After witnessing the continuous positive impact of PLDT Gabay Guro’s programs and what it does to the betterment of the plight of the Filipino teacher, PLDT Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan last year expressed his desire to expand the reach of Gabay Guro by bringing it to the different provinces in the country.
In no time, Gabay Guro Foundation’s kind-hearted Chairman Chaye Cabal-Revilla has mobilized the team of dedicated volunteers and the wheels of Gabay Guro’s pillars have since been grinding non-stop. This year alone, Gabay Guro has been to the provinces of Agusan, Bulacan and Bataan conducting trainings and workshops, and bringing the much-awaited teacherfest right to their doorsteps.
And to cap a very fruitful 2018, Chairman Revilla announced that on Dec. 6 (Thursday) Gabay Guro’s teacherfest will go to Navotas to spread early holiday cheers to the teachers there. Ms. Revilla says, “We partnered with the LGU for this event. We want Navotas to experience this firsthand because we know that it is in these events where teachers get to experience the tribute they deserve.”
The star-studded event will be held at the Navotas Sports Complex where an estimated 4,000 teachers are expected to gather for a day full of fun, prizes, and world-class entertainment to be led by the country’s biggest performers - Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Gabby Concepcion, Jona, Julie Anne San Jose, Renz Verano, Jason Dy and Randy Santiago, along with comedians Ate Gay and Regina.
Ms. Revilla and the Gabay Guro team of visionaries advocate that, “our nation’s children depend on our nation’s teachers to lead them to the future.”
Gabay Guro is propelled by these Pillars of Learnings --- Scholarships (1,300 scholars in 45 state colleges and universities nationwide; 500 LET passers, and 800 graduates, 234 are honor graduates); Livelihood Programs; Housing and Educational Facilities (40 classrooms constructed and donated in Cebu, Bohol, Leyte and Capiz); Broadband and Computerization (47 partner schools received computer donations and broadband connection); Teachers Training (trained over 40,000 teachers in over eight training programs); Teachers’ Tribute, and the latest addition, Innovation. Introduced last September at the MOA Arena grand gathering, Innovation Pillar will have initiatives that will equip teachers, school leaders, school staff and other stakeholders with an empowering innovation mindset meant to connect schools, industry and communities.
Soon, Innovation Pillar will be trumpeted by the launch of the Gabay Guro app where teachers, parents and students can benefit tremendously. The interactive app can help the teacher access lesson plans, educational materials, upload grades, etc. which will also be accessible to the parent and the student.
Gabay Guro is now running on its 11th year, carrying with it a history littered with awards and citations. Among these are the Gawad Tanglaw award, Anvil Awards and from the Phil. Association of National Advertisers (PANA) and the Philippine Quill Awards.
Ms. Revilla and her team of dedicated volunteers work behind the scenes tirelessly and for free each time. She said, “we believe in what Gabay Guro stands for. We give our all to make our teachers feel special but at the end of the day, we are the ones who feel so much more blessed. The gratitude they show is priceless. It makes everything worth it,” she said.
For more information please visit the Gabay Guro official website www.gabayguro.com, and follow them on twitter and Instagram at @PLDTGabayGuro.
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GMA, ABS-CBN claim ratings leadership in November
The ratings battle between the operators of the country’s two largest television networks continued through November this year, with mega Manila remaining hotly contested territory.
GMA Network Inc. and rival ABS-CBN Corp. each released ratings data for the month of November.
GMA, which uses data from Nielsen TV Audience Measurement, said it was ahead in urban ratings while ABS-CBN, which gets its data from Kantar Media, claimed a lead nationwide.
In its statement, GMA announced an average total day people audience share of 38.6 percent in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (Nutam).
It said this was higher than ABS-CBN’s 37.5 percent.
ABS-CBN, for its part, claimed a 45-percent national audience share for November against 30 percent for GMA.
ABS-CBN also dominated the list of the 10 highest-rating programs in November. “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” drew the highest viewership among all shows, hitting an average national TV rating of 40.3 percent.
Variety show “It’s Showtime” is still the most watched noontime show in the country with a national TV rating of 38.9 percent on weekdays and 35.2 percent on Saturdays, against its rival “Eat Bulaga” which only got 34.8 percent on weekdays and 36.4 percent on Saturdays, ABS-CBN said.
Other ABS-CBN programs on the top 19 are “TV Patrol,” “Ngayon at Kailanman,” “Halik,” “Tonight with Boy Abunda,” “Bandila,” “The Kids’ Choice,” “ASAP Natin ‘To,” “Banana Sundae,” “Goin’ Bulilit,” “Wansapanataym,” “Home Sweetie Home,” “Pinoy Big Brother: Otso,” “MMK,” “Rated K,” “I Can See Your Voice,” “Gandang Gabi Vice,” “Playhouse,” “Ipaglaban Mo,” “Kadenang Ginto,” “Los Bastardos” and “Meteor Garden.”
Mega Manila, which covers the capital district and its surrounding areas, was claimed by both media giants.
GMA said it posted an average total day people audience share of 45.3 percent versus ABS-CBN’s 28.5 percent.
On the other hand, ABS-CBN said data showed that it was ahead of GMA with 37 percent in mega Manila against the latter’s 29 percent.
Mega Manila includes Metro Manila, where ABS-CBN claimed a share of 43 percent against GMA’s 23 percent.
Apart from mega Manila, GMA underscored its lead across urban Luzon, where it claims an audience share of 44.1 percent against ABS-CBN’s 30.8 percent.
Kapuso shows similarly ruled Nielsen's NUTAM list of top-rating programs for November with “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” still reigning as the most watched Kapuso program nationwide followed by “Pepito Manaloto,” “24 Oras,” “Daddy’s Gurl,” “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko” and “Onanay.”
Included in the list as well were “Magpakailanman,” newly-launched primetime series “Cain at Abel,” “Studio 7,” “Victor Magtanggol,” “Amazing Earth,” “Imbestigador,” “24 Oras Weekend,” “Wowowin,” “Pamilya Roces,” “Bubble Gang,” “Saksi,” “Eat Bulaga,” “Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko,” “Tadhana,” “Ika-5 Utos,” “My Special Tatay” and “Kapag Nahati Ang Puso,”
In its statement, ABS-CBN said it had kept its wide lead against GMA in Visayas and Mindanao. —MIGUEL R. CAMUS
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Happy birthday greetings today, Dec. 5, go to Rep. Amado Bagatsing, Donita Rose, Mila Abad, Julie Ann Fortich, Anthony N. Pangilinan, Vice Mayor Roderick Tiongson of San Miguel, Bulacan; Chris Almeda, Luz Valderama, Raymond Sacay, Ramon “Monchu” Siytangco 1V, Francis Martin Beltran Baraan IV, Jean Go-Marasigan of BG International Productions; Ching Alano, Ed Finlan and Ruby Laserna Wingenfeld...Happy wedding anniversary to Enrique and Miles Yulo; Llewellyn and Carol Llanillo; and Drs. Rodolfo and Rosalina Ante...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
GMA, ABS-CBN claim ratings leadership in November
The ratings battle between the operators of the country’s two largest television networks continued through November this year, with mega Manila remaining hotly contested territory.
GMA Network Inc. and rival ABS-CBN Corp. each released ratings data for the month of November.
GMA, which uses data from Nielsen TV Audience Measurement, said it was ahead in urban ratings while ABS-CBN, which gets its data from Kantar Media, claimed a lead nationwide.
In its statement, GMA announced an average total day people audience share of 38.6 percent in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (Nutam).
It said this was higher than ABS-CBN’s 37.5 percent.
ABS-CBN, for its part, claimed a 45-percent national audience share for November against 30 percent for GMA.
Mega Manila, which covers the capital district and its surrounding areas, was claimed by both media giants.
GMA said it posted an average total day people audience share of 45.3 percent versus ABS-CBN’s 28.5 percent.
On the other hand, ABS-CBN said data showed that it was ahead of GMA with 37 percent in mega Manila against the latter’s 29 percent.
Mega Manila includes Metro Manila, where ABS-CBN claimed a share of 43 percent against GMA’s 23 percent.
ABS-CBN also dominated the list of the 10 highest-rating programs in November. “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” drew the highest viewership among all shows, hitting an average national TV rating of 40.3 percent.
Variety show “It’s Showtime” is still the most watched noontime show in the country with a national TV rating of 38.9 percent on weekdays and 35.2 percent on Saturdays, against its rival “Eat Bulaga” which only got 34.8 percent on weekdays and 36.4 percent on Saturdays, ABS-CBN said.
Other ABS-CBN programs on the top 18 are “TV Patrol” (30.6 percent), “Ngayon at Kailanman” (29.1 percent), “Halik” (26.2 percent), “Tonight with Boy Abunda” (24.3 percent), “Bandila” (22.1 percent), “The Kids’ Choice” (25.9 percent), “ASAP Natin ‘To” (24.6 percent), “Goin’ Bulilit” (23 percent), “Wansapanataym” (18.5 percent), “Home Sweetie Home” (22.2 percent), “Pinoy Big Brother: Otso” (21.9 percent), “MMK” (21 percent), “Rated K” (18.6 percent), “I Can See Your Voice” (17.5 percent), “Gandang Gabi Vice” (16.9 percent), “Playhouse” (15.4 percent), “Ipaglaban Mo” (15 percent), “Kadenang Ginto” (14.6 percent), “Los Bastardos” (13.6 percent) and “Meteor Garden” (21.9 percent).
Apart from mega Manila, GMA underscored its lead across urban Luzon, where it claims an audience share of 44.1 percent against ABS-CBN’s 30.8 percent.
Kapuso shows similarly ruled Nielsen's NUTAM list of top-rating programs for November with “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” still reigning as the most watched Kapuso program nationwide followed by “Pepito Manaloto,” “24 Oras,” “Daddy’s Gurl,” “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko” and “Onanay.”
Included in the list as well were “Magpakailanman,” newly-launched primetime series “Cain at Abel,” “Studio 7,” “Victor Magtanggol,” “Amazing Earth,” “Wish Ko Lang,” “Imbestigador,” “24 Oras Weekend,” “Wowowin,” “Pamilya Roces,” “Bubble Gang,” “Saksi,” “Eat Bulaga,” “Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko,” “Tadhana,” “Ika-5 Utos,” “My Special Tatay” and “Kapag Nahati Ang Puso.”
In its statement, ABS-CBN said it had kept its wide lead against GMA in Visayas and Mindanao. —MIGUEL R. CAMUS
https://business.inquirer.net/261670/gma-abs-cbn-claim-ratings-leadership-in-november
TV ratings war continues in November
THE two major broadcast networks ABS-CBN Corp. and GMA Network, Inc. kept its neck-and-neck battle for audience share as both claimed ratings lead in the month of November, citing different reports from third-party data providers.
In a statement, Lopez-led ABS-CBN said its average audience share reached 45% in November versus GMA’s 30%, citing Kantar Media data which covered 2,610 urban and rural homes.
On the other hand, GMA said its average total day people audience share is at 38.6% in November, beating ABS-CBN’s 37.5%, based on Nielsen TV Audience Measurement. Nielsen claims its report covers “900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar.”
ABS-CBN said the Kantar report found it dominated households in Mega Manila with 37% audience share versus GMA’s 29%, and in Metro Manila with 43% share versus its rival’s 23%.
In terms of ratings based on time slots, ABS-CBN said it led the competition across all blocks, starting with a 49% audience share in the primetime block compared to 30% for GMA.
For other time slots, ABS-CBN said it had a 37% share in the morning block (6 a.m. to 12 noon) versus 26% for GMA; 43% in the noontime block (12 noon to 3 p.m.) against 31% for its rival; and 45% in the afternoon block (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.) as opposed to GMA’s 32%.
ABS-CBN also dominated the list of the 10 highest-rating programs in November. FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano drew the highest viewership among all shows, hitting an average national TV rating of 40.3 percent.
Variety show It’s Showtime is still the most watched noontime show in the country with a national TV rating of 38.6% on weekdays and 35.2 percent on Saturdays, against its rival Eat Bulaga which only got 32.1 percent on weekdays and 30.5 percent on Saturdays, ABS-CBN said.
Other ABS-CBN programs on the top 18 are TV Patrol (30.6 percent), Ngayon at Kailanman (29.1 percent), Halik (26.2 percent), Tonight with Boy Abunda (24.3 percent), Bandila (22.1 percent), The Kids’ Choice (25.9 percent), ASAP Natin ‘To (23.2 percent), Goin’ Bulilit (21.6 percent), Wansapanataym (18.5 percent), Home Sweetie Home (22.2 percent). Pinoy Big Brother: Otso (21.8 percent), MMK (20.5 percent), Rated K (18.6 percent), I Can See Your Voice (17.5 percent), Gandang Gabi Vice (16.9 percent), Playhouse (15.4 percent), Ipaglaban Mo (15 percent), Kadenang Ginto (14.8 percent), Los Bastardos (13.6 percent) and Meteor Garden (21.9 percent).
However, GMA, citing Nielsen, said it trumped ABS-CBN in Mega Manila with 45.3% audience share versus 28.5% using data from Nov. 1 to 24. For Urban Luzon, it had an average total day people audience share of 44.1% against ABS-CBN’s 30.8%.
Based on time slots, GMA said it beat ABS-CBN in the morning block with 36.1% audience share against 32.1%, and in the afternoon block with 40.2% versus 37.2% for its rival.
Kapuso shows similarly ruled Nielsen's NUTAM list of top-rating programs for November with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho still reigning as the most watched Kapuso program nationwide followed by Pepito Manaloto, 24 Oras, Daddy's Gurl, Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko and Onanay.
Included in the list as well were Magpakailanman, newly-launched primetime series Cain at Abel, Studio 7, Victor Magtanggol, Amazing Earth, 24 Oras Weekend, Wowowin, Pamilya Roces, Bubble Gang, Saksi, Eat Bulaga, Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko, Ika-5 Utos, My Special Tatay and Kapag Nahati Ang Puso.
GMA also dominated both the Urban Luzon and Mega Manila lists, taking 23 and 25 spots out of the top 30 programs, respectively. — Denise A. Valdez
https://www.bworldonline.com/tv-ratings-war-continues-in-november/
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
ABS-CBN widens Mega Manila ratings lead, keeps nationwide top post: Kantar
ABS-CBN said Tuesday it widened its lead over GMA Network in Mega Manila in November as it maintained the top position nationwide, based on data from Kantar Media.
The country's largest media and entertainment network scored 37 percent audience share in Mega Manila, compared to GMA's 29 percent, which slid 4 points, ABS-CBN said in a statement.
Nationwide, ABS-CBN had an audience share of 45 percent, leading GMA by 15 points, according to a Kantar Media survey of 2,610 urban and rural homes that represent 100 percent of the total Philippine TV viewing population.
ABS-CBN also led in Total Luzon, where it tallied an average audience share of 40 percent against GMA’s 32 percent, in Total Visayas where it garnered 53 percent against GMA’s 24 percent, and in Total Mindanao where it hit 53 percent against GMA’s 26 percent.
ABS-CBN also dominated the list of the 10 highest-rating programs in November. “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” drew the highest viewership among all shows, hitting an average national TV rating of 40.3 percent.
Other ABS-CBN programs on the top 10 are "TV Patrol” (30.6 percent), “Ngayon at Kailanman” (29.1 percent), “Halik” (26.2 percent), “Tonight with Boy Abunda” (24.3 percent), “Bandila” (22.1 percent), “The Kids’ Choice” (25.9 percent), “ASAP Natin 'To” (23.2 percent), “Goin’ Bulilit” (21.6 percent), “Wansapanataym” (18.5 percent), “Home Sweetie Home” (22.2 percent). “Pinoy Big Brother: Otso” and “MMK” (20.5 percent), “Rated K” (18.6 percent), “I Can See Your Voice” (17.5 percent), “Gandang Gabi Vice” (16.9 percent), “Playhouse” (15.4 percent), “It’s Showtime” (13.2 percent), “Kadenang Ginto and” “Los Bastardos” (12.7 percent) and “Meteor Garden” (21.9 percent).
