Pilipino Express • May 1 2022

Volume 18 • No. 9 • May 1 - 15 , 2022 Publication Mailing Account #41721512

Marian Rivera

Down to the wire Philippine elections – May 9, 2022

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Bongbong Marcos

Leni Robredo

Isko Moreno

Manny Pacquiao

Panfilo Lacson

Leody de Guzman

This month, 65.7 million national registered voters will cast their ballots to elect officials who will fill executive and legislative posts at the national, provincial, and local levels while 1.8 million registered overseas voters who have voted earlier will be waiting for the official results with bated breath.

In total, the Filipino people will elect to office: a president; a

vice president; senators; members of the House of Representatives from district and party-list groups; members of provincial boards; provincial governors and vice-governors; mayors and vice-mayors of cities and municipalities; and councillors.

In the Philippines, the president is the head of state and of government, and functions as the commander-in-chief of the Armed

Forces of the Philippines. As chief executive, the president exercises control over all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices, and general supervision over local governments. The president appoints government officials, including the cabinet, the justices of the Supreme Court and heads of constitutional commissions, subject to confirmation requireSee PH ELECTIONS p5

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The COVID-19 virus – originally referred to simply as “2019-nCoV” – short for novel CoronaVirus identified in 2019 – has been making its global journey for over two years since its start, and it isn’t over yet. What lessons have since been learned, what insights have since been gained, and what should now be our attainable goal?

Beginnings The initial 11 unexplained cases of pneumonia with a common history of exposure to live animals in the Hunan Seafood Wet Market seen in Wuhan, China, on December 8, 2019, were clinically suspected to be caused by an unknown virus. When the number of cases increased to 59, they were gathered and admitted into one hospital where a multidisciplinary team, including public health experts, did a full investigation and reported their findings to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31. The offending virus was identified on January 1, 2020, and its genomic characterization achieved a few days later and shared instantaneously with the global scientific community.

Spread beyond national borders Soon after China ordered a lockdown of the whole province of Hubei and quarantined its 60 million population, the first case was diagnosed in Thailand on January 13, followed promptly by reports of similar cases from eight more countries. In response to the increasing spread, the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering launched its online global coronavirus dashboard on January 22nd. This tracked the reported cases coming from all countries on the daily timescale. It has since continued to provide this valuable service. By January 30, cases had spread to 13 countries and the WHO declared a “health emergency of international concern” to help “fight further spread in China and globally

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(and) to protect nation-states with weaker health systems.”

Before February ended, Canada and the US had already seen their first cases and the likelihood of a full-blown pandemic was becoming more evident.

“COVID-19 is a pandemic” On 12 March 2020, the U.N. health agency announced the sombre global moment: “COVID-19 is a pandemic” – a global public health and a socioeconomic crisis that had afflicted over 100,000 patients, had claimed the lives of over 4,000 citizens, and had reached 114 countries, six continents and all regions of the WHO – all in less than 100 days from its beginning.

The new viral disease received its designation “COVID-19” (short for COronaVIrus Disease, first described in 2019) and the offending virus received its official name SARSCoV2, short for “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. The number differentiates it from the first coronavirus that caused SARS in 2002-2003.

In the more than two years the COVID-19 virus has been circulating around the world, I have tried to share with the Canadian Filipino community and readers of Pilipino Express and Canadian Filipino Net the many stories of illness, suffering, stress, deaths, overwhelmed health care systems and providers. I also shared the stories of hope, altruism, courage, triumph, selfless service, and human commitment. I have tried to share the medical and scientific breakthroughs, too, and the efforts of governments to help alleviate the burden on life, livelihood, and living.

What’s next, new, and attainable?

The last two plus years have also provided lessons and given us insights about the pandemic.

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After two years of pandemic, what is attainable now? to US President Joe Biden, and his colleagues Drs. David Morens and Gregory Folkers, recently shared their expertise on the subject and the situation, in their essay, The Concept of Classical Herd Immunity May Not Apply to COVID-19, in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Let me share my reading.

To refresh our understanding, a classical herd immunity threshold for COVID-19 is the proportion of the population with immunity against the COVID virus (resulting from either natural infection or vaccination) above which transmission of the virus is largely prevented. That is, if someone gets infected by the COVID virus, he or she “is surrounded by enough people who are shielded against infection so that the virus has nowhere to go; it fails to spread.”

Below are the lessons that have emerged, the insights that have been gained, and their anticipation of the future (A, B, and C). I have summarized from them and have, in fact, abundantly quoted from their journal article.

A. Five lesson learned 1. SARS-CoV-2 mutates continually into new variants that can escape immunity derived from infections and vaccines.

2. It also can be transmitted asymptomatically and without pathognomonic signs, impeding public health control.

3. SARS-CoV-2 appears not to substantially engage the systemic immune system, as do viruses that consistently have a pronounced viremic phase.

