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December 29, 2011
On New Year’s Day STATE OF THE NATION 2011: THE GMA NEWS TV YEAREND REPORT

Heartbreaking tragedies and heartwarming tales of generosity and heroism.  Crippling crises and empowering developments.  Shameful scandals and inspiring comebacks.

All these characterized the news of 2011, a year that started with so much optimism and potential, yet would end with the country in a state of calamity. 

Heartbreaking tragedies and heartwarming tales of generosity and heroism.  Crippling crises and empowering developments.  Shameful scandals and inspiring comebacks.

All these characterized the news of 2011, a year that started with so much optimism and potential, yet would end with the country in a state of calamity. 

December 29, 2011
RTC dismisses civil complaint for damages versus GMA Network, Mike Enriquez

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 29, 2011) - The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 126 of Caloocan City recently dismissed a civil complaint for damages against GMA Network and Imbestigador host Mike Enriquez filed by plaintiff Ronald Virola owing to episodes of Imbestigador aired December 14 and 28, 2002.

The said episodes carried a story on Virola, whose house in Caloocan was raided on the strength of a search warrant for allegedly containing undetermined quantity of regulated and/or prohibited drugs, one of which is labeled as Ativan. Likewise searched were video tapes containing nude and obscene footages of different women, who seem to be under the influence of such drugs and victimized by his sexual escapades.

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 29, 2011) - The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 126 of Caloocan City recently dismissed a civil complaint for damages against GMA Network and Imbestigador host Mike Enriquez filed by plaintiff Ronald Virola owing to episodes of Imbestigador aired December 14 and 28, 2002.

December 29, 2011
The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011

This New Year's Eve, join Jessica Soho as she recounts the year that was in the second installment of The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011. 

Soho sums up the year as she looks back on some of the most interesting fads and most hilarious stories of 2011. Have a second serving of the most sumptuous dishes of the year and witness once more some of the world's biggest events in 2011 such as the Royal Wedding and the Beatification of the world's most beloved pope, Pope John Paul II.

This New Year's Eve, join Jessica Soho as she recounts the year that was in the second installment of The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011. 

Soho sums up the year as she looks back on some of the most interesting fads and most hilarious stories of 2011. Have a second serving of the most sumptuous dishes of the year and witness once more some of the world's biggest events in 2011 such as the Royal Wedding and the Beatification of the world's most beloved pope, Pope John Paul II.

December 15, 2011
GMA Network wins awards from 'Anak TV', 'Pop Dev'

MANILA – Media giant GMA Network reaped accolades at the 2011 Anak TV Seal Awards held last December 8 and in the PopDev Awards held on November 29.

Broadcast journalists Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez, anchors of GMA’s top-rating primetime newscast 24 Oras, were elevated to the Anak TV Makabata Award Hall of Fame after seven years of consistently topping the annual surveys of TV personalities who are “trustworthy, reputable and are role models to children.”

MANILA – Media giant GMA Network reaped accolades at the 2011 Anak TV Seal Awards held last December 8 and in the PopDev Awards held on November 29.

Broadcast journalists Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez, anchors of GMA’s top-rating primetime newscast 24 Oras, were elevated to the Anak TV Makabata Award Hall of Fame after seven years of consistently topping the annual surveys of TV personalities who are “trustworthy, reputable and are role models to children.”

November 29, 2011
Born To Be Wild's Romi Garduce prepares for Antartic's Vinson Massif

 During the 1920’s, an English mountaineer was once quoted as having replied to the question, “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” with the retort, “Because it’s there.”

And with that, the most famous three words in mountaineering were immortalized.

With the same spirit that has fuelled thousands of backpackers the world over, revered Filipino mountain climber Romi Garduce is off to ascend his last of the illustrious Seven Summits that will ultimately lead to a first ever feat for a Filipino to be part of an elite circle of climbing enthusiasts.

