Years active 1994-present Name Jove Francisco | Role Broadcaster | |
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Full Name Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. Nominations PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Documentary Program Host TV shows Pilipinas News, TEN: The Evening News, Aksyon JournalisMO, Balwarte Similar People Cheryl Cosim, Paolo Bediones, Cherie Mercado, Martin Andanar, Lourd de Veyra | ||
Jove Francisco is a broadcast journalist and he is the former anchor of TV5.He is now working with ANC.
Career
Among 17 other journalists from different international media organizations including CNN, Jove Francisco is the only Filipino reporter to be accepted as a fellow in the Journalist to Journalist (J2J) program of the AIDS Vaccine 2011 Journalist Training Program Fellows by the Washington-based National Press Foundation held recently in Bangkok.
He has been covering health, social media and political beats for 15 years already—spanning four administrations from Ramos to Aquino. He currently co-anchors TV5’s late night newscast Pilipinas News and AksyonTV’s Balitang 60. Francisco also co-hosts Radyo Singko’s Reaksyon.
His name was mentioned by then-Rep. Gilbert Remulla during the congressional investigation on the "Hello Garci" controversy.
On October 10, 2015 according to Media Newser Philippines' report, Jove has transferred to ABS-CBN.