Korina Sanchez not suspended, explains why she’s not seen on TV for the past days (VIDEO)

The voice of Korina Sanchez was heard Tuesday morning over her morning radio show, Rated Korina, that is temporarily being anchored by Jasmin Romero. She went on air via a telephone call while she was at the airport on her way to Capiz.

The ABS-CBN broadcast journalist started by saying that the speculations regarding her absence are not true.

“Kasi maraming mga espekulasyon bakit wala ako sa studio last week,” she said. “’Yung mga espekulasyon naman, hindi naman totoo ‘yan.”

Korina went on to say that her absence is work-related. Her Sunday magazine show, Rated K, has long been scheduled to go the Visayas to visit the places that was hit by calamities.

“Matagal na kasing naka-schedule ang Rated K sa pag-iikot sa mga nasalanta ng iba’t ibang delubyo, so ito’y trabaho, ano?,” she said. “Gumagawa rin kasi ang Rated K ng special para dito sa mga nasalanta so pinupuntahan ko ang Western Visayas. Kasi marami na kaming footage sa Eastern Visayas, punta na rin kami ng Western Visayas. Dumaan ako ng Bohol pagkatapos nung Yolanda, pagkatapos papunta kami ng Tacloban.

“Nakahanda na kaming lahat kasama ‘yung mga crew namin, e, pinigilan naman kami ng kumpanya dahil delikado daw. So na-divert kami sa Ormoc, nagdalawang araw ako do’n, papunta kami dapat ng Zamboanga naiwanan kami ng eroplano, so ngayon naman papalipad kami ng Capiz, Iloilo and this was scheduled from a while ago dahil kasama talaga ito sa aming rota.

“Capiz, Iloilo tapos magpa-Palawan, titingnan namin kung makakadaan kami ng Mindoro para magbigay ng tolda. Kasi ‘yun nga, kailangan nating, ang tolda kasi importante, e, para do’n sa kapatagan ng kalooban ng mga tao kasi may pagkain nga kung wala ka namang tahanan e di para ka namang walang security.”

Korina promised to be back once they finish this coming Sunday’s Rated K episode.

“Tatapusin ko lang ito, babalik din ako dyan,” she said, followed by a laugh. “Inaayos ko lang itong for airing namin itong darating na Sunday.”

She also hopes that people will stop connecting her absence to other things.

“So ayun, so uulitin ko lang matagal nang naiplano itong paglilibot na ito. Wag lang sanang pilit kinokonekta sa iba pang bagay.”

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