The Philippine Star

Let Raffy Tulfo solve your problem

- By EDGAR O. CRUZ

The buko vendor mauled by MMDA personnel for fighting back when apprehende­d for illegal kariton parking went to complain to Raffy Tulfo, the broadcaste­r to see when all solutions flop. Over Wanted

sa Radyo on Radyo5 92.3 News FM, the credulous complainer got a huge startle when shackled as a criminal in hiding from a murder case.

This is the kind of lead in broadcast work that made the Guild of Educators, Mentors and Students (GEMS) award Raffy, dapper in his “uniform” dark suit, as 2017 Best Male Radio Broadcaste­r in recognitio­n ceremony held at De la Salle-Zobel Ayala Alabang on March 3.

Lost and found for delinquent dads and high-breed dogs with the highest male listenersh­ip, Raffy’s frame of reference is to deliver result at all cost, even paying for DNA test (“P20,000 ‘yan. May

pondo naman.”) to find out if a crying boy is a carped father’s biological son.

This area of influence goes on weekdays, every cabbie’s must-tune in mid-afternoon FM station. He’s that of a curiosity grabber he’s not even on primetime but on a dead slot. Here is a phenomenon!

Raffy is the Rafael Yabut and Johnny de Leon of now, not even balking to travel abroad to ensure the resolution of a reported problem. He’s a fresh stir of public service and derring-do that we have not experience­d for the longest time that’s why he is ahead of the public service genre.

No wonder the queue of complainer­s is endless even when airing mid-afternoon. Working systematic­ally with assistants who interview complainer­s and attend to them even before Raffy put them on air, Niña Taduran provides the female POV and reporters accompany complainer­s to see through the grievance’s details.

It’s an onscreen process that works seamlessly, toppling knotted areas to complainer’s satisfacti­on. He uses a freakish mix of sleuthing, male understand­ing and intimidati­on to deliver. And Raffy is fair and thorough to both complainer and complained until he comes across a liar when he starts to spew unkind words and some non-printable.

If a taxi driver, senior citizen and worker turn in a good deed, Raffy rewards the Gawad ng Katapatan Award, plus a crisp P1,000 bill with products from sponsors.

Exactly the qualities needed in a government leader.

 ??  ?? Raffy and co-host Niña Taduran with Joshua Rey Peres, Angela Allia Agarill and Ernesto Pulga Jr. showing off their certificat­es of OJT completion
Raffy and co-host Niña Taduran with Joshua Rey Peres, Angela Allia Agarill and Ernesto Pulga Jr. showing off their certificat­es of OJT completion
 ??  ?? Raffy accepts his trophy and certificat­e as 2017 Best Male Radio Broadcaste­r. — Instagram photo by Wendell Alvarez
Raffy accepts his trophy and certificat­e as 2017 Best Male Radio Broadcaste­r. — Instagram photo by Wendell Alvarez

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