Sunday, May 18, 2014

Nang Magising Si Juan: A Financial Literacy TV Show For All Filipinos

A very successful TV show that is still being talked - about by people who wanted to learn financial literacy and achieved financial independence is PESOS AND SENSE.


Aired on September 2011 over GMA NewsTV Channel 11, the said TV show was hosted by popular investment advocate, Aya Laraya. It had discussed topics about personal finance and investment vehicles every Filipino can invest with like the stock market, mutual funds, unit investment trust funds and variable unit links (VUL) just to name a few.


However, after a successful first season with thirteen episodes, the show had ended to start series of seminars with the purpose of getting greater interaction and wider reach for its audiences.


Another TV show that talks about personal finance is ANC On The Money. Moderated by finance advocates Edric Mendoza, Melissa Gecolea, and Salve Duplito, the show was aired every weekdays over ANC, an ABS-CBN’s News Channel. ANC can be viewed through Skycable, Homecable and The Filipino Channel (TFC).


The said show, however, seemed to target only specific type of audiences because of utilizing pure English language as its medium aside from airing the show on a cable network where common people doesn’t have access with.


A TV show that must be watched by all Filipinos who wanted to learn financial literacy and investing is a new personal finance show with a reality-comedy ingredient titled Nang Magising Si Juan.






Starred by comedian Ariel Villasanta, the other part of the comic duo of the now-defunct TV show “The Misadventures of Maverick and Ariel”, the said TV program is a reality show that will tackle personal finance coupled with a humor twist as Ariel encounters the different financial issues that commonly hounded the common Filipino.


Ariel will be joined at the helm by no-less than Philippine's Financial Guru Mr. Francisco J. Colayco.


Televised through GMA News TV Channel 11 every Sundays at 8:00 AM, the show’s initial episode will be aired today where it shows the current financial status of Ariel, once a millionaire but now a struggling individual buried with debt and other financial obligations.


Unlike Pesos and Sense and ANC On The Money, Nang Magising Si Juan have all the ingredients to attract Filipinos from all walks of life to watched the show because of the comedy – reality component in imparting to the audience on how most Filipinos misunderstand money management. 

The main highlight of the show will be the ways where we can correct our wrong perspective about money by watching our lead character correct his own financial illiteracy and wrestle his current poor financial status be back on track towards “pagiging mayaman” again.


You can watch “Nang Magising Si Juan” trailer on the link below.