Rikki Mathay

Last updated

Rikki Mathay
NationalityFilipino
Occupation(s)Multi Media Journalist

Media and Public Relations Specialist

Philanthropist

Rikki Mathay is a multi awarded broadcast journalist from the Philippines [1] before becoming a Spokesperson and Media Chief in the Senate of the Philippines (2013 to 2018).

Contents

Career

Rikki was the youngest news anchor in Philippine broadcast history at the age of 19, when she started her career in ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation straight out of college^. [2] Among her most noteworthy news and current affairs programs in ABS-CBN include the following:

Alas Singko Y Medya (ASYM)

A 3-hour daily morning show where she was introduced as VJ Rikki in 2000. A spin-off of ASYM, she hosted Magandang Umaga Bayan as one of the show’s main hosts until 2005.

The CNN Global News with Rikki Kwek

Through a partnership with the international news agency CNN, Rikki was the anchor for this nightly global newscast. She broke the news on the 9/11 Tragedy, among other international headliners.

The Filipino Channel's Balitang Middle East

The flagship program of the first international News Bureau in the Philippines, Rikki pioneered Balitang Middle East as its host/ anchor.

ABS-CBN Breaking News/ Hourly News Advisory

Seven days of hourly news updates from morning until evening, Rikki was able to break the latest news including the Manila Peninsula military standoff, bombing, among others.

Meron Akong Kwento

Partnering with Marc Logan in 2003, Rikki produced and anchored national human interest stories under ABS-CBN’s current affairs department.

Headlines Nightly News

The nightly newscast prior to Bandila, Rikki anchored the lifestyle and showbiz portions of the program, being a first in evening news programs at that time.

News Advisories for FM Station WRR 101.9...For Life

Writer, researcher and anchor, Rikki headed the news division of ABS-CBN's FM station, WRR 101.9... For Life, from 1999 to 2003. The station was dubbed the number 1 FM station according to surveys during that time. ^ [3]

DZMM 630 SSS Reports

Her programs, were top rating during her stay, including the FM station of ABS-CBN which ranked the highest in surveys. ^ [4]

During her broadcasting career, Rikki was not only a famous news anchor ^ [5] and a sought-after events host ^, [6] but she also served as a young director for Media in the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) under then chairman Myrna Yao.

After her wedding in 2005, Rikki committed herself to motherhood and philanthropy. In 2012, she joined the office of then neophyte Senator JV Ejercito as his Media Chief and Spokesperson in the Senate of the Philippines.

She is currently a columnist for leading national newspapers, Manila Bulletin with her weekly editorial The Right Move, and Bulgar Tabloid.

Eagle Broadcasting Corporation

In December 2022, she joined Net 25 as its news anchor for Mata ng Agila, as well as its news and public relations consultant.

Personal life

Born Ingrid Baclig Kwek to businessman Nick Kwek and Lilian Baclig-Kwek (of the political clan of Cagayan), Rikki as she was later known in broadcasting, is an alumna of St. Theresa's College, Quezon City where she was a consistent Outstanding Student. At age 16, she was a freshman at the University of the Philippines, Diliman and graduated Magna Cum Laude at age 19 with a double degree in BA- Broadcast Communication and BA- Sociology. She was inducted into the prestigious honor societies, International Honour Society of Pi Kappa Phi and the Pi Gamma Mu International Honour Society of Social Sciences. [7]

Her school internship with broadcast journalist Gel Santos-Relos for ABS-CBN's long running and top rated travel program, Tatak Pinoy, paved the way to her illustrious career with the network.

In 2005, she married Cris Mathay ^ [8] and they have two daughters, Cristah and Mischka.

Philanthropies

Rikki was one of the earlier volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross in Barangay Greenhills, San Juan. In 2010, she organized this upscale community to train the first internationally accredited volunteers of Red Cross in Greenhills. She continues to serve as a Director of the Philippine Red Cross.