 During the 1920’s, an English mountaineer was once quoted as having replied to the question, “Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?” with the retort, “Because it’s there.”

And with that, the most famous three words in mountaineering were immortalized.

November 24, 2011
GMA Network bags honors at the 25th Star Awards for Television

Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) received honors from the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) at the recently concluded 25th Star Awards for Television held at Newport Performing Arts Theater of the Resorts World Manila, Pasay City .

The Network’s News and Public Affairs group was once more commended for its brand of Serbisyong Totoo with GMA Network’s VP for News Programs Jessica Soho, widely regarded as the most awarded Filipino broadcast journalist, receiving the Excellence in Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award...

Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) received honors from the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) at the recently concluded 25th Star Awards for Television held at Newport Performing Arts Theater of the Resorts World Manila, Pasay City .

November 18, 2011
GMA Network stays in tune with the beat of technology drum

Pili, Camarines Sur (Nov 18, 2011) - Today’s leading Philippine multimedia conglomerate GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) stays in tune with the beat of the technology drum. This is according to GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon in his address on the “The Future of Television” delivered to around 4,000 participants at the recently concluded 22

 

Pili, Camarines Sur (Nov 18, 2011) - Today’s leading Philippine multimedia conglomerate GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) stays in tune with the beat of the technology drum. This is according to GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon in his address on the “The Future of Television” delivered to around 4,000 participants at the recently concluded 22nd Philippine Advertising Congress held at the CamSur Watersports Complex (CWC) in Camarines Sur.

November 18, 2011
“Oras Na,” a GMA news and public affairs special, airs this Sunday on SNBO

Impossible scenarios or glimpses into the near future?  Scientists from Canada ’s Dalhousie University predict a collapse in fisheries by the year 2050.  The World Bank’s Philippine Water Monitor predicts a water crisis in 2025.  A contributing factor is the need to convert forests into plantations that supply food for the growing population. By 2030, it is predicted that fossil fuels which provide power and mobility to people from all walks of life will be in decline.

Impossible scenarios or glimpses into the near future?  Scientists from Canada ’s Dalhousie University predict a collapse in fisheries by the year 2050.  The World Bank’s Philippine Water Monitor predicts a water crisis in 2025.  A contributing factor is the need to convert forests into plantations that supply food for the growing population. By 2030, it is predicted that fossil fuels which provide power and mobility to people from all walks of life will be in decline.

November 11, 2011
New twists and new timeslot for GMA 7’s AMAYA

More surprising twists, thrilling developments and shocking revelations await the televiewers as GMA Network’s high-rating epic series, AMAYA, moves to a new timeslot beginning November 14 right after 24 Oras.

The change in the program’s timeslot not only aims to accommodate more viewers but also to reach out to the students who are the primary audiences of the Kapuso drama...

More surprising twists, thrilling developments and shocking revelations await the televiewers as GMA Network’s high-rating epic series, AMAYA, moves to a new timeslot beginning November 14 right after 24 Oras.

The change in the program’s timeslot not only aims to accommodate more viewers but also to reach out to the students who are the primary audiences of the Kapuso drama.

November 5, 2011
GMA 7 spreads holiday cheer with Suwerteng-Suwerte sa Siyete: Win Mo Pamasko!

 

GMA 7 gets into the holiday spirit and presents its loyal viewers with an early Christmas treat via its latest interactive game show, Suwerteng-Suwerte sa Siyete: Win Mo Pamasko!

Beginning November 7, the show will feature different Kapuso celebrities, who will compete in fun and challenging games, to give viewers from all over a chance to win big cash prizes.

 

GMA 7 gets into the holiday spirit and presents its loyal viewers with an early Christmas treat via its latest interactive game show, Suwerteng-Suwerte sa Siyete: Win Mo Pamasko!

Beginning November 7, the show will feature different Kapuso celebrities, who will compete in fun and challenging games, to give viewers from all over a chance to win big cash prizes.

