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Host

*Ernie Baron

Format

The program is divided into four gaps—two main stories and two regular segments—which include "For Your Information" and "Health Tips ni Ka Ernie." Some new segments are "See Them Here First," "The First Knowledge," "Gallery," "Bakit Nga Ba?" "Question and Answer," "Scrabble, Scramble" and "What If."

Accolades

The show won as Best Educational Program & Host in the 2004 & 2005 PMPC Star Awards for Television.

References

{{reflist Philippine television shows ABS-CBN original programming 1998 Philippine television series debuts 2004 Philippine television series endings 1990s Philippine television series Philippine educational television series Filipino-language television shows

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