ABS-CBN led the primetime block (6 p.m. to 12 a.m.) with an average audience share of 49 percent, 19 points higher than GMA.
ABS-CBN also won the morning block (6 a.m. to 12 p.m.) with 37 percent versus GMA’s 26 percent, in the noontime block (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.), where it scored 43 percent versus GMA’s 31 percent, and in the afternoon block (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.), where it got 45 percent versus GMA’s 32 percent.
As of October, ABS-CBN TVplus sold 6.1 million boxes since its launch in 2015. It recently added 5 new channels including the Asianovela Channel, Movie Central, MYX, Jeepney TV, and O Shopping in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Cebu.
ABS-CBN also recently launched its new streaming service, iWant, which was downloaded 1 million times since Nov. 17.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/04/18/abs-cbn-widens-mega-manila-ratings-lead-keeps-nationwide-top-post-kantar
The country's largest media and entertainment network scored 37 percent audience share in Mega Manila, compared to GMA's 29 percent, which slid 4 points, ABS-CBN said in a statement.
Nationwide, ABS-CBN had an audience share of 45 percent, leading GMA by 15 points, according to a Kantar Media survey of 2,610 urban and rural homes that represent 100 percent of the total Philippine TV viewing population.
ABS-CBN also led in Total Luzon, where it tallied an average audience share of 40 percent against GMA’s 32 percent, in Total Visayas where it garnered 53 percent against GMA’s 24 percent, and in Total Mindanao where it hit 53 percent against GMA’s 26 percent.
ABS-CBN also dominated the list of the 10 highest-rating programs in November. “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” drew the highest viewership among all shows, hitting an average national TV rating of 40.3 percent.
Other ABS-CBN programs on the top 10 are "TV Patrol” (30.6 percent), “Ngayon at Kailanman” (29.1 percent), “Halik” (26.2 percent), “Tonight with Boy Abunda” (24.3 percent), “Bandila” (22.1 percent), “The Kids’ Choice” (25.9 percent), “ASAP Natin 'To” (23.2 percent), “Goin’ Bulilit” (21.6 percent), “Wansapanataym” (18.5 percent), “Home Sweetie Home” (22.2 percent). “Pinoy Big Brother: Otso” and “MMK” (20.5 percent), “Rated K” (18.6 percent), “I Can See Your Voice” (17.5 percent), “Gandang Gabi Vice” (16.9 percent), “Playhouse” (15.4 percent), “It’s Showtime” (13.2 percent), “Kadenang Ginto and” “Los Bastardos” (12.7 percent) and “Meteor Garden” (21.9 percent).
ABS-CBN led the primetime block (6 p.m. to 12 a.m.) with an average audience share of 49 percent, 19 points higher than GMA.
ABS-CBN also won the morning block (6 a.m. to 12 p.m.) with 37 percent versus GMA’s 26 percent, in the noontime block (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.), where it scored 43 percent versus GMA’s 31 percent, and in the afternoon block (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.), where it got 45 percent versus GMA’s 32 percent.
As of October, ABS-CBN TVplus sold 6.1 million boxes since its launch in 2015. It recently added 5 new channels including the Asianovela Channel, Movie Central, MYX, Jeepney TV, and O Shopping in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Cebu.
ABS-CBN also recently launched its new streaming service, iWant, which was downloaded 1 million times since Nov. 17.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/04/18/abs-cbn-widens-mega-manila-ratings-lead-keeps-nationwide-top-post-kantar
GMA Network keeps upper hand in nationwide TV ratings
GMA Network maintained its nationwide ratings advantage based on the latest data from the industry's widely-trusted ratings service provider Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
For the month of November (November 25 to 30 based on overnight data), GMA posted an average total day people audience share of38.6 percent in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM), which surpassed ABS-CBN's 37.5 percent.
In the morning block, the Network registered 36.1 percent people audience share as against rival's 32.1 percent.
GMA also led in the afternoon block with 40.2 percent people audience share, beating ABS-CBN's 37.2 percent.
The Kapuso Network likewise dominated the viewer-rich areas of Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 72 and 59 percent of all urban viewers in the country.
GMA posted an average total day people audience share of 44.1 percent in Urban Luzon, while ABS-CBN only managed to get 30.8 percent.
In Mega Manila, based on official data from November 1 to 24, the Network posted an average total day people audience share of45.3 percent, which topped competition's 28.5 percent.
Kapuso shows similarly ruled Nielsen's NUTAM list of top-rating programs for November with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho still reigning as the most watched Kapuso program nationwide followed by Pepito Manaloto, 24 Oras, Daddy's Gurl, Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko, and Onanay.
Included in the list as well were Magpakailanman, newly-launched primetime series Cain at Abel, Studio 7, Victor Magtanggol, Amazing Earth, 24 Oras Weekend, Wowowin, Pamilya Roces, Bubble Gang, Saksi, Eat Bulaga, Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko, Ika-5 Utos, My Special Tatay and Kapag Nahati Ang Puso.
GMA also dominated both the Urban Luzon and Mega Manila lists, taking 23 and 25 spots out of the top 30 programs, respectively.
Nielsen data is gathered through a greater number of sampled homes nationwide in comparison to Kantar Media. With approximately 900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar, Nielsen data is statistically considered more representative of the total TV population.
In 2018, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement's client pool covers a total of 34 clients/subscribers consisting of 8 local TV networks including ABS-CBN, TV5, Aksyon TV, CNN Philippines, and Viva Communications Inc., among others; 3 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; and 21 agencies (17 media agencies, 3 consulting agencies, 1 digital agency).
https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/46272/gma-network-keeps-upper-hand-in-nationwide-tv-ratings/story
For the month of November (November 25 to 30 based on overnight data), GMA posted an average total day people audience share of38.6 percent in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM), which surpassed ABS-CBN's 37.5 percent.
In the morning block, the Network registered 36.1 percent people audience share as against rival's 32.1 percent.
GMA also led in the afternoon block with 40.2 percent people audience share, beating ABS-CBN's 37.2 percent.
The Kapuso Network likewise dominated the viewer-rich areas of Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 72 and 59 percent of all urban viewers in the country.
GMA posted an average total day people audience share of 44.1 percent in Urban Luzon, while ABS-CBN only managed to get 30.8 percent.
In Mega Manila, based on official data from November 1 to 24, the Network posted an average total day people audience share of45.3 percent, which topped competition's 28.5 percent.
Kapuso shows similarly ruled Nielsen's NUTAM list of top-rating programs for November with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho still reigning as the most watched Kapuso program nationwide followed by Pepito Manaloto, 24 Oras, Daddy's Gurl, Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko, and Onanay.
Included in the list as well were Magpakailanman, newly-launched primetime series Cain at Abel, Studio 7, Victor Magtanggol, Amazing Earth, 24 Oras Weekend, Wowowin, Pamilya Roces, Bubble Gang, Saksi, Eat Bulaga, Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko, Ika-5 Utos, My Special Tatay and Kapag Nahati Ang Puso.
GMA also dominated both the Urban Luzon and Mega Manila lists, taking 23 and 25 spots out of the top 30 programs, respectively.
Nielsen data is gathered through a greater number of sampled homes nationwide in comparison to Kantar Media. With approximately 900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar, Nielsen data is statistically considered more representative of the total TV population.
In 2018, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement's client pool covers a total of 34 clients/subscribers consisting of 8 local TV networks including ABS-CBN, TV5, Aksyon TV, CNN Philippines, and Viva Communications Inc., among others; 3 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; and 21 agencies (17 media agencies, 3 consulting agencies, 1 digital agency).
https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/46272/gma-network-keeps-upper-hand-in-nationwide-tv-ratings/story
Oro council supports bill creating Department of Human Settlements
THE Cagayan de Oro City Council on Monday, December 3, expressed support for the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, which will act as the sole policy-making body for all housing and urban development concerns.
The city legislators passed a resolution to support the House Bill No. 6775 and Senate Bill no. 1578, which is now waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte's signature.
"It is now in Malacañang, and we are hoping for its approval. Mas maayo man gyud tong naay nakatutok sa (It is also better to focus on) housing programs and guide our urbanization," said Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, who sponsored the resolution.
The bill was approved last October by the Senate.
The proposed department consolidates all government housing agencies and combines the administrative functions of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the planning and regulatory functions of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).
Nacaya said the creation of the department in the national level might help local government units streamline their settlement programs.
Here in Cagayan de Oro, meanwhile, the city government said it projects a housing backlog of 79,073 households in the next eight to 10 years and will need at least P28.5 billion to finance this.
The City Housing and Urban Development Department (CHUDD) disclosed that from only 34,898 in 2013, the number of informal settlers rose to 51,437 as of August 2018.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1777172
The city legislators passed a resolution to support the House Bill No. 6775 and Senate Bill no. 1578, which is now waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte's signature.
"It is now in Malacañang, and we are hoping for its approval. Mas maayo man gyud tong naay nakatutok sa (It is also better to focus on) housing programs and guide our urbanization," said Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, who sponsored the resolution.
The bill was approved last October by the Senate.
The proposed department consolidates all government housing agencies and combines the administrative functions of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the planning and regulatory functions of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).
Nacaya said the creation of the department in the national level might help local government units streamline their settlement programs.
Here in Cagayan de Oro, meanwhile, the city government said it projects a housing backlog of 79,073 households in the next eight to 10 years and will need at least P28.5 billion to finance this.
The City Housing and Urban Development Department (CHUDD) disclosed that from only 34,898 in 2013, the number of informal settlers rose to 51,437 as of August 2018.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1777172
Monday, December 3, 2018
BPI taps Illinois-based firm for new headquarters
Ayala-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has tapped Illinois-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) to do the plan for its new headquarters at the corner of Ayala and Paseo de Roxas avenues in Makati City.
BPI president and chief executive officer Cezar Consing said the redevelopment of the bank’s 40-year old headquarters would kick off in February with the tearing down of the old structure.
SOM is one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Founded in 1936, it has completed more than 10,000 projects in over 50 countries. It is renowned for iconic buildings and its commitment to design excellence, innovation, and sustainability.
The Ayala Group has worked with SOM including the Ayala Triangle Gardens – North. Other projects of SOM in the Philippines include The Curve Tower, the
Arthaland Century Pacific Tower in Bonifacio Global City, and the NEX Tower.
Consing said the 20-story building would be vacated in the next two months as remaining employees are being transferred to the Insular Life Building in Makati, Vertris North and South in Quezon City, the City Gate towers along Ayala Ave., Buendia Center, and Alabang in Muntinlupa City.
He pointed out the new headquarters would have 30 to 40 floors compared to the current 20-story structure.
“You know when we built this building it was the tallest building in its time. Now it is the shortest. I don’t necessarily want us to be the tallest, nor do I want us to be the fanciest. I just want us to be solid,” Consing said.
According to Consing, the cost of the new headquarters that would take four to five years to complete is still being determined.
“The new building will take several years to build and so we will be paying for it over a stretch of time,” he said.
The head office building of the 167-year old bank located at the nexus of Ayala Ave. and Paseo de Roxas was designed by Engracio L. Mariano and was inaugurated in 1982.
BPI chief finance officer Maria Theresa Marcial Javier had said the planned redevelopment of its headquarters over the next few years would have minimal impact on the bank’s bottomline.
“It is going to be investment property construction in progress so the impact on operating expense over time is going to be very minimal,” she said.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/12/03/1873618/bpi-taps-illinois-based-firm-new-headquarters
BPI president and chief executive officer Cezar Consing said the redevelopment of the bank’s 40-year old headquarters would kick off in February with the tearing down of the old structure.
SOM is one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world. Founded in 1936, it has completed more than 10,000 projects in over 50 countries. It is renowned for iconic buildings and its commitment to design excellence, innovation, and sustainability.
The Ayala Group has worked with SOM including the Ayala Triangle Gardens – North. Other projects of SOM in the Philippines include The Curve Tower, the
Arthaland Century Pacific Tower in Bonifacio Global City, and the NEX Tower.
Consing said the 20-story building would be vacated in the next two months as remaining employees are being transferred to the Insular Life Building in Makati, Vertris North and South in Quezon City, the City Gate towers along Ayala Ave., Buendia Center, and Alabang in Muntinlupa City.
He pointed out the new headquarters would have 30 to 40 floors compared to the current 20-story structure.
“You know when we built this building it was the tallest building in its time. Now it is the shortest. I don’t necessarily want us to be the tallest, nor do I want us to be the fanciest. I just want us to be solid,” Consing said.
According to Consing, the cost of the new headquarters that would take four to five years to complete is still being determined.
“The new building will take several years to build and so we will be paying for it over a stretch of time,” he said.
The head office building of the 167-year old bank located at the nexus of Ayala Ave. and Paseo de Roxas was designed by Engracio L. Mariano and was inaugurated in 1982.
BPI chief finance officer Maria Theresa Marcial Javier had said the planned redevelopment of its headquarters over the next few years would have minimal impact on the bank’s bottomline.
“It is going to be investment property construction in progress so the impact on operating expense over time is going to be very minimal,” she said.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/12/03/1873618/bpi-taps-illinois-based-firm-new-headquarters
Senate approves extension of legislative franchise of two broadcast companies
THE Senate passed on third and final reading the bills extending the franchise granted to two radio station operators by another 25 years.
The franchises of Raven Media Broadcasting Corporation under House Bill No. 6707 and Advanced Media Broadcasting System, Inc. under House Bill No. 6708 were approved with 17 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention.
Raven Media operates the FM radio station Jam 88.3, which airs alternative and independent music. Meanwhile, Advanced Media operates the FM radio station 103.5 K-Lite, which airs popular songs from the 1990s and 2000s.
Both firms form part of the media management company Tiger 22 Media Corporation, which was founded by Rufia Dorothy Vera. It also handles FM radio stations Magic 89.9, Wave 89.1 and Play 99.5.
The franchises allowed Raven Media and Advanced Media, to operate “radio and/or television broadcasting stations, including digital television system, through microwave, satellite or whatever means, as well as the use of any new technology in television and radio systems.”
Their franchises may also be revoked upon failure to operate continuously for two years, under the proposed measures.
The broadcast firms are also required to provide “public service time” for Filipinos to be informed of important public issues. The bills also allow for the companies’ self regulation of its broadcast content.
They are also required to inform Congress of any sale, lease, transfer, grant of usufruct or transfer of controlling interests within 60 days of the completion of the transaction. Failure to report to Congress will result to a franchise revocation.
An annual report of their compliance to the terms and conditions of the franchise must also be submitted to Congress. Failure to do so will subject the company to a fine of P500 per working day of noncompliance.
The Senate provided amendments in the House Bills which directs the broadcast firms to create employment opportunities and to hold on-the-job trainings in their franchise operations. — Camille A. Aguinaldo
https://www.bworldonline.com/senate-approves-extension-of-legislative-franchise-of-two-broadcast-companies/
The franchises of Raven Media Broadcasting Corporation under House Bill No. 6707 and Advanced Media Broadcasting System, Inc. under House Bill No. 6708 were approved with 17 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention.
Raven Media operates the FM radio station Jam 88.3, which airs alternative and independent music. Meanwhile, Advanced Media operates the FM radio station 103.5 K-Lite, which airs popular songs from the 1990s and 2000s.
Both firms form part of the media management company Tiger 22 Media Corporation, which was founded by Rufia Dorothy Vera. It also handles FM radio stations Magic 89.9, Wave 89.1 and Play 99.5.
