Mike Enriquez
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Miguel Castro Enriquez is a popular TV and radio newscaster in 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...

. He is also the Senior Vice-President for radio of 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 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
Program director
In service industries, such as education, a program director or programme director researches, plans, develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services...

, station manager, until he became manager of a medium sized radio network. He also had stints in other radio networks such as Freedom Broadcasting Radio Network and Radio Mindanao Network (RMN)
Radio Mindanao Network
RMN is the largest radio network in the Philippines with almost 60 company-owned AM & FM radio stations located around the Philippines. Radio Mindanao Network remains the legal name of the radio network, while Radyo Mo Nationwide is the slogan of the network. The network's first radio station was...

, where he became vice president for the company. He is the voice behind the Mellow Touch 94.7
DWLL
DWLL, branded as Mellow 94.7, is a music FM station owned by FBS Radio Network Inc. in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at Paragon Plaza, EDSA, Mandaluyong City.-History:...

 signature and introduction. He also became a disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 known as "Baby Michael". He also played a disc jockey on Andrew E.
Andrew E.
Andrew Espiritu , better known as Andrew E., is a popular Filipino Rap Artist, Record Producer, Dongalo Wreckords CEO, Fedex WSC Director, Dongalo Clothing President, and Movie actor. He is best known throughout the Philippines for 1990 debut hit single Humanap Ka Ng Panget...

's 1992 movie, Mahirap ang Maging Pogi (It's Not Easy Being Handsome).

He was hired by GMA Network in 1995 as newscaster in in the 1995 Elections, where he had his television break as one of the news anchors of the network's early evening newscast, Saksi
Saksi
Saksi is the late night news broadcast of GMA Network in the Philippines. It was formerly the early evening and flagship newscast of the network from 1995 to 2002. The newscast is currently anchored by Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales. It is aired Mondays to Thursdays at 11:15-11:45 pm and Fridays...

; then he first left Saksi to anchor the network's late-evening newscast, GMA Network News
GMA Network News
GMA Network News is the former late-night English newscast of GMA Network from 1992 until it was later replaced by Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco in 1999 and GMA Flash Report: Special Edition in 2002.-Launch:...

 in 1998 and went back to Saksi after a few months. He left again to Saksi in 2004 to anchor the network's new early-evening newscast together with Mel Tiangco
Mel Tiangco
Carmela Tiangco-Cornejo popularly known as Mel Tiangco is a popular television newscaster and television host in the Philippines....

, 24 Oras
24 Oras
24 Oras ' is the flagship national network news broadcast of GMA Network. A nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. It is aired Weeknights at 6:30-8:00 PM, Saturdays at 5:15 to 6:00 PM and Sundays at 6:00 to 6:45 PM...

.

He also hosts an investigative show, Imbestigador
Imbestigador
Imbestigador is an investigative show that tackles anomalies and inconsistencies in the Philippine government. It criticizes the corruption in the Philippine society, from overpriced items to arms smuggling, covering a wide variety of topics that sometimes include Filipino traditions and beliefs...

, Review Philippines
Review Philippines
Review Philippines is an English language news program produced by GMA Network. The newscast is anchored by veteran newscaster Mike Enriquez who also became the news anchor of the English-language news program GMA Network News. It was first aired on June 2005 over GMA Pinoy TV. The program also...

, a television program aired on GMA Pinoy TV
GMA Pinoy TV
GMA Pinoy TV, incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries GMA International & GMA Worldwide and launched in 2005 primarily in Japan and USA, is a 24-hour international Filipino television station. The channel is targeted towards Overseas Filipino and their families in the...

 and Q and a radio program on the network's flagship radio station, DZBB
DZBB
Super Radyo DZBB 594 is the flagship AM station of GMA Network, Inc. in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan...

 entitled Saksi sa Dobol B
Saksi sa Dobol B
Saksi sa Dobol B ' is a popular weekday morning radio show hosted by Mike Enriquez aired over GMA Network's flagship radio station, DZBB and is in simulcast on GMA News TV as Dobol B sa News TV....

, which airs every weekday mornings.

He has been named as one of the most child-friendly personalities by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children and thrice consecutively by the Anak TV Seal awards.

Personal life

Enriquez is the eldest of three children. He uses the term "destructive to a certain extent" to describe his curiosity-filled, active childhood. He had always been very active in church, and used to be as an altar boy with an ambition to be a Franciscan priest. However, his parents refused to sign a consent sheet that would allow him to stay at the seminary until he became a priest.

Instead he was enrolled at the De La Salle College
De La Salle University-Manila
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

, taking up AB Liberal Arts in Commerce. Enriquez finished his degree in 1973 and now teaches in Broadcast Management. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of La Salle Green Hills
La Salle Green Hills
La Salle Green Hills is a private Catholic school exclusively for boys located on Ortigas Avenue, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is run by the Roman Catholic Brothers of the Christian Schools- Philippine District. It was established in 1959 by the De La Salle Brothers led by the...

 and act as the Treasurer and Chairman of its Finance Committee.

Mike has been married to Lizabeth "Baby" Yumping for twenty-nine years, but they have no children.

He has battled illnesses such as diabetes, asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...

 and hypertension
Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...

.

Career timeline

  • 1969: Manila Broadcasting Company  *1978-1995: WKC FM 93.9
  • 1995-1998;1999-2004: Saksi
    Saksi
    Saksi is the late night news broadcast of GMA Network in the Philippines. It was formerly the early evening and flagship newscast of the network from 1995 to 2002. The newscast is currently anchored by Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales. It is aired Mondays to Thursdays at 11:15-11:45 pm and Fridays...

     co-anchor
  • 1998-1999: GMA Network News
    GMA Network News
    GMA Network News is the former late-night English newscast of GMA Network from 1992 until it was later replaced by Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco in 1999 and GMA Flash Report: Special Edition in 2002.-Launch:...

     co-anchor
  • 2004–present: 24 Oras
    24 Oras
    24 Oras ' is the flagship national network news broadcast of GMA Network. A nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. It is aired Weeknights at 6:30-8:00 PM, Saturdays at 5:15 to 6:00 PM and Sundays at 6:00 to 6:45 PM...

     co-anchor

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