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By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

It’s Vicky Morales’ turn to make a wish: That viewers will learn from the stories she does for televisionâ€"especially on her newest assignment, the QTV magazine show “True Stories,” which airs Sundays (9:30 to 10 p.m.)

The host of GMA 7’s “Wish Ko Lang” and anchor of the late-night newscast “Saksi” is invigorated by her new show’s format. “The stories are very interesting,” she said.

One stand-out tale is of how a lotto winner finished his P80-million jackpot. “He gave half to his parents, who went door-to-door giving P500 each to total strangers,” Vicky related. “He placed P100,000 bets on cockfights. He now lives in a beautiful house, but can’t pay his electric bills, so the power was cut off.”

This underlines the universal, but widely ignored values of prudence and saving for a rainy day, she said.

Dream come true

As a student in Ateneo, Vicky recalled, she cooked up a magazine show for a final paper on radio and TV production: “The program was called ‘Mga Kuwentong Buhay (Life Stories).’ It’s a lot like my new show.”

Being a mom to 2-year-old twins Pipo and Leon has changed Vicky’s attitude as a broadcast journalist.

A story she did on child prostitutes who sold their bodies for a kilo of rice affected her profoundly. “You want to save those kids from harm,” she said. “Motherhood broadens your perspective and understanding of issues.”

Nakalitan sa kadaghang kwarta, gidali pag ariya
   problema dili na to niya mapunit ug balik, hmmmp

Quote from: www.tubagbohol.com on February 21, 2010, 03:57:46 AM
A story she did on child prostitutes who sold their bodies for a kilo of rice affected her profoundly. “You want to save those kids from harm,” she said. “Motherhood broadens your perspective and understanding of issues.”

Makapahinuklog man ning estoryaha. What a sad twist to the idiom, "kinilo".