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ANC Podcast

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This is the #ANCPodcast. ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel is your gateway to the Philippines. ANC has firmly established its reputation as an accurate and unbiased source of information, and the go-to station for breaking news, wall-to-wall live news coverage and analyses with context.
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Episodes

Matters of Fact - April 23, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the call by some senators to defund the government's task force to end the local community insurgency. Is it fair to put the entire task force to task over the perceived abuses of one official, or is this a long time coming? What took the senators this long to make that call? He also tackles the red-tagging of community pantries as more agencies ask the police to explain their profiling of the initiative's organizers.

Apr 23, 202139 min

Matters of Fact - April 22, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about how to protect community pantries from some vicious and unfounded red-baiting from government officials despite assurances even from local government units that they would be left untouched. He speaks with a congressman who is calling for an investigation into the red-baiting of community pantries. He also tackles the country's handling of China's incursion in the West Philippine Sea as experts call out the President's appeasement policy....

Apr 22, 202146 min

Matters of Fact - April 21, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra speaks with the Philippine Interior and Local Government on the problems confronting community pantries which have sprouted during the pandemic. How can the agency protect these community initiatives against unnecessary red tape or bureaucracy, or worse, red-baiting? But before that, he tackles President Duterte's latest statements on the West Philippine Sea issue which senators have slammed for being defeatist.

Apr 21, 202130 min

Matters of Fact - April 20, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the Community Pantry initiative-- a program that showcases the best in the Filipino bayanihan or solidarity spirit. But lately, it has been red-baited as an alleged communist initiative. How will this affect the program in the long-term especially in this time during the pandemic? He also talks about the implications of conducting clinical trials on the use of Ivermectin against COVID-19 here in the country, as the Philippine Science Department ...

Apr 20, 202140 min

Matters of Fact - April 19, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the petition calling for the resignation of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Some 500 medical frontliners, lawyers, businessmen, members of the academe, media workers and civil leaders say the Duterte administration failed to address the country's problems, like the COVID-19 pandemic and the West Philippine Sea issue. So what can the Philippine government do to improve its pandemic response, as well as safeguard the West Philippine Sea?...

Apr 19, 202128 min

Matters of Fact - April 16, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the House resolution calling for an inquiry into the registration, sale and distribution of drugs for COVID-19 in the Philippines. Does this have to do with the push or the lobby for anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to be made available to COVID-19 patients as prophylaxis or even treatment in the Philippines? And as small businesses feel the brunt of the pandemic with 583 establishments closed permanently in the first three months of 2021 alone, w...

Apr 16, 202133 min

Matters of Fact - April 15, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the plight of community doctors when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic response by the Philippine government. How are they coping in this latest surge in COVID-19 cases? Are they getting the proper support from the national government, and also local government units? And what is Congress doing with regards to the continued swarming of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea?

Apr 15, 202136 min

Matters of Fact - April 14, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra tackles how a cross board youth pro-democracy group has been gaining traction in Asia, and how it is also catching fire specifically in the Philippines in the face of China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea. What difference can this movement, the Milk Tea Alliance, make in the Philippines where the top leader is seen very friendly to a fault to Beijing? He also talks to healthcare professionals as they express concern over the country's COVID-19 ...

Apr 14, 202142 min
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