Randy David
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Philippines
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journalist, television host and a sociologist. He currently pens a weekly newspaper column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
. He is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Biography
Randy David hails from PampangaPampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Sociology, from the University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
in 1965. He also pursued doctoral studies at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
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, though he opted not to complete them and chose instead to remain in the Philippines during the martial law
Martial law
Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis— only temporary—when the civilian government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively , when there are extensive riots and protests, or when the disobedience of the law...
government of President
President of the Philippines
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Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
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A longtime professor in the Department of Sociology of the University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
, David first came into widespread prominence in 1986, when he accepted an offer by the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...
to host a public affairs talk show on IBC-13
DZTV-TV
DZTV-TV, channel 13, is the flagship station of Philippine television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Old Balara, Diliman, Quezon City with transmitters located at the Coca-Cola Plant, Roosevelt Ave., San Francisco del...
. The show, named Public Forum, was notable as the only public affairs talk show during its time that was conducted in Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
, rather than English. David later joined the newly re-established Associated Broadcasting Company
Associated Broadcasting Company
The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
as a newscaster and the host of a new talk show, Public Life with Randy David
Public Life with Randy David
Public Life with Randy David was a public affairs program hosted by Randy David. It was aired on GMA Network from 1995 to 1998.-Airing History:...
. After leaving the network in 1995, David hosted Public Life for GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
, and until 2003, Off the Record (with Katrina Legarda
Katrina Legarda
Katrina Legarda is a prominent Filipino lawyer who specializes in family law, and is an advocate of the rights of women and children.-Education:...
) for ABS-CBN, his last regular hosting stint to date. Since 1995, his newspaper column, Public Lives, has appeared every Sunday on the pages of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
On February 25, 2006, David was arrested in Santolan, Quezon City
Quezon City
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while celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first People Power Revolution
1986 EDSA Revolution
The People Power Revolution was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1983-86. The methods used amounted to a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud...
. The reason for the arrest was the lack of permit to rally, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
having revoked all permits after she declared a state of national emergency
2006 state of emergency in the Philippines
The Philippines was under a state of emergency, announced by presidential spokesperson Ignacio Bunye on the morning of February 24, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1017. This occurred after the government claimed that it foiled an alleged coup d'état attempt against the administration of...
just a few hours earlier. He was later released with all charges dropped. In May, 2006, the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the Philippines' highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice...
declared that the arrests of David and his co-detainees were invalid.
David expressed interest in running for a congressional seat in Pampanga should Gloria Macapagal Arroyo run for Congressman in the 2010 general elections, a fight that has been dubbed by several Senators and mediamen as "David vs. Gloriath". David later chose not to run, and Arroyo was elected to the seat in May 2010.
Family
David is married to Karina Constantino-DavidKarina Constantino-David
Karina Constantino-David is a former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission of the Philippines.-Early life and education:Daughter to historian Renato Constantino, David earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1966...
who served until 2008 as the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The couple has four children, including broadcast journalist Kara David
Kara David
Kara Patria David is a Filipino journalist. She currently works for GMA Network as one of the presenters of i-Witness and host of OFW Diaries.- Life and career :...
and UP National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) professor Dr. Carlos Primo David. Randy David is also the son-in-law of the historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Renato Constantino
Renato Constantino
Renato Constantino was an influential Filipino historian. He was a known leftist historian of the Philippines. He is the father-in-law of political commentator Randy David.-Works:*The Philippines: A Past Revisited...
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Television shows
- Public Forum (IBC-13, 1986–1989)
- Balitang Balita (ABC-5, 1992–1995)
- Public Life (ABC-5/GMA-7, 1992–1996)
- Off the Record (ANC, 2002–2003)