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The World Tonight (Philippine TV Program)
''The World Tonight'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, ANC and Kapamilya Channel. Originally anchored by Hal Bowie and Henry Halasan, it aired on ABS-CBN's evening line up from November 21, 1966 to September 22, 1972, and was replaced by ''BBC/City2 Balita Late-Night Edition''. The newscast returned on the network's evening line up from September 15, 1986 to August 13, 1999, replacing ''BBC/City2 Balita Late-Night Edition'' and was replaced by ''Pulso: Aksyon Balita''. The show began broadcasting on ANC on May 1, 1996, followed by a broadcast on Kapamilya Channel on July 27, 2020, replacing ''Bandila'' and ''Tonight with Boy Abunda''. Tony Velasquez and Pia Gutierrez currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest-running news broadcasting show in the Philippines. Airing history The early years (1966–1972) ''The World Tonight'' premiered on November 21, 1966, at 8:30 PM on ABS-CBN's DZXL-TV Channel 9 as the network's answer to ABC's ...
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News Broadcasting
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either video production, produced local programming, locally in a radio studio or television studio newsroom, or by a broadcast network. A news broadcast may include material such as sports coverage, Weather forecasting, weather forecasts, Traffic reporting, traffic reports, Political criticism, political commentary, expert opinions, editorial content, and other material that the broadcaster feels is relevant to their audience. An individual news program is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more News presenter, anchors. A frequent inclusion is live or recorded interviews by field Journalist, reporters. Structure, content, and style Television Television news programs inform and discuss current events via the medium of television. A "news b ...
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Martial Law Under Ferdinand Marcos
At 7:15 p.m. on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the Philippines under martial law, stating he had done so in response to the "communist threat" posed by the newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the sectarian "rebellion" of the Muslim Independence Movement (MIM). Opposition figures of the time (such as Lorenzo Tañada, Jose W. Diokno, and Jovito Salonga) accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse to consolidate power and extend his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the 1935 constitution. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, marking the beginning of a fourteen-year period of one-man rule, which effectively lasted until Marcos was exiled from the country on February 25, 1986. Proclamation No. 1081 was formally lifted on January 17, 1981 by Proclamation No. 2045, although Marcos retained essentially all of his powers as dictato ...
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Dyan Castillejo
Dyan Castillejo-Garcia (; born September 15, 1965), commonly known by her maiden name, Dyan Castillejo, is a Filipino former tennis player and sports reporter. Tennis career Castillejo represented the Philippines in the Fed Cup ties from 1981 to 1990. She also competed in the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open. She was also the first Filipino to earn a WTA women's ranking. In 2017, Castillejo was conferred the Fed Cup Commitment Award, an award given to players that has played at least 20 World Group ties or 40 ties at any level, by the International Tennis Federation. She was the first Filipino to be given the distinction. Post-playing career Castillejo has worked as a sports interviewer for ABS-CBN Sports, interviewing Manny Pacquiao and his Mexican opponents. She is also host for a number of TV programs such as ''The World Tonight'', ''Gym Team'', ''The MBA-Beat'', ''TV Patrol'', and '' Sports Unlimited''. She regularly covers the annual ...
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Cathy Yap-Yang
Catherine Yap Yang (born February 1, 1971) is a Filipina business journalist who has worked in various international news outfits across the Asia-Pacific region over the course of 15 years. She is currently the Head of Programs at Cignal TV, Inc. and a presenter on Cignal TV's One News. Previously, she served as the head of PLDT's corporate communications group. Background She graduated with an AB Communication Arts degree from the De La Salle University in 1991. After graduation, Yap-Yang joined ABS-CBN and tenured for eight years (1992-2000) as reporter, researcher and pinch-hitter for the former Philippine Vice-president Noli de Castro on ''TV Patrol''. She succeedingly became a business news presenter for several Sarimanok News Network (SNN, later called the ABS-CBN News Channel or ANC) shows, such as ''Stock Market Live'', ''The World Tonight'', and ''The Weekend News''. She also co-hosted the show, '' Usapang Business'' in tandem with Ces Drilon on ABS-CBN. In 2000, the Reut ...
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Ces Drilon
Cecilia "Ces" Victoria Oreña-Drilon (; born July 8, 1961) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She anchored news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1989 to 2020. From 2018 to 2020, she also served as the division's Content Acquisition Head for the Lifestyle Ecosystem Group. Oreña-Drilon is currently a news anchor for '' The Big Story'', the flagship nightly newscast of One News. Career Ces Oreña-Drilon began her television career in 1985 when she joined the Maharlika Broadcasting System (now People's Television Network) as a news reporter. Her reporting on the capture of Army renegade Col. Gregorio Honasan caught the attention of ABS-CBN Network, which hired her in 1989 to cover the Philippine Senate. She appeared regularly on ''The World Tonight'' as the program's business correspondent. Together with Cathy Yap-Yang, she hosted ''Usapang Business'', a weekly business-oriented show which was soon cancelled du ...
