Another juicy item coming out of the ABS-CBN compound is that TV Patrol World anchor Karen Davila is to be removed daw. Karen Davila is to be axed daw in all the ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs department programs she is hosting or is a part of because allegedly Karen Davila is a “spy” for GMA News and Current Affairs, the rival network and department of ABS-CBN. But isn’t it like years now that Karen Davila is with ABS-CBN? The rumors also pointed to an alleged angling by former TV Patrol anchor Korina Sanchez to again be the lone female anchor of the now called TV Patrol World.

Karen Davila used to work and anchor GMA News and Current Affairs department programs. She allegedly transferred to ABS-CBN to “reunite” with her husband, an employee of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. Oh well, TV News and Current Affairs departments are like the Showbiz world din! Full of innuendos and intrigues..

UPDATE: ABS-CBN just announced that Karen Davila will not be removed (yet, hehe) because her contract with ABS-CBN is until the end of 2008. And so Karen Davila will still anchor TV Patrol World and her Saturday morning show, Wonder Mom will even be increased from its current 30 minute running time to a full hour show. Meanwhile, Ms. Luchi Cruz-Valdez, the news production and current affairs head of ABS-CBN, has been placed under preventive suspension pending the outcome of an internal matter.

Saw this Sen. Loren Legarda billboard along EDSA endorsing Lucida-DS glutathione, a whitening capsule cum food supplement. Saw also this Sen. Ping Lacson ad endorsing Facial Care Centre for Men which i guess among others promote botox treatment and other facial skin enhancements and treatments. The problem is, these endorsers are politicians/presidentiables and not really movie or television personalities. These pols maybe celebrities in their own right but what if their endorsements are a subject of some controversy like in the case of Lucida-DS when ABS-CBN veteran broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez, reporting about Lucida-DS not having enough actual glutathione content as oppose to the indicateded glutathione amount being sold..btw, Korina Sanchez boyfriend, Sen. Mar Roxas is also a declared presidentiable in 2010.

I guess the name of the game in Philippine politics is not about substance, it is all about image and media mileage. All about name recall, no matter how to earn it. In a country in love with celebrity, i am not surprised though…but i hope politicians show us a better example/way..