Aired (March 14, 2025): Ang dalawa sa pinagpipitagang anchors ng '24 Oras Weekend' na sina Pia Arcangel at Ivan Mayrina, makakapanamay ni Tito Boy tungkol sa kanilang karera at buhay sa labas ng pagbabalita.
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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:02To all of our listeners on Facebook and YouTube,
00:04thank you very much.
00:06To all of our listeners on DZEW,
00:08welcome to the program.
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00:30Two of our listeners
00:32and two of our
00:34broadcasters
00:36are our guests
00:38this afternoon.
00:40Naytay Capuso,
00:42please welcome
00:44Ivan and Pia.
00:46Ivan, Myriam,
00:48Pia, and Kahel.
00:54Thank you very much.
00:56Hello.
00:58Good to be here.
01:00Thank you very much.
01:02Thank you for coming to our
01:04small program.
01:0624 Hours
01:08Weekend just celebrated
01:10its 15th anniversary.
01:12Congratulations.
01:16In any language,
01:18it's difficult
01:20for a program to last
01:2215 years.
01:24How has that
01:26journey been?
01:28Pia should answer that first.
01:30She's an OG.
01:32Not by age.
01:34Based on how long we've been on the show.
01:36You've been here for 7 years?
01:387 years. I joined in 2018.
01:40I was surprised
01:42when they said we were celebrating
01:44our 15th anniversary because I didn't realize
01:46that that much time had passed.
01:48But I still remember
01:50we started 24 Hours Weekend.
01:52When they first told me that we were going to have 24 Hours Weekend,
01:54to me, it was like
01:56a big shift in the landscape of news.
01:58Before, when it was weekend,
02:00Saturday, Sunday, that was the day off
02:02from the news.
02:04It came at a time that was an election year
02:06and that was a time when
02:08a lot of breaking news happened on a weekend.
02:12There was a need to have news on the weekend.
02:14Primetime news on the weekend.
02:16Since then,
02:18it's become a staple.
02:20It's a trend now.
02:22Even on Saturdays and Sundays, you look for news.
02:24Let's talk about
02:26the tonal pattern.
02:28When you're in the news,
02:30is that required?
02:32There's a tone.
02:34Where does that come from?
02:36Tito Boy,
02:38I joined GMA at a time
02:40when Mike Enriquez was a novelty.
02:42May he rest in peace.
02:44The staccato style
02:46that's fast.
02:48It really
02:50clicks to the person.
02:52I remember being told,
02:54you have to sound in a certain way.
02:56Sound like Mike Enriquez.
02:58A bit fast,
03:00a sense of urgency.
03:02It's not like you're imitating yourself,
03:04but there's a sense of urgency
03:06and a bit of strength.
03:08Starting out
03:1025 years ago,
03:12I had to read aloud tabloids.
03:14I had to practice
03:16because as a journalist,
03:18I have a strong point.
03:20So I had to practice.
03:22I would buy a tabloid, read it aloud,
03:24practice, practice, practice.
03:26Until I imbibed
03:28the tone
03:30that's distinct
03:32from the reporters.
03:34How about you?
03:36I think by assimilation, Tito Boy.
03:38What you hear every day,
03:40you sort of pick it up.
03:42Similar to Ivan,
03:44my first voice-over story
03:46that I had, my coverage was a police story.
03:48I called my mom,
03:50let's wait for the news later
03:52because I heard the news.
03:54My mom called the whole barangay.
03:56We all waited.
03:58I didn't voice it.
04:00Did I say something wrong?
04:02The next day,
04:04I was told very nicely.
04:06Very nicely, I have to clarify that.
04:08Very nicely.
04:10The voices were too kind
04:12in my voice.
04:14Sometimes, I think I still
04:16fall back to that somehow.
04:18But with,
04:20I don't know, I guess with age,
04:22maybe it also comes with age,
04:24lumalalim na rin siguro yung boses ko.
04:26I remember si Tita Mel a few months ago
04:28sabi sakin, Pia, parang lumalalim yung boses mo.
04:30Thank you, Tita Mel.
04:32Kasi parang kailangan talang
04:34matuto ka na galing siya dito
04:36sa diaphragm. Parang singer lang,
04:38diba, Tito Boy?
