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Kat De Castro
Katherine Chloe Sinsuat de Castro-Cruz, (born October 18, 1978) also known as Kat de Castro, is a Filipino journalist, and former television personality, who was formerly the Undersecretary of Tourism Advocacy and Public Affairs of the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) under Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo. She took her oath of office at the Malacañang Palace on August 15, 2016. She later resigned from her post in 2018 after being asked by Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat to do so. After a year, she was re-appointed as President & CEO of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). She previously served as the General Manager and Board Director of People's Television Network (PTV) from 2020 until 2022. Biography De Castro is one of the three children of former Vice President and ABS-CBN News anchor Noli de Castro and former ABS-CBN Current Affairs executive Arlene de Castro, who now heads Bayan Productions. She was among the personalities who actively support the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Tourism (Philippines)
The Department of Tourism ( fil, Kagawaran ng Turismo, DOT) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination. History Started as a private initiative to promote the Philippines as a major travel destination, the Philippine Tourist & Travel Association was organized in 1950. In 1956, the Board of Travel and Tourist Industry was created by Congress As stipulated in the Integrated Reorganization Plan in 1972 sanctioned as a law under Presidential Decree No. 2, as amended, the Department of Trade and Tourism was established, reorganizing the then Department of Commerce and Industry. A Philippine Tourism Commission was created under the unified Trade and Tourism Department to oversee the growth of the tourism industry as a source of economic benefit for the country. In 1973, President Ferdinand Marcos created a new cabinet-level Department of Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. The newspaper is owned and published by Philstar Daily Inc., which also publishes the monthly magazine ''People Asia'' and the Sunday magazines ''Starweek'' and ''Let's Eat''. As part of the Philstar Media Group, its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet '' The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids '' Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Philstar Life and Wheels.ph, and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany '' persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Senate Of The Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Senado ng Pilipinas'', also ''Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas'' or "upper chamber") is the upper house of Congress of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in its elections) under plurality-at-large voting. Senators serve six-year terms with a maximum of two consecutive terms, with half of the senators elected in staggered elections every three years. When the Senate was restored by the 1987 Constitution, the 24 senators who were elected in 1987 served until 1992. In 1992 the 12 candidates for the Senate obtaining the highest number of votes served until 1998, while the next 12 served until 1995. Thereafter, each senator elected serves the full six years. From 1945 to 1972, the Senate was a continuing body, with only eight seats up every two years. Aside from having its concur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Tulfo
Bienvenido Teshiba Tulfo (; born March 15, 1955), professionally known as Ben Tulfo, is a Filipino television and radio personality, entrepreneur and production company executive. Ben and his ''BITAG'' program have won numerous awards for their public service and investigative shows in different award-winning bodies. He is primarily known for being the brains behind ''BITAG'', a documentary-reality and investigative public service program that also won as the "Best Public Service Program" for many years. He has also produced shows such as ''Pinoy US Cops'', ''BITAG Live'', and ''Kilos Pronto''. His siblings include Ramon Tulfo, Raffy Tulfo and Erwin Tulfo, as well as Wanda Tulfo Teo. Career TV, radio, and print In 1996, Ben was the brains behind the TV show ''Bitag'' and was aired on RPN-9. Mon hosted the program but after its successful launch, Ben left the show. Then in 1997, he launched ''Philippines Most Wanted'' (patterned closely to ''America's Most Wanted'') on PTV-4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin Tulfo
Erwin Teshiba Tulfo () is a Filipino news anchor, broadcaster, and columnist who was the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development from June 30, 2022, under the presidency of Bongbong Marcos until December 27, 2022 due to his appointment being blocked and bypassed by the Commission on Appointments. He previously worked with PTV's flagship primetime news program ''Ulat Bayan'' and one of its AM radio counterpart Radyo Pilipinas (RP1)'s ''Tutok Erwin Tulfo''. He was the host of ''Tutok Tulfo'', co-host of ''T3: Kapatid Sagot Kita!'' together with his brothers Raffy and Ben, and one of news anchors of Aksyon on TV5. He has also worked for ABS-CBN, Radio Philippines Network (RPN), and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). Biography Tulfo is the son of Colonel Ramon Silvestre Tulfo Sr., who was a member of Philippine Constabulary, and Caridad Teshiba-Tulfo, a housewife. His brothers include Ramon, Ben, and Raffy Tulfo, who is also an incumbent senator. His sister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Tulfo Teo