October 29, 2011
“Bearing the Burden” in SANIB PUWERSA this Sunday

For the last three years, 45-year-old Fe has helplessly watched her stomach grow big to alarming proportions.  The same goes for 36-year-old Baby who has endured such a condition for a year.  Experts say they are afflicted with 

 

For the last three years, 45-year-old Fe has helplessly watched her stomach grow big to alarming proportions.  The same goes for 36-year-old Baby who has endured such a condition for a year.  Experts say they are afflicted with myoma, a kind of tumor.

October 29, 2011
“Biyolin”in I-WITNESS, A Howie Severino documentary

 

Like many in this caroling season, Lola Lydia performs in crowded streets in Manila where listeners may be willing to part with some change. But she is an unusual sight for one reason -- she plays the violin, a lonely musician in a city where many do not recognize, much less appreciate, the sweet-sounding classical instrument.

Howie Severino and his documentary team encounter Lola Lydia in Baclaran where she is trying to earn enough from street performing so she can go home to Pangasinan for Undas to visit the grave of her mother, who taught her to play. Lola Lydia still plays the broken violin that she inherited from her mother.

 

Like many in this caroling season, Lola Lydia performs in crowded streets in Manila where listeners may be willing to part with some change. But she is an unusual sight for one reason -- she plays the violin, a lonely musician in a city where many do not recognize, much less appreciate, the sweet-sounding classical instrument.

October 22, 2011
GMA Network Wins Big at the 33rd CMMA

Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) continued its winning tradition as it bagged a total of 13 awards at the recently concluded 33rd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CCMA).

The Company’s leading broadcast platforms – national ratings winner GMA Channel 7, Philippines ’ leading news channel GMA News TV (GNTV), and Super Radyo DZBB 594 khz were vested with honors for “using the mass media to promote Christian values in an outstanding way.”...

Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) continued its winning tradition as it bagged a total of 13 awards at the recently concluded 33rd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CCMA).

The Company’s leading broadcast platforms – national ratings winner GMA Channel 7, Philippines ’ leading news channel GMA News TV (GNTV), and Super Radyo DZBB 594 khz were vested with honors for “using the mass media to promote Christian values in an outstanding way.”

October 1, 2011
GMA Network’s Laban ng Lahi airs Filipina boxing champ Ana Julaton’s match versus Mexican fighter

GMA Network airs the latest fight of another Filipino Boxing Champion Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton.

Julaton defends her WBO Women’s Super Bantamweight Championship against Mexican boxer Jessica Villafranca in the latest installment of GMA’s Laban ng Lahi boxing series.

The 31-year-old half-Pinoy fighter is faced with her most challenging foe to date the 18-year old Villafranca on Villafranca’s home territory in Yucatan , Mexico ...

GMA Network airs the latest fight of another Filipino Boxing Champion Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton.

Julaton defends her WBO Women’s Super Bantamweight Championship against Mexican boxer Jessica Villafranca in the latest installment of GMA’s Laban ng Lahi boxing series.

The 31-year-old half-Pinoy fighter is faced with her most challenging foe to date the 18-year old Villafranca on Villafranca’s home territory in Yucatan , Mexico .

September 15, 2011
GMA Network joins 2011 Peñafrancia Festival

Leading broadcast station GMA Network is all set to add more spice to Naga City's Peñafrancia Festival this weekend with some of the brightest and hottest Kapuso stars from Party Pilipinas, Futbolilits, and two upcoming GMA shows Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin and Kung Aagawin mo ang Langit!

Leading broadcast station GMA Network is all set to add more spice to Naga City's Peñafrancia Festival this weekend with some of the brightest and hottest Kapuso stars from Party Pilipinas, Futbolilits, and two upcoming GMA shows Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin and Kung Aagawin mo ang Langit!