She has also been active in other non-government organizations that support the marginalized. Rikki has been a board member of Zonta Club International, National Director of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Philippines, the Parents Auxiliary of the Immaculate Conception Academy, and a supporter of the Tzu Chi Foundation. A devout Catholic and a Marian devotee, she and her husband served as Cabeza de Barangay of St. John de Baptist parish. Rikki was also a spokesperson for the national movement of breastfeeding advocates, Latch.

In 2002, she served as Director in the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women championing and protecting women's rights which has been her advocacy along with championing health care.

Rikki is a blogger in the lifestyle website, workingmommah.weebly.com.

Related Research Articles

<i>TV Patrol</i> Filipino newscast of ABS-CBN

TV Patrol is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN, Kapamilya Channel, ABS-CBN News Channel, TeleRadyo Serbisyo, and A2Z. Originally anchored by Noli de Castro, Mel Tiangco, Robert Arevalo and Frankie Evangelista, it premiered on March 2, 1987 on the network's primetime slot replacing Balita Ngayon. De Castro, Karen Davila, Bernadette Sembrano, and Henry Omaga-Diaz currently serve as the anchors. It is the longest-running Filipino-language news program.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DWRR-FM</span> Defunct radio station in Metro Manila

DWRR-FM, broadcasting as MOR 101.9, was a commercial radio station owned by ABS-CBN Corporation and previously operated by the Manila Radio division and the Star Creatives Group. Broadcast live throughout the Philippine archipelago, and throughout the world via The Filipino Channel (TFC), it was the flagship FM station of MOR Philippines and the number 1 FM radio station in Metro Manila, Mega Manila as well as the entire Philippines according to KBP Radio Research Council. The studios were located at ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., corner Mo. Ignacia Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, and the station's 22.5 kW FM stereo transmitter was located at the Eugenio Lopez Center, Santa Cruz, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo, Rizal.

Carmela Corro Tiangco, professionally known as Mel Tiangco, is a Filipino television newscaster and television host. She is one of the news pillars of GMA News and Public Affairs and a multi-awarded news anchor.

<i>NewsWatch</i> (Philippine TV program) Filipino TV series or program

RPN NewsWatch is a Philippine flagship television news program that aired on Radio Philippines Network (RPN) from June 1, 1970 until October 29, 2012. It was the longest-running English-language newscast of RPN. The program had a complicated history, undergoing several name changes until it was cancelled in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernadette Sembrano</span> Filipino journalist (born 1976)

Bernadette Lorraine Palisada Dominguez Sembrano-Aguinaldo, known professionally as Bernadette Sembrano is a Filipina reporter, news presenter, television host, musician, and author.

<i>The World Tonight</i> (Philippine TV program) English newscast of ABS-CBN

The World Tonight is a Philippine television English-language late-night newscast broadcast by Kapamilya Channel and ANC. It was formerly the English language late-night newscast of ABS-CBN from November 21, 1966, to September 22, 1972, and was originally anchored by Hal Bowie and Henry Halasan. Its most known anchor, however, was Angelo Castro Jr. who anchored the newscast from its revival in 1986 to 2009, with a short interval for a few weeks in 1999; Castro would return to the show on a few occasions in 2011. Other newscasters who presented The World Tonight include Loren Legarda, Tina Monzon-Palma, and Karen Davila.

AMCARA Broadcasting Network was a Philippine television broadcast company. The company is located in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The company is majority-owned by the heirs of Arcadio M. Carandang, one of the pioneers of Philippine television who worked for ABS-CBN.

Mario Teodoro "Ted" Failon Etong is a multi-awarded Filipino broadcast journalist both on radio and television. He also served as a representative of the 1st district of Leyte from 2001 to 2004.

<i>Rated Korina</i> Filipino TV series or program

Rated Korina is a Philippine television lifestyle and magazine show produced by ABS-CBN, hosted by Korina Sanchez, who is also serving as the program's line producer. It currently broadcasts via TV5 and via ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Channel, ZOE Broadcasting Network's A2Z, Kapamilya Online Live, worldwide via The Filipino Channel and on streaming platform iWantTFC.