4. Moreover, neither infection nor vaccination appears to induce prolonged protection against SARSCoV-2 in many or most people.

5. Finally, the public health community has encountered substantial resistance to efforts to control the spread of SARSCoV-2 by vaccination, mask wearing, and other interventions.

B. Insights gained 1. There are significant obstacles to achieving complete herd immunity with COVID-19.

ANNE CAPRICE B. CLAROS ETHEL CLEMENTE FERNANDEZ BRO. GERRY GAMUROT NORMAN ACERON GARCIA LUCILLE NOLASCO GARRIDO MICHELE MAJUL-IBARRA PERLA JAVATE JUDIANNE JAYME PASTOR JUNIE JOSUE NOEL LAPUZ JON MALEK MALAYA MARCELINO ALONA MERCADO CST. REY OLAZO PAQUITO REY PACHECO DR. REY PAGTAKHAN CHERYL DIZON REYNANTE TIM ST. VINCENT MICHAEL SCOTT

2. Eradication or elimination almost certainly is an unattainable goal.

3. Controlling SARS-CoV-2 and its cycles of new variants presents a much more formidable challenge.

4. Any level of herd protection against SARS-CoV-2 potentially can be overcome by: a. ever-changing levels of immunity among countless subpopulations; b. human movement, crowding, changes in social or prevention behaviours; c. demographics; d. vaccination levels, e. variations in durability of infection or vaccine-induced immunity, and f. evolution of viral variants, among many other variables.

5. If vaccine or infectioninduced immunity to SARSCoV-2 indeed proves to be short-lived, or if escape mutants continue to emerge, viral spread may continue indefinitely, albeit, hopefully, at a low endemic level.

6. Thus, COVID-19 is likely to be with us, even if at a very low level of endemic community spread and with lower severity, for the foreseeable future.

7. But encouragingly, after more than two years of viral circulation, and more than a year of vaccines with boosters, we now have a high degree of background population immunity to SARSCoV-2.

C. What’s next?

1. More broadly protective vaccines could play important roles in controlling SARS-CoV-2 and its inevitable variants.

2. Developing “universal” coronavirus vaccines (or at least universal SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that elicit durable and broadly protective immunity against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants) is an important goal for the immediate future.

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Optimal COVID-19 control will require both classic, nonpharmacologic public health approaches and vaccination of many more people globally with the SARS-CoV-2-specific

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vaccines, with booster shots and with updates to vaccine antigens, if needed.

4. Living with COVID is best considered not as reaching a numerical threshold of immunity, but as optimizing population protection without prohibitive restrictions on our daily lives.

5. Effective tools for the prevention and control of COVID-19 (vaccines, prevention measures) are available. If utilized, the road back to normality is achievable even without achieving classical herd immunity.

6. Countermeasures such as antiviral drugs and monoclonal antibodies to prevent the progression of disease, and widely available diagnostic tests. With these interventions we can aspire to, and very likely will succeed in achieving, substantial control of community spread without the disruptions of society caused

by COVID-19 over the past two years.

Indeed, COVID-19 control, not classical herd immunity, should be our aspirational goal – and that is realistically attainable.

Dr. Pagtakhan – widely published in medical journals and textbook chapters – is a retired lung specialist and professor of paediatrics and child health; former Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and cabinet minister; and recipient of academic, governmental, professional and community awards and honours.

He graduated from the University of the Philippines; trained at the Children’s Hospitals of Washington University and University of Manitoba; and spent a sabbatical as Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona. He presented as Canada’s former Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development on “The Global Threat of Infectious Diseases” at the G-8 Countries’ Science Ministers and Advisors Carnegie Group Meeting held on 13–15 June 2003 in Storkow, East Berlin, Germany.

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Canada continues to develop new efforts to increase the labour supply the country needs to recover from the pandemic. At this time employers are actively seeking thousands of workers to fill vacant positions in all sectors across the country. Immigration is playing an important part in contributing to the numbers of new workers for the economy.

Canada must remain competitive in order to remain a top destination for global talent. The country needs to ensure that businesses and employers have ready access to the skilled workers they need to grow and succeed.

On April 22, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced a number of initiatives his department is working on to increase skilled and semi-skilled immigration to the country. The Minister announced that Express Entry draws will resume and invitations for candidates to apply for permanent residence will began in early July.

The travel restrictions in 2020 and 2021 delayed the processing of overseas applications which

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From page 1 ments. The term is limited to six years and may not run for reelection.

The vice president succeeds the president in case of death, disability, or resignation. The vice president may be appointed to a cabinet position by the president without need for confirmation, concurrently serving as a secretary.

