Kara David, Filipino journalist and documentarian
Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio (born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist and television host.
She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in i-Witness. These documentaries are "Bitay, “Selda Inosente”, "Buto't Balat", and Ambulansiyang de Paa.She is the previous anchor of News to Go as well as a host and writer for i-Witness at GMA Network. She became the host of Powerhouse and is currently the host of Brigada and Pinas Sarap. In addition, she is a professor at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. She has a TikTok account and YouTube channel to share her knowledge in Journalism and other things.
She is the founder and president of Project Malasakit, a foundation that helps the people she has featured in her documentaries.David was the only woman named in 2007's Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award. In 2010, she was awarded the Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service (TOWNS award). David won the Peabody Award, the second Filipino to win this award.
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Events on 1973
- 20Jul
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller. - 15Aug
Cambodia
Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends. - 22Aug
Salvador Allende
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections. - 17Oct
1973 oil crisis
OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria. - 4Nov
1973 oil crisis
The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.