A street sweeper & construction workers are among the early “customers” of a community “pan-tree” in Maginhawa St, QC which allows people to get from its stock of food free of charge
Emotions high at the ABS-CBN Newsroom following the House "Yes" vote to deny the network's franchise. Others continue work. We still have news to put out.
Our boss Ging Reyes stopped to comfort an unconsolable long-time news producer.
A few of the 11,071 agrieved today.
LOOK: A barangay traffic enforcer in Alabang, Muntinlupa gives out lugaw & blue and pink-colored puto to children in her neighborhood in support of VP Leni Robredo's
#Halalan2022
run for the presidency.
📸:Jamie Martinez
7 pages—
#TVPatrol
’s reader summarizing Kathryn Bernardo & Daniel Padilla’s breakup statements, delivered by
@gretsfullido
near the end of the newscast.
Scripts for live anchor reads usually reach 2 pages at most.
Kapamilya artist Beauty Gonzalez joins the noise barrage in support of the
#ABSCBNfranchise
. At one point, she stopped to hug one of the participants.
“Ano ang pwede n’yong gawin para sa aming mangingisda na hindi kami mataboy ng Chinese coast guard at para makapamingwit kami nang mabuti at mapayapa?”
—Seryosong tanong ng mangingisdang si Carlo Montehermezo, Abril 2016
University of the Philippines Fine Arts students pitch in new sign boards for the Maginhawa community “pan-tree”
(📸: Ana Patricia Non)
From this... To this.
A number of Las Piñas residents run to get in a vaccination site at SM Southmall past 2 in the morning.
Despite the local gov’t prohibiting people from lining up outside jab sites during curfew hours, hundreds already showed up—many of them walk-ins.
📹:Bernard Tibudan
Matapos ang 9 taong paghatid ng “news you can trust”, namaalam na ang CNN Philippines sa iba-iba nitong platforms.
Alamin kay
@jekkipascual
ang dahilan sa likod ng tila biglaang shutdown at ang kawalan nito para sa pamamahayag sa Pilipinas.
LOOK: Actresses Angel Locsin & Maris Racal join volunteers for VP Leni Robredo conducting a house-to-house campaign at Golden Acres Subd., in Talon Uno, Las Piñas City Saturday morning.
#Halalan2022
📸: Youth for Leni-Las Piñeros
LOOK: An Army reservist patrolling Bgy. Addition Hills in Mandaluyong City hands out a free face mask to a man caught walking on the street without one.
A city ordinance penalizes going out in public without wearing face masks.
(📸: Mandaluyong City DRRMO)
WATCH: A peek at ABS-CBN News & GMA Integrated News journalists collaborating to present a series of videos on media & information literacy (MIL) produced by the University of the Philippines Journalism Department.
Watch how videos got to air on
#TVPatrol
at crunch time, circa 1997. A prod. asst. would run to studio control with the just-edited tape.
Now, it’s a matter of clicks & waiting a few minutes for VTRs to render & reach the “airspace” & they’re ready for playback.
#TVPatrol35
Many members of the Team Unity slate in Misamis Oriental now backing Robredo are part of the National Unity Party, whose leadership threw their backing behind Bongbong Marcos.
#Halalan2022
WATCH: A police trainee in Sipocot, Camarines Sur buys a face mask for a man who told him he had no money for one. It was the first day on field assignment for the trainee, Rodel Nuyles.
(Courtesy: EDW Enterprises)
Some good-vibes banter by the
#TVPatrol
anchors after the news item of the ABS-CBN-GMA-Viu collab “Unbreak My Heart.”
Half of the Patrol ‘all-stars’ started their news careers as Kapusos.
Wait for the extros 😉
LOOK: Makati police recovered from the scene of the abduction documents from the sale of vehicles between Chinese individuals, including photocopies of passports.
These were inside an envelope that fell from the vehicle when it left.
They plan to trace the people named.
Why audiences, not legislators or govt regulations, should decide the fate of media: a thread--
2004. ABS-CBN 2 lost viewers to GMA7 in Mega Manila primetime ratings.
Various reasons. Some no longer liked the news. Others found telefantasyas & a local reality challenge better.
LOOK: As Marcos Jr.’s convoy passed by San Roque Cathedral in Caloocan, a group of protesters showed placards written with “Huwag iboto ang magnanakaw at sinungaling” (Do not vote for a thief & a liar) & streamers with “Never again”.
#Halalan2022
📸:Bayan Muna
That Korina - Kris Aquino interview (yes it was live!) is considered the highest rated TV Patrol episode, at least for the 2000s.
#TVPatrol36
Ngayon, mahirap na mag-extend ng newscast dahil sa maaapektuhang primetime seryes
“Channel 4 is on the air again to serve the people.”
The ABS-CBN Broadcast Center (which in 1986 was the gov’t station) is part of the
#PeoplePower
story.
The moment rebels took over the air has long fascinated me since reading about it as a kid.