The term is also six years, and a vice-president may run for one reelection but shall not serve more

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New immigration measures to address Canada’s labour shortage

in turn added to the backlog.

The immigration department responded with a temporary pause in invitations to apply under the federal high-skilled streams, which is now being lifted. IRCC is hopeful that once the backlog is addressed that the majority of new applications will be processed within the six-month service standard.

One result of the temporary pause is that the federal high-skill backlog has been cut more than half, from roughly 111,900 in September 2021 to just 48,000 by March 2022. It is anticipated that this number will be further reduced by the projected July 2022.

Minister Fraser also announced a new temporary policy that will give recent international graduates with expiring temporary status an opportunity to remain in Canada longer. Beginning in September 2022, former international students who are in Canada and have a post-graduate work permit expiring between January 2022 and December 2022 have a chance to apply for an additional open work permit of up to 18 months.

The details of this offer have not

yet been announced so we shall have to wait for greater detail about the application process. The change is expected to be a major improvement on the system, which saw 157,000 former students transition to permanent residents in 2021. The new open work permit extension would give them the chance to continue contributing to the Canadian economy, helping address the labour shortage while gaining additional work experience and preparing their Express Entry submissions.

The minister mentioned the temporary public policy dealing with visitors inside the country.

Starting in August 2020 foreign visitors in Canada have been able to apply for an employer-specific work permit without having to leave Canada. This temporary policy, which requires evidence of an approved Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) job offer has been extended several times, now is in force until February 28, 2023.

The minister finally spoke about those who applied for permanent residence through the

temporary resident to permanent resident pathway last year. The limited pathway invited a number of individuals working in Canada to apply to stay permanently. This process has been closed to new applicants since November 2021 but continues for those in process.

Some of the changes include: applicants are no longer required to remain inside Canada while the application is being processed; applicants who apply for an open work permit while waiting for the permanent residence processing to be completed will be able to get an open work permit valid until the end of 2024; and immediate family members outside Canada who were included in the principal applicant’s application will be eligible for their own open work permit.

The changes highlighted above demonstrate the government’s efforts to ensure that Canadian employers have access to the workers they need to address shortages inside the country.

They can build on the Minister’s ambitious Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Workforce

Solutions Road Map. Minister Fraser spoke optimistically about the need for immigration changes to address the long-term labour needs of the country: “With the economy growing faster than employers can hire new workers, Canada needs to look at every option so that we have the skills and labour needed to fuel our growth. Immigration will be crucial to easing our labour shortage, and these measures aim to address pressing needs in all sectors across the country, while providing more opportunities for recent graduates and other applicants to build their lives in Canada and continue contributing to our short-term recovery and long-term prosperity.”

Michael Scott is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC, R525678) who has 30 years of experience with Immigration Canada and the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. He currently works as a licensed consultant with Immigration Connexion International Ltd. Contact him at 204-691-1166 or 204-227-0292.

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than two consecutive terms.

Unlike the United States, the president and vice-president are not elected as a pair of running mates, but separately by direct vote. So, it is not unusual for a president and vice-president to belong to two opposing political parties.

Officially, there are 10 presidential candidates. We are featuring the top six who are leading in the polls. The two top contenders are former senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo.

Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. Partido Federal ng Pilipinas Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., 64, is the second child and only son of former dictator, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. He was elected unopposed into vice gubernatorial seats in Ilocos Norte at the height of his father’s regime in 1980, and eventually into congressional seats representing the same province after his family’s return to the Philippines in 1991. He also served as a

senator from 2010 to 2016 before losing a bid for higher office to Vice President Leni Robredo in the 2016 elections.

Marcos is campaigning on improving the country’s pandemic response and continuing the Duterte administration’s antiinsurgency campaign as well as its bloody campaign against illegal drugs but with a focus on prevention, education, and rehabilitation.

His tandem with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the incumbent president’s daughter,

is formally backed by several other heavyweight political clans including those led by former Presidents Gloria MacapagalArroyo and Joseph Estrada.

One of his major advocacies since announcing his candidacy, Marcos has often vowed to bring “unifying leadership” to government in order to help the country recover from the pandemic. He previously described the deeply polarizing decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the late dictator’s See PH ELECTIONS p6

Manitobans for Leni and Kiko rally in Winnipeg. Photo by Alex Canlapan

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Whether weather matters

Wow, this winter was a doozy! As I write this article, I am hearing that Southern Manitoba was hit with more snow and cold weather! Granted, I don’t live there anymore and am not experiencing it firsthand, but c’mon Mother Nature, enough is enough!

I get my weather reports from a reliable source, my mom! She tells me what the day is shaping up to be and I tell ya, it doesn’t matter what the temp is, if she isn’t going outside, then I know it is cold because nothing can stop Mama Burgos from going to daily or weekly mass, unless it is a pandemic or wintery weather.

