For two hours each weekday morning, Korina’s superb Tagalog diction soothes radio listeners as she interviews prominent officials and phone pals.
Watch Korina on ABS CBN’s TV Patrol news and you will see her as a formal, elegant, formidable anchor woman. Apart from reading the evening news, Korina also gathers and develops some of her own stories as chief correspondent for her division at ABS CBN. With additional jobs as a partner in Colby Ventures where she promotes formula racing championship events, this fast moving 5’1 1/2" lady is in control.
A graduate of Maryknoll College, our bachelorette pauses to reflect on Betty Boop, Cinderella and the pleasure of wrapping presents.
Who or what is the greatest of love of your life?
All my loves are great. It’s the only way to love. I am passionate.
Which living person do you admire most?
Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. I like how she holds her ground. She knows herself.
What is your thrill?
My creative outlets. I do interior decoration for friends. I like shopping sprees. Buying gifts and wrapping them myself. I get excited about planning an episode of my show; working on a story. Receiving flowers.
What is your passion?
My advocacies which currently are breast cancer awareness, pollution control, public health, patients’ rights and population control.
How do you resolve your conflicts?
I choose my battles carefully and douse my anger . It’s a constant exercise because I have a tendency to meet conflicts head-on.
What film influenced your life?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Cinderella. Pinocchio. When I have children, I will make them watch these wholesome movies in which hopes and dreams come true.
Which hero of fiction can you most identify with?
Betty Boop and Wonder Woman. I am a dichotomy of my frivolous feminine side and my crusader side.
What is your greatest fear?
I am afraid of having regrets because of not doing enough.
How do you start your day?
With a whimper. I have to wake up and be in the studio for my 8 a.m. live radio show Monday to Friday.
Which historical character would you like to have been?
Joan of Arc minus the burning death.
Name a moment that brings back happy memories.
Every moment now with my mom, Celia, is happy. Her life was recently threatened by disease so I treasure time with my family.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Not having listened to a doctor when he told me that my mother was dying.
Which famous quotation would you have wanted to be the author of?
The definition of a woman is someone who looks like a girl, acts like a lady, thinks like a man and works like a horse.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
When one stops hoping.
What is your favorite occupation?
I love what I am doing now even if it is demanding. I have stayed with it for the past 17 years. It’s a very powerful position with a lot of responsibilities.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Confidence
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Confidence.
What is your greatest regret?
None really. I am relieved that my mistakes have not caused irreparable damage. Just painful lessons that I blame on my ignorance or youth.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Solitude is my extravagance. It is a must. It allows me to realize the essential value of company.