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DZRV-AM
DZRV (846 AM), on-air as Veritas 846 and commonly called as Radyo Veritas, is a radio station owned and operated by the Archdiocese of Manila under the Radio Veritas - Global Broadcasting System. It is the flagship member of the Catholic Media Network. The studio is located at Veritas Tower, 162 West Ave. cor. EDSA, Brgy. Philam, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Taliptip, Bulakan, Bulacan. (and soon to be-relocated in Brgy. Longos, Meycauayan, Bulacan). Timeline *April 11, 1969 – Radyo Veritas was inaugurated with Asian bishops as guests. Cardinal Antonio Samorè represented Pope Paul VI. It began broadcasting on the frequency formerly assigned to DZST 860 kHz, another Catholic radio station formerly operated by the University of Santo Tomas. By that time, it was then owned by the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center, Inc. *November 29, 1970 – Pope Paul VI, on his pastoral visit to the country, blessed Radyo Veritas' studios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Veritas
Radio Veritas Asia is a non-commercial Catholic shortwave radio station that broadcasts across Asia. Headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines, it is operated by the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center (PREIC), which also managed the original Radio Veritas from 1969 to 1991. The station's Urdu Service commenced operations on August 14, 1987, in Lahore, Pakistan, targeting Urdu-speaking audiences. Radio Veritas Asia focuses on promoting social justice for marginalized communities through programming centered on moral, religious, and inspirational themes. Additionally, it aims to foster peace and unity across diverse sects, ethnicities, and genders by producing sociocultural content and facilitating interfaith dialogue. Aligned with its mission, the station emphasizes ethical values, advocates for harmony, and serves as a platform for intercultural and interreligious understanding in Asia. History Radio Veritas Asia traces its origins to December 1958, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Media Network
Catholic Media Network, also known as CMN, is a Catholic radio network in the Philippines. CMN serves as the broadcasting arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. History CMN was known as the Philippine Federation of Catholic Broadcasters (PFCB), a radio network founded through the efforts of Fr. James Reuter, SJ and Fr. George Dion, OMI in 1966. The radio network was owned and operated by different Catholic broadcast media corporations. In 1997, the name was changed to the Catholic Media Network to suit the network's mission and also the new slogan "The Spirit of The Philippines". In October 2017, the House of Representatives threatened not to renew the 25-year franchise of the CBCP's broadcast radio operations (including some of the CMN member stations), citing criticism on the Duterte administration over war on drugs. However, CMN's de facto flagship station DZRV, was not part of it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Maria
TV Maria is a national Catholic television channel broadcasting from Manila, Philippines. Owned by TV Maria Foundation Philippines (a non-profit, non-stock organization under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila), it airs 24 hours a day and is currently available on major and provincial cable and Satellite television operators nationwide, on digital terrestrial television broadcasts via RJ DigiTV's DTT subchannel in Mega Manila, via GNN's DTT subchannel in selected provincial areas, and via online livestreaming. Most of the station's programmes are both in-house productions and packaged shows from Jesuit Communications Foundation, Kerygma Foundation, Family Rosary Crusade, Society of St. Paul, and other Catholic groups. History The Roman Catholic Church recognizes the importance of keeping up with the times to reach out to a greater number of people. And TV Maria is its means to cater to a Filipino audience who are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (UST; ), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as ''Ustê'' (), is a Private university, private Catholic school, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spaniards, Spanish friar Miguel de Benavides, third Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila, Archbishop of Manila, it has the List of the oldest schools in the Philippines, oldest Extant literature, extant university charter in Asia and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. It is the main campus of the University of Santo Tomas System that is run by the Dominican Order, Order of Preachers. UST was granted the title ''Royal'' by Charles III of Spain, King Charles III of Spain in 1785. Pope Leo XIII made UST a pontifical university in 1902. Pope Pius XII bestowed the title of ''The Catholic University of the Philippines'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EDSA
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA (), is a major Ring road, circumferential road around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, namely, from north to south, Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, and Pasay. Named after academic Epifanio de los Santos, the section of the road from Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City to Magallanes Interchange in Makati connects the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). The avenue passes through the major financial districts of the metropolis which are Triangle Park (Quezon City), Triangle Park, Araneta City, Ortigas Center, Makati Central Business District, Makati CBD, and Bay City, Metro Manila, Bay City. It is the longest and the most congested highway in the metropolis, stretching some . Structure The entire avenue forms part of Circumferential Road 4 (C-4) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Manila
