29 3 / 2012
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN PHILIPPINE JAILS: Sputum samples of suspected TB cases are submitted to a laboratory for evaluation. Three samples are collected and analyzed before confirming a TB case.
More images can be found HERE (Slideshow)
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21 3 / 2012
"You here in the Philippines, you are very lucky. You live in a spectacular place. However, sadly, many plants and animals are threatened with extinction because of the actions of us humans. We need to change our ways because extinction is forever. Once it’s gone, it’s gone."
- Herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr, on Philippine wildlife ** Barr studies reptiles and amphibians. He has hosted over 100 documentaries for National Geographic and is planning to spend the next few years in Asia to concentrate on the region’s wildlife.
(Source: HERE)
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24 10 / 2011
ABS-CBN Interactive Halloween Trivia Town
Click here to view the interactive Halloween Trivia Town!
Explore ABS-CBN’s Halloween Town and discover the true meaning of Jack’o Lantern and many more!
(Source: francinatra)
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26 5 / 2011
TRIVIA: Malta and the Philippines are the only states banning divorce. The former will have a referendum on its legalization on Saturday.
VALLETTA, Malta (Agence France-Presse) - One of just two countries in the world where divorce is banned, the Mediterranean island of Malta holds a referendum on Saturday to give the mainly Catholic population here its say on the issue.
The island’s nearly 400,000 voters are being asked to cast their non-binding ballots on whether or not parliament should introduce a new law that would allow couples to obtain a divorce only after four years of marital breakdown.
The Philippines is the only other state that bans divorce. Chile was the last country to legalize divorce in 2004 after overwhelming public pressure.
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25 4 / 2011
The Filipino audience’s guide to the Royal Wedding
Can’t go to London to attend the most awaited royal event of the century? Don’t worry - you don’t have to leave the Philippines to experience the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
With all angles covered, ABS-CBN will bring you the most extensive and exhaustive coverage of the royal wedding of the century - on television, on radio, on your mobile, and online.
The ABS-CBN coverage is in cooperation with the BBC, the world’s largest broadcasting organization and the Home of the British Royal Wedding.
From the lead-up to the big day, the royal wedding itself, to a look at what the future holds for the newlyweds, ABS-CBN will have all angles covered.
Here is the guide on how to follow the coverage of the royal wedding on ABS-CBN’s platforms.
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14 4 / 2011
‘Kinse’ filmmakers bag 2 New York awards
Kinse. 15 stories. 15 filmmakers. One advocacy.
“KINSE” filmmakers Paolo Villaluna and Raymund Amonoy bagged two New York festival medals with the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) documentary show “Storyine.”
Villaluna directs and edits the series he co-created with journalist Pat Evangelista. Amonoy shoots “Storyline’s” backpack footage, and is assistand director to Villaluna.
The New York Festivals Television & Film Awards recognizes the world’s best work in advertising, TV, film and radio.
“Storyline,” the only Philippine entry this year with three nominations to its name, took a Silver World Medal for Biography and Profiles, and the Bronze World Medal in the category of Community Portraits.
“Storyline,” now on its second year, is the first current affairs show in the country without a host, relying on narrative and cinema to tell its stories.
Villaluna, also an advertising director, continues to shoot and edit the show’s weekly episodes. Evangelista, who produces “Storyline” along with ANC’s Kinse film series, writes the show’s narrative through the voices of its storytellers.
“Storyline’s” human rights slant is demonstrated in the three-episode selection that won this year’s prizes, where a small girl is given a name, a love story meets a tragic end, and a national government is held accountable for torture and murder.
“Orphan” is the story of Efren Figuracion, a struggling nurse-policeman from Mindanao, whose choice to adopt the one-month-old victim of a massacre gave a small girl a name and a man a daughter.
“Alexis & Nika” is the love story of film critic Alexis Tioseco and Slovenian film journalist Nika Bohinc, and the tragedy that ended their love affair. Narrated with a letter written two years before by Tioseco to Bohinc, the episode follows the difficulties and triumphs of a cross-cultural relationship, and mourns the loss of two of cinema’s most passionate defenders.
“Stolen” (Dukot) is the story of three men, Raymond Manalo, Jonas Burgos, and King Catoy, each one disappeared in the context of hundreds of extrajudicial killings of suspected communist rebels and supporters during the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“Storyline” is also a finalist in the documentary Social Issues category. Other finalists include “Altar,” for promotions, the now defunct “I Survived” for Docudrama, telenovela “Dahil May Isang Ikaw” and TV Patrol’s “Bloodbath in Manila” for longform coverage of breaking news.
“Storyline” airs every Thursday at 9.30pm over ANC, with replays on Friday at 2.30pm and Sundays at 3.30pm. The series also airs on Wednesdays over ABS-CBN.
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STORYLINE
DIRECTOR and EDITOR Paolo Villaluna
WRITER and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Patricia Evangelista
CINEMATOGRAPHER Manie Magbanua Jr.
PRODUCTION MANAGER Bernice Ilagan
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Raymund Amonoy
ASSISTANT EDITOR Jippy Pascua
OPERATIONS MANAGER Nicole Revita
RESEARCH Katherine Visconti
VIDEO RESEARCH Biena Magbitang
GAFFER Adonis de la Cruz
AUDIO Nestor Fuentes
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT Vincent Dario
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Nicole Magay and Bea Bermundo
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12 4 / 2011
Kinse: The ANC Human Rights Film Series
15 stories. 15 filmmakers. One advocacy.
Tweet for human rights using the #kinse hashtag and be invited for the movie’s premiere screening.
To find out more, go to www.kinse.tv.
Follow @kinseanc on Twitter and on Facebook.
(Source: abs-cbnnews.com, via copyeditor)
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29 3 / 2011
No health hazard to Philippines amid serious state of Japan nuke plant
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) today reiterated the Philippines is still safe from any harmful radioactive elements from the devastated Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
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