Mike Enriquez
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Miguel "Mike" Castro Enriquez is a popular radio and television newscaster in the Philippines. He is also the Senior Vice-Presidenent for radio of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc..
Career
He started his career in broadcasting as a staff announcer at the Manila Broadcasting Company in 1969. It began when he visited a friend in that company and accidentally discovered his interest in radio. He has since worked in various positions, as a broadcast reporter, a news editor, program director, station manager, until he became manager of a medium sized radio network.
He joined GMA Network in 1995, where he had his television break as one of the news anchors of the network's early evening newscast, Saksi; then he was transferred to the network's late-evening newscast, GMA Network News in 1999 and went back to Saksi after a few months. He left Saksi in 2003 to host the network's new early-evening newscast together with Mel Tiangco, 24 Oras.
He also hosts an investigative show, Imbestigador, Review Philippines, a television program only aired on GMA Pinoy TV and a radio program on the network's flagship radio station, DZBB entitled Saksi sa Dobol B, which airs every weekday mornings.
Mike is an alumnus of De La Salle College, where he finished his degree in AB Liberal Arts in Commerce in 1973 and now teaches in Broadcast Management. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of De La Salle Greenhills and act as the Treasurer and Chairman of its Finance Committee.
Personal life
Born Miguel Castro Enríquez on September 29, 1951 in Sta. Ana in Manila; the eldest of three children. Curious and "destructive to a certain extent" it describes his active childhood. He is very active in church, he was used to be as an altar boy and his ambition... To be a Fransican priest. However, his parents refused to sign a consent sheet that he would stay at the seminary until he become a priest. Instead he was enrolled at the De La Salle University, taking up AB Liberal Arts in Commerce.
Mike has been married with Lizabeth "Baby" Yumping for twenty-nine (29) years, but still childless. The couple really love children. So much so, that when Mike made his report in Imbestigador about a little girl who was hit by a stray bullet in the face while sleeping, he was the one that found out that a drunken policeman had fired the gun. Since then, formal complaints have been filed against the policeman. He has been named as one of the most child-friendly personalities by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children and Television's Anak TV Seal awards for two (2) consecutive years.
He has remained in good health despite battling illnesses such as diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
Trivia
- During his career as a disc jockey, he was known as "Baby Mike".
- Mike Enriquez appeared on Andrew E.'s 1993 movie Manchichiritchit as a disc jockey.
Awards
Year 1999 Awards
- Best Male Newscaster - Golden Dove Awards (KBP)
- Ka Doroy Valencia Boradcaster of the Year - Golden Dove Awards (KBP)
- Best Male Newscaster – Star Awards For Television (Philippine Movie Press Club)
- Best Newscaster - Asian Television Awards (He is the only Filipino to win the said award)
Year 2000 Awards
- Best Male Newscaster – Star Awards For Television (Philippine Movie Press Club)
- Best Newscaster For Television – Golden Dove Awards (Kapisanan Ng Mga Brodkaster Sa Pilipinas)
- Best Public Affairs Host for Radio – Golden Dove Awards (KBP)
- Finalist (The only one from the Philippines) – Best News Presentor – Asian Television Awards on December 2000 in Singapore. He won the same award in 1999.
Year 2001 Award
- Best Public Service Program Host for “Imbestigador” – Star Awards For Television (Philippine Movie Press Club)
Year 2002 Awards
- Best TV Newscaster Metro Manila – Golden Dove Awards (KBP)
- Best Public Affairs Program Host – Radio Metro Manila - Golden Dove
Awards (KBP)
- Best News Commentary - Radio - “Saksi Sa Dobol B” - Catholic Mass
Media Awards.
Year 2003 Award
- Best Newscaster Award – Consumers Union Of The Philippines 14th Annual National Consumers Award.
Year 2004 Awards
- Outstanding Television Host – Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption
- Outstanding Radio and Television Commentator – Consumers Union of the Philippines 15th Annual National Consumers Awards.
- Anak TV-Seal awardee.
- Ranked number eighty (80) Biznews Asia's 100 Most Influential Filipinos.
Year 2005 Awards
- Anak TV-Seal awardee.
- Ranked number eighty-eight (88) Biznews Asia's 100 Most Influential Filipinos.
Year 2006 Awards
- Best Male Newscaster - USTV awards (University of Santo Tomas).
- Best Investigative show for Imbestigador - USTV awards (University of Santo Tomas).