Antonio Quirino

Antonio Quirino (born January 20, 1906) was a former Philippine judge. He was the brother of President Elpidio Quirino. He helped develop the Alto Broadcasting Corporation or ABS before it was later absorbed by the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) to become ABS-CBN after the merger.

In 1948, Antonio Quirino convinced Hukbalahap leader, Luis Taruc to present himself to his brother, President Elpidio Quirino. Taruc agreed and the Philippine government granted amnesty to the Hukbalahap and the PKM. The government agreed on the Hukbalahap's terms giving the group fifty days amnesty to let them give up their weapons in exchange for certain provisions. Three hours after the amnesty period ended, government troops attacked Taruc's group which the Hukbalahap accused the government of bad faith. One of the provisions was to not allow the United States to maintain military bases in Philippine soil which the government likely did not accept.

Antonio Quirino established the first television station in the Philippines primarily to support the reelection campaign of his brother, then-incumbent President Elpidio Quirino for the 1953 elections. The station was DZAQ-TV of Alto Broadcasting System, a predecessor network company of ABS-CBN. The first telecast of DZAQ-TV was aired in 1953 and was that of a party of Antonio in which his brother, Elpidio became the first Filipino to appear in television. Although the particularly broadcast did not end in an appeal by Antonio for the audience to vote for the releection of his brother.

He is the youngest male in a brood of six children.

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