04:40Mga nakakatawa,
04:42you're not afraid to laugh. Halimbawa,
04:44if you're reporting on something that's entertaining,
04:46that's okay.
04:48Hindi pa naman kayong amimimuhan.
04:50Huwag kayong tatawa.
04:52Dati sa, again, unang hirit,
04:54sasadyain talaga nila.
04:56Teleprompter mo, uupo siya diyan,
04:58and then make faces.
05:00Sino yan?
05:02Bayan ng kusilyo.
05:04Sisirain talaga yung discarte mo.
05:07How do you explain
05:09your jobs to your children?
05:11My father, what?
05:13What does he do? My mom,
05:15how?
05:17I remember my son asking me
05:19when he was growing up.
05:21Guwapo ng anak mo.
05:23Ano sabi mo?
05:25Are you kinda famous?
05:27Guwapo yung anak ko kasi anak siya ng nanay niya.
05:29Oh, buto na lang may explanation.
05:31Hindi, parang
05:33he was trying to come to terms
05:35with the idea that
05:37his dad is a TV personality.
05:39Ah, so ganito pala
05:41ang trabaho niya.
05:43So, TV personality, ah, nagninyus pala siya.
05:45So, parang hindi naman kailangan
05:47i-explain.
05:49Because, personally,
05:51I try to make it a point that I make time every day.
05:53Yung dinner time halimbawa.
05:55That's sacred.
05:57No matter how busy.
05:59Yung dinner time. And then weekends, of course,
06:01we try to hang out and
06:03do something as a family.
06:05We're talking about time.
06:07Ako dito, boy, when my daughter was very little,
06:09usually,
06:11pag ganyan, you'd read your child a bedtime
06:13story, ganyan. Pero,
06:15nung maliit pa siya, I would,
06:17instead of reading her a book at bedtime,
06:19I would tell her what the stories of the newscast
06:21were that day.
06:23So, I would tell her, okay, Micky, it's time for the
06:25gaps. Kasi, diba, gap one, gap two.
06:27Okay, top story today, ganyan.
06:29So, parang, and she would watch.
06:31While waiting for me to get home,
06:33she would watch the news.
06:35So, parang, she always knew that
06:37that was my line of work. Parang, there was
06:39never a time I had to sit her down and explain.
06:41So, alam niya. So, parang, laki siya
06:43namulat sa balita. So, yung mga teacher niya nagugulat
06:45na alam niya na walang
06:47pasok dahil may bagyo
06:49or tumasa presya na gasolina.
06:51Ang galing naman.
06:53Ang galing naman. Does it help
06:55or doesn't it help that you're married
06:57to someone who's also in the news?
06:59Oh, it helps. I'm married
07:01to the head of GMA News Research.
07:03So, wala akong excuse para wala akong
07:05background, diba?
07:07Pero pwede rin, ang expectations in yung dalawa
07:09napaka taas. That if you do not deliver
07:11because I know what's happening,
07:13aawain kita. Hindi naman.
07:15Eh, yeah.
07:19Canon is the head of research.
07:21Yes. There she is.
07:23Let's just say we have spirited
07:25the conversations over dinner
07:27about the news stuff.
07:29Okay. Pagdating naman sa sports,
07:31alam namin lahat that Miko
07:33is a sports
07:35caster.
07:37Yes. So, ako
07:39I appreciate the fact na sports
07:41siya news ako. So, parang hindi
07:43siya pwede. Mayon na. Pero noon.
07:45I know. Pero noon, hindi.
07:47Kaya siguro short-lived lang din yung experience
07:49ko sa sports. Because
07:51I moved on to news. Parang mahirap yung magkatrabaho.
07:53Mahirap rin yung katrabaho mo yung asawa ko.
07:55Meron eh. O, ano ba?
07:57But what I know is, right now,
07:59susubok lamang pinggan ang bola.
08:01Oh, wow. Nako. Ayan na.
08:03Iwan ito.
08:05Ang sarap.
08:07Pagpapaturo lamang ako, Tivan.
08:09But what is the right way? Habang nagre-report.
08:11Habang nagre-report.
08:13Kasi kinabahan ako dito, boy. Diniting na ko may bola din ba
08:15para sa akin.
08:17O, diba?
