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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- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davao (province)
Davao, officially the Province of Davao ( es, Provincia de Dávao; ceb, Lalawigan sa Dabaw), was a province in the Philippines on the island of Mindanao. The old province is coterminous with the present-day Davao Region or Region XI. It was divided into three provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur with the passage of Philippine Republic Act No. 4867 on May 8, 1967. Two more provinces, Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro) and Davao Occidental, were carved out of the territories of Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur respectively. The descendant provinces were reorganized into the current region in 2001. It was one of the largest, most populous and prosperous provinces in the country during its time, being settled by immigrants from the Luzon and the Visayas. Existence The province was established after the dissolution of Moro Province in 1914. Before the province broke up, massive waves of immigrants from Visayas and Luzon island groups are already settli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNTV Channel 37
DWAO-TV Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Channel 37 (analog) and Channel 38 (digital), is the flagship news and public service television station of the Filipino-based company Progressive Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), owned by Alfredo "Atom" Henares. It operates as UNTV News and Rescue/Public Service (formerly UNTV-37 and UNTV Life). It is operated and maintained by the Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International, Inc. (BMPI), headed by veteran broadcaster Daniel Razon. DWAO-TV is one of very few NTSC-System M stations in the world that broadcast on channel 37. Its studios are located at the La Verdad Christian College - Caloocan Building, 351 EDSA, Brgy. Bagong Barrio West, Caloocan. Its transmitter is located at Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo. History In July 2001, the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) owned by businessman Alfredo "Atom" Henares ventured into UHF television through UNTV-37 (pronounced as "un-tee-vee"). It serves as television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Robina
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is a Philippine company based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the Philippines. History The precursor to Universal Robina Corporation (URC) was founded on September 28, 1954 by John Gokongwei, Jr. Gokongwei decided to construct a corn milling plant to produce glucose and cornstarch, Universal Corn Products (UCP). Later, to diversify by producing and marketing his own branded consumer foods, in 1961 Consolidated Food Corporation was established. Their first product was Blend 45, the first locally manufactured coffee blend, dubbed as the “Pinoy coffee”. This became the largest-selling coffee brand in the market, even beating market leaders Café Puro and Nescafé. After coffee, came Nips chocolate candies, a panned chocolate similar to M&M's, was a staple of Filipino childhood. In 1963, Robina Farms began operations beginning with poultry products. This was also the beginning of the ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson of PDP–Laban, the ruling political party in the Philippines during his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71. Born in Maasin, Leyte (now in Southern Leyte), Duterte moved to Davao as a child where his father, Vicente Duterte, served as provincial governor. He studied political science at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in 1972. He then worked as a lawyer and was a prosecutor for Davao City, before becoming vice mayor and, subsequently, mayor of the city in the wake of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Duterte won seven te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PTV News (TV Program)
''PTV News'' was the flagship evening news program of PTV, which was aired from October 2, 1995, to October 30, 1998, replacing ''News on 4'' and was replaced by ''National Network News''. later from July 11, 2016, to July 9, 2017, replacing ''News @ 1'', '' News @ 6'', ''NewsLife'' and ''The Weekend News'' and was replaced by '' Sentro Balita'', ''Ulat Bayan'' and '' PTV News Headlines'' and then from September 18, 2017, replacing the weekday edition of ''Ulat Bayan'' and was replaced by the weekday edition of ''Ulat Bayan''. The hour-long newscast is broadcast nationally via PTV-4 and simulcast on government radio network Radyo Pilipinas every Monday to Friday at 6:00 PM. ''PTV News'' is also streamed live via Facebook on PTV's official Facebook account. History ''PTV News'' (then also known as ''PTV News Nationwide'') as the flagship late-night English language newscast was premiered on October 2, 1995, replacing ''News on 4'' and originally anchored by Erik Espina, Chichi Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Santos (newscaster)
Alexander Hidalgo Santos (born June 10, 1970), professionally known as Alex Santos, is a Filipino people, Filipino reporter, field reporter who is currently hosting for Net 25, news director for DWIZ-FM, DWIZ, and a former newscaster and television host for ABS-CBN and DZMM-AM, DZMM. Background Education Santos graduated elementary and high school from Holy Cross of Davao College, a private, Catholic Church in the Philippines, Catholic institution in Davao City. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Ateneo de Davao University. Career Television career Santos began his career as a television reporter and news presenter, newsreader with TV Patrol Southern Mindanao (previously known as ''TV Patrol Mindanao'') from 1992 to 1996. He also hosted a local variety show ''Alas Kwatro'' of ABS-CBN Davao. In 1996, he transferred to Metro Manila to become a news editor for regional affiliates of ABS-CBN Corporation's Sarimanok News Network (now ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Filipino Channel (TFC)
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a 24-hour global subscription television network based in Daly City, California with studios in Redwood City, California and offices in Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, UAE, Ethiopia, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by the Filipino media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming is composed primarily of imported programs from Filipino cable channel Kapamilya Channel and programs produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Entertainment (entertainment) and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (news and current affairs), while the ABS-CBN television network is currently inactive due to its shutdown. TFC is available globally on direct-to-home satellite, cable, Internet Protocol television, online streaming, video on demand and on other over-the-top content platforms. TFC is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ELJ Communications Center and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the ''Kapamilya'' Network; the branding was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary and was used until its May 5, 2020 shutdown when the network's branding changed to ''Kapamilya Forever'' in support for the network's franchise renewal on May 13, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBC-13
DZTV-TV, Channel 13 (analog) and Channel 17 (digital), is the flagship VHF station of Philippine television network, IBC. The station is owned and operated by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation with its studios and broadcast facilities are located at the IBC Compound, Lot 3-B, Capitol Hills Drive cor. Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Diliman, Quezon City, while its analog and digital transmitter are located at 125 St. Peter Street, Nuestra Señora Dela Paz Subdivision, Santa Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal; sharing facilities with DWLA 105.9. It operates from 6:20 am to 8:00 pm on Mondays to Fridays and from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Digital television Digital channels DZTV-TV's digital signal operates on UHF channel 17 (491.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels: NTC released implementing rules and regulations on the re-allocation of the UHF Channels 14-20 (470–512 Megahertz (MHz) band) for digital terrestrial televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA, , ; Filipino: ''Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot'') is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines. The agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165), otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. PDEA is the implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The DDB is the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and programs on drug prevention and control. PDEA and DDB are both under the supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines. History and mandate For thirty years, the Republic Act No. 6425, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972, had been the backbone of the drug law enforcement system in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AksyonTV
Aksyon TV () was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and TV5 Network, Inc. (international operations is under its subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Ltd.), both under PLDT media arm MediaQuest Holdings. Its programs were primarily produced by TV5's divisions News5 and ESPN5. AksyonTV formerly broadcasts terrestrially through DWNB-TV (UHF channel 41) in Metro Manila, as well as on UHF channel 29 in Cebu, Davao and other relay stations, and on a digital subchannel via channel 5.2 in Metro Manila. It occupies the frequency previously used by MTV Philippines (now MTVph), a subsidiary of MTV Networks Asia Pacific until 2006. Named after TV5's newscast, ''Aksyon'', it started broadcasting on February 21, 2011, as an all-news channel, with simulcasts from Radyo5 and independently produced newscasts from News5. It has also carried-over sports coverages due to shutdown of sports primetime block AKTV in May 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
