'Sektor': Reporter's Notebook 8th Anniversary Special

To celebrate eight years of relevant and hard-hitting stories, Reporter's Notebook, GMA's award-winning investigative news magazine program, becomes the first Public Affairs program to launch election-related special reports as it premieres "Sektor", an eight-part series this October.   From October 2012 until May 2013, Reporter's Notebook's "Sektor" will air in-depth special reports once-a-month that will investigate issues affecting the eight primary sectors with the highest poverty incidence as determined annually by the government.   According to the latest study conducted by the National Statistical Coordination Board these sectors include, in order of poverty incidence: fishermen, farmers, children, self-employed/unpaid family workers, women, youth, migrant and formal sector and senior citizens.  Apart from simply presenting their situation, each report will deliver an assessment of past programs and current policies being employed by the current administration. It will also delve into the sufficiency of sectoral representation in the government in terms of addressing the concerns of the marginalized and initiate reforms that could address the festering social inequities in the status quo. This, we hope, will coincide with the need to examine the respective political platforms of those running for public office in the coming elections. The special series is a reaffirmation of Reporter's Notebook's continuing advocacy to deliver analyses and information on issues that matter in relation to the 2013 elections. In 2007, Reporter's Notebook launched an election series which tackled various important issues from vote buying, campaign expenses and contributions, election hotspots, election-related violence to political dynasties, celebrities in politics and even the so-called nuisance candidates. In 2010, Reporter's Notebook aired its Vice Presidentiables Series, snagging interviews of all those who ran for Vice President.     Don't miss the pilot episode of Reporter's Notebook's "Sektor" this October 30 after Saksi on GMA!