946) is a Filipino politician and broadcast journalist best known for having served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1998, Secretary of Defense from 1998 to 2001, and for his long career as a broadcast journalist, most famously for hosting the television program '' Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko''. Career Early career and Martial Law Imprisonment Mercado's career in Radio broadcasting began when he got a job as Disc Jockey for the program ''Night Life'' on Manila FM Station DZXX. He then became an ABS-CBN journalist in 1968, taking on roles as a reporter for ''The World Tonight'', and for the ''Radyo Patrol'' show on ABS-CBN's sister radio station DZAQ (now DZMM). He was the head and anchor of the popular radio program ''Radyo Patrol'' of ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1971 as well as the field reporter for pre-Martial Law days in ''The World Tonight'' and the anchor for the Filipino newscast ''Apat n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Tower
The Ruby Tower was a six-story building in Manila, Philippines, completed that collapsed on August 2, 1968, during the Casiguran earthquake killing over 250 people. Background The building, constructed at a cost of $250,000, was located on the corner of Doroteo Jose and Teodora Alonso Streets in Santa Cruz, a district in the northern part of Manila. The reinforced-concrete building measured , with a height of . It was of a slab-and-beam design supported by columns, the rear wall with the primary resistance to shear or torsional forces. The mixed commercial and residential building contained 38 commercial spaces on the lower two floors and 76 residential units on the upper four floors. It housed 600 to 1,000 people. Collapse and rescue effort The 7.3-magnitude 1968 Casiguran earthquake, centered more than away, hit at 4:19 am and caused the building to collapse in a pancake fashion burying over 500 people. A volunteer force of over 6,000 mobilized to free the victims t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon trade. This marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Casiguran Earthquake
The 1968 Casiguran earthquake occurred on with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The thrust earthquake's epicenter was in Casiguran, Quezon (now part of Aurora province). A small non-destructive tsunami was generated and at least 207 people were killed. The majority of the deaths occurred in the collapse of a six-story building in Manila. Damage In Manila, many structures that suffered severe damage had been built near the mouth of the Pasig River on huge alluvial deposits. A number of buildings were damaged beyond repair while others only suffered cosmetic damage. 268 people were reported to have died during the collapse of the six-story Ruby Tower, located at the corner of Doroteo Jose and Teodora Alonzo Streets in the district of Santa Cruz. The entire building, save for a portion of the first and second floors at its northern end, was destroyed. Allegations of poor design and construction, as well as the use of poor-quality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Tonight (Philippine TV Series)
''The World Tonight'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, ANC and Kapamilya Channel. Originally anchored by Hal Bowie and Henry Halasan, it aired on ABS-CBN's evening line up from November 21, 1966 to September 22, 1972, and was replaced by ''BBC/City2 Balita Late-Night Edition''. The newscast returned on the network's evening line up from September 15, 1986 to August 13, 1999, replacing ''BBC/City2 Balita Late-Night Edition'' and was replaced by ''Pulso: Aksyon Balita''. The show began broadcasting on ANC on May 1, 1996, followed by a broadcast on Kapamilya Channel on July 27, 2020, replacing ''Bandila'' and ''Tonight with Boy Abunda''. Tony Velasquez and Pia Gutierrez currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest-running news broadcasting show in the Philippines. Airing history The early years (1966–1972) ''The World Tonight'' premiered on November 21, 1966, at 8:30 PM on ABS-CBN's DZXL-TV Channel 9 as the network's answer to ABC's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News (formerly known as ''ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs''), is the news and current affairs (news format), current affairs division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The division is the country's largest international news gathering and broadcast organization, maintaining several foreign news bureaus and offices through ABS-CBN's ABS-CBN International, Global division. The division generates news output for the company's media assets such as radio station DZMM, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630; the former main ABS-CBN terrestrial television network (including List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations, its former free-to-air television and radio stations) and its current ad-interim replacements Kapamilya Channel, A2Z (TV channel), A2Z, All TV and PRTV Prime Media; cable television through ABS-CBN News Channel, ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo; international channel The Filipino Channel, TFC; and news websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
