Hatol ng Bayan Launch!
Hatol ng Bayan, the nationwide and comprehensive coverage of the 2013
National and Local Elections, will be launched on February 20, 2013.
Hatol ng Bayan will be implemented by a host of professional and seasoned
news reporters and information officers under the banner of Media ng Bayan.
Media ng Bayan is the latest partnership of leading news and information
organizations that teamed up to deliver the latest on the elections.
Participating in the partnership are the People's Television Network (PTV),
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Philippine Broadcasting
Service-DZRB Radyo ng Bayan (PBS-DZRB, Philippines News Agency (PNA), Philippine
Information Agency (PIA), Manila Bulletin (MB), Air 21 and Informatics-Diliman.
The launching will take place at 2 pm at
the Atrium of the PIA Building along Visayas Avenue, Quezon City.
Organizations under Media ng Bayan will sign a memorandum of
agreement to share resources and expertise with the purpose of delivering
developments unfolding across the country from the campaign period up to the
proclamation of winners as well as feed the electorate with the necessary
information that will enable them to decide intelligently in the elections.
The Hon. Secretary Sonny Coloma of the Presidential Communications
Operations Office to witness the signing.
Media ng Bayan, so far, has established a website of its own, mediangbayan.ph as well as
the TV - radio program, "Ang Paghahanda para sa Hatol ng Bayan
(Paghahanda)."
Literally means the people’s judgment, Hatol ng Bayan is the actual coverage of the 2013 National and
Local elections.
Hatol ng Bayan,
will be implemented by the finest news and information organizations of “Media ng Bayan”
The coverage is divided into two phases: the Phase 1 dubbed
“Paghahanda” will focus on the pre-election
events from February 12 to May 11.
This phase will deal on preparations for the elections, the
campaign period and other activities related to voters’ education.
Phase 2, on the other hand, will delve on election eve,
election day and the day after.
So far, at the Paghahanda
phase, Media ng Bayan has developed
channels where voters can get situationers, information on the voting process,
program and platforms etc. to help them make informed decisions come elections.
On February 4, Media
ng Bayan through PTV launched Paghahanda
para sa Hatol ng Bayan that featured personalities and experts on suffrage,
local governments, national and local legislation (the Senate and the House of
Representatives), political parties and multi-party system.
Each episode was aired simulcast over the Philippine
Broadcasting Service-DZRB Radyo ng Bayan
and livestreamed on mediangbayan.ph
And from these episodes, voters got blow by blow reports from
Twitter (@hatol2013), Facebook (Hatol ng Bayan) and Short Messaging System
(Text Blasts from PIA).
Articles on the topics discussed on Paghahanda para sa Hatol ng Bayan were likewise posted on the PNA
and PIA websites as well on the front page of Manila Bulletin.
Replays were aired on
the same day at 10 pm; previous episodes, articles and videos were stored at mediangbayan.ph
which served as the central depository of
Hatol ng Bayan.
On Phase Two, all organizations under Media ng Bayan will be operating 72 hours to deliver the latest on
the elections and the following days.
With a host of experienced field reporters and information
officers backing up Media ng Bayan, Hatol ng Bayan will generate news,
reactions and opinions across the country.
Election news and information
without twists, spins or controversies
Weeks before the 90-day
campaign period for Senatorial and
partylist candidates started, the
country's finest news and information organizations joined forces with a
purpose of providing situationers, news, feedbacks and election basics to help
voters makes sense of the 2013 National and Local Elections.
Media ng Bayan is about helping the electorate getting the
leaders they truly deserve and the development the country needed as well.
Hence, Media ng Bayan
came into being.
MEDIA
NG BAYAN, people’s guide to the 2013 Elections
This new partnership, dubbed Media ng Bayan, is composed of the
People’s Television Network (PTV-4), Philippine Information Agency (PIA),
Philippines News Agency (PNA), Philippine Broadcasting Service-Radyo ng Bayan
(PBS-DZRB), Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13), Air 21,
Informatics-Diliman and Manila Bulletin.
Backed by media professionals and seasoned
information officers nationwide, Media ng
Bayan will deliver blow by blow accounts of events taking place before,
during and after elections simulcast over TV, radio and cyberspace.
Media
ng Bayan shall likewise put
together shakers and personalities to close the information gap as well as
clear the issues.
In the end, Media
ng Bayan wanted voters to be ready to make the decision on Election Day:
news and information without controversies,
spins or twists.
Catch all the election events and stories at
mediangbayan.ph.
Partners
under the Media ng Bayan banner pooled resources to provide voters with the
widest coverage of the 2013 National and Local Elections.