The franchises allowed Raven Media and Advanced Media, to operate “radio and/or television broadcasting stations, including digital television system, through microwave, satellite or whatever means, as well as the use of any new technology in television and radio systems.”
Their franchises may also be revoked upon failure to operate continuously for two years, under the proposed measures.
The broadcast firms are also required to provide “public service time” for Filipinos to be informed of important public issues. The bills also allow for the companies’ self regulation of its broadcast content.
They are also required to inform Congress of any sale, lease, transfer, grant of usufruct or transfer of controlling interests within 60 days of the completion of the transaction. Failure to report to Congress will result to a franchise revocation.
An annual report of their compliance to the terms and conditions of the franchise must also be submitted to Congress. Failure to do so will subject the company to a fine of P500 per working day of noncompliance.
The Senate provided amendments in the House Bills which directs the broadcast firms to create employment opportunities and to hold on-the-job trainings in their franchise operations. — Camille A. Aguinaldo
https://www.bworldonline.com/senate-approves-extension-of-legislative-franchise-of-two-broadcast-companies/
Friday, November 30, 2018
National Anthem
Bayang Magiliw,
Perlas ng Silanganan.
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay.
Lupang Hinirang,
Duyan ka ng magiting.
Sa manlulupig,
Di ka pasisiil
Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya,
Kailan pa ma’y Ê»di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati’t pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo.
Aming ligaya na ʻpag may mang-aapi,
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo.
*The Philippine National Anthem was composed by Julian Felipe, a Filipino music teacher and composer of Cavite. It was first played by the band of San Francisco de Malabon during the unfurling of the Filipino flag at Kawit during the Independence Day ceremony.
For more than a year, the anthem remained without words. Towards the end of August of 1899, a young poet-soldier named Jose Palma wrote the poem titled Filipinas. This poem expressed in elegant Spanish verses the ardent patriotism and fighting spirit of the Filipino people. It became the words of the anthem, and today, the anthem is sung in Filipino, its official lyrics translated by Felipe de Leon, from the original Spanish lyrics in the early 1900s.
The Anthem is regularly played during the beginning and end of broadcast day on radio and television stations, also it followed by the SM Daily Prayer on first screening and last full show inside the SM Cinemas.
Perlas ng Silanganan.
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay.
Lupang Hinirang,
Duyan ka ng magiting.
Sa manlulupig,
Di ka pasisiil
Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya,
Kailan pa ma’y Ê»di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati’t pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo.
Aming ligaya na ʻpag may mang-aapi,
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo.
*The Philippine National Anthem was composed by Julian Felipe, a Filipino music teacher and composer of Cavite. It was first played by the band of San Francisco de Malabon during the unfurling of the Filipino flag at Kawit during the Independence Day ceremony.
For more than a year, the anthem remained without words. Towards the end of August of 1899, a young poet-soldier named Jose Palma wrote the poem titled Filipinas. This poem expressed in elegant Spanish verses the ardent patriotism and fighting spirit of the Filipino people. It became the words of the anthem, and today, the anthem is sung in Filipino, its official lyrics translated by Felipe de Leon, from the original Spanish lyrics in the early 1900s.
The Anthem is regularly played during the beginning and end of broadcast day on radio and television stations, also it followed by the SM Daily Prayer on first screening and last full show inside the SM Cinemas.
Editorial: Carving congressional districts
POLITICIANS rarely see interests beyond their own turfs. That point is truer for politicians leading local government units, even members of the House of Representatives. It’s cause is not only man’s inherent selfishness but also the kind of political setup we have. Politicians do not want to be alienated from the people who vote them into office.
Consider how congressional districts are being carved in Cebu, specifically now in the sixth congressional district of the province. The district once straddled an unbroken area from Consolacion town down to Mandaue City and Mactan island where Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town are—until the House representative there transformed Lapu-Lapu into a lone congressional district.
That created an awkward situation for Cordova town, which remains part of the sixth congressional district without its Mactan co-inhabitant. Now comes House Bill 8511 that also seeks to convert Mandaue City into a lone congressional district. It has been approved on second reading but needs a Senate version for it to sail through Congress. Still a long way to go, but it could still come into fruition.
The move may benefit Mandauehanons, but it would further make awkward the already awkward setup in the sixth district because this would mean only Consolacion town in the mainland and Cordova town in Mactan island would compose the district. Surely, there could have been better ways of carving congressional districts than what is being done in the said district.
House Bill 8511 should make more compelling an idea floated years ago for Cordova town to become a Cebu City barangay, more so with the construction of the third Mactan bridge, or the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway. It would also open up the possibility of Consolacion being absorbed by the fifth congressional district.
Perhaps lawmakers and officials of affected local government units should take a deeper look at the manner the sixth district is being divided before proceeding full speed ahead with HB 8511. They better be creative on this matter.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776519
Consider how congressional districts are being carved in Cebu, specifically now in the sixth congressional district of the province. The district once straddled an unbroken area from Consolacion town down to Mandaue City and Mactan island where Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town are—until the House representative there transformed Lapu-Lapu into a lone congressional district.
That created an awkward situation for Cordova town, which remains part of the sixth congressional district without its Mactan co-inhabitant. Now comes House Bill 8511 that also seeks to convert Mandaue City into a lone congressional district. It has been approved on second reading but needs a Senate version for it to sail through Congress. Still a long way to go, but it could still come into fruition.
The move may benefit Mandauehanons, but it would further make awkward the already awkward setup in the sixth district because this would mean only Consolacion town in the mainland and Cordova town in Mactan island would compose the district. Surely, there could have been better ways of carving congressional districts than what is being done in the said district.
House Bill 8511 should make more compelling an idea floated years ago for Cordova town to become a Cebu City barangay, more so with the construction of the third Mactan bridge, or the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway. It would also open up the possibility of Consolacion being absorbed by the fifth congressional district.
Perhaps lawmakers and officials of affected local government units should take a deeper look at the manner the sixth district is being divided before proceeding full speed ahead with HB 8511. They better be creative on this matter.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776519
Thursday, November 29, 2018
‘Mandaue district’ a long time coming
IN OCTOBER 2009, Lapu-Lapu City was torn away from Cebu’s sixth district when the city was converted into a lone congressional district. Soon, Mandaue City would also be stripped from the sixth, if a bill creating a similar lone district for it would be approved. House Bill 8511 passed second reading in the House last Tuesday (Nov. 27).
Most of the talk by proponents of a district conversion dwell on the benefits that they claim will pour into the new district. Explanatory note of the bill and the congressman’s pitch to their political leaders are full with the promise of good things to come. Few bother to know what will happen to the district that’s left behind, specifically the remaining LGUs.
Lapu-Lapu was a crown jewel of the sixth. So is the other city, Mandaue, that wants to break away too. With population of more than a third of a million each (Lapu-Lapu, 350,467 in 2010; Mandaue, 362,654 in 2015), and the revenue that each earns, what would have Consolacion and Cordova to show?
What rules apply
The public is told about the requirements on population and income in creating a new district. But not the requirements for the district that would be left once Mandaue would follow Lapu-Lapu’s lead?
Do the rules on income and population still apply? Or are they required only during legislative creation, not afterwards when the new district substantially diminishes the old district’s numbers?
12 kms., a bridge apart
Cebu’s sixth district is particularly interesting because with the exit of Lapu-Lapu and, sooner or later Mandaue, the two towns left, Consolacion and Cordova, are separated by about 12 kilometers. Being contiguous is supposedly a rule of thumb for the LGUs in the district. That won’t be any more with the two towns of the sixth being kilometers and a bridge apart.
One can appreciate then district congressman Luigi Quisumbing’s reluctance about the proposal. In March 2011, he said it was not economically and legally feasible. Besides, he said he had to consult One Cebu party leaders many of whom opposed the bill. Luigi was for the lone district, he said, but that was not yet its time. By December 2015, however, Luigi said he would’ve filed the bill but the 2016 election was coming and it would be up to Jonas Cortes, who was set to switch places with him, to take the law home.
Too late for Jonas
Congressman Jonas filed House Bill 4117 last Oct. 18, 2016, followed by Rep. Bebot Abellanosa who filed HB 4523 last Nov. 24, 2016. Both bills were consolidated last Oct. 17 into HB 8511 by the House committee and approved on second reading last week.
Jonas might no longer claim credit for the law, as chances are dim it would pass the House and then the Senate before the 2019 elections. Just as they were then dim when, at about the same time in 2015, Luigi, then the congressman, begged off, saying it was then for his successor Cortes to make the law’s passage happen.
Explanation necessary
Some explaining has to be done to the voters of Mandaue on the reason for the delay. And to the voters of Consolacion and Cordova as well, on what the heck would happen to their towns.
They would still have the district and, to be sure, its congressman or congresswoman. And, for good or ill, maybe not much.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776516
Most of the talk by proponents of a district conversion dwell on the benefits that they claim will pour into the new district. Explanatory note of the bill and the congressman’s pitch to their political leaders are full with the promise of good things to come. Few bother to know what will happen to the district that’s left behind, specifically the remaining LGUs.
Lapu-Lapu was a crown jewel of the sixth. So is the other city, Mandaue, that wants to break away too. With population of more than a third of a million each (Lapu-Lapu, 350,467 in 2010; Mandaue, 362,654 in 2015), and the revenue that each earns, what would have Consolacion and Cordova to show?
What rules apply
The public is told about the requirements on population and income in creating a new district. But not the requirements for the district that would be left once Mandaue would follow Lapu-Lapu’s lead?
Do the rules on income and population still apply? Or are they required only during legislative creation, not afterwards when the new district substantially diminishes the old district’s numbers?
12 kms., a bridge apart
Cebu’s sixth district is particularly interesting because with the exit of Lapu-Lapu and, sooner or later Mandaue, the two towns left, Consolacion and Cordova, are separated by about 12 kilometers. Being contiguous is supposedly a rule of thumb for the LGUs in the district. That won’t be any more with the two towns of the sixth being kilometers and a bridge apart.
One can appreciate then district congressman Luigi Quisumbing’s reluctance about the proposal. In March 2011, he said it was not economically and legally feasible. Besides, he said he had to consult One Cebu party leaders many of whom opposed the bill. Luigi was for the lone district, he said, but that was not yet its time. By December 2015, however, Luigi said he would’ve filed the bill but the 2016 election was coming and it would be up to Jonas Cortes, who was set to switch places with him, to take the law home.
Too late for Jonas
Congressman Jonas filed House Bill 4117 last Oct. 18, 2016, followed by Rep. Bebot Abellanosa who filed HB 4523 last Nov. 24, 2016. Both bills were consolidated last Oct. 17 into HB 8511 by the House committee and approved on second reading last week.
Jonas might no longer claim credit for the law, as chances are dim it would pass the House and then the Senate before the 2019 elections. Just as they were then dim when, at about the same time in 2015, Luigi, then the congressman, begged off, saying it was then for his successor Cortes to make the law’s passage happen.
Explanation necessary
Some explaining has to be done to the voters of Mandaue on the reason for the delay. And to the voters of Consolacion and Cordova as well, on what the heck would happen to their towns.
They would still have the district and, to be sure, its congressman or congresswoman. And, for good or ill, maybe not much.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776516
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Mandaue District bill hurdles second reading
THE House of Representatives approved on second reading on Tuesday, November 27, the bill that seeks to separate the city of Mandaue from the sixth legislative district of Cebu.
Cebu 6th District Representative Jonas Cortes said House Bill No. 8511 or “An Act Separating the City of Mandaue from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of Mandaue,” will “accord the city and its constituents the right to enjoy the privileges appurtenant to a legally declared Congressional District and will ultimately redound to the benefit of the people not only of Mandaue City but also of the 6th District by way of better welfare and benefits.”
Cortes, a former mayor and native of Mandaue City, sponsored the bill.
He said the people of Mandaue have been “ardently” requesting for the passage of the bill in order to raise the status of Mandaue to its “well deserved position.”
At present, Mandaue is grouped under the sixth legislative district of Cebu along with the municipalities of Cordova and Consolacion.
According to Cortes, the City of Mandaue, which has a population of more than 365,144 individuals is “a thriving first class city” and is known as the “Industrial Heartland of Cebu.”
“About 40 percent of Cebu’s export companies are found in Mandaue and being an industrial city it is home to some of the countries biggest companies. Mandaue City also accounts for 75 percent of the country’s total exports in the furniture sector in the past two decades, making the city the furniture capital of the country,” added Cortes.
House Bill 8511 aims to ensure equitable representation for the residents of Mandaue in the legislature.
Under the bill, the incumbent representative of the present sixth district of Cebu shall continue to represent the said district until the new representative of Mandaue is elected.
The bill likewise mandates the Commission on Elections to issue the necessary rules and regulations in relation to the implementation of the bill within 30 days after its effectivity.
House Bill No. 8511 substituted House Bill No. 4117 introduced by Cortes and House Bill No. 4523 introduced by Cebu 2nd District Rep. Rodrigo Abellanosa. Both seek to separate Mandaue from the sixth district of Cebu.
Cortes filed House Bill No. 4117 in October 2016 while Abellanosa filed his version of the bill in November 2016.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776176
Cebu 6th District Representative Jonas Cortes said House Bill No. 8511 or “An Act Separating the City of Mandaue from the Sixth Legislative District of the Province of Cebu to Constitute the Lone Legislative District of Mandaue,” will “accord the city and its constituents the right to enjoy the privileges appurtenant to a legally declared Congressional District and will ultimately redound to the benefit of the people not only of Mandaue City but also of the 6th District by way of better welfare and benefits.”
Cortes, a former mayor and native of Mandaue City, sponsored the bill.
He said the people of Mandaue have been “ardently” requesting for the passage of the bill in order to raise the status of Mandaue to its “well deserved position.”
At present, Mandaue is grouped under the sixth legislative district of Cebu along with the municipalities of Cordova and Consolacion.
According to Cortes, the City of Mandaue, which has a population of more than 365,144 individuals is “a thriving first class city” and is known as the “Industrial Heartland of Cebu.”
“About 40 percent of Cebu’s export companies are found in Mandaue and being an industrial city it is home to some of the countries biggest companies. Mandaue City also accounts for 75 percent of the country’s total exports in the furniture sector in the past two decades, making the city the furniture capital of the country,” added Cortes.
House Bill 8511 aims to ensure equitable representation for the residents of Mandaue in the legislature.
Under the bill, the incumbent representative of the present sixth district of Cebu shall continue to represent the said district until the new representative of Mandaue is elected.
The bill likewise mandates the Commission on Elections to issue the necessary rules and regulations in relation to the implementation of the bill within 30 days after its effectivity.
House Bill No. 8511 substituted House Bill No. 4117 introduced by Cortes and House Bill No. 4523 introduced by Cebu 2nd District Rep. Rodrigo Abellanosa. Both seek to separate Mandaue from the sixth district of Cebu.
Cortes filed House Bill No. 4117 in October 2016 while Abellanosa filed his version of the bill in November 2016.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1776176
TV5 franchise renewal hurdles House second reading
By JOHN CARLO M. CAHINHINAN
The House of Representatives approved on second reading the legislative franchise application of television network TV5 of businessman Manny Pangilinan.
Through a viva voce voting, majority of the lawmakers approved the TV5’s franchise renewal for another 25 years under House Bill 8630.
TV5 Network Inc. is under the Mediaquest Holdings Inc. which owned and subsidized by the Beneficial Trust Fund of the PLDT. The said company is part of Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The network’s existing franchise under Republic Act No. 7831 will expire on December 8, 2019.
TV5’s legislative franchise is sponsored by Markina City Rep. Miro Quimbo, and House committee on legislative franchises chair Franz “Chicoy” Alvarez (Palawan).
