Fifty-five reporters, news anchors and heads, station managers and other personnel of ABS-CBN Iloilo were among thousands of employees of the broadcasting network nationwide that will be laid off starting Sept. 1.
The giant broadcasting network terminated the employees following the nonrenewal of the network’s franchise by the House of Representatives.
Friday marked the last day of “TV Patrol” newscasts in provincial stations. ABS-CBN will cease regional operations for good after more than three decades. “It’s an avoidable national tragedy, inflicted by the very people who should protect Filipinos from all adversity,” Focap said. “[They] will tearfully bid goodbye to ABS-CBN and join the swelling ranks of the unemployed and desperate,” Focap said.“I still want to be a journalist but I don’t know if that is still possible. It is emotionally, financially and psychologically painful to lose our jobs especially during a pandemic,” Basco, 40, told the Inquirer.
Gemma Villanueva, a pioneer of the Iloilo station and the current news chief, said she would miss the daily grind of the newsroom.“I have spent more time in the station than at home because journalism can never be a 9 to 5 job,” said Villanueva who started as a news correspondent in 1996.She is hopeful that she can still find a job amid the pandemic but will rely on a family business for the meantime.
Clavecillas said she would spend most of her time helping the bakery put up by her parents as her partner, a seafarer, is away from home. She will also devote her time taking care of their daughters age 5 and 4 years old and help them in their home schooling.“If I pick up any news or newsworthy information, I will most likely pass it on to ABS-CBN friends and reporters,” she said.
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