Police have tracked down and arrested one of the suspects in the Sunday morning kidnapping of broadcaster Melinda Jennifer “Jenny” Glefonea, reporter and news anchor of the Edge Radio (103.1-FM) based in Candelaria, her co-anchor Mitch Regondola, said in a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
An Australian radio DJ linked to the suicide of a British nurse after a royal prank call said Monday she would attend the London inquest and answer any questions.
We started our Kariton Program in Novaliches, Quezon City. The class is being held once a week in a vacant lot. After a few weeks, we noticed a big improvement among our street children beneficiaries.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing its rules limiting political campaign advertisements that are broadcast by television and radio outfits on the run-up to the May 13 elections.
San Juan Representative Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito spent the most number of minutes for his political advertisements on television while Loren Legarda focused on radio, according to an initial report by the Commission on Elections which has been logging the time spent by candidates on air since the start of the campaign in February.
LONDON—The BBC said Monday that its World Service shortwave radio broadcasts in English are being jammed in China in a deliberate move by the authorities there to cause “maximum disruption.” “The BBC strongly condemns this action which is designed to disrupt audiences’ free access to news and information,” the world’s largest broadcaster said in [...]
Saying the public interest, editorial independence, and even the health of political candidates would be at stake, the president of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas said on Wednesday that it would contest the Comelec rules on airtime limits, prior notice and the right to reply in the Supreme Court within the week.
Television and radio stations cannot put candidates on air without the nod of the Commission on Elections, the poll chief said Friday.
Radio announcer Danilo “Danny” Cogtas yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of causing tumult and public disturbance in relation to the Feb. 6 “tsunami scare” in downtown Cebu City. Cogtas filed the appeal through his lawyer, broadcaster Ruphil Bañoc before the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC). “The private complainant did not even come,” he [...]
Two Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse at a London hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine have been taken off air as they face public fury after the woman was found dead.
TV5 will try to duplicate the success of their Manila’s Radyo Singko 92.3 News FM in Cebu with the launching of Radyo Singko 101.9 FM early this month. Since, the radio band had a different, or unique program format on the FM band, they’re confident of achieving the success of Manila’s Radyo Singko, said Raul [...]
Police arrested a 62-year-old radio commentator for allegedly selling methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” in Sorsogon, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said Thursday.
Instead of helping promote the government’s anti-drug campaign, a radio commentator chose to do the opposite – allegedly selling suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” in Sorsogon, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said Thursday.
