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WHO'S WHO
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icons in the field of Philippine communication.
Explore the creative genius of communication
educators, journalists, and other media experts.
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| DR.
ORLANDO S. MERCADO |
| Before
Dr. Orlando S. Mercado became the 21st Secretary
of National Defense, he was first a media practitioner.
Orly, as he prefers to be called, is the host
of the longest running public service program
in Philippine television "Kapwa Ko, Mahal
Ko" on GMA 7.
The multi-awarded program provides direct assistance
to indigent patients from all over the country.
He is also the President of the Kapwa Ko, Mahal
Ko Foundation. |
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He started his broadcast journalism
career as a radio announcer in May 1966. However,
he lost his first broadcasting job at the Republic
Broadcasting System when he organized a labor
union which later declared a strike.
He joined the ABS-CBN News as television news
correspondent in 1968 covering the police beat.
He headed the Philippines first "all talk-all
news" radio station DZAQ Radyo Patrol (ABS-CBN).
He produced a documentary "Where a Thousand
Flowers Bloom" which garnered the 1971
Citizens Award for television.
In 1974 he joined GMA Channel 7 news and covered
the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department
of Justice, and the Supreme Court.
Through most of his career he has produced and
hosted public affairs/public service programs:
"Tipunang Bayan", GMA channel 7; Network
Line, The Public Eye, Sixty Minutes Plus, Channel
4. He was also a regular host of a noontime
variety show "Lunchdate, GMA Channel 7;
and a cooking program "Lasang Pinoy, also
GMA Channel 7. He and his wife hosted on ABC
Channel 5, public affairs programs Reach and
Kontak 5.
In 1978, Dr. Mercado was awarded Ten Outstanding
Young Men (TOYM) for Public Service.
Dr. Mercado graduated from the University of
the Philippines with a Bachelor's degree in
Political Science in 1968, a Master's degree
in Communication in 1983 and a Ph.D. in Political
Science 1n 1997.
For his doctoral dissertation, he completed
a research on "The Dynamics of the 1990-1991
Republic of the Philippines - United States
of America Military Bases Negotiations."
Dr. Mercado was born on April 26, 1946. He is
happily married to Dr. Susan Pineda-Mercado
and they are blessed with four children.
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| He initiated reforms in the
Retirement and Separation Benefit System (RSBS)
particularly the pension plan of the soldiers.
He also instituted a computerization program for
the Philippine Veterans Administration Office
(PVAO) to reduce the incidence of graft in the
agency.
Concurrently, he chaired the National Disaster
Coordinating Council. He declared that "The
Department of National Defense is also the Department
of Defense of the Environment."
Dr. Mercado has held the positions of Majority
Leader and Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate.
He was also principal author of a number of laws.
Among them are: the Generics Drug and Medicines
Act of 1988; an act establishing provincial centers
for Science and Technology; an act creating the
Commission on the Filipino language; the Consumer
Act of the Philippines; an act prescribing the
intellectual property code and establishing the
intellectual property office, providing for its
powers and functions; and Children's Media Act
of 1996.
When he was in the National Assembly from 1884-1986,
he produced a video documentary on the "hidden
wealth" of the deposed president Ferdinand
Marcos.
As an academician, he held professorial chairs
at the University of the Philippines, Asian Institute
of Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University, Assumption
College and the University of Sto. Tomas, teaching
Communication Theory and Radio-Television Production.
He was also Associate Professor and Head of the
Communication Arts Department of Maryknoll College
(now Miriam College).
Dr. Mercado has participated in various national
and international conferences and missions on
inter-parliamentary cooperation, environmental
issues and international security.
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