November 29-December 3, 2010

      November 29-Monday, it's a national holiday as being declared and moved by Malacañang Palace in commemoration of Bonifacio Day which really fall in every November 30. So, I really grabbed the opportunity to have a whole day of duty. I was with Sir Nikko Sereno and cameraman Sir Renante Quiñones. We left the station at 8:00 pm and went to Ibabao, Mandaue City to look for the garage of the 21B jeepneys. It was about 30 minutes to travel and we arrived the place at 8:30 pm. Most of the drivers there were having thier breakfast in a carenderia. But we already asked permission with one of the drivers Mr.Godofredo Salonoy to conduct an interview with him. While waiting Mr. Salonoy to finish his breakfast, we interviewed another driver who chose not to work on this day in person of Mr. Ariel Pador. According to Mr. Pador, the city ordinance is really unfair on their part that it could lessen their daily earnings. Mr. Salonoy said that the traffic citation issued to him last Thursday is the new city ordinance 2214 which it has a bigger amount of violation fee---first offense is P1500, second offense is P2000 and third offense is P5000 plus an impound of the jeepney.

     Our second pit stop is Punta Princesa, Cebu City which we witnessed a turnover of power between the outgoing barangay captain Rodolfo Diorico and the comeback of newly elected barangay captain Jose Navarro. Diorico said he is thankful for serving the people of Punta Princesa for three years. Navarro on his side, he is very eager to serve again the people of Punta Princesa since it has been 35 years of public service. He stressed that he has stored a lot of programs that would surely be benefited by the residents. He even proudly cited that Punta Princes won as Most Outstanding Barangay in the Philippines during his term years ago.

     Our third pit stop is the Cebu City Medical Center in order to get an update of diarrhea cases of the city after it has a bigger turn-out since diarrhea came to the limelight. In Danao City, as of now, has already 80 plus diarrhea cases and  reports said it will still be rapidly growing. According to CCMC's attending pediatrician Dr. Lee James Maratas, the cases of the city had already 19 exceptional to the deaths of the two children. I really pity the condition of diarrhea patients especially most affected ones are the children.

    Our last pit stop is to conduct an interview with CITOM chaiman Mr. Jack Jakosalem at Oh Georg! in Ayala Center Cebu. The interview was about the recent issue which is the implementation of the city ordinance 2214 prohibiting the Mandaue PUJs to enter the juridiction of Jones-Colon area.

   December 1-Wednesday, the four of us got the chance to help during the remote and witnessed the live broadcast of Sir Bobby Nalzaro at Fuente Osmeña Rotunda as the opening of "Pasko sa Sugbo". One of the highlights is the lighting of the 40 inch Christmas Tree. We assisted Sir Jesse Campos who was at the teleprompter. I have observed that every second really counts. They cannot afford to get a single mistake because that would mean a disruption of the live-airing. Thanks to high technology, Mam Chelo and Sir Jesse really got good communication from the station to the remote. 

    December 3-Friday, we decided not to go on field because we have a class in Media Planning. We got the same type of job in the library. We encoded the remaining shotlists record since 2009 of Sir Renante.