Miting de Kumbinse ng Alyansa ng Pag-Asa (partially found infomercial for Roco-Aquino election campaign; 2004)
"Miting de Kumbinse ng Alyansa ng Pag-Asa" (transl. Campaign for the Alliance of Hope) is a one-hour infomercial for the Roco-Aquino (the surnames of then-presidential and vice presidential candidates, Raul Roco and Herminio Arquino) tandem, otherwise known as "Alyansa ng Pag-Asa" (transl. Alliance of Hope). It was aired on television on May 8th, 2004, the final day of campaigning for the 2004 Philippine Presidential Elections.
The Special
The special begins with a montage of campaigning clips, however in the last bars of the campaign song "Ang Bagong Pilipinas" (transl. A New Philippines), the footage of Raul Roco himself is shown, while singers Joel & Noel Trinidad and Nanette Inventor doing a talk in the middle of the song.
The succeeding segments were joined by senators under the alliance such as Roco's co-tandem, then-vice presidential candidate Herminio Aquino, and famous musical performers who supported the alliance performed on the special. The special also tried to feature everyone that was on the show, via segments or production numbers.
Attorney and writer Lorna Kapunan provided the segment regarding Roco's presidential agenda called "H.O.P.E". set to the musical song "Kay Raul Roco, May Pag Asa Pa!" (transl. For Raul Roco, There is Still Hope!), related to the 4 purposes regarding Honest Government, Opportunities for All, Peace, Prosperity and Productivity, and Education and Environment.
Sonia Roco, Roco's wife, ends the special by delivering a speech, and then a family group hug appears when the song "We Believe in Roco" plays in the background.
Cast
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VTR messages
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Availability
It was aired on television as a one-hour infomercial on May 8th, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. on the channel GMA 7 which bookended the shows Magical DoReMi and Art Angel in the network's Saturday Morning children's block, then at 9:30 am on ABS-CBN after an episode of Art Jam. It was known that it last aired at 11am on the channel ANC and ended at 8:30 pm on Studio 23 after an encore showing of The Amazing Race[1].
Parts of the special are available on the Internet. Some parts were uploaded by Blue Pixel IT[2][3] in 2017. The entire informercial featuring the senators speeches were lost as of now.
Videos
References
- ↑ Showtimes for the Miting de Kumbinse infomercial Retrieved 20 Jun '24
- ↑ Part 1 of the special Retrieved 20 Jun '24.
- ↑ Part 2 of the special Retrieved 20 Jun '24.