Topic: ABS-CBN-retrenchment

The long, dark silent night

The long, dark silent night

Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 11:31 PM

Ging Reyes became head of the news division in 2010 and is currently the longest-serving ABS-CBN news chief in the organization’s history. A year after the shutdown of the network's free TV and radio operations, she has not lost hope "for that joyous daybreak."  Read more »

Sa Isang Iglap

Sa Isang Iglap

Mnemosynne Dalawis, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 03:38 PM

Mnemo, as she is called by colleagues, was one of the employees who embodied for viewers the extreme emotion within the network as it went off the air on May 5, 2020.    Read more »

Missing the Game

Missing the Game

Moki Magpantay
Updated as of May 06 02:51 PM

Moki Magpantay saw the ABS-CBN shutdown on May 5, 2020 from afar— more than 10,000 kilometers away and in a different time zone. Read more »

Ang Pinakahalabang Banggi

Ang Pinakahalabang Banggi

Thea Omelan-Manlangit
Updated as of May 06 02:10 PM

Thea Omelan-Manlangit was a reporter for ABS-CBN Legazpi for over a decade. She was at the forefront of many disaster coverages in Albay, from typhoons to volcanic eruptions.In August 2020, she became one of thousands retrenched after the network lost its bid for another franchise. She continues to work as a journalist in Albay.  She continues to work as a journalist in Albay.    Read more »

The view from a newbie

The view from a newbie

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 02:01 PM

Long-time journalist Ronron Calunsod had just joined ABS-CBN as a deputy editor for ABS-CBN News Digital Media in January 2020 when, just months later, the network faced a crippling broadcast shut down. He had been unfazed about moving to the network, believing it was an unlikely scenario. That is, until it happened on May 5, 2020.  Read more »

Nang magdilim ang telebisyon ng mga Kapamilya

Nang magdilim ang telebisyon ng mga Kapamilya

Abner P. Mercado
Updated as of May 06 01:25 PM

Abner Mercado told stories for ABS-CBN News for nearly 2 decades, with the documentary as his weapon of choice. In August 2020, he was one of hundreds let go from the news division when ABS-CBN downsized following the rejection of its franchise renewal.   Read more »

'Paano Ba Magpaalam?'

'Paano Ba Magpaalam?'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 04 02:54 PM

Paolo Ramos is a former director of ABS-CBN’s Communications Management Division, which produces the network’s award-winning promos and station IDs. Following the network’s shutdown, he was one of over a hundred staff members retrenched after the division was downsized. He produced this video essay from unused clips during his last days as an ABS-CBN employee. Due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, their team was disbanded without proper farewell. Read more »

Singko de Mayo

Singko de Mayo

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 04:52 PM

Senior ABS-CBN News correspondent Jorge Cariño looks back to May 5, 2020, when the network's broadcast operations were shut down. He recalls being in the ABS-CBN newsroom at the emotional moment, and a promise made by the network boss of a "happy picture" after the dark episode.  Read more »

Off the air: ABS-CBN shuts regional stations

Off the air: ABS-CBN shuts regional stations

Ron Lopez and Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 01:29 PM

Anchor Dhobie de Guzman has been the face of a popular news show in the northern Philippines for more than a decade. Now the closure of his regional station -- and dozens of others countrywide -- has left him out of work.  Read more »

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