Sandra Aguinaldo

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Sandra Aguinaldo
Born (1975-04-29) April 29, 1975 (age 48)
Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma mater University of Santo Tomas, (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, news anchor, writer, documentarian
Years active1995–present
Employer GMA Network
Television 24 Oras
I-Witness
Saksi
SpouseBrimar Rodica

Sandra Aguinaldo (born April 29, 1975) is a Filipina television news anchor journalist, writer and documentarian. She is best known as one of the news reporters of 24 Oras and one of the hosts of I-Witness . In 2015, Aguinaldo together with her co-hosts in I-Witness won as the Best Documentary Program Hosts during the 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television. [1]

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Early life

Aguinaldo is the only child of Felipe, her father who is an engineer, and Irene, her mother who died when she was four years old. [2] She grew up at Angono, Rizal and she spent her childhood liking different kinds of art. [2] [3] She developed her writing skills in high school and decided to take up journalism at University of Santo Tomas (UST) where she graduated. In 1993, she became the editor-in-chief of The Flame , UST Faculty of Arts and Letters' official student journal. [2]

Career

After Aguinaldo graduated from college, she became a copywriter at an advertising firm. [2] In 1996, she entered the broadcast industry and was the head writer of Usapang Business , a television program of ABS-CBN. [2] After a year, she went to print media and became the senior report of The Manila Times . [2]

Eventually, she worked for GMA Network as news reporter for 24 Oras and Saksi . [2] She also hosted I-Witness , a television documentary program of GMA Network. [4] [5] [6] She initially joined I-Witness in 2006 when Vicky Morales took a leave of absence and she was a temporary replacement but eventually, she became a regular of the show. [4] [3]

When she started as a reporter for GMA Network, she was assigned to difficult reporting tasks such as the conflict in Mindanao, particularly in Jolo, Sulu, where she interviewed members of the Abu Sayyaf, Moro National Liberation Front and Moro Islamic Liberation Front; and she also covered the bombings in Israel. [2] [3] During the campaign of the Philippine presidential election in 2004 and before she was going to report for 24 Oras, she was berated by presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr. due to her presence at the stage. [7] Two days after the incident, they were reconciled. [8]

In I-Witness, she was able to produce different kinds of documentary including topics about poverty, which was questioned in 2012 when Aguinaldo and her co-hosts were at the "docufest" in Baguio. [3] It was asked that "in continuing to feature stories of poverty, are documentaries a form of exploitation?". [3] For Aguinaldo, when she makes documentary about poverty, she tries to give inspiration instead of making the poor people depressed. [3] Her documentary entitled "Pasan-Pasan" is about children with disability who goes to school despite being handicapped. [9] She also presented the documentary entitled "Iskul ko No. 1", which is about the Sindagan Elementary School, a school in Southern Leyte ranked top one in the 2006 National Achievement Test for graduating students. [3] "Iskul ko No. 1" won silver medal during the 2007 New York Festivals. [4]

In 2014, Aguinaldo together with Arnold Clavio were awarded by USTv of University of Santo Tomas as the Outstanding Thomasian Media Personalities. [10] In 2015, Aguinaldo together with Kara David, Howie Severino and Jay Taruc won as the Best Documentary Program Hosts for I-Witness during the 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television. [1] In 2016, Aguinaldo together with Kara David were nominated in the same category during the 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television but they lost. [11]

Personal life

Aguinaldo is married to Brimar Rodica, a police officer whom Aguinaldo met during a funeral in Pangasinan. [2]

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultSource
2011 I-Witness 25th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary Program HostWon [12]
8th Lasallian Scholarum AwardsRecipient, Outstanding Televised Feature on Youth and EducationWon [13]
2012 I-Witness 26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Outstanding Documentary Program HostWon [14]
2013 I-Witness 4th ENPRESS Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Documentary Program HostNominated [15]
2014 I-Witness 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Documentary Program HostWon [16]
—10th USTv Student's Choice AwardsOutstanding Thomasian Media PersonalityWon [17]
2015 I-Witness 29th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary Program HostWon [18]
9th Gandingan Awards (UP Los Baños)Best Documentary Program HostWon [19]
6th ENPRESS Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Documentary Program HostWon [20]
2016 I-Witness 10th Gandingan Awards (UP Los Baños)Gandingan ng KabataanWon [21]
Platinum Stallion Media Awards of Trinity University of AsiaMost Trusted Field ReporterWon [22]
2017 I-Witness 31st PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary Program HostWon [23]
7th Edukcircle AwardsBest Documentary Program HostWon [24]
11th Gandingan Awards (UP Los Baños)Best Documentary Program HostWon [25]
7th PMAP Makatao Media Excellence AwardsSpecial AwardWon [26]
2018 I-Witness 32nd PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary Program HostWon [27]

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