LUCHI CRUZ VALDES of News 5 makes sure they have a comprehensive and extensive all-day live media coverage of today's elections in "Pagbabago 2010". Their media partners for this momentous task are DZRH Manila Broadcasting Radio, Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), Stratbase Inc. Public Affairs and Research Consultancy Group, Information and Communication Technology College I Academy, ePLDT, Inc., and social survey institute Social Weather Stations (SWS). TV5 Board Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan welcomed and gave thanks to the collaborators of Pagbabago 2010 who attended the signing of the memorandum of agreement, including MBC President Ruperto Nicdao, Jr., LENTE National Co-Convenor Atty. Carlos Medina, Stratbase Founder and Managing Director Victor Manhit, and I Academy President Monico Jacob and CEO Vanessa Tanco.
News5 anchors will deliver an extended live coverage of the elections starting 5:00AM on Monday until the next day, covering 15 live points in Metro Manila and five provinces including Cebu , Abra, Pampanga, Isabela, and Maguindanao. Sapul anchors Erwin Tulfo and Cheri Mercado will start the whole-day Pagbabago 2010 live and on-location media coverage (with intermittences from DZRH live reports) from 5:00AM to 9:00AM, followed by live and on-location hourly reports and major voting highlights from AKSYON newscasters Paolo Bediones and Cheryl Cosim from 12:00NN-2:00PM and 5:00PM-7:00PM. Martin Andanar, Jove Franciso, and Luchi Cruz-Valdes will be at the ready in the evening to report and give a fast-breaking update on electronic count and exit poll results in both national and local electoral exercises to be exclusively conducted by DZRH, SWS and Pulse Asia.