08:19Habang nagre-report. Paano ba yun?
08:21What is the right way to dribble
08:23while Pia is reporting?
08:25Well, protect the ball, boy.
08:27This is your defender. Protect the ball?
08:29Because andito ako.
08:31So gagawan ko ito ng story, ha?
08:33Going back to the courtside days.
08:35Mga kapuso, nakita natin
08:37In blue,
08:39Ivan Mayrina, dinireference sa honey boy.
08:41Ang bola ng Abunda, hindi maka-arangkada.
08:43Pero si Mayrina, eto,
08:45magsushoot, score.
08:47Ang inaabang natin. Jump, shot, and score.
08:49Ang galing yun naman.
08:51Ang galing yun naman.
08:53Ang gananong dinidefensahan ni Abunda.
08:55O, o. Galing.
08:57Mayrina hindi maka-arangkada.
08:59Parang totoo.
09:01At dahil dyan, Ivan, let's do fast talk.
09:03I enjoy that.
09:07Ivan,
09:09umaga gabi.
09:11Gabi. Una huli.
09:13Una. Weekdays, weekends.
09:15Exclusive, explosive.
09:17Explosive.
09:18Explosive.
09:19Romantico pilio.
09:21Pilio.
09:21Maginoo, guapo.
09:23Maginoo.
09:24Serioso, maharot.
09:25Maharot.
09:26Sporty, sexy.
09:27Sporty.
09:28Hot dad, rich dad.
09:31Hot dad?
09:33Dad bod, dad jokes.
09:35Dad bod.
09:36Nakakatamad, pumasok kapag.
09:40Maulan.
09:41Masarap, may kayakap kapag.
09:44Malamig.
09:45Umiinit ulo mo kapag.
09:48Mabagal.
09:48Naapektuhan ka kapag.
09:52Emotional.
09:53Guilty or not guilty?
09:54May pinormahan na artista.
09:56Not guilty.
09:57Na-in-love sa katrabaho.
09:59Not guilty.
10:00Napagalitan ng boss.
10:02Guilty.
10:03Natawa habang nagbabalita.
10:04Guilty.
10:05Lights on or lights off?
10:07Lights off.
10:08Happiness or chocolates?
10:09Happiness.
10:10Best sign for happiness, Ivan?
10:12Anytime.
10:13Complete this.
10:14Wala akong kinikilingan, puwera na lang?
10:17Ang mali ay mali.
10:19Gano'ng kasingan.
10:20Bindigan ang tama.
10:21Wow.
10:23Good answer.
10:25I've always wanted to ask this.
10:27Bakit bawal kayo tumanggap ng regalo?
10:32That's number one.
10:33Number two, you're both very good looking.
10:36Parang ang hira paniwalaan na at one point in your lives,
10:40hindi kayo hinikaya mag-artista.
10:43Bakit? Ano ang kwento?
10:46Ang mga kasagutan po sa magbabalik ng Fast Talk with Boy.
10:49Woo!
10:51We're back to the show.
10:54Wala bang naghikayat sa inyo mag-artista?
10:56Wala, Ate Duboy.
10:57Ivan naman.
10:58Pwede pa ba?
10:59Pwede pa.
11:00Hindi nga.
11:01No.
11:02Wala naman, Ate Duboy.
11:03Talaga.
11:04Wala rin kasi akong talent talaga for acting.
11:07Sometimes you discover that, ha?
11:09Akala mo wala lang, pero
11:11nadidiscover mo, meron pala.
11:13We'll see kung may dumating na offer in the next while.
11:17Ivan, serious? Wala?
11:18I did try acting yung sa Entablado stage show,
11:23pero
11:24In school?
11:24In school.
11:25Sabi mo, hindi talaga?
11:27Hindi.
11:29Una-una, hindi ko siya na-enjoy.
11:31Tapos, hindi nila ako mapiga.
11:35Wala akong may bubos na emosyon dun sa role.
11:37So, didn't work.
11:39Bakit bawal kayo tumanggap ng regalo?
11:43To make sure that, you know, walang bias at all.
11:47That we cannot be biased when it comes to what we're talking about
11:51or what we're reporting.
11:52Para lang, it's an extra measure.
11:55Extra measure to ensure being unbiased.