(File 📹: NHK & PTV)
#EDSA37
The historic
#Halalan2022
crossover you shouldn’t miss.
February 4, 9AM.
🔵 ABS-CBN News
🟡 Bombo Radyo
🔴 CNN PH
🟡 DZRH
🔴 News5
🟡 One News
🔵 Over 300 KBP member stations nationwide
The International Observer Mission releases final report of its 5-month observation of
#Halalan2022
, along with recommendations for future elections.
Report says May 9 Philippine polls “failed to meet the international standard of a free, honest & fair election".
Quiet in the ABS-CBN Newsroom as employees watch the live feed from the House of Reps where the TWG recommends junking the
#ABSCBNFranchise
application
JUST IN: Makati City police are investigating the kidnapping of a Chinese woman in front of an office building along Paseo de Roxas cor. Perea St. in Legazpi Village.
Witnesses said she was dragged screaming by 2 men into a waiting van which quickly sped away.
TV Patrol’s top story since Monday has been the floods in Leyte, filed by the once reporters of our regional station (now stringers) who are there on the ground. On Tuesday, it was a live report from Baybay City itself.
(Stories in the thread)
ABS-CBN REGIONAL.
ABS-CBN SPORTS.
ABS-CBN CURRENT AFFAIRS.
ABS-CBN MOR.
ABS-CBN UNIVERSITY.
Entire units given the death knell. Others bleeding. Not to mention the affected support groups.
Behind the units, hundreds of families. Hundreds of dreams.
"It’s very disheartening at nakakapanggigil," said Robredo youth volunteer Paul Lemque, who was among those who painted the Robredo mural.
“The mural painting is innocent.”
His group is discussing taking legal action, but said they will still finish the mural.
#Halalan2022
The death of Rico Yan back in 2002 shocked the nation & forced TV stations to go on air in Holy Week when they usually are signed off.
For a media ethics class,
@ronin_bautista
, AM Bernal & I examined how media cover the passing of celebrities back in 2009.
Links in thread ⬇️
Sharing for my fellow ABS-CBN workers who are dealing with grief, uncertainty, and more, Sir Ernie Lopez leading our newsroom in prayer.
Kapit lang, Kapamilya.
Lalaban pa tayo.
❤️💚💙
Our team asked the men who brought paint rollers to the area why they painted over the Robredo supporters’ mural, one replied “Hindi ho namin alam.”
Some of the men’s caps & shirts had senatorial bet Mark Villar’s name & picture.
#Halalan2022
Also, ganito lang ‘yong kiligan at hiyawan nung nag-dance duet ang DonBelle. INTENSE. Lalo na doon sa pa-Dawn Zulueta nina ate at koya.
#HIHAllAccessConcert
#HIHFinaleConcert
Bikers supporting VP Leni Robredo launch nightly bicycle convoy along EDSA dubbed “fireflies pink light of hope”, after the pink lanterns on their bikes. Volunteers also give out food along the way,
📸: Kirk Salazar
On April 1, 1996, 'TV Patrol', then PH’s most-watched daily program, did the unthinkable as it neared a decade on air—it slashed its 1-hour runtime to 30 mins & scrapped its 4-anchor team to one: Noli De Castro, reintroduced as the nation’s “Kabayan”.🧵
ROADSIDE DELIVERY. A company nurse waiting for her shuttle ride to work stopped by to assist a barangay rescue team in delivering the baby girl of a homeless woman along Osmeña Avenue, Bgy. Bangkal, Makati City.
(📸: Bangkal FERDS Makati & Glenn Joseph Biasca)
In what is likely a first in local broadcasting, the nation sees the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene come to a close right smack in the middle of the primetime TV newscasts.
#Nazareno2024
FPJ’s “Ang Probinsyano”, while falling short of being the longest-running Philippine daily series, will still feel the longest for many Filipinos. It premiered & ended in very different eras both for the country & the world.
#FPJAP7MissionAccomplished
Luis’s witty comment aside,
#ItsYourLuckyDay
doesn’t look or feel like just a 2-week replacement. We’ll see. Good luck, Ka-Luckys!
This also brings to mind the story of a show from early post-EDSA ABS-CBN that was canceled in the middle of its live pilot episode 😅
Remember Lorrainne Pingol, the nurse who helped a homeless mother give birth in Makati during the 2020 lockdown?
She reunited with the mom Jeremy Rausa last August 19, a day after the baby’s 2nd birthday.
(2020 📸: Bangkal FERDS Makati
2022 📸: Lorrainne Pingol)
A face of
#SONA2021
: Fewer sources of reliable information for millions, thousands of families’ dreams jeopardized by media closures & the law wielded to cripple the press.
Today, we say
#Tumindig
& still cry
#DefendPressFreedom
#IbalikAngABSCBN
🖌:Ivan Despi
#TVPatrol
's return to free TV via A2Z comes with a visual rebrand that's a sign of the times: TV still in the DNA but no longer prime for the longest-running Filipino-language newscast.
