Baguio's media story is told through the history of the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club, spanning six decades of camaraderie, resilience during martial law, and enduring through modern challenges such as the global pandemic
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Among the founders was Vinia Masadao, who, according to her nephew, was drop-dead gorgeous and devastatingly witty. “The weekly program drew crowds from various sectors of the community, including government officials who, when time permitted, raised their own questions and opinions,” Pawid said. A few months later, martial law was declared. The BCBC leaders, including Peppot Ilagan, DomC Cimatu, Del Claverall, Mondax Dacawi, Bembo Afable, Kathleen Okubo, Steve Hamada, and Nathan Alcantara, were former student activists who had to lay low for a while. Eventually, they made the Baguio media scene one of the fiercest, when many others decided to toe the line.
There was a time in 2010 when all the officials of the BCBC and members of their outfits were hauled to jail over a libel case filed by an Iloilo-based publisher. Although many of them were able to post bail, they all decided to spend a night in jail in a drunken party with other prisoners.
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