Thelma Dumpit-Murillo
Filipino broadcaster and journalist
Thelma Dumpit-Murillo is a Filipino journalist and broadcaster. She is the eldest daughter of La Union Representative Tomas M. Dumpit.
Education
Dumpit graduated from Maryknoll College (now Miriam College) with a Bachelor of Arts degree major in Mass Communication. She also holds a master's degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines where she was a scholar and consistent Dean's Lister. She is also a Lopez Jaena fellow from the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication.
In 2005, she took up the Command and General Staff Course CL46 at the AFP Command and General Staff College successfully completing the prescribed program on March 20, 2006, whose batch included Education Secretary Jesli Lapus. The CGSC is an Executive Leadership Program and in fact, is a prerequisite for promotion for military officials to the rank of General.
Career
Dumpit was in broadcast media for more than 20 years. She started her career as editorial assistant at the government station MBS (now PTV). In 1987, Dumpit moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she anchored The Philippine Reports, a weekly news show broadcast in the Midwest.
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