Meanwhile, the legislative franchise of television network giant ABS-CBN is pending before Alvarez’s panel, amidst consistent threat from President Rodrigo Duterte that he will oppose its passage in Congress.
http://politics.com.ph/tv5-franchise-renewal-hurdles-house-second-reading/
The House of Representatives approved on second reading the legislative franchise application of television network TV5 of businessman Manny Pangilinan.
Through a viva voce voting, majority of the lawmakers approved the TV5’s franchise renewal for another 25 years under House Bill 8630.
TV5 Network Inc. is under the Mediaquest Holdings Inc. which owned and subsidized by the Beneficial Trust Fund of the PLDT. The said company is part of Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
The network’s existing franchise under Republic Act No. 7831 will expire on December 8, 2019.
TV5’s legislative franchise is sponsored by Markina City Rep. Miro Quimbo, and House committee on legislative franchises chair Franz “Chicoy” Alvarez (Palawan).
Meanwhile, the legislative franchise of television network giant ABS-CBN is pending before Alvarez’s panel, amidst consistent threat from President Rodrigo Duterte that he will oppose its passage in Congress.
http://politics.com.ph/tv5-franchise-renewal-hurdles-house-second-reading/
Monday, November 26, 2018
Sponsors of INQUIRER Lifestyle Series Fitness Fashion with Samsung
The show was supported by L’Oreal Philippines, Swatch and Technomarine.
Official mall partners are SM Supermalls, Robinsons Malls, Ayala Malls, Araneta Center, Star Malls and Trinoma Mall.
Our official media partners are ABS-CBN, People’s Television Network (PTV-4), ABC TV5, GMA-7, RPN-9, Q Channel 11, IBC-13, Studio 23, NET 25, ANC: ABS-CBN News Channel, ETC: Entertainment Central, GNN: Global News Network, Lifestyle Network, Living Asia Channel, Asian Journal, Panay News, DZBB Radyo Bisig-Bayan 594, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, DZRH, Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM, RJ 100.3 FM, 90.7 Love Radio, 939 KCFM, 96.3 WRocK, 101.1 YES! FM, MOR 101.9 My Only Radio For Life and Focus Media Audiovisuals.
Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the guest of honor in the occasion, gave her greetings and message to the crowd. In attendance, also were watching the show are some members of the cabinet; former presidents Joseph Estrada, Fidel Ramos and Corazon Aquino; CBCP president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, several senators led by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; several congressmen led by House Speaker Prospero Nograles; and friends of El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde from the business, entertainment, media, legal, and religious sector.
Official mall partners are SM Supermalls, Robinsons Malls, Ayala Malls, Araneta Center, Star Malls and Trinoma Mall.
Our official media partners are ABS-CBN, People’s Television Network (PTV-4), ABC TV5, GMA-7, RPN-9, Q Channel 11, IBC-13, Studio 23, NET 25, ANC: ABS-CBN News Channel, ETC: Entertainment Central, GNN: Global News Network, Lifestyle Network, Living Asia Channel, Asian Journal, Panay News, DZBB Radyo Bisig-Bayan 594, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, DZRH, Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM, RJ 100.3 FM, 90.7 Love Radio, 939 KCFM, 96.3 WRocK, 101.1 YES! FM, MOR 101.9 My Only Radio For Life and Focus Media Audiovisuals.
Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the guest of honor in the occasion, gave her greetings and message to the crowd. In attendance, also were watching the show are some members of the cabinet; former presidents Joseph Estrada, Fidel Ramos and Corazon Aquino; CBCP president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, several senators led by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; several congressmen led by House Speaker Prospero Nograles; and friends of El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde from the business, entertainment, media, legal, and religious sector.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Pamintuan vows to push Angeles lone district if he wins
CLARK FREEPORT -- Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has vowed to pursue the creation of a lone legislative district for the city if he wins in 2019 midterm polls.
Pamintuan, who is running for congressman under the Abe Kapampangan Party-list, revealed this during a discussion with members of the Capampangan in Media, Inc. (CAMI) at the Bale-Balita here.
He said his party-list will not represent any particular sector but will be the answer to the disproportionate representation of the first district in the House of Representatives.
"While other districts in the country with less population than our district have two or more congressmen, we only have one," he said, citing Marikina City, which has two representatives according to him.
Pamintuan blamed a previous congressman for this failure. He did not name the congressman.
He said that if he wins and Joseller “Yeng” Guiao, who is set to regain the congressional seat he lost to Congressman Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin, Jr. in 2016, also wins, they can work together for the creation of the city lone district.
Meanwhile, Pamintuan said his endorsement of Vice-Mayor Bryan Nepomuceno as his mayoralty bet versus erstwhile chief of staff and former president of Clark International Airport Corporation Alexander Cauiguran was a personal choice.
He did not elaborate but he hinted at some minor irritants although he still considers Cauguiran as a friend.
Pamintuan was effusive about Nepomuceno's support for his various programs, including the plan to borrow P1.2-billion from the Land Bank of the Philippines to finance the construction of a sports center and other city facilities.
"We're working now for the future of Angelenos," he said.
Pamintuan said the passage of the ordinance for the loan followed the legal and legislative process and was already approved by concerned government agencies, including the Central Bank of the Philippines.
"We're now supposed to be in the bidding stage which the other side wants to stop," he said.
Asked about his previous inclusion the drug list, Pamintuan reiterated that his name was already removed from the list by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting of the National Security Council.
He said the President addressed the directive to Secretary Eduardo Ano of the Department of Interior and the Local Government and Director General Aaron Aquino of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
While Cauguiran is running under the Kambilan Party of Pampanga Governor Lilia G. Pineda, Pamintuan disclosed that he is also supported by the governor. (NCS)
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1775771
Pamintuan, who is running for congressman under the Abe Kapampangan Party-list, revealed this during a discussion with members of the Capampangan in Media, Inc. (CAMI) at the Bale-Balita here.
He said his party-list will not represent any particular sector but will be the answer to the disproportionate representation of the first district in the House of Representatives.
"While other districts in the country with less population than our district have two or more congressmen, we only have one," he said, citing Marikina City, which has two representatives according to him.
Pamintuan blamed a previous congressman for this failure. He did not name the congressman.
He said that if he wins and Joseller “Yeng” Guiao, who is set to regain the congressional seat he lost to Congressman Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin, Jr. in 2016, also wins, they can work together for the creation of the city lone district.
Meanwhile, Pamintuan said his endorsement of Vice-Mayor Bryan Nepomuceno as his mayoralty bet versus erstwhile chief of staff and former president of Clark International Airport Corporation Alexander Cauiguran was a personal choice.
He did not elaborate but he hinted at some minor irritants although he still considers Cauguiran as a friend.
Pamintuan was effusive about Nepomuceno's support for his various programs, including the plan to borrow P1.2-billion from the Land Bank of the Philippines to finance the construction of a sports center and other city facilities.
"We're working now for the future of Angelenos," he said.
Pamintuan said the passage of the ordinance for the loan followed the legal and legislative process and was already approved by concerned government agencies, including the Central Bank of the Philippines.
"We're now supposed to be in the bidding stage which the other side wants to stop," he said.
Asked about his previous inclusion the drug list, Pamintuan reiterated that his name was already removed from the list by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting of the National Security Council.
He said the President addressed the directive to Secretary Eduardo Ano of the Department of Interior and the Local Government and Director General Aaron Aquino of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
While Cauguiran is running under the Kambilan Party of Pampanga Governor Lilia G. Pineda, Pamintuan disclosed that he is also supported by the governor. (NCS)
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1775771
Saturday, November 24, 2018
A PBA cager’s thoughts on Vice Ganda’s ‘friendship’ with Calvin Abueva
There’s a thin line between basketball and show biz. Former PBA cagers have turned into actors. Many pro players end up marrying show biz personalities.
Of late, the special friendship of Vice Ganda and PBA cager Calvin Abueva has been the talk of the town.
I asked one of my fave Gilas and PBA players, Troy Rosario, his thoughts on this, among other things.
Here’s my chat with Troy:
If a gay celebrity wants to become your close/special friend just like how Vice Ganda is to Calvin Abueva, would you be game? I’m not aware of the status of Vice and Calvin right now. But I see nothing wrong with being a close friend of a gay celebrity. They are also human and are fun to have around. I don’t care what people will say. Alam ko sa sarili ko kung ano ang totoo.
Why do basketball gurus say that it’s the strongest Gilas lineup ever? Because it’s a taller team compared to the previous lineup. So we can probably match up with taller teams like Iran.
What lesson did you learn from the FIBA “basketbrawl”? It taught me how to manage anger or simply, to “think before you hit.”
How do you handle victory and defeat? I savor victory while staying humble. In defeat, I embrace the experience and its lessons. I tell myself that it was just a setback, and I will bounce back.
What’s the best and toughest part of being a Gilas player? The best part is when I hear the Lupang Hinirang being played before every game. It always gives me goosebumps.
The toughest part is being away from my wife and two baby girls whenever we have training and games abroad.
Would you be willing to join show biz? If given a chance, why not?
What’s the funniest experience you’ve had with your Gilas teammates off the court? In our bus rides after a game, our utility guy, Bong, cracks jokes nonstop. The whole team laughs like crazy. It makes us forget how tired we are.
Who’s the hardest PBA player to guard? Junemar Fajardo. He’s an unstoppable giant.
Congratulations
Whammy Alcazaren’s family drama “Never Tear Us Apart” and Carl Papa’s musical animation “Paglisan” won the most number of awards in the Cinema One Originals 2018 film festival.
“Mamu; and A Mother Too” also won big, with lead actress Iyah Mina hailed as best actress—the first transgender woman recognized for acting in the fest.
Arron Villaflor bagged his best supporting actor win while Alwyn Uytingco was named best actor.
Bravo, C1 Originals for pushing the boundaries. In this biz, full of copies, here’s to the originals.
From the grapevine
If plans materialize, two big action stars will star in a movie. With their combined charisma and acting prowess, their film will surely make a killing at the tills.
It’s high time for a resuscitation of action movies.
Personal
Happy birthday to dearest Lola Virgie Generao and Baby Akhi Fernandez (Nov. 21). Daghang salamat to my avid reader, Rito Baluran Jr.
Of late, the special friendship of Vice Ganda and PBA cager Calvin Abueva has been the talk of the town.
I asked one of my fave Gilas and PBA players, Troy Rosario, his thoughts on this, among other things.
Here’s my chat with Troy:
If a gay celebrity wants to become your close/special friend just like how Vice Ganda is to Calvin Abueva, would you be game? I’m not aware of the status of Vice and Calvin right now. But I see nothing wrong with being a close friend of a gay celebrity. They are also human and are fun to have around. I don’t care what people will say. Alam ko sa sarili ko kung ano ang totoo.
Why do basketball gurus say that it’s the strongest Gilas lineup ever? Because it’s a taller team compared to the previous lineup. So we can probably match up with taller teams like Iran.
What lesson did you learn from the FIBA “basketbrawl”? It taught me how to manage anger or simply, to “think before you hit.”
How do you handle victory and defeat? I savor victory while staying humble. In defeat, I embrace the experience and its lessons. I tell myself that it was just a setback, and I will bounce back.
What’s the best and toughest part of being a Gilas player? The best part is when I hear the Lupang Hinirang being played before every game. It always gives me goosebumps.
The toughest part is being away from my wife and two baby girls whenever we have training and games abroad.
Would you be willing to join show biz? If given a chance, why not?
What’s the funniest experience you’ve had with your Gilas teammates off the court? In our bus rides after a game, our utility guy, Bong, cracks jokes nonstop. The whole team laughs like crazy. It makes us forget how tired we are.
Who’s the hardest PBA player to guard? Junemar Fajardo. He’s an unstoppable giant.
Congratulations
Whammy Alcazaren’s family drama “Never Tear Us Apart” and Carl Papa’s musical animation “Paglisan” won the most number of awards in the Cinema One Originals 2018 film festival.
“Mamu; and A Mother Too” also won big, with lead actress Iyah Mina hailed as best actress—the first transgender woman recognized for acting in the fest.
Arron Villaflor bagged his best supporting actor win while Alwyn Uytingco was named best actor.
Bravo, C1 Originals for pushing the boundaries. In this biz, full of copies, here’s to the originals.
From the grapevine
If plans materialize, two big action stars will star in a movie. With their combined charisma and acting prowess, their film will surely make a killing at the tills.
It’s high time for a resuscitation of action movies.
Personal
Happy birthday to dearest Lola Virgie Generao and Baby Akhi Fernandez (Nov. 21). Daghang salamat to my avid reader, Rito Baluran Jr.
Friday, November 23, 2018
Senate panel OKs bill designating PUP as National Polytechnic University
The Senate education, arts, and culture committee has approved a bill seeking to officially designate the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the country’s largest state university by student population, as the National Polytechnic University.
In approving Senate Bill 2037, Senator Francis Escudero, who chairs the panel, asked PUP to provide data "on the road map on declaring national universities by way of utilizing the best practices adopted by other countries."
Escudero was asking about the difference between a National University status, which has been given to the University of the Philippines and Mindanao State University, and National Polytechnic University status being asked by PUP.
During the hearing Wednesday, PUP President Emmanuel de Guzman said being designated as the National Polytechnic University would allow PUP to have institutional and fiscal autonomy, similar to what UP enjoys.
"It will allow us to create our own academic program in consultation with CHED (Commission on Higher Education)," De Guzman told the committee. "This will give us more freedom to improve our program. We have done some much and we can do more with the National Polytechnic status."
Under Senate Bill 2037, PUP shall exclusively determine its teaching research and extension thrusts, plans, policies, programs and standards. On the basis of such determination, the university shall recommend its annual budget to the President and Congress.
It also seeks to strengthen the PUP as an institution and solidify its position as one of the country's premier state universities.
"It is high time that we strengthen the PUP and officially designate it as the 'National Polytechnic University,’ which will cater to educating and developing the country’s future industry leaders," said Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, the bill's author.
Angara said the government should equip PUP to enable it to better fulfill its mandate of providing technical and professional instruction, training students in the applied arts and sciences.
"In doing so, the PUP will be able to propagate more widely the ideals for which its core values are based—social justice, peace, freedom, academic excellence, ethical and moral standards, cultural identity, and respect for diversity, civil society engagement, and passion for learning," he said.
"The PUP has stood out, being among the first in the country to emphasize hands-on, skills-based education that respond to market demands and societal needs,” he added.
Aside from pioneering two-year associate's degrees that bring students faster and closer to gainful employment, the PUP piloted ladderized technical courses, which the national government is currently working to ramp up across the country with the recent passage of the Philippine Qualifications Framework, the senator said.
He added that PUP has performed consistently well, producing topnotchers in the various licensure exams such as in engineering, architecture, and information technology.
"On top of this, the results of annual surveys conducted by Jobstreet.com show that employers in the Philippines consider graduates of PUP as their top choice for employment—underscoring that a PUP education is competitive and relevant to society’s needs,” he further said.
Founded in 1904, the PUP has more than 20 campuses serving more than 70,000 students, making it the largest state university in the Philippines in terms of student population. Its main campus is located in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
Prior to the enactment of law providing free higher education in public colleges and universities, the PUP is considered the state university that offers low tuition but still provides high quality education, said Angara.
With the committee approval, Escudero has to sponsor the bill to the plenary for deliberation.
Once senators are done with interpellations and amendments, they will vote for its approval for second reading and wait for three days for the third and final reading approval. A similar process will be done in the House of Representatives.
The bicameral conference committee will then be convened to reconcile the disagreeing provisions before it will be returned to the plenary for ratification.
