Maria Judea "Maki" Jimenez Pulido (born May 20, 1972) is a Filipino journalist and one of the two host of '' Reporter's Notebook'', a current affairs programme on the

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terrestrial television channel

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with

Jiggy Manicad Rodrigo Defeo Manicad Jr. ( ; born November 15, 1974), popularly known as Jiggy Manicad, is a Filipino television news producer/reporter and newscaster. He was formerly an anchor of the weekend edition of GMA Network's flagship news program ' ...

(now replaced by Jun Veneracion). Pulido is an anchor for the afternoon daily newscast on

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entitled ''

Balita Pilipinas Ngayon ''Balita Pilipinas Ngayon'' () is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV. Anchored by Maki Pulido and Mark Salazar, it premiered on July 11, 2011. The show concluded on May 31, 2019. Format It served as the sp ...

'', alongside

Mark Salazar Mark Pegenia Salazar (; born September 26, 1977) is a Filipino journalist, television news producer, newscaster, field reporter, & host. He is currently serving as the co-host of ''iJuander'' with Susan Enriquez. Career Salazar started out ...

Personal life

Pulido is the daughter of Alice and Nestor Pulido. Alice Pulido was the former Mayor of Anda, a town in

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of the Philippines. Nestor Pulido, Maki's father and Alice Pulido's husband, is also the former Mayor of Anda. She has a daughter and son of her own.

Professional life

Pulido became a household name when the whole nation watched her run across Malacaňang (the official residence of the Presidential Family) to her camera crew, keen on delivering the exclusive update on the

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family behind Palace gates. Her passion for the news extends to covering significant national issues. At the close of the Subic rape trial in December 2006, Pulido was again running in her effort to deliver the latest on the convicted US Marine as he was brought to the detention center, amid pressure from the foreigner's security escorts. Pulido's zeal for reporting has won her both local and international acclaim. Her in-depth report on Filipinos who illegally enter Malaysia through the country's “Backdoor" won the Silver Screen Award at the 2005 US International Film and Video Festival. The same story was also highly commended at the

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the same year. In 2007, the US International Film and Video Festival awarded third place to her reports entitled “Slaughterhouse" and “Trigger". She has also had the honor of having two of her stories, “Batang Kargador" (Child Haulers) and “Sex Slaves" named Finalists at the New York Film Festival. In 2008 she won the Gold World Medal for Best Human Interest Story for Batang Kalakal.

Congressional elections

She resigned as a journalist in late 2009 to run for a seat in the First legislative district of

under the PMP Party. She lost to former

Bolinao Bolinao, officially the Municipality of Bolinao ( pag, Baley na Bolinao; ilo, Ili ti Bolinao; tgl, Bayan ng Bolinao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

Mayor Jesus Celeste and vowed never to run again for any election. In 2013, her brother Leonido lost to Celeste.

References

1972 births Living people Filipino television journalists University of the Philippines alumni People from Pangasinan GMA Network personalities GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs people {{Asia-journalist-stub