Tina Monzon-Palma

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Mapa, the birth surname or paternal family name is Monzón, and the marital name is Palma.

Tina Monzon-Palma
Born
María Cristina Mapa Monzón

(1951-03-29) March 29, 1951 (age 73)
Malate, Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma materSt. Scholastica's College, Manila (BA)
Occupations
Years activec. 1968–present
Employers
  • DZMT (pre-1972)
  • DZHP (pre-1972)
  • NMPC (1972–1976)
  • GMA (1976–1986; 1986–1992)
  • PTV (1986)
  • ABC (1992–1997)
  • ABS-CBN (1997–present)
SpouseRene Palma
Children3

María Cristina "Tina" Mapa Monzón-Palma[1] (Tagalog: [ˈtinɐ mɔnˈsɔn ˈpɐlma]; born March 29, 1951)[2] is a Filipina broadcast journalist and anchorwoman.[3] She is best known as a late night news presenter in various Philippine television news programs in different television networks. She became GMA Network's first female news presenter[4] and pioneered its Public Affairs department during her term as GMA News executive.[5][6] She later transferred to ABC 5 (now TV5) to head its operations.[1] When she left the company after five years, she led ABS-CBN's public service campaign against child abuse under the network's Bantay Bata social welfare program.[1] Eventually, she became the anchor of ABS-CBN's late-night news program The World Tonight where she replaced Loren Legarda.[1]

Monzón-Palma has received several awards including University of the Philippines Gawad Plaridel in 2017.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ a b c d Rimban, Luz (August 24, 2017). "The prime of Ms. Tina Monzon Palma". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tina Monzon- Palma". The Filipino Channel. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Calero, JJ (May 18, 2013). "BusinessWorld - Tina Monzon Palma". www.bworldonline.com. BusinessWorld. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "20 years of GMA Public Affairs: The humble beginnings". GMA News Online. October 4, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  6. ^ Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (October 23, 2007). "GMA Public Affairs celebrates 20 years of public service on October 28". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Pineda, Horacio C. (August 31, 2017). "Good journalism vs. fake news—Tina Monzon-Palma". University of the Philippines-Diliman. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Domingo, Katrina (August 24, 2017). "Tina Monzon Palma: Crony press, fake news now on steroids". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "Tina Monzon Palma is Gawad Plaridel awardee". malaya.com.ph. Malaya. June 2, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  10. ^ Monzon-Palma, Tina (August 24, 2017). "FULL TEXT: Media's role in a post-truth age". Rappler. Retrieved January 18, 2018.