Thelma Dumpit-Murillo is a Filipino journalist and broadcaster. She is the eldest daughter of La Union Representative Tomas M. Dumpit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pinky Webb</span> Filipina journalist

Joanna Marie "Pinky" Pagaspas Webb is a Filipina broadcast journalist, best known for her work on CNN Philippines as the anchor of the programs Balitaan and The Source with Pinky Webb. She is the daughter of former senator Freddie Webb and a sister of basketball coach Jason Webb, as well as Vizconde murder suspect Hubert Webb.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julius Babao</span> Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator, and talk show host (born 1968)

Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao is a Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator and former talk show host for the Philippine television stations ABS-CBN & TV5. He is most notable for anchoring TV Patrol from April 21, 2003 to November 4, 2010, Bandila from November 22, 2010 to March 17, 2020, and Frontline Pilipinas since February 7, 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kata Inocencio</span> Filipina journalist

Katherine Inocencio is a broadcast journalist, child rights advocate, television producer and host in the Philippines. She was a candidate for Senator in the 2010 national elections under the Bangon Pilipinas Party of Bro. Eddie Villanueva.

Angelo Ylagan Castro Jr. was a Filipino broadcast journalist and actor. He was a news anchor for The World Tonight, the flagship news program of ABS-CBN and ANC. He anchored several ABS-CBN and ANC news and current events programs for the past 25 years. Castro is a recipient of the Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year award from the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.

Cherie Mercado-Santos, is a Filipino broadcast journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gretchen Ho</span> Filipino volleyball player and TV presenter

Gretchen Ong Ho is a Filipino broadcaster, television presenter and former volleyball player. She played collegiate volleyball for the Ateneo Lady Eagles from 2008 to 2013, where she was a member of the "fab five" who brought Ateneo to their first back-to-back UAAP finals appearances. She then played professionally for the Petron Blaze Spikers in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2015, where she helped the team win the 2014 Grand Prix Conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNN Philippines</span> Defunct television network in the Philippines

CNN Philippines was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. It was launched on March 16, 2015, replacing 9TV, and was available on various platforms, including cable, satellite, live streaming and through the RPN network's television stations. CNN Philippines was the fifth local franchise of CNN in Asia, after CNN Indonesia, CNN Türk, CNN Arabic and CNN-IBN, and was formed after a brand licensing agreement with CNN Worldwide and Nine Media in 2014.

Mariz Bade Umali-Tima, better known as Mariz Umali, is a Filipino television news anchor and journalist. She is known for being the main newscaster of the weekend edition of GMA News TV's Balitanghali. She finished broadcast communications course at the University of the Philippines Diliman but she started as a pharmacy student. She started to work at GMA Network as a researcher and producer of news content for the 2001 Philippine general elections. Besides Balitanghali, she also appeared as host or documentarian in other television shows such as i-Witness, Out of Control and Born to Be Wild. She also appears as one of the host of the Unang Hirit, GMA Network's morning show

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ABS-CBN Regional Channel</span> Philippine pay TV channel

ABS-CBN Regional Channel was a Philippine pay television channel which aired programming from the regional television and radio stations owned by ABS-CBN. The channel was launched as a test broadcast on August 1, 2016, and was officially launched on March 20, 2017.

Miguel Carlos Lim Bustos, better known as Migs Bustos, is a Filipino sports television news anchor, forecaster, commentator and reporter and model working for the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation.

References

  1. Medina, Francine (July 2002), Today Newspaper, "Rikki: Like a Plain Good Old-Fashioned Music"
  2. V Magazine, "Streetwear"
  3. Frequency: The Official Publication of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (April 2003)
  4. Frequency: The Official ABS-CBN Publication, April 2003
  5. Arcache, Maurice (February 27, 2003) The Philippine Star,"My Lips Are Sealed...Sometimes"
  6. The Philippine Star, Yapparazi,Tim Yap,
  7. ^University of the Philippines, CMC Publication, 1999
  8. Lifestyle Asia, August 2005

9. https://www.net25.com/article/11039