12:01May sumubok na bang mang-bribe sa inyo?
12:06Meron na?
12:06Meron na, Ivan?
12:07Yes.
12:08I did have an experience like that.
12:10When I was a young reporter, congressman to.
12:15I had a bag.
12:16And then, biglang sinaksak niya, a big stash of cash.
12:19Sinaksak niya sa bag ko.
12:20And then, when I was trying to refuse,
12:22parang nagmura pa siya, nagalit, na-offend or something.
12:26How did it end?
12:28So, inumiko, direkto sa admin.
12:32And then, I declared that I was given this money
12:36by a certain politician.
12:41Sino na yan, Jimmy?
12:43Wow.
12:44Meron, meron na.
12:45Hindi ganun kalaki na stash siya.
12:47Hindi ganun ka-intense.
12:48Pero, also, I was a young reporter.
12:50I guess, baka it's easier maybe to hand off to young reporters.
12:53But I was also a young reporter sa probinsya, Tito Boy.
12:56It was after a press con.
12:58Inaabutan kami.
12:59But I was just quick to say no.
13:02Hindi naman nila pinilit kasi marami.
13:04I guess, baka kasi marami namang ibang tao.
13:06So, they didn't force the issue.
13:08Oo.
13:09Malaki ba ang kita ninyo?
13:13Sarap ng tawa.
13:17Malaki ba ang bayad sa mga broadcasters,
13:20sa mga reporters, sa mga news reporters?
13:24No, Tito Boy.
13:25May recent article that came out citing GMA as one of the best,
13:29or if not the best employer in media.
13:32And I tend to agree.
13:34Okay.
13:34Let's just put it that way.
13:36In the context of sweldo,
13:39compared to, I mean, yung base ang sinasabi natin.
13:42Why the smile?
13:45It's a very tricky question.
13:46You know, whenever nagbibigay kami ng career talk, Tito Boy,
13:49it's always, that's always a question.
13:51Kasi usually, ang magulang ayaw nila na mag-media ang kanilang mga anak
13:55kasi sinasabi nila maliit ang kita,
13:57or mahirap kumita.
13:59But I just really wanted to do it.
14:01So, I guess, dun mo makikita yung passion.
14:02And I remember when I interviewed Sir Mike Enriquez,
14:04he always said,
14:06wag mo kasing iniisip kung magkano kikitain mo
14:09pag pumasok ka dito sa trabaho ito.
14:11Yun daw lagi yung sinasabi sa mga aplikante niya.
14:13Bakit mo ko tinatanong magkano kikitain mo?
14:15That's a telling sign for me
14:17kung how much you want to do this job.
14:19Kung pera agad ang iniisip mo,
14:21wag na tayo mag-usap.
14:22So maybe that mentality is, you know,
14:25what we bring with us into the industry.
14:27And if we carry that mentality with us,
14:29we'll stay in the industry.
14:31The reward will come later on.
14:32Twenty-five years in the industry.
14:35So, I started low, like everybody else.
14:39So, after a while, at a certain level,
14:41medyo gumaganda.
14:43It gets comfortable.
14:45How do you compete?
14:46Because inevitably, you compete with fake news.
14:50How do you do that?
14:51We have to also infiltrate the same platforms, Tito Boy.
14:55That's why.
14:56Kung baga fight fire with fire, diba?
14:58So, pati kami,
15:00we are encouraged to use our social media,
15:02digital platforms to put the news out there, diba?
15:06Para kung, kasi parang ang theory dyan,
15:08kung may lumabas na fake news,
15:10e di ilabas mo yung totoo.
15:11And the more you put out the truth,
15:12then you'll be able to drown out yung fake news.
15:15So, yun yung challenge.
15:17While building also the core brand.
15:19Kasi gusong-gusong ko yung naririnig ko na,
15:21hoy, totoo yung balita, lumabas na sa 24.
15:24Diba?
15:24Pag narinig mo yan,
15:25that's a testament to the credibility
15:29of the source.
15:31Yeah, Tito Boy, like Pia said,
15:33pinupuntahan namin where the audience are.
15:36Kasi nandyan sila sa TikTok,
15:38nandyan sila sa Facebook, sa YouTube, wherever.
