TV5 NETWORK SUSPENDED 3 TULFO
BROTHERS; MON TAKES OVER
[PHOTO - TULFO BROTHERS: Erwin Tulfo, Ben Tulfo and Raffy
Tulfo]
MANILA,
MAY 11, 2012
(INQUIRER) By Allan Policarpio, Bayani San
Diego Jr. - In a quirky twist of fate, radio host and Inquirer columnist
Ramon Tulfo will take over Erwin, Raffy and Ben Tulfo as hosts of their daily
television program after TV5 suspended his younger brothers Wednesday.
The TV network suspended Tulfo's brothers for threatening actor Raymart
Santiago and his actress wife Claudine Barretto on their program "T3: Kapatid,
Sagot Kita."
Ramon figured in a brawl with the show biz couple and their companions at
Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last Sunday.
In a phone interview, TV5 corporate PR Peachy Vibal-Guioguio said the "Tulfo
brothers have been suspended as of 5 p.m., Wednesday."
Probable cause
She said executives of News5, TV5's news and public affairs program, would
meet this afternoon with the Movie and Television Review and Classification
Board (MTRCB).
MTRCB has found probable cause to charge the three Tulfo brothers and TV5
with violating a law for airing indecent scenes and utterances that encouraged
the commission of violence or crime.
The board scheduled the case for hearing this morning.
In an episode of "T3: Kapatid, Sagot Kita" on Monday night, Erwin, Raffy and
Ben said they would exact revenge on Santiago and Barretto for ganging up on
their eldest brother. Ramon suffered contusions and a black eye.
Raffy told Santiago: "Kung 'yung kuya ko, one on one kayo, baka 'yung pwit mo
nasa bunganga mo na. (Had you fought one on one with my elder brother, you might
have ended up with your butt in your mouth.)"
"Kung gusto mo malaking warehouse, sarado, mag-aantay ang mga ambulansya …
last man standing. Titignan ko ang galing mo (If you want, you can fight him in
a closed warehouse where ambulances would be waiting until only one is left
standing. Let's see how good you are.)" Ben said.
Erwin ended the on-air rants with the statement, "Antabayan mo lang ang
lintik na ganti ng Tulfo (Just wait for the revenge of Tulfo)."
Asked how long the suspension would be, Guioguio said News5 did not provide
further details.
Unscripted
In an earlier statement, News5 said the statements made by the Tulfo brothers
"were unscripted, spontaneous and do not in any way reflect the stand nor the
policy of the network, its management, staff and employees."
"News5 does not and will never condone such behavior. It was not only
uncalled for but runs counter to the established code of ethics that we all
strictly adhere to," it said.
Adjudication
Guioguio said Martin Andanar and lawyer Mel Sta. Maria would join Ramon Tulfo
on "T3" as temporary hosts.
In an interview with the Inquirer, Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares, MTRCB chair,
said today's meeting between board representatives and TV5 was an adjudication
committee hearing.
She said the board's legal counsel had "found probable cause" against the
hosts of "T3."
"There were instances of violations and near-violations of Presidential
Decree No. 1986 committed in the program," Llamanzares said.
ON TARGET That airport incident By Ramon
Tulfo Philippine Daily Inquirer 5:24 am | Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 share1380
1240
It started with me sympathizing with the irate woman, whom I later
came to know as actress Claudine Barretto, after I got down at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Sunday from a Cebu Pacific Airplane
from Davao City.
Asking around, I learned that the woman, who was shouting at the top of her
voice at the airline complaint counter, was complaining that her luggage was
off-loaded from her Cebu Pacific plane that came from Boracay.
I said to myself, "It's a good thing a passenger is complaining strongly
about the inefficiency of this airline. She has every reason to complain."
A few minutes earlier, I had taken still photos of fellow passengers coming
down from the plane. One of them was a very old woman walking with a cane. She
managed to come down on the plane stairs with extreme difficulty, but I wasn't
able to take shots of her as I was several seats behind her.
Handicapped passengers
I have been featuring the supposed inefficiency of the budget airline in
handling passengers and their baggage, especially on arrival at NAIA 3. There
have been reports of baggage being lost in transit, especially when they reach
NAIA 3, which is Cebu Pacific's berthing place.
The airline is also not friendly to its handicapped passengers as they are
made to go down a flight of stairs from the plane, walk a distance from the ramp
to the terminal building, climb up to the second floor, then climb down to the
cargo carousel.
I learned the airline does not use the airbridge or tube to save on expenses;
the fee for using the tube at NAIA 3 is about P7,000, so I heard.
Using the tube in getting into or out of the plane is much more convenient
for a passenger as he or she doesn't have to go down several flights of stairs.
Asserting their rights
I featured Cebu Pacific's handling of passengers and baggage on March 22 in
this column several days after I arrived at the NAIA 3 from Davao City on the
airline's early morning flight.
I said in that column the reason the airline kept on giving its passengers
inefficient service was that nobody seemed to complain.
The title of that column was "Filipinos don't assert their rights," in
reference to passengers not complaining over the airline's service.
Journalist's instinct
That's why I silently cheered on the irate woman at the complaints counter.
But I lost sympathy for the actress when she started becoming personal with
the ground stewardess.
She called her names at the top of her voice and this was attracting many
passengers who had just retrieved their luggage at the carousel and were on
their way out.
Having a journalist's instinct for recording significant events, I took out
my cellular phone, which has a camera in it, and took still photos of Claudine
berating the ground stewardess.
Actor comes
A man, whom I came to know later as actor Raymart Santiago, accosted me and
demanded to know why I was taking shots of the incident.
I placed my cell phone inside the left hip pocket of my paparazzi vest and
tried to leave. I was hungry and my car was waiting for me outside the terminal
building.
But Raymart stopped me and told me to hand over the cell phone to him.
As he reached for my left hip pocket, I pushed him and turned my back on him
to leave.
That was when he and his companions ganged up on me.
Letting guard down
I wouldn't have been hurt badly if I hadn't let my guard down.
As I was parrying punches from all sides, I saw several uniformed men
coming—airport policemen and "blue" guards—and I tried to submit myself to them.
I thought I would be safe with the arrival of the cops and the security
guards.
I was wrong.
Chief News Editor: Sol
Jose Vanzi
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