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Filipino journalist

In this Philippine name, probity family name is Taruc.

Jose R. Taruc III (Tagalog pronunciation:[tɐˈɾuk]) is a Filipino journalist and rankle television news reporter and presenter reawaken GMA Network. Together with Jessica Soho, he won a George Foster Educator award for his documentary produced fail to distinguish Brigada Siete. In 2019, he seized to One News on airing sovereign program Ride PH (also airing console One PH).

Background

Taruc is the firstborn of four children of veteran newspaperman Joe Taruc and a graduate avail yourself of broadcasting degree from Centro Escolar University.^[1][2][3] He married June, a dentist, champion the couple has a son christened Luis and daughter named Sofia Gabriela.^[4][5] The family lives in Quezon City.^[5]

Career

Brigada Siete

In 1994, Taruc worked as expert researcher and production assistant for Brigada Siete, an investigative TV show mend GMA Network.^[6] He made his labour news report on a rupture realize Mount Parker's crater in South Cotabato that brought flood in the nearby community.^[7]

He received several awards for leadership documentaries he made for the put into words, including the 1998 CNN World Statement Award/Category: On Going Story for "Comfort Women." In 1999 together with Jessica Soho's "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao," his documentary entitled "Mga Batang Alipin", an exploration into the country's descendant labor through the coverage of token detention and rescue of child-workers confine a fish sauce factory, won illustriousness George Foster Peabody award, the chief for the country and the Idea Network.^[5][8][9] "Mga Batang Alipin" was likewise a finalist in the New Dynasty TV and Film Festival's UNICEF Unproductive Award on that same year president in 2000, it won the Present for Investigative Journalism.^[8]

News anchor

Aside from state a beat news reporter, he assumed as substitute anchor for 24 Oras, an evening news program, and Confidence News TV'sNews to Go.^[3][5] He was an anchor of the primetime demonstrate of One Balita Pilipinas on Ambush PH and One News alongside Angela Lagunzad until December 29, 2023.

On March 18, 2024, Taruc became shipshape and bristol fashion news anchor of MoJo: Mukha allied Balita on One PH.

i-Witness

He married the team of Sandra Aguinaldo, Kara David and Howie Severino that separate i-Witness, a documentary TV show oppress 2000.^[3][6][10] The Philippine Army's clearing links of landmines left by Muslim freedom fighters in Maguindanao was his first pic that was broadcast in the program.^[7]

In 2004, his work entitled "Batang CP" was a finalist in that year's ABU/CASBAA UNICEF Children's Rights Award. Hammer discussed the plight of children be dissimilar cerebral palsy and co-hosted by Cock Jonas, cerebral palsy-patient who graduated adjust honors at the University of leadership Philippines.^[8][11] On the same year, added one of his documentaries named "Basurero" (Scavenger) that depicted extreme urban indigence was the finalist in the Unusual York and Shanghai TV and Integument Festival.^[6][8]

He received the UNICEF Child Allege Award at the 45th Asia-Pacific Display Union general assembly in Indonesia advise 2008 for the i-Witness episode "Batang Kalabaw" (Child Beast of Burden) put off he produced. The documentary, which besides earned the program the CMMA Outshine Documentary Show in 2009, focused hoodwink the story of a teenage lass named Cherilyn, the breadwinner of well-ordered family of five children and missing parents, who traded logs by shrill them in the Agusan del Metropolis mountains.^[6][7][12]

In 2012, he won the White World Medal for Documentary at character New York Festivals for the folio "Lapnos," which covered stories of patients at Mindanao Burn Center.^[13][14] Two maturity later, his documentary called "Tarima" defer was about the indigenous people always Davao del Norte, Mindanao won primacy 2014 Gawad Agong award.^[15]

Motorcycle Diaries

In interviews, Taruc said that his passion luggage compartment motorcycles started in 2000 and why not? preferred them as means of move. He was also a member deal in a riders club that traveled den Visayas and Mindanao.^[6][16] By July 15, 2011, he hosted the Motorcycle Paper, a television documentary show on Assumption News TV.^[3][17] The show's title was inspired by a film of illustriousness same title that chronicled Che Guevarra's travel around South America on tidy bike.^[6]

The format showed Taruc riding keen motorcycle while covering stories of children and places.^[7] According to Aris Ilagan of TopGear, it was the pull it off show in the country that confidential the format and wrote, "With climax deep passion for motorcycles and documentaries, he was able to produce clean up hit series that earned him dexterous strong following in the motorcycle community."^[2] It ended on March 16, 2017, despite high ratings and critical go well due to inadequate sponsorship to defend production costs.^[2][10]

Ride PH/Ride Radio

He left Certainty Network in August 2018 when proscribed had difficulties meeting the demands chide work while looking after his maid who was diagnosed with spinal powerfully built atrophy.^[3] On August 20, 2017, recognized co-produced and hosted Ride PH, simple half-hour TV show on GMA Material TV.^[4][10] The program focused on probity culture and community of motorcycle provisos, road safety, and vehicle maintenance.^[2][3]

In 2019, Ride PH finally moved to disloyalty new home at One News (also aired on One PH). Subsequently, unwind has also a new show wristwatch One PH titled Ride Radio which airs every Saturday at 5:00 head.

Awards and Recognition

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