15:40Dun kami bumabato rin.
15:42Aside from, of course, our main platform is television.
15:45Pero we are also required, for example,
15:46yung mga spiels namin for news,
15:49meron din dapat version yan for online.
15:51Which we, that's the general direction.
15:54We go to where they are.
15:55Yep.
15:56Fight fire with fire.
15:57Last question.
15:59Why are you proud to be doing what you do?
16:03Oh, that's a very difficult question.
16:05But I think the pride comes from the fact that,
16:08you know, we know that we have an important role to play.
16:11Not just, it's not just a career.
16:13I always think of this as a public service.
16:16What we do is a public service.
16:17So we have an important role to play in society.
16:19Parang meron talaga kami yung papel na kailangan gampanan.
16:22Kung wala kami, kung wala tayo,
16:25yung mga mamamahayag,
16:26hindi malalaman ng mga tao kung anong dapat nilang malaman.
16:29And I think the best example of that would be nung COVID.
16:32Diba? Nung mga tao takot lumabas,
16:34sinong lumalabas? Yung mga mamamahayag.
16:37Being able to influence the agenda,
16:40the national agenda for the day,
16:42being able to ask the questions directly
16:45to people that matter.
16:46Like in my case, I get to ask questions directly
16:49to the president.
16:50At yun ay nakakaapekto sa pinag-uusapan ng sambayanan,
16:55sa buong maghapon.
16:56And that, of course, reflects in their decisions sa buhay nila.
17:00So it's, wow.
17:02Masarap siyang pakiramdam na
17:05may ganito ka palang function sa lipunan.
17:07At maaaring naitatanong mo yung mga tanong na gusto naming matanong.
17:10Ang pagkakaiba lamang ay wala kami yung pagkakataon pumunta doon.
17:14But when you go and ask your questions,
17:16parang that's what I want to know.
17:18Correct.
17:18And thank you for doing what you do.
17:20But we're not done yet because we have to do fast talk.
17:22Okay.
17:24Alright.
17:25Kailangan natin Pia.
17:26Pia, pretty, brainy.
17:29Brainy.
17:30Good news, bad news.
17:31Good news.
17:32Anchor, reporter.
17:34Anchor?
17:35Mystery box, mystery guest.
17:37Mystery guest.
17:38Weekdays, weekends.
17:39Weekends.
17:40Silosa, chismosa.
17:41Silosa.
17:42Clingy wife, chill wife.
17:44Clingy wife.
17:45Hot mom, cool mom.
17:46Cool mom.
17:47Pia sa umaga, Pia sa gabi.
17:49Sa gabi.
17:51Pia sa bahay, Pia sa trabaho.
17:53Sa bahay?
17:55Gagawin ka ang leading lady.
17:57Sino ang leading man?
17:59Dennis Trillo?
18:00Bilis sumagot.
18:02Sino ang kontrabida?
18:04Ako na lang.
18:05Ako na lang?
18:06Ako, ikaw.
18:07Ako na lang.
18:08Pwede rin, pero parang wala si yung tura.
18:10Okay.
18:11Your favorite day of the week?
18:12Saturday.
18:13Your favorite co-anchor?
18:15Yvonne Marina.
18:16Yes or no?
18:17Mahilig sa showbiz, shizmit.
18:19Yes.
18:20Na-late sa call time?
18:21Yes.
18:22Niligawan ng politiko?
18:24No.
18:27Niligawan ng katrabaho?
18:29No.
18:30Lights on or lights off?
18:31Off.
18:32Happiness or chocolates?
18:33Happiness.
18:34Best time for happiness?
18:36Gabi.
18:37Complete this.
18:38I love weekends because?
18:40Because I get to go to work and spend time with my family.
18:44Maraming, maraming.
18:45Maraming, maraming.
18:49Tia Yvonne, maraming salamat.
18:52Congratulations on your 15 years doing 24 Hours Weekend.
18:59Thank you, God bless you and all the best.
19:02Naytay Kapuso, maraming salamat po sa inyong pagpapatuli sa amin,
19:05sa inyong mga tahanan at puso araw-araw.
19:08Be kind, make your nana proud and say thank you.
19:11Do one good thing a day and make this world a better place.
19:14Goodbye for now.
19:15God bless.