María Cristina "Tina" Mapa Monzón-Palma[1] (Tagalog: [ˈtinɐ mɔnˈsɔn ˈpɐlma]; born March 29, 1951)[2] is a Filipina broadcast journalist and anchorwoman.
[1] When she left the company after five years, she led ABS-CBN's public service campaign against child abuse under the network's Bantay Bata social welfare program.
[1] Eventually, she became the anchor of ABS-CBN's late-night news program The World Tonight where she replaced Loren Legarda.
[1] She later transferred to another radio station, DZHP, and teamed up with other known broadcast journalists such as Bong Lapira and José Mari U.
Monzón-Palma was one of the personalities who went to Channel 4 (then named as Maharlika Broadcasting System), the Philippine government's television station that was then captured by forces linked to the People Power Revolution.
[1] After one-month hiatus, Monzón-Palma moved to the reopened ABC 5 (later renamed to TV5, now 5) and became its chief operating officer.
[1] As its executive, she was no longer involved in the daily newsroom routine but she still presented The Big News with Eric Eloriaga and later joined by Kathy Tanco Ong as her co-anchors.
[15][16] During her early life as a news reporter, Monzon-Palma was involved with civic organizations such as the Quezon City Red Cross and the Citizens Traffic Action.
[4] In 2017, the Mass Communications College of the University of the Philippines has conferred her with the Gawad Plaridel for her professional integrity in her 40 years in the broadcast media.