Once ratified, the bill will be sent to the President for either his approval. —KBK, GMA News
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/675825/senate-panel-oks-bill-designating-pup-as-national-polytechnic-university/story/?utm_source=GMANews&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR0nZDYteXvlKOOrigTj_88GDgSBRhNyFlFurC_icZm5WwhgGE4MUJrWOb0
In approving Senate Bill 2037, Senator Francis Escudero, who chairs the panel, asked PUP to provide data "on the road map on declaring national universities by way of utilizing the best practices adopted by other countries."
Escudero was asking about the difference between a National University status, which has been given to the University of the Philippines and Mindanao State University, and National Polytechnic University status being asked by PUP.
During the hearing Wednesday, PUP President Emmanuel de Guzman said being designated as the National Polytechnic University would allow PUP to have institutional and fiscal autonomy, similar to what UP enjoys.
"It will allow us to create our own academic program in consultation with CHED (Commission on Higher Education)," De Guzman told the committee. "This will give us more freedom to improve our program. We have done some much and we can do more with the National Polytechnic status."
Under Senate Bill 2037, PUP shall exclusively determine its teaching research and extension thrusts, plans, policies, programs and standards. On the basis of such determination, the university shall recommend its annual budget to the President and Congress.
It also seeks to strengthen the PUP as an institution and solidify its position as one of the country's premier state universities.
"It is high time that we strengthen the PUP and officially designate it as the 'National Polytechnic University,’ which will cater to educating and developing the country’s future industry leaders," said Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, the bill's author.
Angara said the government should equip PUP to enable it to better fulfill its mandate of providing technical and professional instruction, training students in the applied arts and sciences.
"In doing so, the PUP will be able to propagate more widely the ideals for which its core values are based—social justice, peace, freedom, academic excellence, ethical and moral standards, cultural identity, and respect for diversity, civil society engagement, and passion for learning," he said.
"The PUP has stood out, being among the first in the country to emphasize hands-on, skills-based education that respond to market demands and societal needs,” he added.
Aside from pioneering two-year associate's degrees that bring students faster and closer to gainful employment, the PUP piloted ladderized technical courses, which the national government is currently working to ramp up across the country with the recent passage of the Philippine Qualifications Framework, the senator said.
He added that PUP has performed consistently well, producing topnotchers in the various licensure exams such as in engineering, architecture, and information technology.
"On top of this, the results of annual surveys conducted by Jobstreet.com show that employers in the Philippines consider graduates of PUP as their top choice for employment—underscoring that a PUP education is competitive and relevant to society’s needs,” he further said.
Founded in 1904, the PUP has more than 20 campuses serving more than 70,000 students, making it the largest state university in the Philippines in terms of student population. Its main campus is located in Sta. Mesa, Manila.
Prior to the enactment of law providing free higher education in public colleges and universities, the PUP is considered the state university that offers low tuition but still provides high quality education, said Angara.
With the committee approval, Escudero has to sponsor the bill to the plenary for deliberation.
Once senators are done with interpellations and amendments, they will vote for its approval for second reading and wait for three days for the third and final reading approval. A similar process will be done in the House of Representatives.
The bicameral conference committee will then be convened to reconcile the disagreeing provisions before it will be returned to the plenary for ratification.
Once ratified, the bill will be sent to the President for either his approval. —KBK, GMA News
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/metro/675825/senate-panel-oks-bill-designating-pup-as-national-polytechnic-university/story/?utm_source=GMANews&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=news&fbclid=IwAR0nZDYteXvlKOOrigTj_88GDgSBRhNyFlFurC_icZm5WwhgGE4MUJrWOb0
Ayala to expand Cloverleaf mall
By Arra B. Francia, Reporter
AYALA LAND, Inc. (ALI) is expanding the mall inside its mixed use estate Cloverleaf in Balintawak, Quezon City, as it looks to cater to the needs of commuters traversing the area.
The listed property developer said it targets to open phase 2 of Ayala Malls Cloverleaf by 2022, offering a gross leasable area (GLA) of around 40,000 square meters (sq.m.).
“Because of the success of phase 1, we will have Ayala Malls phase 2, but unlike the first one this is more targeted to the commuter sector of Quezon City or Balintawak in particular because of its connection to the LRT station,” AyalaLand Estates, Inc. Project Development Senior Associate Paula Eimreh Joy Cagampan said in a press briefing in Makati on Tuesday.
Construction on the Cloverleaf mall is set to start in January.
“This is envisioned to become the Market! Market! of the north,” Ms. Cagampan said, referring to the company’s mall in Taguig located near a transport terminal.
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf phase 1 currently caters to the mid-income market. Opened in October 2017, the mall covers about 38,000 sq.m. in GLA spread out across four levels. It features six cinemas and various retail shops targeted toward millennials.
“As of October, almost occupied na ‘yung spaces natin in that area,” Ms. Cagampan said.
Also set to rise in Cloverleaf is a residential tower by ALI’s upscale market brand, Alveo. The project will have three residential towers, with the first to be launched by the third quarter of 2019.
Cloverleaf is ALI’s 11-hectare master planned development in Quezon City. The estate is accessible through EDSA and A. Bonifacio, which the company noted makes for a highly strategic space for retail business and for a place of residence.
The company has allocated to spend P15 billion to develop phase 1 of Cloverleaf, out of the total P23-billion budget for the estate. Since its launch in 2015, the company has already completed about 42% of the developable area.
Cloverleaf is one of 26 estates across the country under ALI’s portfolio. Its most recent one is called Habini Bay, a 526-hectare property located in the municipalities of Alubijid and Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. It will house an industrial park to be managed by Laguna Technopark, Inc.
Habini Bay will be ALI’s fourth estate in Mindanao, following Abreeza in Davao, Alegria Hills in Cagayan de Oro, and Azuela Cove in Davao.
Earnings of ALI climbed 15% to P7.2 billion in the third quarter of 2018, after revenues improved by 14% to P39.3 billion. On a nine-month basis, the company’s net income went up by 17% to P20.78 billion, while revenues stood at P119.7 billion, 21% higher year-on-year.
Shares in ALI ended flat at P40 each at the stock exchange on Thursday.
https://www.bworldonline.com/ayala-to-expand-cloverleaf-mall/
AYALA LAND, Inc. (ALI) is expanding the mall inside its mixed use estate Cloverleaf in Balintawak, Quezon City, as it looks to cater to the needs of commuters traversing the area.
The listed property developer said it targets to open phase 2 of Ayala Malls Cloverleaf by 2022, offering a gross leasable area (GLA) of around 40,000 square meters (sq.m.).
“Because of the success of phase 1, we will have Ayala Malls phase 2, but unlike the first one this is more targeted to the commuter sector of Quezon City or Balintawak in particular because of its connection to the LRT station,” AyalaLand Estates, Inc. Project Development Senior Associate Paula Eimreh Joy Cagampan said in a press briefing in Makati on Tuesday.
Construction on the Cloverleaf mall is set to start in January.
“This is envisioned to become the Market! Market! of the north,” Ms. Cagampan said, referring to the company’s mall in Taguig located near a transport terminal.
Ayala Malls Cloverleaf phase 1 currently caters to the mid-income market. Opened in October 2017, the mall covers about 38,000 sq.m. in GLA spread out across four levels. It features six cinemas and various retail shops targeted toward millennials.
“As of October, almost occupied na ‘yung spaces natin in that area,” Ms. Cagampan said.
Also set to rise in Cloverleaf is a residential tower by ALI’s upscale market brand, Alveo. The project will have three residential towers, with the first to be launched by the third quarter of 2019.
Cloverleaf is ALI’s 11-hectare master planned development in Quezon City. The estate is accessible through EDSA and A. Bonifacio, which the company noted makes for a highly strategic space for retail business and for a place of residence.
The company has allocated to spend P15 billion to develop phase 1 of Cloverleaf, out of the total P23-billion budget for the estate. Since its launch in 2015, the company has already completed about 42% of the developable area.
Cloverleaf is one of 26 estates across the country under ALI’s portfolio. Its most recent one is called Habini Bay, a 526-hectare property located in the municipalities of Alubijid and Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. It will house an industrial park to be managed by Laguna Technopark, Inc.
Habini Bay will be ALI’s fourth estate in Mindanao, following Abreeza in Davao, Alegria Hills in Cagayan de Oro, and Azuela Cove in Davao.
Earnings of ALI climbed 15% to P7.2 billion in the third quarter of 2018, after revenues improved by 14% to P39.3 billion. On a nine-month basis, the company’s net income went up by 17% to P20.78 billion, while revenues stood at P119.7 billion, 21% higher year-on-year.
Shares in ALI ended flat at P40 each at the stock exchange on Thursday.
https://www.bworldonline.com/ayala-to-expand-cloverleaf-mall/
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Misreading the news media
Denmark’s Ambassador to the Philippines said he “reads” the media, but has apparently been misreading them. He said “some media” are “systematically negative” in their reporting on the government, but his subsequent statements sounded as if he was describing most, or even all of them.
If anything can be said about the news media today, it is that they are too often deliberately positive when it comes to reporting on the present regime. But in his message to the “Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Crafting the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists” last Nov. 7, Ambassador Jan Top Christensen said the Philippine media have not acknowledged such “progressive developments” as President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order mandating public access to information held by government agencies under the Office of the President; the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act; the campaign against illegal drugs; and the creation of the Presidential Task Force on Media Safety (PTFOMS).
Christensen blamed this alleged negativism on “lack of ethical standards [and] lack of professionalism,” and assured his audience of journalists, communication academics, UNESCO officials, and members of media advocacy and publishers’ groups that his opinion is based on his “read [ing] many different media everyday.”
Apparently the ambassador is unfamiliar with the many threats to journalists, about which the speakers after him were, in contrast, so eminently aware. And neither, it seems, has he been reading a widely circulated Manila broadsheet whose editorial policy has always been supportive of whatever regime is in power, including, and most specially, the present one. One of this newspaper’s more recent offenses against the truth was its urging its readers to remember how Ferdinand Marcos “saved and transformed our country” by declaring martial law on Sept. 21, 1972.
Neither, it seems, has Christensen been reading another that’s in the running for the Most Badly Edited Newspaper of the Decade Award, which, in furtherance of its mindless support for the same regime, uses its news columns as opinion vehicles and is every day in violation of such basic journalism canons as truth-telling, fairness, and even correct grammar.
There is a third rag in contention for the same category, primarily because of its so-called columnists, one of whom is the unashamed and long-time mouthpiece of Duterte ally Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in whose behalf he knowingly spreads false information, and invites State repression of regime critics.
It is these “positive” newspapers that most qualify for criticism for being ethically and professionally challenged. It is completely wrong to describe those other media organizations that are not in the same shoddy league as “systematically negative,” by which term Ambassador Christensen probably meant those he perceives to be critical of the Duterte regime.
Despite their supposedly critical stance, these newspapers, TV networks, and online news sites nevertheless religiously report Mr. Duterte’s tirades, his threats to block their franchise renewal applications, and even the regime’s attempts to suppress them through various “legal” and underhanded means. Neither do they ever fail to quote whatever nonsense past and present presidential spokespersons say, as well the daily absurdities and evasions of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Some even cover the early campaign sorties of the regime’s candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Every one of them also reported the “progressive” developments Christensen mentioned, among them Mr. Duterte’s freedom of information (FOI) EO, with, in fact, a great deal of enthusiasm — until they discovered that it has not made getting information even from Malacañang itself any easier, and that despite the EO, an FOI law is still needed for the sake of government transparency and the regime’s own claims that it is against corruption.
These media organizations did the same thing in the case of TRAIN. They dutifully quoted the assurances of government economic managers that it will not boost the inflation rate and that it would help bring the country out of its present Third World status. If they can be faulted for anything, it is for the rarity of the follow-up reports and analyses the media audiences need to understand why, in the wake of TRAIN, the prices of such necessities as food have gone sky-high together with the unemployment rate.
The creation of PTFOMS was similarly widely reported, among other reasons because of the continuing killing of journalists (158 since 1986, 14 of which occurred during the past two years of the Duterte regime). So were its activities chronicled by much of the media, among them its executive director’s demanding that a community newspaper take down a report that wasn’t to his liking, and its proposal for government licensing of journalists. It again proposed licensing during the Nov. 7 consultation — by which time, however, Ambassador Christensen had left, and could no longer appreciate how “progressive” the creation of PTFOMS has been.
As for the anti-drug campaign, every PNP, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Malacañang spokesperson and Duterte act, statement, plan and justification for it has been so amply reported that its immense cost in lives (estimated by human rights groups at 24,000 and rising) is increasingly being regarded by media readers and viewers as necessary and even normal.
There is of course also the smuggling through of billions of pesos worth of drugs for which no one has been held responsible, and which all the media except the three “positive” newspapers headlined, simply because it met all the criteria of newsworthiness. Does Christensen think it shouldn’t have been that well reported?
If he does, he should be assured by the fact that thanks to the present regime, even some of the more responsible media organizations, in their attempt to not be seen as solely “negative,” have practically abdicated the journalistic duty of providing their audiences the context and meaning of the news in these dangerous times.
Most of them — there are exceptions — have succumbed to merely quoting what this or that source said without interpretation and discernment. It is in this sense that Christensen’s criticism may apply. In their fear that they will be seen as biased and partisan — and harassed even further by the regime and its online trolls — many of these media organizations are failing to meet the primary ethical responsibility of truth-telling as well as the imperative of adhering to the professional standard of providing their audiences reports that are of significance to their lives. What some of them are doing is not journalism, but what the journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger calls stenography.
What was so deeply ironic about Christensen’s message was that the Nov. 7 consultation organized by the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) was supported by the European Union and Denmark’s own Foreign Ministry in recognition of the dangers journalists in the Philippines are facing today, which include not only being insulted, cursed and barred from coverage, but also threatened, harassed, and even murdered.
But a further and even worse irony is that by echoing Mr. Duterte’s and his fellow bullyboys’ tirades against the media, Ambassador Christensen was helping validate the regime’s attacks on the press and media as indispensable sources of the information citizens need in this alleged democracy. That as an ambassador he has to be in the good graces of a regime widely known for its antipathy to the slightest criticism doesn’t excuse his buying into the fairy tale horrors it has been passing off as truth to intimidate and silence those sectors of the Philippine press who take the responsibilities of their craft seriously.
An apology will not be enough, but would be a good start.
Luis V. Teodoro is on Facebook and Twitter (@luisteodoro). The views expressed in Vantage Point are his own and do not represent the views of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
www.luisteodoro.com
Published in Business World
Nov. 22, 2018
http://bulatlat.com/main/2018/11/22/misreading-the-news-media/
If anything can be said about the news media today, it is that they are too often deliberately positive when it comes to reporting on the present regime. But in his message to the “Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Crafting the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists” last Nov. 7, Ambassador Jan Top Christensen said the Philippine media have not acknowledged such “progressive developments” as President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order mandating public access to information held by government agencies under the Office of the President; the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act; the campaign against illegal drugs; and the creation of the Presidential Task Force on Media Safety (PTFOMS).
Christensen blamed this alleged negativism on “lack of ethical standards [and] lack of professionalism,” and assured his audience of journalists, communication academics, UNESCO officials, and members of media advocacy and publishers’ groups that his opinion is based on his “read [ing] many different media everyday.”
Apparently the ambassador is unfamiliar with the many threats to journalists, about which the speakers after him were, in contrast, so eminently aware. And neither, it seems, has he been reading a widely circulated Manila broadsheet whose editorial policy has always been supportive of whatever regime is in power, including, and most specially, the present one. One of this newspaper’s more recent offenses against the truth was its urging its readers to remember how Ferdinand Marcos “saved and transformed our country” by declaring martial law on Sept. 21, 1972.
