ANC Podcast

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra speaks with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines this World Press Freedom Day about its initiative to help out fellow journalists in need during the pandemic. Journalists are facing two basic problems during the pandemic lockdowns-- 1 is economic like the rest of the Philippines and the world, and 2 is the struggle for press freedom that began way before the pandemic started and made more pronounced under the Duterte administration.

He also tackles Ivermectin as Philippine medical and pharmacist groups warn against it.

Here's a quick round up of the news you need to know.

Listen to news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe.

Here are the news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe on the COVID-19 pandemic.

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the truth on the claim that Lapu-Lapu, widely considered as the first hero of the Philippines, was actually from Sulu in Mindanao, not Cebu. This claim was even made more prominent in a recent speech by Senator Bong Go on the 500th anniversary of the battle of Mactan. He talks with a Cebuano historian to try to correct all the erroneous claims about Lapu-Lapu.

He also tackles the latest Pulse Asia survey on the preferred candidates for the 2022 presidential polls. What does the opposition make of it as President Duterte's daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, topped the chart?

Listen to news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe.

Here are the news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here's a quick round up of the news you need to know

Listen to news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe.

Here are the news making the headlines in the Philippines and across the globe on the COVID-19 pandemic.