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TV Patrol
''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z and All TV. Originally anchored by Noli de Castro, Mel Tiangco and Robert Arevalo, it premiered on March 2, 1987, on the network's Primetime Bida line up replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. De Castro, Karen Davila, Bernadette Sembrano and Alvin Elchico currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest running Filipino-language news program. History Pre-launch Following the People Power Revolution in February 1986 and the resumption of operations months later, ABS-CBN News executives, among them then-News Manager Angelo Castro Jr., began holding meetings with higher-ups on plans to launch an all-new news program that will serve as a replacement to ''Balita Ngayon''. On March 1, 1987, ABS-CBN announced the launch of ''TV Patrol'' during the public variety extravaganza "Ang Pagbabalik ng Bituin" () at Luneta Park, Manila. 1987–2004: ''TV Patrol'' (first iteration ...
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Korina Sanchez
Korina Maria Baluyut Sanchez-Roxas (; born October 5, 1964), known professionally as Korina Sanchez, is a Filipino broadcast journalist, television news anchor, senior field reporter, magazine show host, radio anchor, and newspaper columnist. She served as Chief Reporter for the Integrated News and Current Affairs Division of ABS-CBN airing on TV Channel 2, AM Radio Station DZMM and cable TV ABS-CBN News Channel. She also has a regular column in ''The Philippine Star'' entitled ''That Does It'', as well as a Tagalog column entitled ''K Ka Lang'' in its sister newspaper, '' Pilipino Star Ngayon''. She is married to Mar Roxas, the former Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. She transferred to TV5 after signing with Brightlight Productions on 2020. On July 5, 2023, she returned to ABS-CBN to sign a new co-production deal for her current show, '' Rated Korina''. Personal life Sanchez married Mar Roxas on October 27, 2009, in Quezon City. On ...
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Harry Gasser
Harry Alesna Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Philippine news presenter.''Veteran news anchor Harry Gasser, 76, passes away''
GMA News Online, April 3, 2014 Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the regime of .


Career

He started his journalistic career as an anchor of ''Balita Ngayon'' on from 1969 to 1972. Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to
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Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine Media of the Philippines, television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is currently owned through majority share by Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Presidential Communications Group, Presidential Communications Office (PCO), Far East Managers and Investors Inc. (owned by the family of Roberto Benedicto), and other private sectors. The network's main offices and flagship transmitter is located at Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle also in Quezon City. Founded by James Lindenberg, and prior to its privatization, it was the sister network of current government owned and controlled Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation; both networks were sequestered after the 1986 People Power Revolution, and formerly an attached agency of the now-PCO, which retained 20% of RPN's non-controlling shares following privatization. Radio Philippines Network operates television stations with airtime ...
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NewsWatch (Philippine TV Program)
''RPN NewsWatch'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by KBS/RPN/New Vision 9. Originally anchored by Frank Abao and Dennis Cabalfin, it aired from June 1, 1970 to October 29, 2012, replacing ''Eyewitness Reports'' and was replaced by ''CNN Philippines Network News'', ''CNN Philippines Nightly News'' and ''Updates''. Joyce Burton-Titular serve as the final anchor. It is the longest-running English-language news broadcasting show of RPN. Its reportorial teams are tasked to gather news from every major beat in the Greater Manila Area as well as nearby provinces. Broadcast chronology Launched on June 1, 1970, it became one of the most watched English language newscasts on Philippine TV alongside ''The World Tonight'' of ABS-CBN and '' The Big News'' of ABC (now TV5). It is dubbed as the "First TV Newspaper" in the Philippines. Prior to 2008, it produced some spin-offs such as: * ''RPN NewsWatch Balita Ngayon,'' a Filipino-language early evening newscast. ...
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Loren Legarda
Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda (born January 28, 1960) is a Filipina politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as a Senator and served as the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 2022 to 2024. Before entering politics, she began her career as a news reporter until becoming a news anchor. She previously served three terms in the Senate from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019. She is the longest-serving female Senator in the history of the Senate, and the only female in the Philippines to top two senatorial elections: 1998 and 2007. Legarda was also the House Deputy Speaker during her three-year stint as the representative of Antique from 2019 to 2022. Legarda ran for vice president in 2004 as the running mate of Fernando Poe Jr., but controversially lost to Noli de Castro, Legarda contested the result on an electoral protest where she also lost. She fell short again vying for the same positi ...
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Angelo Castro Jr
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name * Angelo Abenante (1927–2024), Italian trade unionist and politician * Angelo Accardi, Italian visual artist * Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church * Angelo Acciaioli, multiple people *Angelo Acerbi (born 1925), Catholic archbishop * Angelo Achini or Angiolo Achini (1850–1930), Italian painter *Angelo Acosta (born 2001), Filipino rapper * Angelo Agostini (1843–1910), illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist * Angelo Agrizzi, South African businessman and whistleblower * Angelo Aimo (born 1964), Italian footballer *Angelo Albanesi (late 1765–1784), Italian engraver *Angelo Alessandri (born 1969), Italian politician *Angelo Alessio (born 1965), Italian football manager and player *Angelo Alistar (born 1975), Romanian footballer *Ang ...
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