Neither, it seems, has Christensen been reading another that’s in the running for the Most Badly Edited Newspaper of the Decade Award, which, in furtherance of its mindless support for the same regime, uses its news columns as opinion vehicles and is every day in violation of such basic journalism canons as truth-telling, fairness, and even correct grammar.
There is a third rag in contention for the same category, primarily because of its so-called columnists, one of whom is the unashamed and long-time mouthpiece of Duterte ally Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in whose behalf he knowingly spreads false information, and invites State repression of regime critics.
It is these “positive” newspapers that most qualify for criticism for being ethically and professionally challenged. It is completely wrong to describe those other media organizations that are not in the same shoddy league as “systematically negative,” by which term Ambassador Christensen probably meant those he perceives to be critical of the Duterte regime.
Despite their supposedly critical stance, these newspapers, TV networks, and online news sites nevertheless religiously report Mr. Duterte’s tirades, his threats to block their franchise renewal applications, and even the regime’s attempts to suppress them through various “legal” and underhanded means. Neither do they ever fail to quote whatever nonsense past and present presidential spokespersons say, as well the daily absurdities and evasions of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Some even cover the early campaign sorties of the regime’s candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Every one of them also reported the “progressive” developments Christensen mentioned, among them Mr. Duterte’s freedom of information (FOI) EO, with, in fact, a great deal of enthusiasm — until they discovered that it has not made getting information even from Malacañang itself any easier, and that despite the EO, an FOI law is still needed for the sake of government transparency and the regime’s own claims that it is against corruption.
These media organizations did the same thing in the case of TRAIN. They dutifully quoted the assurances of government economic managers that it will not boost the inflation rate and that it would help bring the country out of its present Third World status. If they can be faulted for anything, it is for the rarity of the follow-up reports and analyses the media audiences need to understand why, in the wake of TRAIN, the prices of such necessities as food have gone sky-high together with the unemployment rate.
The creation of PTFOMS was similarly widely reported, among other reasons because of the continuing killing of journalists (158 since 1986, 14 of which occurred during the past two years of the Duterte regime). So were its activities chronicled by much of the media, among them its executive director’s demanding that a community newspaper take down a report that wasn’t to his liking, and its proposal for government licensing of journalists. It again proposed licensing during the Nov. 7 consultation — by which time, however, Ambassador Christensen had left, and could no longer appreciate how “progressive” the creation of PTFOMS has been.
As for the anti-drug campaign, every PNP, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Malacañang spokesperson and Duterte act, statement, plan and justification for it has been so amply reported that its immense cost in lives (estimated by human rights groups at 24,000 and rising) is increasingly being regarded by media readers and viewers as necessary and even normal.
There is of course also the smuggling through of billions of pesos worth of drugs for which no one has been held responsible, and which all the media except the three “positive” newspapers headlined, simply because it met all the criteria of newsworthiness. Does Christensen think it shouldn’t have been that well reported?
If he does, he should be assured by the fact that thanks to the present regime, even some of the more responsible media organizations, in their attempt to not be seen as solely “negative,” have practically abdicated the journalistic duty of providing their audiences the context and meaning of the news in these dangerous times.
Most of them — there are exceptions — have succumbed to merely quoting what this or that source said without interpretation and discernment. It is in this sense that Christensen’s criticism may apply. In their fear that they will be seen as biased and partisan — and harassed even further by the regime and its online trolls — many of these media organizations are failing to meet the primary ethical responsibility of truth-telling as well as the imperative of adhering to the professional standard of providing their audiences reports that are of significance to their lives. What some of them are doing is not journalism, but what the journalist and documentary filmmaker John Pilger calls stenography.
What was so deeply ironic about Christensen’s message was that the Nov. 7 consultation organized by the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) was supported by the European Union and Denmark’s own Foreign Ministry in recognition of the dangers journalists in the Philippines are facing today, which include not only being insulted, cursed and barred from coverage, but also threatened, harassed, and even murdered.
But a further and even worse irony is that by echoing Mr. Duterte’s and his fellow bullyboys’ tirades against the media, Ambassador Christensen was helping validate the regime’s attacks on the press and media as indispensable sources of the information citizens need in this alleged democracy. That as an ambassador he has to be in the good graces of a regime widely known for its antipathy to the slightest criticism doesn’t excuse his buying into the fairy tale horrors it has been passing off as truth to intimidate and silence those sectors of the Philippine press who take the responsibilities of their craft seriously.
An apology will not be enough, but would be a good start.
Luis V. Teodoro is on Facebook and Twitter (@luisteodoro). The views expressed in Vantage Point are his own and do not represent the views of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
www.luisteodoro.com
Published in Business World
Nov. 22, 2018
http://bulatlat.com/main/2018/11/22/misreading-the-news-media/
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
PAGKAINGAY-INGAY
Masasabi kong enjoy ang panahon ng aking kabataan. Makulay dahil naging busy sa pag-aaral at pagiging choir member ng simbahan. Mas nahilig sa musika. Nagka-bonus pa na matuto sa ilang instrumento gaya ng banduria na super lalabs ko at tsaka yung lyre. Ewan! Kahit nakakapagod e ang charap-charap sumama sa prusisyon dahil isa ka sa nagko-contribute ng noise sa community para ipaalam na, “Uy! Eyow!!! Naririto na’ng Poon! Tunghay na po!!!”
Tapos, pagdating ng linggo e makikiingay na naman dahil ano’t ano man ang boses mo’y magpapasunod ka sa marami na, “Uy! Kantahan na natin si Lord! Kanta na po!!!”
Gosh!
Ganun—pala—ako—kaingay!!! … noon. Hilig ko na ngang makipagkuwentuhan sa mga kaibigan e hilig ko pang sumawsaw sa mga gawaing maiingay para mag-anyaya ng mga tao to get closer kay Lord.
Kaso, before ako grumaduate ng grade 6 e nagkaro’n ng malaking pagbabago dahil pinahinto na kami ni father sa choir. Kasi wala na raw kaming pahinga. Halos di na yata kami magpang-abot sa bahay. Medyo ouch yun pero super concern lang siya sa health namin. Tutal may ibang paraan pa raw to serve God kaya—sige na!
Pero inaamin, na yun na ang naging simula ng pananamlay ko sa simbahan… at marahil kay Lord.
Pero labas dun si father, ha! Ang desisyon niya ay nagmistulang hamon para mapagtanto kung hanggang dun na nga lang ba ang makakaya ko para sa Kanya. Sa pagka-choir o paglilingkod sa simbahan lang ba masusukat ang effort para masabing, “O God, close na tayo, ha!”
Gosh!
Focus, focus, focus—sa school. Wala na. Dun na lang umikot ang mundo ko.
Kaya siguro sobrang natorete bigla nang makarinig ng tila pamilyar na mga ingay.
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Golly!
Ano na naman yun?
Di pa Sunday, ah!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Golly talaga!
But tsorii, kedali naman ‘atang dumedma!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
My gosh!
Ang iingay niyo!!!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Hay naku!
Nakaka—?!#?!#?!#
Hayayay!
Hallelujah!
‘Kala mo biglang niliyaban ang kaluluwa sa sobrang irita!
My yayay!
I can’t imagine kung ano’ng reaksiyon ni Lord sa nakikita Niyang reaksiyon ko sa mga sandaling yun. I truly understand kung sob—rang napapailing ko Siya.
Hay…
Ang ingay na yun ay nasundan pa noong sumunod na linggo—tapos nung sumunod ulit na linggo—tapos naging automatic every Friday, e may magaganap na raw na gawain sa lumang building na super lapit sa bahay namin. Dati yung building e pang negosyo nung may-ari nito. Until napahinto ang negosyo at natengga si building. Tapos all of a sudden e nabuhayang muli dahil umano sa gawain na yun. At—ang pinaka-kalorkey pa dun e nung—pati na si mother ko e naki-join sa maiingay na yun!
Aguy!!!
“Hallelujah! Jesus is alive!”
Pumapalakpak pa sila?!
“Death has lost its victory and the grave has been denied.”
My gosh!
Isasama ko ba si mama sa mga kinaaasaran ko na?! Naku!!!
“Jesus lives forever, He’s alive! He’s alive!!!”
Pigil. Pigil. Pigil.
Andun si madir, andun si madir—ba’t kasi andun si madir?!
Iwwiwiwww!!!
“Hallelujah! Jesus is alive!!!”
Boom!
Umabot din dun—na yung pinakaayaw mo, yung pinakakinainiririta mo e—siyang ipapa-sa yo…
Aguy! Na katotohanan.
Ano pa nga bang magagawa ko kundi lunukin ang sarili nang masundan din ng masundan ang pag-aattend ni madir. At ang sobrang grabe sa lahat e yung mahikayat pa kaming mag-audition kung papasang choir member ng gawain na yun.
Hay…
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko, na hindi magbabago…”
Nasa hagdan pa lang paakyat kasama ni ate e naririnig na namin ‘to. At hindi namin alam ang kantang ‘to.
“Sa mga pagluha ko, naro’n balikat Mo.”
At kailangan pa talagang naka-mayk?!
Gosh!
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko kung may alon at bagyo. Kung sa’n ka naro’n Hesus, payapa ang unos.”
Buti may iba pang mag-o-audition. Sila muna habang pinag-aaralan namin ni ate ang kanta.
“Aleluya, aleluya, aleluya. Kublihan ko’y ikaw.”
Bonggang—o, gosh!
Ah-ahm-ayayay… ah-koh-nah-poh… yung sasalang?!
Shocks!
Panginig ng buto, ah!
Seryoso!
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko…”
Ninenerbiyos…
Nangangatog…
Para pa ngang nangingiyak…
“Na hindi magbabago…”
Nakaka-relate…
May naaalala…
“Sa mga pagluha ko, naro’n balikat mo.”
Di ba nung una, ayaw ko—ayaw ko talaga.
Simula’t sapul ngang marinig kong gawai’y nainis talaga ko—sobra.
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko kung may alon at bagyo. Kung sa’n ka naro’n Hesus, payapa ang unos.”
Shocks! Parang sayang na kung di ko ‘to mapapasa… kaso lito pa talaga sa tono niya…
“Wala sa ganda ng boses ang basehan. Kundi nasa pakiramdam—kung tagos sa puso ang pagkanta,” wika ni Sister Tess, pinuno ng gawain.
Ayun!
Dahil tila naramdaman niya rin ako kaya—ayuyun!
Nakapasa ang bruha!
Kalorkey!
Yeyey!!!
Su—lit ang kabang bonggang-bongga!!!
Wooh!!!!!!!!!!
Hal-le-lu-jah…
Ang ingay—na sobrang ikinairita ko—e siya pa lang ingay na tumatawag sa akin papalapit—kay Yahweh El Shaddai.
Galing!
“Mga Makabayang Awitin” (Philippine Patriotic Songs)
Ang Pambansang Awit ng Pilipinas
(Philippine National Anthem)
Bayang magiliw
Perlas ng Silanganan
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay
Lupang hinirang
Duyan ka ng magiting
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil
Sa dagat at bundok
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw;
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya
Kailan pa ma’y ‘di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati’t pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya na ‘pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay ng dahil sa’yo.
Bayan Ko
(My Country)
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas
Lupain ng ginto’t bulaklak
Pag-ibig ang sa kanyang palad
Nag-alay ng ganda’t dilag
At sa kanyang yumi at ganda
Dayuhan ay nahalina
Bayan ko, binihag ka
Nasadlak sa dusa
Ibon mang may layang lumipad
Kulungin mo at umiiyak
Bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag
Ang di magnasang makaalpas
Pilipinas kong minumutya
Pugad ng luha ko’t dalita
Aking adhika
Makita kang sakdal laya
Pilipinas Kong Mahal (My Beloved Philippines)
Ang bayan ko’y tanging ikaw
Pilipinas kong mahal
Ang puso ko at buhay man
Sa iyo’y ibibigay
Tungkulin ko’y gagampanan
Na laging kang paglingkuran
Ang laya mo’y babantayan
Pilipinas kong hirang
Ako ay Pilipino (I am a Filipino)
Ako ay Pilipino
Ang dugo’y maharlika
Likas sa aking puso
Adhikaing kay ganda
Sa Pilipinas na aking bayan
Lantay na Perlas ng Silanganan
Wari’y natipon ang kayamanan
ng Maykapal
Bigay sa ‘king talino
Sa mabuti lang laan
Sa aki’y katutubo
Ang maging mapagmahal
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Isang bansa, ‘sang diwa
ang minimithi ko
Sa bayan ko’t bandila
Laan buhay ko’t diwa
Ako ay Pilipino
Pilipinong totoo
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Taas noo kahit kanino
Ang Pilipino ay ako.
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Taas noo kahit kanino
Ang Pilipino ay ako.
Panatang Makabayan
Original version
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas
Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan
Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi
Ako'y kanyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan
Upang maging malakas,
Maligaya at kapakipakinabang
Bilang ganti ay diringgin ko
Ang payo ng aking mga magulang
Susundin ko ang mga tuntunin ng aking paaralan
Tutuparin ko ang mga tungkulin ng
Isang mamamayang makabayan
At masunurin sa batas.
Paglilingkuran ko ang aking bayan nang
Walang pag-iimbot at ng buong katapatan
Sisikapin kong maging isang tunay na Pilipino
Sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa.
Current version
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas,
aking lupang sinilangan,
tahanan ng aking lahi;
kinukupkop ako at tinutulungang
maging malakas, masipag at marangal.
Dahil mahal ko ang Pilipinas,
diringgin ko ang payo
ng aking magulang,
susundin ko ang tungkulin
ng mamamayang makabayan:
naglilingkod, nag-aaral at nagdarasal
nang buong katapatan.
Iaalay ko ang aking buhay,
pangarap, pagsisikap
sa bansang Pilipinas.
Towards the 1970’s (when President Ferdinand E. Marcos declares martial law on September 23, 1972) to the current century and the millennium, these songs are “Tayo’y mga Pinoy” composed by Heber Bartolome and sung by Judas for the 1978 Metro Manila Popular Music Festival and “Ako’y Isang Pinoy” by Florante de Leon. After the 1986 EDSA People-Power Revolution, the songs are “Magkaisa” composed by Tito Sotto, Ernie dela Pena and Homer Flores and sung by Virna Lisa, “Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo” composed by Jim Paredes and sung by APO Hiking Society, Celeste Legaspi, Coritha & Eric, Edru Abraham, Gretchen Barretto, Ivy Violan, Inang Laya, Joseph Olfindo, Kuh Ledesma, Leah Navarro, Lester Demetillo, Noel Trinidad and Subas Herrero, “Mga Kababayan Ko” composed and sung by the late Francis Magalona from the album “Yo!” in 1990.
KAY GANDA NG ATING MUSIKA — This song inspires us to love our very own music. I always say that when it’s a well-written OPM, it becomes a bigger hit compared to a foreign song…“Kay ganda ng ating musika, ito ay atin, sariling atin…”
ang Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika ni Ryan Cayabyab ay naging awit ng mga uri ng Orihinal na Pilipinong Musika
“Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika”
Music and Lyrics: Ryan Cayabyab
Interpreter: Hajji Alejandro
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Naging makulay ang aking munting daigdig
Tila ilog pala ang paghimig
Kung malalim, damdami’y pag-ibig
Kung umapaw, ang kaluluwa’t tinig
Ay sadyang nanginginig
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Bawat sandali’y aking pilit mabatid
Ang himig na maituturing atin
Mapupuri pagka’t bukod-tangi
Di marami ang di-magsasabing
Heto na’t inyong dinggin
KORO:
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Nagkabuhay muli ang aking paligid
Ngayong batid ko na ang umibig
Sa sariling tugtugtin o himig
Sa isang makata’y maririnig
Mga titik, nagsasabing:
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Kay ganda ng ating musika!
