Press Release
GMA Integrated News continues to shed light on pressing national concerns with the second installment of Biyaheng Totoo: Sana sa Eleksyon 2025, airing this Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 9:30 P.M on GMA, hosted by veteran award-winning broadcast journalist, Vicky Morales.
This week, the special documentary confronts the urgent issues of job availability, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and workers’ rights as well as food security and price control.
Read: Rhona Mae Quijano's journey: from OFW to banana chips business owner at 30
Veteran broadcast journalists Raffy Tima and Ivan Mayrina lead the exploration of these critical concerns faced by Filipinos nationwide.
RAFFY TIMA'S SEGMENT
In the segment Sana sa Eleksyon 2025: Magandang Trabaho at Kabuhayan, Raffy delves into the plight of Filipinos who risk everything for better opportunities abroad.
Read: Aben Ortega's journey: from OFW to muscovado sugar business owner
He shares the stories of those who have faced danger and hardship in their pursuit of a brighter future for their families.
This segment explains the alarming statistics from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which reported nearly two million unemployed Filipinos as of February.
The Social Weather Stations survey further underscores the demand for job opportunities, which is what voters for the 2025 elections want the most.
Ivan Mayrina'S SEGMENT
In Sana sa Eleksyon 2025: Sapat at Abot-Kayang Pagkain sa Hapag-Kainan, Ivan travels to Tarlac and Pangasinan to expose the difficulties faced by Filipino farmers and fisherfolk.
Statistics show that one out of four farmers and fisherfolk lives in poverty.
The documentary also reveals that Philippines has the highest number of food-insecure individuals in Southeast Asia, with over 51 million Filipinos on record from 2021 to 2023.
Ivan also shares the story of Jonathan, a rice farmer who has to wait for over six weeks for the National Food Authority to purchase his harvest, illustrating how delayed government support is, and thus, forcing many to sell at a loss.
He also highlights the struggles of small-time vendors, like Dominic and Maricel, who live day-to-day collecting and selling junk, barely surviving on their meager earnings.
PREVIOUS SEGMENT OF Biyaheng Totoo: Sana sa Eleksyon 2025
With the 2025 Midterm Elections approaching, Biyaheng Totoo: Sana sa Eleksyon 2025 captures the growing desperation and the fervent hope of Filipinos for genuine change.
Last Saturday April 26, veteran broadcast journalists Sandra Aguinaldo and Joseph Morong kicked off the special documentary with an in-depth exploration of hunger, health, and poverty, and the state of education in the Philippines.
Based on Nielsen TV Audience Measurement overnight ratings data for April 26, the first part of the series posted a people rating of 5.5 percent in Urban Philippines.
Don't miss Biyaheng Totoo: Sana sa Eleksyon 2025 Part 2 on Saturday, May 3 at 9:30 P.M on GMA Network, and livestreaming on the social media platforms of GMA Integrated News.