Philippine
Information Agency dig up and forward situationers and feedbacks from various
of sectors in towns, cities and provinces through Short Messaging System,
electronic mails and social media networks.
PIA is present in 16 regions and in 68
provinces.
PIA
offices are located in Region I (La Union, Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos
Sur, Cordillera Administrative Region (Baguio, Abra, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain
Province), Region II (Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Batanes),
Region III (Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan and
Bulacan), Mega Manila (Quezon City in the National Capital Region), Region IV-A
(Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal & Quezon), Region IV-B (Quezon City
Central Office, Oriental Mindoro, and Palawan)and Region V (Albay, Sorsogon,
Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Masbate), in Region VI (Iloilo,
Capiz, Aklan, Negros Occidental and Antique), Region VII (Iloilo, Negros
Oriental, Bohol and Siquijor), Region VIII (Tacloban City, Samar, Eastern Samar,
Northern Samar, Southern Leyte and Biliran), Region IX (Pagadian City,
Zamboanga Del Norte, Zamboanga City and Isabela City), Region X (Cagayan De
Oro, Bukidnon, Camiguin, iligan City, Marawi City), Region XI (Davao City,
Tagum City, Davao del Norte), Region XII (Koronadal City, Cotabato City and
General Santos City) and Region XIII (Butuan City, Agusan del Sur, Surigao Del
Sur and Surigao Del Norte).
Philippine Broadcasting Service-DZRB Radyo
ng Bayan's 27 radio stations make the airswaves available for local voices to
talk about grass roots issues.
In
Luzon, PBS-Radyo ng Bayan is on air in Dagupan (DZMQ), Agoo (DZAG), Baguio City
(DZEQ), Bontoc (DWFR),Tabuk (DZRK), Tuguegarao (DWPE), Batanes (DWBT), Laoag
(DWFB), Quezon City (DZRB-Manila), Lucena (DWLC), Palawan (DWRM), Virac (DZVC)
and Naga (DWRB). In the Visayas, PBS-Radyo ng Bayan is heard over Borongan
(DYES), Calbayog (DYOG), Cebu (DYMR), Iloilo (DYLL), Sogod (DYSL). And in
Mindanao, PBS-Radyo ng Bayan deliver the news from Butuan (DXBN), Cagayan De
Oro (DXIM), Davao (DXRP), Gingoog (DXRG), Jolo (DXSM), Marawi (DXSO), Tandag
(DXIS), Tawi-tawi (DXDC) and Zamboanga (DXMR).
PBS has also four field coordinators
(reporters in areas where there are no radio stations) in Nueva Ecija, Vigan, Iligan and Pagadian.
Videos,
on the other hand, will be handled by People's Television Network (PTV-4) and
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation 13 (IBC-13). PTV is present in Baguio
(PTV-8), Bacolod (PTV-8) Cebu (PTV-11), Dumaguete (PTV-10) and Davao (PTV-11).
IBC
stations are located in Laoag (IBC-TV13), Baguio (IBC- TV6), Cebu (IBC-TV13),
Iloilo (IBC-TV12), Davao (IBC-TV13) and Cagayan De Oro (IBC-TV10) and supported
by radio stations in Aklan (DYRG), Iloilo (DYBQ) and Roxas City (DYJJ).
All in all, Media ng Bayan is backed up by
13 televisions (six from PTV and and other from IBC-13) plus 3 more IBC radio
stations.
Philippines
News Agency (PNA) post stories online from Quezon City (Central Office in
National Capital Region) Dagupan, Tuguegarao, Baguio, Pampanga, Calamba City,
Legaspi, Iloilo, Cebu, Tacloban, Zamboanga, Cagayan De Oro, Davao, Cotabato and
General Santos City.
PNA has 15 bureaus including the central
office which has 11 reporters fielded in major beat around the National Capital
Region.
With
a media partner like Manila Bulletin, the
nation's leading newspaper with the
largest circulation, readership and strong online presence, all the details
of election issues, events and incidents are within the reach of voters.
Also on board Media ng Bayan are Air 21and
Informatics Diliman.
Air21, formerly known as Air 21, is one of the
first global partner of Federal Express in the Asia Pacific Region. In 2009,
the US Embassy has appointed the company to ship its VISA and passports. During
the first automated elections in the country in 2010, Air 21was tapped to
delivery CF cards and ballots through the partnership of the Commission on
Elections and Smartmatic.
Informatics Diliman, on the other hand, is Media
ng Bayan's technology partner.
Banking on its experience in the academe, research
and development, Informatics-Diliman will provide Media ng Bayan computer and election
monitoring units to help the partnership gather, store and disseminate news and
information needed by the electorate.
Informatics Diliman management will likewise
engage their students and other communities in voter's education.