“Anak”
Music and Lyrics: Freddie Aguilar
Interpreter: Freddie Aguilar
Noong isilang ka sa mundong ito
Laking tuwa ng magulang mo
At ang kamay nila ang iyong ilaw
At ang nanay at tatay mo’y
Di malaman ang gagawin
Minamasdan pati pagtulog mo
At sa gabi’y napupuyat ang iyong nanay
Sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo
At sa umaga nama’y kalong ka
Ng iyong amang tuwang-tuwa sa iyo
Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na
Ang nais mo’y maging malaya
Di man sila payag
Walang magagawa
Ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago
Naging matigas ang iyong ulo
At ang payo nila’y sinuway mo
Di mo man lang inisip na
Ang kanilang ginagawa’y para sa iyo
Pagkat ang nais mo’y
Masunod ang layaw mo
Di mo sila pinapansin
Nagdaan pa ang mga araw
At ang landas mo’y naligaw
Ikaw ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo
At ang una mong nilapitan
Ang iyong inang lumuluha
At ang tanong,”anak, ba’t ka nagkaganyan”
At ang iyong mga mata’y biglang lumuha ng di mo napapansin
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo’y
Nalaman mong ika’y nagkamali
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo’y
Nalaman mong ika’y nagkamali
Kahapon ay nilimot mo
Pati ang iyong masamang bisyo
Laki’ng pasalamat ng magulang mo
Ikaw nga ay tuloyang nag bago
Natagpuan ang sarili
Galaw ng isip mo matuwid na
Patuloy ang takbo ng araw
At ikaw ay natutong umibig
Hindi nag laon at ipinasya mo’ng
Lumagay kana sa tahimik
Pagka binata mo’y natapos na
Malapit kanang magging ama
Kaya lalong nag sikap ng husto
Dumating ang iyong hinihintay
Sinilang ang panganay mo
Parang langit ang iyong nadama
Ngayon anak alam mo na
Kung ano’ng pakiramdam ng magging isang ama
Ganyan din ang nadarama
Ng iyong ama’t ina ng ikaw ay makita
Ngayon iyong naramdaman
Ngayon iyong naranasan
Ngayon iyong maiintindihan
Tama pala ang iyong ina
Tama pala ang iyong ama
Ngayon hindi kana magtataka
Hindi pala biro’ng maging magulang o ngayon iyong dinaranas (3x)
Ipaglalaban Ko
Ikaw ang pag-asa
Nasa ‘yo ang ligaya
Sa piling mo, sinta
Iyon ang pagdurusa
Madilim na kahapon
‘Di ko na alintana
Dahil sa ‘yo, sinta
Buhay ko ay nagbago
Anuman ang mangyari, ‘di kita iiwan
Ipaglalaban ko ang pag-ibig mo
Ipaglalaban ko hanggang sa dulo ng mundo
Ang ating pag-ibig, giliw ko
“Sa ugoy ng duyan”
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Refrain:
Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan
Nais kong matulog sa dating duyan ko, inay
Oh! inay
“Tayo’y Mga Pinoy”
Music and Lyrics: Heber Bartolome
Interpreter: Judas
Dito sa Silangan ako isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw
Ako ay may sariling kulay: kayumanggi
Ngunit hindi ko maipakita tunay na sarili
Kung ating hahanapin ay matatagpuan
Tayo ay may kakanyahang dapat na hangaan
Subalit nasaan ang sikat ng araw
Ba’t tayo ang humahanga doon sa Kanluran
CHORUS 1
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
Dito sa Silangan, tayo’y isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw
Subalit nasaan ang sikat ng araw
Ba’t tayo ang humahanga doon sa Kanluran
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
CHORUS 2
Mayro’ng isang aso, daig pa ang ulol
Siya’y ngumingiyaw, hindi tumatahol
Katulad ng iba, painglis-inglis pa
Na kung pakikinggan, mali-mali naman
‘Wag na lang
AD LIB
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
‘Wag na, oy oy
Oy, ika’y Pinoy
Oy, oy, ika’y Pinoy
Ako’y Isang Pinoy
Ako’y isang Pinoy sa puso’t diwa
Pinoy na isinilang sa ating bansa
Ako’y hindi sanay sa wikang mga banyaga
Ako’y Pinoy na mayroong sariling wika.
Chorus
Wikang pambansa ang gamit kong salita
Bayan kong sinilangan
Hangad kong lagi ang kalayaan.
Si Gat Jose Rizal nuo ay nagwika
Siya ay nagpangaral sa ating bansa
Ang hindi raw magmahal sa sariling wika
Ay higit pa ang amoy sa mabahong isda.
Magkaisa
Ngayon ganap ang hirap sa mundo
Unawa ang kailangan ng tao
Ang pagmamahal sa kapwa’y ilaan
Isa lang ang ugat na ating pinagmulan
Tayong lahat ay magkakalahi
Sa unos at agos ay huwag padadala
Chorus
Panahon na (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
Ng pagkakaisa (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kahit ito (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Ay hirap at dusa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
Ngayon may pag-asang natatanaw
May bagong araw, bagong umaga
Pagmamahal ng Diyos, isipin mo tuwina
Panahon na (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
Ng pagkakaisa (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kahit ito (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Ay hirap at dusa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
“MAMBO MAGSAYSAY”
This campaign jingle, written and composed by Raul Maglapus and credited with sweeping Ramon Magsaysay to the Presidency in the 50s, resurfaced in the 80s, after Keithley played the jazzy tune during her broadcasts to boost morale. The lyrics were a subtle jab at the rampant corruption and flagrant human rights violations of the Marcos regime.
“Everywhere that you would look
Was a bandit or a crook
Peace and order was a joke
Til Magsaysay pumasok.
That is why, that is why
You will hear the people cry
Our democracy will die
Kung wala si Magsaysay.”
Magsaysay had run on a campaign to stamp out corruption and strengthen the country’s democratic institutions, in a stark contrast to a fellow Ilocano who had done the opposite.
(Listen to the track on Soundcloud)
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
The 19th century hymn was also adopted by the members of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Intermittently played over Radio Veritas, and later Radyo Bandido, the solemn hymn served to encourage the soldiers by reminding them of the unity of the opposition.
The United Methodist Hymnal Number 575
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
Music: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Tune: ST. GERTRUDE, Meter: 65.65 D with Refrain
1. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
forward into battle see his banners go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
2. At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
on then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.
(Refrain)
3. Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
one in hope and doctrine, one in charity.
(Refrain)
4. Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
but the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
we have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.
(Refrain)
5. Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King,
this through countless ages men and angels sing.
(Refrain)
Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
With the heartfelt lyrics of Jim Paredes of the APO Hiking Society, written just after the revolution, Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo became the collaborative effort of a group of Filipino recording artists released in April 1986.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag mawala ka muli.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag na muli mabawi,
Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi.
‘Di na papayagang mabawi muli.
Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao.
Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino.
Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain.
Kelan man ‘di na paalipin.
Ref:
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Masdan ang nagaganap sa aming bayan.
Nagkasama ng mahirap at mayaman.
Kapit-bisig madre, pari, at sundalo.
Naging Langit itong bahagi ng mundo.
Huwag muling payagang umiral ang dilim.
Tinig ng bawat tao’y bigyan ng pansin.
Magkakapatid lahat sa Panginoon.
Ito’y lagi nating tatandaan.
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Coda:
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan.
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat!
Mga Kababayan Ko
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Dapat magsumikap para tayo’y di maghirap
Ang trabaho mo pagbutihin mo
Dahil pag gusto mo ay kaya mo
Kung kaya mo ay kaya nya
At kaya nating dalawa
Magaling ang atin
Yan ang laging iisipin
Pag-asenso mararating
Kung handa kang tiisin
Ang hirap at pagod sa problema
Wag kang malunod
Umaahon ka wag lumubog
Pagka’t ginhawa naman ang susunod
Iwasan mo ang ingit
Ang sa iba’y ibig mong makamit
Dapat nga ika’y matuwa sa napala ng iyong kapatid
Ibig kong ipabatid
Na lahat tayo’y kabig-bisig
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Respetuhin natin ang ating ina
Ilaw siya ng tahanan
Bigyang galang ang ama
At ang payo n’ya susudan
At sa magkakapatid
Kailangan ay magmahalan
Dapat lang ay pag-usapan ang hindi nauunawaan
Wag takasan ang pagkukulang
Kasalan ay panagutan
Magmalinis ay iwasan
Nakakainis marumi naman
Ang magkaaway ipag bati
Gumitna ka at wag kumampi
Lahat tayoy magkakapatid
Anong mang mali ay ituwid
Magdasal sa Diyos Maykapal
Maging banal at wag hangal
Itong tula ay alay ko
Sa bayan ko at sa buong mundo
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Sabihin Mo, Ikaw ay Pilipino
Sabi ng tatay ko, kapag mayroong nagta nong
Nasaan ang bayan mo? Isagot mo ay yung totoo
Sabi ng tatay ko, maraming nang-ibang bayan
Mas higit ang kayamanan, pag-ibig ay, wala naman
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
Sabi ng tatay ko, marami ang naghihirap
Ngunit hindi magtatagal, yayaman din tayo
Sabi ko sa tatay ko, di bale ng mahirap
Basta’t lahat ay pantay-pantay at nagkakaisa
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
Sabihin man ng lolo mo, ika’y kastila at kano
Pagmasdan mo ang kulay mo, kulay lupa walang kasing ganda
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
“Babalik ka rin”
I
Saan ka man naroroon ngayon, Saudi, Japan o Hongkong
Babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Ano mang layo ang narating, Singapore, Australia, Africa,
Europe o Amerika, babalik at babalik ka rin.
Refrain:
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Ii
Sa piling ng iyong pinagmulan, sa iyong nakaraan
Babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Anumang layo ang narating, iyong maaalala
Ang dati mong kasama, babalik at babalik ka rin.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Iii
Sa paglipas ng panahon, sa iyong kahapon
Sa alaalang naghihintay sa ‘yo.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Tapos, pagdating ng linggo e makikiingay na naman dahil ano’t ano man ang boses mo’y magpapasunod ka sa marami na, “Uy! Kantahan na natin si Lord! Kanta na po!!!”
Gosh!
Ganun—pala—ako—kaingay!!! … noon. Hilig ko na ngang makipagkuwentuhan sa mga kaibigan e hilig ko pang sumawsaw sa mga gawaing maiingay para mag-anyaya ng mga tao to get closer kay Lord.
Kaso, before ako grumaduate ng grade 6 e nagkaro’n ng malaking pagbabago dahil pinahinto na kami ni father sa choir. Kasi wala na raw kaming pahinga. Halos di na yata kami magpang-abot sa bahay. Medyo ouch yun pero super concern lang siya sa health namin. Tutal may ibang paraan pa raw to serve God kaya—sige na!
Pero inaamin, na yun na ang naging simula ng pananamlay ko sa simbahan… at marahil kay Lord.
Pero labas dun si father, ha! Ang desisyon niya ay nagmistulang hamon para mapagtanto kung hanggang dun na nga lang ba ang makakaya ko para sa Kanya. Sa pagka-choir o paglilingkod sa simbahan lang ba masusukat ang effort para masabing, “O God, close na tayo, ha!”
Gosh!
Focus, focus, focus—sa school. Wala na. Dun na lang umikot ang mundo ko.
Kaya siguro sobrang natorete bigla nang makarinig ng tila pamilyar na mga ingay.
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Golly!
Ano na naman yun?
Di pa Sunday, ah!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Golly talaga!
But tsorii, kedali naman ‘atang dumedma!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
My gosh!
Ang iingay niyo!!!
“Celebrate, Jesus, celebrate!”
Hay naku!
Nakaka—?!#?!#?!#
Hayayay!
Hallelujah!
‘Kala mo biglang niliyaban ang kaluluwa sa sobrang irita!
My yayay!
I can’t imagine kung ano’ng reaksiyon ni Lord sa nakikita Niyang reaksiyon ko sa mga sandaling yun. I truly understand kung sob—rang napapailing ko Siya.
Hay…
Ang ingay na yun ay nasundan pa noong sumunod na linggo—tapos nung sumunod ulit na linggo—tapos naging automatic every Friday, e may magaganap na raw na gawain sa lumang building na super lapit sa bahay namin. Dati yung building e pang negosyo nung may-ari nito. Until napahinto ang negosyo at natengga si building. Tapos all of a sudden e nabuhayang muli dahil umano sa gawain na yun. At—ang pinaka-kalorkey pa dun e nung—pati na si mother ko e naki-join sa maiingay na yun!
Aguy!!!
“Hallelujah! Jesus is alive!”
Pumapalakpak pa sila?!
“Death has lost its victory and the grave has been denied.”
My gosh!
Isasama ko ba si mama sa mga kinaaasaran ko na?! Naku!!!
“Jesus lives forever, He’s alive! He’s alive!!!”
Pigil. Pigil. Pigil.
Andun si madir, andun si madir—ba’t kasi andun si madir?!
Iwwiwiwww!!!
“Hallelujah! Jesus is alive!!!”
Boom!
Umabot din dun—na yung pinakaayaw mo, yung pinakakinainiririta mo e—siyang ipapa-sa yo…
Aguy! Na katotohanan.
Ano pa nga bang magagawa ko kundi lunukin ang sarili nang masundan din ng masundan ang pag-aattend ni madir. At ang sobrang grabe sa lahat e yung mahikayat pa kaming mag-audition kung papasang choir member ng gawain na yun.
Hay…
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko, na hindi magbabago…”
Nasa hagdan pa lang paakyat kasama ni ate e naririnig na namin ‘to. At hindi namin alam ang kantang ‘to.
“Sa mga pagluha ko, naro’n balikat Mo.”
At kailangan pa talagang naka-mayk?!
Gosh!
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko kung may alon at bagyo. Kung sa’n ka naro’n Hesus, payapa ang unos.”
Buti may iba pang mag-o-audition. Sila muna habang pinag-aaralan namin ni ate ang kanta.
“Aleluya, aleluya, aleluya. Kublihan ko’y ikaw.”
Bonggang—o, gosh!
Ah-ahm-ayayay… ah-koh-nah-poh… yung sasalang?!
Shocks!
Panginig ng buto, ah!
Seryoso!
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko…”
Ninenerbiyos…
Nangangatog…
Para pa ngang nangingiyak…
“Na hindi magbabago…”
Nakaka-relate…
May naaalala…
“Sa mga pagluha ko, naro’n balikat mo.”
Di ba nung una, ayaw ko—ayaw ko talaga.
Simula’t sapul ngang marinig kong gawai’y nainis talaga ko—sobra.
“Ikaw ang kublihan ko kung may alon at bagyo. Kung sa’n ka naro’n Hesus, payapa ang unos.”
Shocks! Parang sayang na kung di ko ‘to mapapasa… kaso lito pa talaga sa tono niya…
“Wala sa ganda ng boses ang basehan. Kundi nasa pakiramdam—kung tagos sa puso ang pagkanta,” wika ni Sister Tess, pinuno ng gawain.
Ayun!
Dahil tila naramdaman niya rin ako kaya—ayuyun!
Nakapasa ang bruha!
Kalorkey!
Yeyey!!!
Su—lit ang kabang bonggang-bongga!!!
Wooh!!!!!!!!!!
Hal-le-lu-jah…
Ang ingay—na sobrang ikinairita ko—e siya pa lang ingay na tumatawag sa akin papalapit—kay Yahweh El Shaddai.
Galing!
“Mga Makabayang Awitin” (Philippine Patriotic Songs)
Ang Pambansang Awit ng Pilipinas
(Philippine National Anthem)
Bayang magiliw
Perlas ng Silanganan
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay
Lupang hinirang
Duyan ka ng magiting
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil
Sa dagat at bundok
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw;
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.