Wanda Corazon Teshiba Tulfo-Teo (; born November 4, 1952) is a Filipino travel agent who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Tourism under the Duterte administration from July 2016 until her resignation on May 8, 2018. Early life and education Wanda Tulfo-Teo was born as Wanda Corazon Teshiba Tulfo on November 4, 1952, to Ramon Silvestre Tulfo Sr. and Caridad Alvar Teshiba in Kidapawan, Cotabato. She has two sisters and seven brothers. For her elementary education Tulfo-Teo attended the Notre Dame of Jolo College in Sulu and for her high school studies attended Pillar College of Zamboanga City where she graduated from in 1969. She obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from St. Theresa's College in Quezon City. Career Tulfo has been actively working in the tourism sector for more than two decades. In the 1970s she was employed by airliners and later served posts in various tourism-oriented organizations. Early years In the 1970s, she worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magandang Gabi, Bayan
''Magandang Gabi... Bayan'' () named after the signature open and closing lines of Noli de Castro, was a Philippine news magazine program which aired on ABS-CBN. It premiered on August 21, 1988, and ended on December 31, 2005. History The program was first broadcast on August 21, 1988, with its first anchor ''Kabayan'' () Noli de Castro. The program's aim was to expose illegalities of some Philippine government officials as well as to render public service to the Filipinos. The program was styled in the lines of U.S. news magazine programs '' 60 Minutes'' and ''Dateline''. At Undás (All Saints' Day) every year, special episodes featuring horror stories were broadcast. Theses included reenactments of alleged paranormal incidents around the country. After de Castro's election as Senator of the Philippines in 2001 and subsequent election as Vice President of the Philippines in 2004, the show had substitute hosts, including Kat de Castro (De Castro's daughter), Erwin Tulfo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swak Na Swak
''Swak na Swak'' (), formerly known as ''Kabuhayang Swak na Swak'' (''Perfectly Fit Business''), is an entrepreneurial and informative show produced by Bayan Productions which was aired weekend mornings on ABS-CBN and worldwide via The Filipino Channel. It premiered on August 22, 2006, with Amy Perez and Chase Tinio as the show's original hosts. The program features ways, means and techniques of how to start, set up and maintain a certain business. The show aired every Saturday and Sunday at 7:00 a.m. ( PST) except for some ABS-CBN Regional stations, where it was broadcast at an earlier time of 5:30 a.m. to make room for locally produced ABS-CBN Regional news programs like the Saturday editions of Maayong Buntag Kapamilya, Panay Sikat, and Maayong Buntag Mindanao. From May 3, 2020, the show has been temporarily suspended airings due to the temporary closure of ABS-CBN because of the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines), National Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trip Na Trip
''Trip na Trip'' was a Philippine travel show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Produced by Bayan Productions in cooperation with ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, it aired from February 5, 2006 to July 22, 2011 and was initially hosted by Katherine de Castro and Franzen Fajardo. A one-of-a-kind reality-based travel show on Philippine television, the program focused on lesser-known and even unexplored regions of the country and attracted both local and foreign viewers. The program's last co-hosts, De Castro, Fajardo, Kian Kazemi, Uma Khouny, Jason Gainza Jayson Gainza (born April 27, 1980) is a Filipino actor, comedian, impersonator and former reality show contestant. Gainza was the first runner-up (the Second Big Placer) in ''Pinoy Big Brother''. He garnered 312,258 votes, equal to 27.5% of t ..., Boogs Bugia, Akihiro Sato, and Kevin Lapena, collectively known as the ''Trippers'' and dubbed as the new faces of Philippine tourism, hosted it until it was canceled due to Bayan Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Philippine Presidential Election
The 2016 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday, May 9, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election. This was the 16th direct presidential election in the Philippines since 1935 and the fifth sextennial presidential election since 1992. Incumbent president Benigno Aquino III was ineligible for re-election, pursuant to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Incumbent vice president Jejomar Binay was eligible for re-election but chose to run for the presidency instead. Therefore, this election determined the 16th president and the 14th vice president. The position of president and vice president are elected separately, thus the two winning candidates could come from different political parties. Rodrigo Duterte led the preliminary count with 38.5% of the vote. Congress met in late May to canvass the results and issued an official result with Rodrigo Duterte and Leni Robredo emerging as the winners of the presidential and vice presidential races, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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