#TVPatrolOnA2Z
WATCH: PCOL Simon said based on their initial investigation, the victim was first seen "casually boarding" the vehicle, before trying to leave it a few minutes later. He added it is likely the woman knew the alleged abductors.
There's a reason we call it "ang ating ABS-CBN".
Hindi frequency o teknolohiya ang sentro ng kompanya, kundi mga tao at mga kuwento nila.
Saan man mapunta, dala-dala pa rin ang pusong Kapamilya.
❤️💚💙
LOOK: Commuters at the EDSA bus carousel station in Muñoz, Quezon City wait for close to an hour or more for a seat at the buses.
Many of the buses are already filled with passengers coming from the Monumento station.
“Kung walang ‘TV Patrol’, walang Channel 2.”
Former ABS-CBN President Freddie Garcia said this in 2012 about the program he helped launch in 1987.
🧵Here’s how the Philippines’ longest-running Tagalog newscast changed the fate of ABS-CBN & local TV.
#TVPatrol36
The “pan-tree” started out from COVID-relief goods that piled up in Ana Patricia Non’s house which she decided to add to & put on a cart for less fortunate members of their community. Others also pitched in by dropping off groceries & even vitamins.
“if viewers don’t like what they see or lose trust, they will move. And networks will, do, and must adjust.”
Wrote this back in July 2020, days after the ABS-CBN franchise was killed in Congress.
TV reporters going live have 3 means to track if they’re on/off air:
-Floor monitor/screen
-Earpiece
-On-site coordinator (producer/tech crew)
Sometimes you had them all, sometimes just one. But losing them can spell disaster for the report.
[THREAD]
“TV Patrol Weekend” turned 19 this week!
The longest-running PH weekend newscast began as “TVP Sabado” on Feb. 14, 2004 w/
@HenryOmagaDiaz
&
@cesdrilon
.
Current anchors
@alvinelchico
&
@zenhernandez
are also its longest-serving.
How it started How it’s going
63 y/o Teresita dela Paz tries & fails to pass through the walled-off access road between Southville, Bgy. Poblacion in Muntinlupa & the city proper.
She said she has to get money from city hall for her to buy maintenance meds.
Former VP Leni Robredo is set to deliver the commencement address at the Loyola Schools’ Class of 2022 graduation in Ateneo De Manila University. She will also receive an honorary doctorate in economics.
📸: ADMU
LOOK: Nobel Peace Prize laureate & Rappler CEO Maria Ressa condoles with the family of slain broadcaster Percy Lapid at his wake in Parañaque City. Joining her are fellow Rappler execs.
Yes—
#AnInconvenientLove
is definitely a Star Cinema film.
A new breed & a different vibe (and who better to showcase it than DonBelle), for sure, but at its heart (and kilig), it feels like home.
Welcome back to cinemas, Star!
❤️💚💙
Paniqui police chief PLTCOL Noriel Rombaoa said the heated exchange began when suspect PSMSgt Jonel Nuezca complained hearing an improvised cannon (boga).
It escalated when the police man's young daughter argued with the elder victim. Nuezca pulled out his gun & fired.
Makati police urged people online to refrain from sharing unverified information about the incident that could cause more harm.
Simon: "Let the police investigate muna, i-validate muna, kasi hindi naman lahat ng nakikita mo ay ganoon nga ang kuwento."
“Riding it out in faith.”
For those who had a choice to stay (because not all do/did), that’s possibly the best phrase to describe how things are now.
Hanggang sa sabay-sabay nating pagbangon—sa loob man o sa labas na ng Ignacia—mananatiling
#KapamilyaForever
.
❤️💚💙
Killing ABS-CBN on free TV is a disservice to the Filipino media audience & an insult to their freedom to choose.
And they will remember.
(Another takeaway from the history lesson though: ABS-CBN always, always bounces back with its audience)
#IbalikAngABSCBN
Grabe,
@itsShowtimeNa
! Walang malaking venue, pero ang lupet ng stage design. Ang ganda ng pagkaka-utilize ng LED panels. Prestigious pageant feels. Galing mo, Direk Jon Moll!
#MissQandAQueenfinityWar
❤️💚💙
Too many sad goodbyes today, from Laoag to Manila to Davao.
Bad news upon bad news for many hardworking & selfless people I've had the honor of serving with. Walang sapat na mapapaabot kundi yakap, dasal, at saludo.
May we meet & serve together again.
(1)
(🖌️:
@kenrey267
)
WATCH: Sen. Risa Hontiveros, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno & Odiongan, Romblon Mayor Trina Firmalo-Fabic hold a dialogue with residents in Sibuyan Island & inspect the causeway built by Altai Phils. Mining Corp. there.
📹: Office of Sen. Hontiveros
ABS-CBN was among the 1st in PH media to embrace the net in the '90s. We've also been streaming for years now. But today, our broadcast platform fully goes digital with
#KapamilyaOnlineLive
.
We continue to find ways to remain in the service of the Filipino, wherever they may be.