Ang kislap ng watawat mo’y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya
Kailan pa ma’y ‘di magdidilim.
Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati’t pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya na ‘pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay ng dahil sa’yo.
Bayan Ko
(My Country)
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas
Lupain ng ginto’t bulaklak
Pag-ibig ang sa kanyang palad
Nag-alay ng ganda’t dilag
At sa kanyang yumi at ganda
Dayuhan ay nahalina
Bayan ko, binihag ka
Nasadlak sa dusa
Ibon mang may layang lumipad
Kulungin mo at umiiyak
Bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag
Ang di magnasang makaalpas
Pilipinas kong minumutya
Pugad ng luha ko’t dalita
Aking adhika
Makita kang sakdal laya
Pilipinas Kong Mahal (My Beloved Philippines)
Ang bayan ko’y tanging ikaw
Pilipinas kong mahal
Ang puso ko at buhay man
Sa iyo’y ibibigay
Tungkulin ko’y gagampanan
Na laging kang paglingkuran
Ang laya mo’y babantayan
Pilipinas kong hirang
Ako ay Pilipino (I am a Filipino)
Ako ay Pilipino
Ang dugo’y maharlika
Likas sa aking puso
Adhikaing kay ganda
Sa Pilipinas na aking bayan
Lantay na Perlas ng Silanganan
Wari’y natipon ang kayamanan
ng Maykapal
Bigay sa ‘king talino
Sa mabuti lang laan
Sa aki’y katutubo
Ang maging mapagmahal
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Isang bansa, ‘sang diwa
ang minimithi ko
Sa bayan ko’t bandila
Laan buhay ko’t diwa
Ako ay Pilipino
Pilipinong totoo
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Taas noo kahit kanino
Ang Pilipino ay ako.
Ako ay Pilipino, ako ay Pilipino
Taas noo kahit kanino
Ang Pilipino ay ako.
Panatang Makabayan
Original version
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas
Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan
Ito ang tahanan ng aking lahi
Ako'y kanyang kinukupkop at tinutulungan
Upang maging malakas,
Maligaya at kapakipakinabang
Bilang ganti ay diringgin ko
Ang payo ng aking mga magulang
Susundin ko ang mga tuntunin ng aking paaralan
Tutuparin ko ang mga tungkulin ng
Isang mamamayang makabayan
At masunurin sa batas.
Paglilingkuran ko ang aking bayan nang
Walang pag-iimbot at ng buong katapatan
Sisikapin kong maging isang tunay na Pilipino
Sa isip, sa salita, at sa gawa.
Current version
Iniibig ko ang Pilipinas,
aking lupang sinilangan,
tahanan ng aking lahi;
kinukupkop ako at tinutulungang
maging malakas, masipag at marangal.
Dahil mahal ko ang Pilipinas,
diringgin ko ang payo
ng aking magulang,
susundin ko ang tungkulin
ng mamamayang makabayan:
naglilingkod, nag-aaral at nagdarasal
nang buong katapatan.
Iaalay ko ang aking buhay,
pangarap, pagsisikap
sa bansang Pilipinas.
Towards the 1970’s (when President Ferdinand E. Marcos declares martial law on September 23, 1972) to the current century and the millennium, these songs are “Tayo’y mga Pinoy” composed by Heber Bartolome and sung by Judas for the 1978 Metro Manila Popular Music Festival and “Ako’y Isang Pinoy” by Florante de Leon. After the 1986 EDSA People-Power Revolution, the songs are “Magkaisa” composed by Tito Sotto, Ernie dela Pena and Homer Flores and sung by Virna Lisa, “Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo” composed by Jim Paredes and sung by APO Hiking Society, Celeste Legaspi, Coritha & Eric, Edru Abraham, Gretchen Barretto, Ivy Violan, Inang Laya, Joseph Olfindo, Kuh Ledesma, Leah Navarro, Lester Demetillo, Noel Trinidad and Subas Herrero, “Mga Kababayan Ko” composed and sung by the late Francis Magalona from the album “Yo!” in 1990.
KAY GANDA NG ATING MUSIKA — This song inspires us to love our very own music. I always say that when it’s a well-written OPM, it becomes a bigger hit compared to a foreign song…“Kay ganda ng ating musika, ito ay atin, sariling atin…”
ang Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika ni Ryan Cayabyab ay naging awit ng mga uri ng Orihinal na Pilipinong Musika
“Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika”
Music and Lyrics: Ryan Cayabyab
Interpreter: Hajji Alejandro
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Naging makulay ang aking munting daigdig
Tila ilog pala ang paghimig
Kung malalim, damdami’y pag-ibig
Kung umapaw, ang kaluluwa’t tinig
Ay sadyang nanginginig
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Bawat sandali’y aking pilit mabatid
Ang himig na maituturing atin
Mapupuri pagka’t bukod-tangi
Di marami ang di-magsasabing
Heto na’t inyong dinggin
KORO:
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Magmula no’ng ako’y natutong umawit
Nagkabuhay muli ang aking paligid
Ngayong batid ko na ang umibig
Sa sariling tugtugtin o himig
Sa isang makata’y maririnig
Mga titik, nagsasabing:
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Kay ganda ng ating musika
Ito ay atin, sariling atin
At sa habang buhay awitin natin.
Kay ganda ng ating musika!
“Anak”
Music and Lyrics: Freddie Aguilar
Interpreter: Freddie Aguilar
Noong isilang ka sa mundong ito
Laking tuwa ng magulang mo
At ang kamay nila ang iyong ilaw
At ang nanay at tatay mo’y
Di malaman ang gagawin
Minamasdan pati pagtulog mo
At sa gabi’y napupuyat ang iyong nanay
Sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo
At sa umaga nama’y kalong ka
Ng iyong amang tuwang-tuwa sa iyo
Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na
Ang nais mo’y maging malaya
Di man sila payag
Walang magagawa
Ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago
Naging matigas ang iyong ulo
At ang payo nila’y sinuway mo
Di mo man lang inisip na
Ang kanilang ginagawa’y para sa iyo
Pagkat ang nais mo’y
Masunod ang layaw mo
Di mo sila pinapansin
Nagdaan pa ang mga araw
At ang landas mo’y naligaw
Ikaw ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo
At ang una mong nilapitan
Ang iyong inang lumuluha
At ang tanong,”anak, ba’t ka nagkaganyan”
At ang iyong mga mata’y biglang lumuha ng di mo napapansin
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo’y
Nalaman mong ika’y nagkamali
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo’y
Nalaman mong ika’y nagkamali
Kahapon ay nilimot mo
Pati ang iyong masamang bisyo
Laki’ng pasalamat ng magulang mo
Ikaw nga ay tuloyang nag bago
Natagpuan ang sarili
Galaw ng isip mo matuwid na
Patuloy ang takbo ng araw
At ikaw ay natutong umibig
Hindi nag laon at ipinasya mo’ng
Lumagay kana sa tahimik
Pagka binata mo’y natapos na
Malapit kanang magging ama
Kaya lalong nag sikap ng husto
Dumating ang iyong hinihintay
Sinilang ang panganay mo
Parang langit ang iyong nadama
Ngayon anak alam mo na
Kung ano’ng pakiramdam ng magging isang ama
Ganyan din ang nadarama
Ng iyong ama’t ina ng ikaw ay makita
Ngayon iyong naramdaman
Ngayon iyong naranasan
Ngayon iyong maiintindihan
Tama pala ang iyong ina
Tama pala ang iyong ama
Ngayon hindi kana magtataka
Hindi pala biro’ng maging magulang o ngayon iyong dinaranas (3x)
Ipaglalaban Ko
Ikaw ang pag-asa
Nasa ‘yo ang ligaya
Sa piling mo, sinta
Iyon ang pagdurusa
Madilim na kahapon
‘Di ko na alintana
Dahil sa ‘yo, sinta
Buhay ko ay nagbago
Anuman ang mangyari, ‘di kita iiwan
Ipaglalaban ko ang pag-ibig mo
Ipaglalaban ko hanggang sa dulo ng mundo
Ang ating pag-ibig, giliw ko
“Sa ugoy ng duyan”
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Refrain:
Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan
Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan
Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan
Nais kong matulog sa dating duyan ko, inay
Oh! inay
“Tayo’y Mga Pinoy”
Music and Lyrics: Heber Bartolome
Interpreter: Judas
Dito sa Silangan ako isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw
Ako ay may sariling kulay: kayumanggi
Ngunit hindi ko maipakita tunay na sarili
Kung ating hahanapin ay matatagpuan
Tayo ay may kakanyahang dapat na hangaan
Subalit nasaan ang sikat ng araw
Ba’t tayo ang humahanga doon sa Kanluran
CHORUS 1
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
Dito sa Silangan, tayo’y isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw
Subalit nasaan ang sikat ng araw
Ba’t tayo ang humahanga doon sa Kanluran
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
CHORUS 2
Mayro’ng isang aso, daig pa ang ulol
Siya’y ngumingiyaw, hindi tumatahol
Katulad ng iba, painglis-inglis pa
Na kung pakikinggan, mali-mali naman
‘Wag na lang
AD LIB
Bakit nanggagaya, mayro’n naman tayo
Tayo’y mga Pinoy, tayo’y hindi Kano
‘Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
‘Wag na, oy oy
Oy, ika’y Pinoy
Oy, oy, ika’y Pinoy
Ako’y Isang Pinoy
Ako’y isang Pinoy sa puso’t diwa
Pinoy na isinilang sa ating bansa
Ako’y hindi sanay sa wikang mga banyaga
Ako’y Pinoy na mayroong sariling wika.
Chorus
Wikang pambansa ang gamit kong salita
Bayan kong sinilangan
Hangad kong lagi ang kalayaan.
Si Gat Jose Rizal nuo ay nagwika
Siya ay nagpangaral sa ating bansa
Ang hindi raw magmahal sa sariling wika
Ay higit pa ang amoy sa mabahong isda.
Magkaisa
Ngayon ganap ang hirap sa mundo
Unawa ang kailangan ng tao
Ang pagmamahal sa kapwa’y ilaan
Isa lang ang ugat na ating pinagmulan
Tayong lahat ay magkakalahi
Sa unos at agos ay huwag padadala
Chorus
Panahon na (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
Ng pagkakaisa (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kahit ito (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Ay hirap at dusa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
Ngayon may pag-asang natatanaw
May bagong araw, bagong umaga
Pagmamahal ng Diyos, isipin mo tuwina
Panahon na (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
Ng pagkakaisa (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kahit ito (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Ay hirap at dusa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya’y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
“MAMBO MAGSAYSAY”
This campaign jingle, written and composed by Raul Maglapus and credited with sweeping Ramon Magsaysay to the Presidency in the 50s, resurfaced in the 80s, after Keithley played the jazzy tune during her broadcasts to boost morale. The lyrics were a subtle jab at the rampant corruption and flagrant human rights violations of the Marcos regime.
“Everywhere that you would look
Was a bandit or a crook
Peace and order was a joke
Til Magsaysay pumasok.
That is why, that is why
You will hear the people cry
Our democracy will die
Kung wala si Magsaysay.”
Magsaysay had run on a campaign to stamp out corruption and strengthen the country’s democratic institutions, in a stark contrast to a fellow Ilocano who had done the opposite.
(Listen to the track on Soundcloud)
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
The 19th century hymn was also adopted by the members of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Intermittently played over Radio Veritas, and later Radyo Bandido, the solemn hymn served to encourage the soldiers by reminding them of the unity of the opposition.
The United Methodist Hymnal Number 575
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924
Music: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842-1900
Tune: ST. GERTRUDE, Meter: 65.65 D with Refrain
1. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
forward into battle see his banners go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
2. At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
on then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.
(Refrain)
3. Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
one in hope and doctrine, one in charity.
(Refrain)
4. Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
but the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
we have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.
(Refrain)
5. Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King,
this through countless ages men and angels sing.
(Refrain)
Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
With the heartfelt lyrics of Jim Paredes of the APO Hiking Society, written just after the revolution, Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo became the collaborative effort of a group of Filipino recording artists released in April 1986.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag mawala ka muli.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag na muli mabawi,
Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi.
‘Di na papayagang mabawi muli.
Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao.
Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino.
Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain.
Kelan man ‘di na paalipin.
Ref:
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Masdan ang nagaganap sa aming bayan.
Nagkasama ng mahirap at mayaman.
Kapit-bisig madre, pari, at sundalo.
Naging Langit itong bahagi ng mundo.
Huwag muling payagang umiral ang dilim.
Tinig ng bawat tao’y bigyan ng pansin.
Magkakapatid lahat sa Panginoon.
Ito’y lagi nating tatandaan.
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Coda:
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan.
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat!
Mga Kababayan Ko
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Dapat magsumikap para tayo’y di maghirap
Ang trabaho mo pagbutihin mo
Dahil pag gusto mo ay kaya mo
Kung kaya mo ay kaya nya
At kaya nating dalawa
Magaling ang atin
Yan ang laging iisipin
Pag-asenso mararating
Kung handa kang tiisin
Ang hirap at pagod sa problema
Wag kang malunod
Umaahon ka wag lumubog
Pagka’t ginhawa naman ang susunod
Iwasan mo ang ingit
Ang sa iba’y ibig mong makamit
Dapat nga ika’y matuwa sa napala ng iyong kapatid
Ibig kong ipabatid
Na lahat tayo’y kabig-bisig
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Respetuhin natin ang ating ina
Ilaw siya ng tahanan
Bigyang galang ang ama
At ang payo n’ya susudan
At sa magkakapatid
Kailangan ay magmahalan
Dapat lang ay pag-usapan ang hindi nauunawaan
Wag takasan ang pagkukulang
Kasalan ay panagutan
Magmalinis ay iwasan
Nakakainis marumi naman
Ang magkaaway ipag bati
Gumitna ka at wag kumampi
Lahat tayoy magkakapatid
Anong mang mali ay ituwid
Magdasal sa Diyos Maykapal
Maging banal at wag hangal
Itong tula ay alay ko
Sa bayan ko at sa buong mundo
Mga kababayan ko
Dapat lang malaman nyo
Bilib ako sa kulay ko
Ako ay pilipino
Kung may itim o may puti
Mayron naman kayumangi
Isipin mo na kaya mong
Abutin ang yung minimithi
Sabihin Mo, Ikaw ay Pilipino
Sabi ng tatay ko, kapag mayroong nagta nong
Nasaan ang bayan mo? Isagot mo ay yung totoo
Sabi ng tatay ko, maraming nang-ibang bayan
Mas higit ang kayamanan, pag-ibig ay, wala naman
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
Sabi ng tatay ko, marami ang naghihirap
Ngunit hindi magtatagal, yayaman din tayo
Sabi ko sa tatay ko, di bale ng mahirap
Basta’t lahat ay pantay-pantay at nagkakaisa
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
Sabihin man ng lolo mo, ika’y kastila at kano
Pagmasdan mo ang kulay mo, kulay lupa walang kasing ganda
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Kahit saang bansa ikaw ay mag punta
Sabihin mo ikaw ay pilipino
Pilipino ka, yan ang totoo
“Babalik ka rin”
I
Saan ka man naroroon ngayon, Saudi, Japan o Hongkong
Babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Ano mang layo ang narating, Singapore, Australia, Africa,
Europe o Amerika, babalik at babalik ka rin.
Refrain:
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Ii
Sa piling ng iyong pinagmulan, sa iyong nakaraan
Babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Anumang layo ang narating, iyong maaalala
Ang dati mong kasama, babalik at babalik ka rin.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Iii
Sa paglipas ng panahon, sa iyong kahapon
Sa alaalang naghihintay sa ‘yo.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin
Kaytagal mo nang nawala, babalik ka rin, babalik ka rin.
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