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I-Witness
''i-Witness'', formerly ''i-Witness: The GMA Documentaries'' is a Philippine television documentary show broadcast by GMA Network and GMA News TV. Originally hosted by Vicky Morales, Luchi Cruz-Valdes, Mike Enriquez, Cheche Lazaro and Jessica Soho, it premiered on January 18, 1999. Kara David, Howie Severino, Atom Araullo, Mav Gonzales and John Consulta currently serve as the hosts. It is the longest-running documentary show in the Philippines. The series is streaming online on YouTube. Hosts * Kara David * Howie Severino * Atom Araullo * Mav Gonzales * John Consulta ;Former hosts * Vicky Morales * Luchi Cruz-Valdes * Mike Enriquez * Cheche Lazaro * Jessica Soho * Mel Tiangco * Raffy Tima * Maki Pulido * Jay Taruc * Sandra Aguinaldo ;Guest hosts * Mariz Umali * Micaela Papa * Joseph Morong * Cesar Apolinario * Emil Sumangil * Pia Arcangel * Ivan Mayrina * Tina Panganiban-Perez * Oscar Oida Production In March 2020, production was ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Severino
Horacio "Howie" Gorospe Severino (born July 18, 1961) is a Filipino broadcast journalist, anchor, host, documentarist and podcaster who is currently working in GMA Network, as consultant of GMA Integrated News, editor-at-large of GMA News Online, and is best known for hosting GMA Public Affairs' documentary program ''i-Witness''. Severino is also notable for his works in Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and '' The Probe Team''. He has worked in print, television, and online media. Background Education He has said he wanted to be a journalist ever since he was in fifth grade. He graduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts with a history degree, ''magna cum laude'', and received his master's degree from University of Sussex in the United Kingdom in Environment, Development, and Policy. As a college student in Boston in the early 1980s, he got to know Benigno Aquino Jr., then in exile. After Aquino's assassination in 1983, Severino returned home to teach at hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Taruc
Jose R. Taruc III () is a Filipino journalist and former television news reporter and presenter for GMA Network. Together with Jessica Soho, he won a George Foster Peabody award for his documentary produced for '' Brigada Siete''. In 2019, he moved to One News on airing his program Ride PH (also airing at One PH). Background Taruc is the eldest of four children of veteran journalist Joe Taruc and a graduate of broadcasting degree from Centro Escolar University. He married June, a dentist, and the couple has a son named Luis and daughter named Sofia Gabriela. The family lives in Quezon City. Career Brigada Siete In 1994, Taruc worked as a researcher and production assistant for '' Brigada Siete'', an investigative TV show in GMA Network. He made his first news report on a rupture of Mount Parker's crater in South Cotabato that brought flood in the surrounding community. He received several awards for the documentaries he made for the show, including the 1998 CNN Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara David
Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio (; born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist, host, professor, and educational administrator. She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in ''i-Witness''. These documentaries are "Bitay, “Selda Inosente”, "Buto't Balat", and ''Ambulansiyang de Paa''. She is the previous anchor of ''News to Go'' as well as a host and writer for ''i-Witness'' at GMA Network. She is currently the host of ''Pinas Sarap'' and also previously hosted the GMA News TV shows ''Dream Home (talk show), Power House'' (later known as ''Dream Home'') and ''Brigada (TV program), Brigada''. In addition, she is a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has a ''TikTok'' account and ''YouTube'' channel to share her knowledge in Journalism and other things. She is the founder and president of Project Malasakit, a foundation that helps the people she has featured in her documentaries. David was the only woman named in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariz Umali
Marie Grace Michelle "Mariz" Bade Umali-Tima (; born March 4, 1980) is a Filipino television news anchor and journalist. She is known for being the main newscaster of the weekend edition of GMA News TV's ''Balitanghali'' (first aired in Q in 2010 and she is with former co-anchor Jun Veneracion until 2019). She finished broadcast communications course at the University of the Philippines Diliman but she started as a pharmacy student. She started to work at GMA Network as a researcher and producer of news content for the 2001 Philippine general elections. Besides ''Balitanghali'', she also appeared as host or documentarian in other television shows such as '' i-Witness'', '' Out of Control'' and '' Born to Be Wild''. She also appears as one of the host of the ''Unang Hirit'', GMA Network's morning show. Early life Umali wanted to be a doctor, thus, she enrolled in a course related to medicine, which is pharmacy but she later transferred to broadcast communications at the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Sumangil
Emil Sumangil (born November 23, 1978) is a Filipino journalist and broadcaster. Known primarily for his work on scoops about criminal activities, he first anchored the newscast '' News TV Quick Response Team'' in 2018 before co-hosting the magazine show three years later. In 2023, Sumangil joined the newscast as a regular anchor and had his own investigative public service show, . Career Sumangil was a production assistant and researcher of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs for three years, before moving to GMA Network in 2004 as a writer and producer of GMA Public Affairs programs' segments. He eventually reassigned to a field journalist covering criminal activities exclusively, drawing inspiration from then-GMA Integrated News reporter Michael Fajatin. Sumangil's scoops particularly included the newscast "Justiis: Condominium Behind Bars", which focused on Santa Rosa City District Jail's crowds. It received a nomination for a Golden Nymph Award. In 2017, he contributed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Araullo
