After 12 years, The Correspondents says Goodbye!

In its 12 years on air, ABS-CBN’s premier news documentary program “The Correspondents” has featured the most significant events in the country’s history as well as life-changing human interest stories on the plight of ordinary Filipinos.

This Tuesday (Oct 19), let us revisit the stories of 12 individuals who have become part of the 12 colorful and brilliant years of “The Correspondents.”

Revisit Nicolai Magtibay, the young child stricken with Bilary Atresia in the episode “Yellow Babies,” which won at the 2004 New York TV and Film Festival. Relive the story of Lola Susana, who was a senior citizen in jail who finally got freedom with the help of the program.

“The Correspondents” will also look back at the story of several out-of-school youth working as miners, and who are now finally back to school. Take a trip again to Barangay San Ysiro, where residents are still waiting for progress to arrive to their community. 

These are the people who have given a face to the issues in our society. They are the people whose lives had changed in the 12 years of “The Correspondents.”

Known for its brave reports on the biting realities and analyses on the biggest news in the nation, “The Correspondents” is home to the country’s top journalists such as Karen Davila, Abner Mercado, Bernadette Sembrano, and Ces Oreñ-Drilon. The program has also received honors here and abroad from award-giving bodies like the UNICEF Child Rights Awards, Catholic Mass Media Awards, Kapisanan ng Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, USTv Awards, and the  Lasallian Scholarum Awards.

“The Correspondents” also brought its finest documentaries and anchors to different colleges and universities through “The Correspondents’ Docuniversity Tour,” wherein the anchors personally talked about their documentaries, and their experiences and tips as broadcast journalists to mass communications students.

Don’t miss “The Best of the Correspondents” this Tuesday (Oct 19) after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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On The Correspondents Jorge Cariño takes off with exposé on the Air Force

Is the Philippine Air Force headed for great heights or a great crash?
 
Broadcast journalist Jorge Cariño gets a bird’s eye view of the ranks of the Philippine Air Force, 15 years after the Modernization Program for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was ratified.
 
Cariño will scour the defense machinery of the country to see if there have been advancements and if the working conditions of our soldiers have improved this Tuesday (August 17) on “The Correspondents.”
 
Witness the stories of the different people behind it—the elite group Blue Diamonds, the student pilots eager to serve the country, the expert pilots of Sangley Point and the relatives of one brave pilot who unfortunately died while in service.
 
Join Jorge Cariño as he gets deep into the Air Force Ranks on “The Correspondents” this Tuesday (August 17) right after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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The Correspondents probes on sex education and teen sex

Kiko and Anna are just two of the 26 percent of Filipino youth aged 15-25 who have already had sexual experiences.
 
Kiko, 13 years old, has had sex with eight of his eleven past girlfriends while 15-year-old Anne is pregnant after giving birth to a lovechild just last year.
 
With this alarming fact, the Department of Education—despite heavy opposition from the church and some parents—has ordered public elementary and high schools to add more sex education classes.
 
Join Sol Aragones this Tuesday (August 10) as she sits in the sex education classes of different public schools to find out the thoughts and opinions of students and their parents about them.
 
Is it really possible to teach sex education without malice/ Will sex education help lessen the number of youth engaging in premarital sex, or will it excite them more to do it? Get the answers on “The Correspondents” this Tuesday (August 10), right after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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On The Correspondents: Karen Davila digs deeper into the water crisis

President Aquino’s revelation on the alleged enormous pay and benefits of MWSS officials has further moved Filipinos to ask about the real problem in the water sector.
 
But while the blame for the lack of water supply in a large portion of Metro Manila is pointed to the low water levels in Angat Dam, more alarming problems have surfaced such as illegal connections and excessive leakages from defective water pipes.
 
Karen Davila will make sense out of the water sector’s string of problems this Thursday (August 3) on “The Correspondents,” after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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Dominic Almelor faces underground monsters on “The Correspondents”

In the provinces of Bataan, Batangas and Cavite, instead of sleeping soundly at night, residents lie awake, worried that “monsters” might once again attack their land.

These “monsters” are worms, which attack in thousands and eat up their crops. In Bataan, nine towns have already been badly destroyed. In Batangas, residents of 28 villages continue to live in fear after having been attacked by these monsters in the past months.

This Tuesday (July 20), Dominic Almelor will make his rounds of the fields in Batangas and Bataan to investigate and monitor the movement of these underground monsters.

Will he be able to help the residents find a solution to their problem? Will the residents every find a way to bring an end to their nuisance?

Find out the answer on “The Correspondents” this Tuesday (July 20) right after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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Can PNoy fix the public health system?

Dilapidated hospitals with outdated facilities, patients forced to rent their own oxygen tanks, and the shortage of medicines and health centers – these are just some of the problems in the public health sector that President Noynoy Aquino will have to solve in his administration.

How will he be able to solve all these and more health issues with just a P33.7 billion budget or 70 centavos per citizen—an amount that can’t even buy a single Paracetamol.

Join Abner Mercado as he visits different public hospitals around Metro Manila to exposes all the inadequacies in the country’s public hospitals on “The Correspondents” this Tuesday (July 13) right after “Bandila” on ABS-CBN.

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