The Archdiocese of Manila (; ; ) is the archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Metro Manila, Philippines, encompassing the cities of Manila, Makati, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Pasay, and portions of Taguig City (the Embo barangays). Its cathedral is the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Manila Cathedral, located in Intramuros, the old colonial city of Manila. The Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title Immaculate Conception, is the principal patroness of the archdiocese as well as the country. The Archdiocese of Manila is the oldest in the Philippines, created in 1579 as a diocese and elevated as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1595. Since its last territorial changes in 2003, the Archdiocese of Manila is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of the same name, which also include seven dioceses encompassing other parts of the National Capital Region such as Antipolo (Marikina), Cubao, Kal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMN Radio
CMN Radio is the flagship satellite radio station owned by the Catholic Media Network in the Philippines. Its studios are located in San Juan, Metro Manila and operates 19 hours daily on Cignal Channel 311 and via livestreaming on the CMN website. Network synopsis CMN Radio pipes in a cumulative 9 hours of news content to its member-stations via its syndicated 90-minute national morning newscast ''CMN Pilipinas'' on weekdays and its Saturday health show ''Sagip Buhay''. Outside its news hours, the content is satellite-exclusive, with the station serving as the Philippine relay broadcaster of EWTN Global Catholic Radio, occupying the midday and off-peak hours. Automated musical programming, and simulcasts of 99.1 Spirit FM Batangas's select program grids since March 19, 2018, is scheduled on the weekdays in between EWTN blocks and closedown, and weekends. Unlike other national radio networks, programming distributed to stations outside its regular news service is done on specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. Quezon City served as the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976, when the designation was returned to Manila. The city was intended to be the Capital of the Philippines, national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila, as the latter was suffering from overcrowding, lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion. To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Government of the Philippines, Philippine government purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZST (defunct)
DZST (860 kHz) was an AM radio station owned and operated by the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. It also served both as a campus station and as a Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ... station. In 1969, the station went off the air. The station was housed in the Main Building of the campus and broadcast from 1950 to 1969. The frequency was later reassigned to the newly-established Radyo Veritas as its inaugural frequency, prior to the realignment of AM broadcast frequencies under the 9kHz spacing rule. UST Tiger Radio Tiger Media Network (TMN) was established in 2018 by the university's Communications Bureau, serving as the successor of DZST. TMN focuses on production and distribution of content by and for the Thomasian community. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taliptip
Taliptip is an administrative division in western Bulacan, the Philippines. It is an urban barangay of Bulakan and is one of the largest barangays of the city, spanning over a third of Bulakan's total land area. It is noted as the location of the former sitio of Pariahan. A major part of the proposed New Manila International Airport will be located in the barangay, requiring the relocation of residents in six affected sitios of the barangay, namely Bunotan, Camansi, Capol, Dapdap, Kinse, and Pariahan. Several residents have opted to stay in other parts of the province, while others have chosen to return to their home provinces in different parts of Luzon and Visayas. Submerging of Pariahan The ''sitio'' of Pariahan was an island community of more than a hundred families that depended on fishing activity. Considered as the largest sitio of Barangay Taliptip, the sitio suffered land subsidence due to abusive use of groundwater, and the resulting flow of the waters of Manila Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva Frequency Plan Of 1975
The Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF Broadcasting Conference (Regions 1 and 3) Geneva, 1975 is the internationally agreed frequency plan which was drawn up to implement the provisions of the Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF Broadcasting Conference (Regions 1 and 3) held in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1975. It covers radio broadcasting in the long- and medium-wave bands outside the Americas (a separate agreement being in place for North and South America). The plan was drawn up under the auspices of the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) with the assistance of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU/UER). The Geneva plan replaced the 1948 Copenhagen plan. It became necessary because of the large number of broadcasting stations in these frequency ranges leading to ever more mutual interference (many countries had refused to ratify the Copenhagen plan and compliance was patchy even among those w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the country under Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, martial law from 1972 to 1981, granting himself expanded powers under the Constitution of the Philippines#The 1973 Constitution, 1973 Constitution. Marcos described his philosophy as "constitutional authoritarianism". He was deposed in 1986 by the People Power Revolution and was succeeded as president by Corazon Aquino. Marcos gained political success by exaggerating his actions in World War II, claiming to have been the "most decorated war hero in the Philippines". — United States Army documents described his claims as "fraudulent" and "absurd". After the war, he became a lawyer. He served in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the Philippine Senate from 1959 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
