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Kiko Matsing
''Batibot'' is a Philippine television educational show produced by the Philippine Children's Television Foundation (PCTF). It debuted in 1984, a co-production of PCTV and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) from 1983 to 1984. History ''Sesame!'' (1983–1984) The precursor of ''Batibot'' was ''Sesame!'', a Filipino version of the American children's show, ''Sesame Street''. ''Sesame!'' was a co-production of the Philippine Children's Television Foundation (PCTF) and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) with support from the Philippine government. It aired in 1983 as a bilingual (Filipino and English) program. The series featured two Muppet-style characters Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing. Both characters were inspired from a Filipino fable, " The Monkey and the Turtle", which was annotated to English by José Rizal in 1889. Government support ended in 1984 and the co-production arrangement with CTW was cancelled. ''Batibot'' (1985–2003) PCTF decided to produce its ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Television
Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that are often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access (PEG) channel providers. There are also adult education programs for an older audience; many of these are instructional television or "telecourse" services that can be taken for college credit, such as the Open University programs on BBC television in the UK. Many children's television series are educational, ranging from dedicated learning programs to those that indirectly teach the viewers. Some series are written to have a specific moral behind every episode, often explained at the end by the character that learned the lesson. In the social aspects of television, several studies have found that educational television has many advantages. The Media Awareness Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Bulletin
The ''Manila Bulletin'' () (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation. Founded in 1900, it is the second-oldest extant newspaper published in the Philippines and the second-oldest extant English newspaper in the Far East. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan. According to a survey done by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Manila Bulletin is considered "one of the most trusted news organizations"; placing 2nd with 66% of Filipinos trusting the organization. History ''Manila Bulletin'' was founded on February 2, 1900 by Carlson Taylor as a shipping journal. In 1957, the newspaper was acquired by Swiss expatriate Hans Menzi. From 1938 to his death in 2002, Jose Guevara wrote a column of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Africa
Susan Africa (born August 20, 1959) is a Filipinos, Filipino screen and stage actress, writer, painter, beauty queen and former television host with a career spanning four decades. After placing first runner-up at the Binibining Pilipinas, 1980 Binibining Pilipinas pageant, she pursued a career in showbusiness. A prominent figure in Soap opera, soap operas, she rose to fame in the television series ''Mara Clara'' (1992) and is noted for playing impoverished maternal characters. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 1987 Metro Manila Film Festival for her portrayal in ''Olongapo... The Great American Dream'' and has been involved in several international productions such as ''Noriega: God's Favorite'' (2000), ''Blood Surf'' (2000) and ''Under Heavy Fire'' (2001). Africa also served as the host of PTV4's ''For Art’s Sake'' (1989) and ''Batibot, Sesame'' (1984). Among her acclaimed performances include ''A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis'' (2016) which co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junix Inocian
Junix Inocian (born Rufino Duran Inocian, Jr.; March 17, 1951 – June 13, 2015) was a Filipino actor and comedian. He starred in various plays, such as ''Miss Saigon'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', the film version of the Swedish crime novel ''Tatuerad Torso'', SlashMaraud. Retrieved May 19, 2010. Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1995. Retrieved May 19, 2010. and ''''. On television, he was best known for the iconic role of "Kuya Mario" on the Children's educational TV program '' |
TV5 (Philippine TV Channel)
TV5 is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine free-to-air Television network, television and Radio network, radio network headquartered in Mandaluyong, with additional studios in Novaliches, Quezon City. TV5 serves as the flagship network of TV5 Network Inc, which is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia subsidiary of the telecommunications conglomerate PLDT. Since 2010, TV5 has been branded as "The Kapatid Network", using the Filipino language, Filipino word for "sibling". TV5's flagship station, DWET-TV, broadcasts on VHF Channel 5 for Analog signal, analog, UHF Channel 18 for Digital television, digital, and UHF Channel 51 for digital test transmission, with the latter licensed to its sister company, Cignal TV, Mediascape/Cignal TV. The network operates seven additional owned-and-operated stations and has 13 affiliate television stations across the Philippines. TV5's programming is available through cable and satellite providers nationwide, and its content can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
, ''Jessica Soho'' (, abbreviated as ''KMJS'') is a Philippine television news magazine show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Jessica Soho, it premiered on November 7, 2004 on the network's Sunday evening line up. It is the longest running news magazine show in the Philippines. The show is streaming online on Facebook and YouTube. Premise The show features stories on events, pop culture, foods, celebrities, health and trends, as well as urban legends Urban legend (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not. These legends can be e ..., ghost stories and supposed paranormal activities. Accolades References External links * * {{GMA Integrated News and GMA Public Affairs current programming 2004 Philippine television series debuts Filipino-language television shows GMA Integrated News and Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In The Philippines
1970 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1970. Incumbents * President: Ferdinand Marcos (Nacionalista Party) * Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista Party) * House Speaker: José Laurel, Jr. * Chief Justice: Roberto Concepcion * Congress: 7th ''(starting January 26)'' Events January * ''January to March'' – The First Quarter Storm was a period of leftist unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government. * January 26 – Pres. Marcos delivers his State of the Nation Address at the Legislative Building, Manila. Student groups, led by the National Union of Students of the Philippines and '' Kabataang Makabayan'', conducts a rally outside the building, in which, are confronted by the riot police as they march to Malacañang, leaving many injuries. * January 30 – Another confrontation between riot police and about 2,000 demonstrators, mostly stud ... [...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] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero (''pambansang bayani'') of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution broke out; the revolution was inspired by his writings. Though he was not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately approved of its goals, which eventually resulted in Philippine independence. Rizal is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the Philippines, and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monkey And The Turtle
The Turtle and the Monkey ( or ''Si Pagong at si Matsing'') also known as The Monkey and the Turtle is a Philippine fable. It involves the tortoise outwitting a monkey over a banana tree. The story was popularized by Jose Rizal, who made a publication of the story in English in the July 1889 issue of ''Trübner's Oriental Record'' in England, which is considered to be the formal beginning of Philippine children's literature. Origin The origin of the story can be traced to the Ilocano, which is linked to Indian arts. The Ilocano version of the story offers an explanation on why monkeys don't eat meat. Versions of the story have a common theme of a weaker but cunning character (the tortoise or turtle) winning over a stronger adversary (the monkey). During his visit to Juan Luna in January 1886 in France, Rizal illustrated the story in 34 plates which he made in an album belonging to Luna's wife. Rizal is considered as the first Filipino cartoonist for this feat and for illustrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
