Jove Francisco

Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. (born June 11, 1969) is a Filipino broadcast journalist in the Philippines.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Mapalo and the surname or paternal family name is Francisco.

Jove Francisco
Born	Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. (1969-06-11) June 11, 1969 (age 55) Manila, Philippines
Occupation(s)	Journalist, News Producer
Years active	1994–present

Career

Among 17 other journalists from different international media organizations including CNN, Jove Francisco is the only Filipino reporter to be accepted as a fellow in the Journalist to Journalist (J2J) program of the AIDS Vaccine 2011 Journalist Training Program Fellows by the Washington-based National Press Foundation held recently in Bangkok.

He has been covering health and politics for 15 years, spanning four administrations from Ramos to Aquino. He was an anchor for TV5's late night newscast Pilipinas News and AksyonTV's Balitang 60.

His name was mentioned by then-Rep. Gilbert Remulla during the congressional investigation on the "Hello Garci" controversy for his TV reports.

On October 10, 2015, according to a Media Newser Philippines' report,^[1] Jove has transferred to ABS-CBN.

On April 25, 2018, Francisco joined Cignal TV's One News.^[2]

In October, Francisco was promoted as officer-in-charge of One News, replacing Patrick Paez who was named new head of News5.^[3]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Position	Network
2020–present	Short Take	Host	One News
2019–present	Sa Totoo Lang	Co-Anchor	One PH
2019–2023	Wag Po!	Co-Host	One PH
2018–present	One News Now	Various Contributors	One News
2018–present	The Chiefs	Executive Producer	One News
2016	#NoFilter	Executive Producer	ABS-CBN News Channel
2015–2016	The World Tonight	Executive Producer	ABS-CBN News Channel
2014–2015	Aksyon Tonite	News Anchor / Segment Presenter	TV5
2012–2014	Pilipinas News	News Anchor	TV5
2011–2012	Anggulo	Correspondent	TV5
2011–2014	Balitang 60	News Anchor	AksyonTV
2010–2012	Aksyon JournalisMO	News Anchor	TV5
2010–2013	Aksyon Weekend	News Anchor	TV5
2008–2010	TEN: The Evening News	News Anchor	TV5

Radio

Year	Title	Character	Network
2019–2023	Wag Po!	Co-Host	Radyo5 92.3 News FM
2019–present	Sa Totoo Lang	Co-Host	92.3 Radyo5 True FM 105.9 True FM

References

1. "Jove Francisco moves from TV5 to ABS-CBN News Channel". www.medianewser.ph. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
2. "Jove Francisco joins One News". www.medianewser.ph. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
3. "Jove Francisco named Patrick Paez's successor on Cignal TV". www.medianewser.ph. Retrieved October 1, 2024.

External links

• Jove Francisco
• Jove Francisco (News5) - Profile at Interaksyon.com