Alfonso Tomas "Atom" Pagaduan Araullo (; born October 19, 1982) is a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. He currently hosts documentary programs such as '' The Atom Araullo Specials'' and ''I-Witness'', and is serving as the anchor of newscast '' State of the Nation''. Araullo is a national Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and was conferred the title after undertaking missions to visit displaced families in Mindanao, Bangladesh, and Jordan. He is also an advocate for environmental conservation, notably in marine ecosystems. He received a star on the Eastwood City Walk of Fame on November 21, 2017. Early life and education Alfonso Tomas Pagaduan Araullo was born on October 19, 1982, the youngest child and only son of Miguel (nicknamed "Mike") and Carol Araullo (née Pagaduan). He has an older sister, Alessandra "Sandra" (née Araullo) Gonzales, who is a triathlete as well. Being the son of an activist family, Araul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffy Tima
Rufino "Raffy" Dompao Tima Jr. (; born January 7, 1975) is a Filipino journalist, producer and presenter. He is currently working in GMA Network and its affiliate, GMA News TV (now GTV), he spanned over 23 years since the working of his current network. Early life Raffy Tima was born as Rufino Dompao Tima Jr. on January 7, 1975, in Tabuk, Kalinga. He moved in Pasig and Quezon City for focused on news television after graduated in college. He finished the secondary education in San Marcelino High School, and his tertiary education in UP Diliman from 1st year to 2nd year, but he transferred to Trinity University of Asia from 3rd year until his graduation, with Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication. Career Before his joining IBC and GMA News (now GMA Integrated News), he was a voice-over for the Philippine variety show, '' That's Entertainment''. Tima was one of GMA Network's main reporters during the 2000 to 2004 series of kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf Group, an Islamic e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luchi Cruz-Valdes
Luisita "Luchi" Cruz-Valdes (; born December 27, 1965) is a Filipino broadcast journalist formerly affiliated with GMA News and Public Affairs and now News5 and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. She was formerly the chief of News5, the news and public affairs department of TV5. Life and career Cruz-Valdes earned her degree in broadcast communication at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP), and became a radio and television reporter and producer. She is married to Lito Valdes, an IT marketing manager, and has three children. Cruz-Valdes joined the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a field reporter when it set up a Manila bureau for the 1986 Snap Presidential Election. After her ABC stint, Cruz-Valdes was hired by Cheche Lazaro when ABS-CBN reopened after president Corazon Aquino was sworn into position. For 10 years, she was a co-host of The Probe Team with Lazaro, founder and producer of the program, and also Cruz-Valdes' professor in UP. She proceeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Longest-running Philippine Television Series
This is a list of the longest-running Philippine television program, television series, ordered by number of years the show has been aired. This list includes only programs aired ten years and above. Some shows listed below include the years that the show did not air. Legend 50–59 years 40–49 years 30–39 years 20–29 years 10–19 years See also *Lists of longest-running U.S. shows by broadcast type: ** List of longest-running United States television series ** List of longest-running U.S. cable television series ** List of longest-running U.S. broadcast network television series ** List of longest-running U.S. primetime television series ** List of longest-running U.S. first-run syndicated television series *Lists of longest-running shows internationally: ** List of longest-running television shows by category - international list ** List of longest-running Indian television series ** List of longest-running UK television series ** List of longest-running Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers '' People's Journal'' and ''People's Tonight''. Initially established as the ''Manila Standard'' in 1987, it merged with another newspaper, ''Today'', on March 6, 2005, and became the ''Manila Standard Today'' (MST). In 2015, the newspaper renamed itself as ''The Standard'' (temporarily ''The New Standard''), before reverting to its original name in 2016. History The ''Manila Standard'' was founded on February 11, 1987. The offices were then located at the bustling Ayala Avenue in the Makati CBD. In 1989, the group of Andres Soriano III bought out the Elizalde group and renamed the company Kagitingan Publications and relocated the offices in the Port Area, Manila. In June 1991, the group of businessman Alfonso Yuch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SunStar
Sunstar or Sun Star may refer to: Astronomy *The Sun Newspapers * '' Merced Sun-Star'' in California, United States * ''Sun Star'' (Alaska), a student newspaper in Alaska, United States * '' SunStar'' in the Philippines :* '' SunStar Cebu'' :* '' SunStar Davao'' :* '' SunStar Manila'' Biology * '' Ornithogalum dubium'', a flowering plant * Sunflower starfish (''Pycnopodia helianthoides''), also known as the sun star or sunflower star Sea stars * '' Solaster stimpsoni'', a sea star * '' Solaster dawsoni'', a sea star * Sunflower sea star, a sea star Other * Sunstar (photography), an optical phenomenon found on photos of bright objects taken with a small aperture * Sunstar (racehorse), a British racehorse * Sunstar Group, global health and beauty, chemical, and motorcycle parts conglomerate * Sunstar, a character from ''Mega Man V ''Mega Man V'' is an action- platform video game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the Game Boy. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Documentary
Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. * Television documentary series, sometimes called docuseries, are television series screened within an ordered collection of two or more televised episodes. * Television documentary films exist as a singular documentary film to be broadcast via a documentary channel or a News broadcasting, news-related channel. Occasionally, documentary films that were initially intended for televised broadcasting may be screened in a Movie theater, cinema. Documentary television rose to prominence during the 1940s, spawning from earlier cinematic documentary filmmaking ventures. Early production techniques were highly inefficient compared to modern recording methods. Early television documentaries typically featured historical, wartime, investigative or event-related subject matter. Contemporary televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
