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Former Members of Patrol ng Pilipino (1987-2007)

These are TV Patrol's reporters that have been featured throughout its 20-year history who have already left their posts.

Sources: ABS-CBN @ Wayback Archive, ABS-CBN TV Manila/DZMM Manila Radio Broadcasts, Wikipedia, Pinoy TV-The Story of ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Publishing), Kapitan: The Story of Geny Lopez and ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Publishing)

Jenny Alejandro: She reported national/local/regional news (among them the New Millennium celebrations in Boracay in the Year 2000) before moving to Channel NewsAsia in Singapore. 

Girlie Balaba: She reported regional news (in Mindanao) as she co-anchored TV Patrol Mindanao (TV Patrol Southern Mindanao), before resigning in 2003 to be a lawyer.

Aladin Bacolodan: Prior to TVPW (he reported national/local/global news-among them the 2003 SARS scare and the 2004 tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia) he was ABS-CBN Manila's Gensan correspondent and part of TV Patrol General Santos/Socsargen. He currently lives in the United States.

Doris Bigornia: She reported national/local news--among them the 2001 Mendiola Bridge Siege, 2003 SARS scare, the 2003 New Year celebrations in Manila's Tondo district, the 2004 Cebu Inaugural of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro and the 2005 meningcococcemia scare--before she moved to NBN Manila; prior to TVP, she was correspondent for the United Kingdom's BBC.

Israel Cando: He reported national/local news before moving to Canada as editor for a Filipino-Canadian paper.

Ces Datu: She reported national news before moving to United States-where she reported again on the 9-11-2001 Terrorist Attack in New York for the network.

Melo Del Prado: He reported national/local news-mostly peace-and-order news-before moving to RPN Manila.

Jun del Rosario: He reported national/local news-mostly for Hoy Gising, among them the controversial Manila Jail expose.

Ana Marie Fuderanan: She reported national/local news-like those in Philippine police-as she became segment reporter for Magandang Umaga Pilipinas and Magandang Gabi Bayan until 2005, when she became a school professor.

Mon Ilagan: He reported national/local news as he hosted the weekend editions of Alas Singko Y Medya (Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) before working as mayor of Cainta town in Rizal province.

Jillian Julio: She reported regional news (in Northern Luzon) as she took part in TV Patrol Baguio/Northern Luzon.

Ed Lingao: He reported national/global news (among them the 2001 war in Afghanistan-as the first Filipino newsman to get into Afghanistan, and the 2003 US-Led Attack on Iraq-as the first Filipino newsman to get into Iraq's capital city Baghdad before until after the war) and hosted ABS-CBN's The Correspondents before heading the news department of ABC Manila.

Dante Luzon: He reported regional news (in the Visayas among them the New Year 2002 Celebrations in the Visayas and the 2003 peace-and-order news in Dumaguete City) as he took part in TV Patrol Dumaguete before moving to ABS-CBN Cebu and now, to ABS-CBN Davao as host of Maayong Buntag Mindanao.

Cheri Mercado: She reported national/local news (among them the 2003 SARS outbreak) as she hosts the daily morning news-variety show Magandang Umaga Bayan (Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) before moving to ABC Manila.

Gene Orejana: He reported the national news--among them the 1993 Mayon Volcano eruption--and hosted shows on ANC until 2005.

Rowena Orejana: She reported national news, mostly on government officials--among them the Year 2000's President Estrada Impeachment Trial--as she hosted the weekend editions of Alas Singko Y Medya (Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) until 2005.

Karen Padilla: She reported national/local news (among them the 2001 Mendiola Bridge Siege by Pro-Estrada Groups).

Patrick Paez: He reported national news and hosted ABS-CBN's The Correspondents before moving to ABC Manila.

Gilbert Remulla: He reported national/local news; he now works as congressman of the province of Cavite.

Annie Salon Gacayan: She reported the regional news (in Davao and Cotabato provinces) before she became an ABS-CBN Zamboanga executive.

Connie Sison: She reported national/local news (among them the 2001 Mendiola Bridge Siege and the 2003 SARS outbreak); she now hosts the ABS-CBN News Channel show Balitang Disyerto, as she anchors the RPN Manila late-afternoon newscast.

Josie Sison-Livingstone: She reported national/local news before being a reporter for Rogers Television-Canada

Robert Tan: He reported national/local news-mostly on the government dealing with rebels and peace-and-order news-until 2005.

Erwin Tulfo: He anchored The Weekend News and reported national/local/global news-among them the Mindanao rebels-versus-soldiers conflicts and the 2003 US-Led Attack on Iraq, as he became host to ABS-CBN's news and current affairs shows, among them Hoy Gising (as Ted’s replacement), Magandang Umaga Bayan (Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) and Magandang Gabi Bayan (after Noli de Castro ran as Philippine Vice President). In 2006, he then became a news personality on RPN Manila and now on DZAR Manila Radio.

Carmelita Valdez: She reported national/local news--among them the 1990 Northern Luzon earthquake, the collapse of a building in Manila's Divisioria district in the early 2000's, the 2001 Mendiola Siege and the 2003 SARS scare in China's Hong Kong--and became one of the hosts of the weekend editions of Alas Singko Y Medya (Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) before moving to ABC Manila.  

JV Villar: He reported local news and news from the Philippine entertainment scene before he became one of the hosts of The Buzz.
Other Former Members of Patrol ng Pilipino: Jing Magsaysay, Apa Ongpin, Manny Ayala, Martin Gonzalvez, Gilbert Remulla