Volume 4 • No. 19 • October 1 - 15, 2008
Photos by Rey-Ar Reyes
Willie wows Winnipeg
Wowowee’s host Willie Revillame fires up the crowd at MTS Centre. (Background l-r), Mariel Rodriguez, Pokwang, Valerie Concepcion, Milagring, Luningning and Mariposa WINNIPEG – An estimated 12,000 Filipinos trooped to the MTS Centre in Winnipeg on Sunday, September 28th to experience in person the muchawaited Wowowillie (Wowowee) world tour for its first ever stop in Canada. Cheering with the Winnipeg
audience were hundreds of Pinoys who came by bus and plane from across Canada and the United States equipped with homemade placards displaying greetings to relatives in the Philippines in hopes that they’ll be seen on TV. The Winnipeg show was recorded for broadcast on ABS-
CBN Network’s Channel 2 and internationally on The Filipino Channel. It is expected to air on Saturday, October 4. During the taping of the show, TV cameras panned the arena zooming in on the multitude of placard waving Filipino-Canadians. See WOWOWILLIE p12
Don’t call us, we’ll call you Wowowillie’s guets Charice, Pops Fernandez and Lito Camo
Congratulations to Ashley Borja (centre) with Cristy Fermin (left) and Lala Aunor (right). Ashley won 2 VIP tickets from Pilipino Express to see Wowowillie in Winnipeg. See page 4
WINNIPEG – Telemarketers may find it a little more difficult to intrude on your family dinners or interrupt your favourite TV shows, thanks to a new law that took effect on September 30. Canadians can now register their phone numbers on the national Do Not Call List and get some relief from those telephone salespeople who just won’t take “no” for an answer. The new legislation gives the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission [CRTC] the authority to charge penalties of up to $1,500 per infraction for individuals and $15,000 for corporations that do not respect the wishes of consumers. Along with the new registry, See CALL p7