August 27, 2011
“Relationship Status: Single,” A GMA News TV Special this Sunday

GMA News TV presents an intriguing documentary on the growing number of bachelorettes in this country, in the special Relationship Status: SINGLE. 

GMA News TV presents an intriguing documentary on the growing number of bachelorettes in this country, in the special Relationship Status: SINGLE. 

Data from the National Statistical Coordination Board  (NSCB)  reveal that 6 out of 100 Filipinas from 35-49 years old have never been married, a number up from ten years ago. Many of them remain single by choice.  The question is: why are more Pinays opting to delay marriage?

August 4, 2011
Think Before You Click: GMA News and Public Affairs launches campaign for responsible use of social media

Think about it – according to June 2011 figures from Facebook statistics portal Socialbakers.com, more than 25 million Filipinos use Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site. That is reportedly the 7th highest number of users in the world, just behind significantly more populous countries like the U.S., India and Indonesia.

Think about it – according to June 2011 figures from Facebook statistics portal Socialbakers.com, more than 25 million Filipinos use Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site. That is reportedly the 7th highest number of users in the world, just behind significantly more populous countries like the U.S., India and Indonesia. 

July 15, 2011
Exciting games and prizes await viewers in “Suwerteng Suwerte Sa Siyete: Win Mo, Kapuso!”

Following the success of Spin It, Win It and Press It, Win It, GMA-7 gives viewers another chance to win big and exciting prizes via its latest fast-paced game show, “Suwerteng Suwerte Sa Siyete: Win Mo, Kapuso!”

Following the success of Spin It, Win It and Press It, Win It, GMA-7 gives viewers another chance to win big and exciting prizes via its latest fast-paced game show, “Suwerteng Suwerte Sa Siyete: Win Mo, Kapuso!”

Beginning July 25, Win Mo, Kapuso will be hosted by award-winning game master Joey de Leon, and will air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday before Kapuso Movie Festival, before Sinner or Saint, and before Futbolilits. There will also be a recap of the games shown per day right before Saksi.

July 11, 2011
GMA News and Public Affairs wins in the 32nd Telly Awards

GMA News and Public Affairs, the Philippines’ most awarded news organization, stamped its class anew with five citations – one silver and four bronze awards – in the 32nd Telly Awards in New York City, USA.

GMA News and Public Affairs, the Philippines’ most awarded news organization, stamped its class anew with five citations – one silver and four bronze awards – in the 32nd Telly Awards in New York City, USA.

July 11, 2011
IMBESTIGADOR Wins Silver Screen Award at the 44th US International Film & Video Festival!

IMBESTIGADOR, one of GMA Network’s longest-running Public Affairs flagship programs, won the Silver Screen Award at the recent US International Film & Video Festival (USIFVF), the only Philippine program to win the coveted award this year.

IMBESTIGADOR, one of GMA Network’s longest-running Public Affairs flagship programs, won the Silver Screen Award at the recent US International Film & Video Festival (USIFVF), the only Philippine program to win the coveted award this year.

“Smuggled Pinoys,” the IMBESTIGADOR Special Report on Human Trafficking which aired last year in celebration of the program’s 10th anniversary, bested entries from all over the world in the “Documentary: Television: TV News: Investigative/Special Reports” category.

July 6, 2011
Spooky Nights of Claudine Barretto receives high rating

Claudine Barretto’s stint in GMA-7’s Spooky Nights Presents: Nuno sa Feng Shui was much-anticipated and well-received by weekend viewers.

Claudine Barretto’s stint in GMA-7’s Spooky Nights Presents: Nuno sa Feng Shui was much-anticipated and well-received by weekend viewers.

In its pilot episode last Saturday (July 2), Spooky Nights had a 23.1% rating among Mega Manila households based on overnight data provided by Nielsen TV Audience Measurement. On the other hand, its rival program scored a far 15.9%.

Aside from leading in its time slot, Spooky Nights also ranked second, next to top-rater Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, among all the high-rating programs on the same date.