It’s been just over seven years since I moved away from the only home I had known. I was born and raised in Winnipeg, but a new job came calling and we made our way out to Vancouver Island on the West Coast. While our winters are nothing compared to yours, with mild with temps hovering in the low single digits, we do get our fair share of precipitation in the form of rain. We also got a dumping of

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From page 5 burial in the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in 2016 as “healing” and a step towards “achieving unity.”

Leni Robredo Independent Leni Robredo, 56, is currently serving as the 14th vice president of the Philippines. Her office has garnered the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit for three consecutive years (20182020) and has been recognized

by Malacañang for its pandemic response programs across the country.

Her flagship program as vice president, Angat Buhay, is an anti-poverty program providing and coordinating support through multiple advocacy areas, namely food security and nutrition, healthcare, public education, rural development, housing,

snow, which was a lot more than they are used to over here. That was in December and January – but that melted away quickly.

I’m constantly seeing posts from friends and family still living there and I can definitely sense the frustration in their Facebook posts.

My cousin, Julian, doesn’t sugar coat it and usually drops more choice four-letter words. And no, I don’t mean “snow.” Now, after some rain, it looks like there is flooding out there!

In my 40 plus years on Earth, I’ve seen blizzards, tornadoes, monsoon rain, floods and hail the size of golf balls. Sure, it isn’t uncommon to see that, but when you start to see it more often and in places you wouldn’t see it normally, well, that is cause for concern.

Something quite rare for the West Coast is hail. That’s why it is OK to have sky light windows installed here. But lightning and the following thunder, that is not so common. Manitobans, unfortunately, are used to flooding.

I still remember sandbagging homes in St. Norbert in 1997. That type of flood was to be once every hundred years. Now it seems to happen on the regular.

It has been reported that the overall temperature may raise one a half degrees by 2050. If that happens, scientists project that the Arctic Ocean will become ice-free.

The devastation this would cause would be unfathomable. That is, unless we do something about it.

So, does weather matter? Sure, it does. It is nature’s way of telling us to smarten up. In my school district, I sit on the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee. One of our main goals is to reduce the district’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 4.5 per cent each year. That is a lofty goal that not all school districts are focusing on. Thankfully, I work for a school board whose priority is addressing climate change as much as it is to focus on student learning.

As part of my role on the committee, I meet regularly with students from all our high schools.

I’ve had the pleasure to discuss their priorities to ensure we meet our goals at their school and in the entire district. These are a passionate bunch of kids and they will make great climate leaders

one day.

The City of Nanaimo, like many other municipalities, has already banned the use of plastic bags in stores. This endeavour was supported by our students.

At the schools, they are looking at utilizing renewable energy such as wind turbines or solar panels.

Not related to climate change, but just as important, our students are focusing on the elimination all single use plastics, getting rid of the vending machines (which usually don’t offer anything of nutritional value) and plastic cutlery, for starters.

Students across Canada and the world are taking notice. On Earth Day, April 22, students in Whitehorse protested their

government’s inaction against climate change. This was but one example of the many protests that took place. Do you recall the massive worldwide protests led by young people back in September 2019? Just like the changing climate, I hope we will start seeing changing attitudes towards global warming – and our youth will lead the way.

So yeah, weather does matter.

Dale manages the communications department for a school district in B.C. Photo: Wikipedia - Toronto climate change activist Alienor Rougeot calling upon the public, with the youth, to take action in one of Fridays for Future’s earlier climate strikes, March 2019

and resettlement and women empowerment.

Robredo has also led numerous relief operations through the Office of the Vice President. The same office manages a comprehensive COVID-19 response program that offers a range of assistance projects such as free transportation services to frontliners, handling logistics and manpower to transmit vaccine supply from the national government task force to local government units and vaccine express sites in partnership with LGUs. She first entered public office as representative of Camarines Sur’s third congressional district in 2013, less than a year after the death of her husband, thenInterior Secretary Jesse Robredo.

Prior to this, Robredo worked as a lawyer with a focus on legal developmental work and providing legal assistance to marginalized

clients.

If elected, Robredo says she will spend her first 100 days in office strengthening the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Among her major advocacies are to provide free legal assistance to indigent litigants or clients, and to promote anti-political dynasty prohibitions.

Her running mate for VP is Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan.

Isko Moreno Domagoso Aksyon Demokratiko Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is the incumbent mayor of the City of Manila. After serving as the capital city’s vice mayor from 2007 to 2016, he ran for senator but failed to secure a seat. He was then appointed

by President Rodrigo Duterte as chairman of the board of the North Luzon Railways Corporation and later, undersecretary at the

Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Since taking office, Domagoso has focused on improving public health and school facilities and providing low-cost housing for the urban poor, along with beautification and tourism projects across the city. Most recently, he has spearheaded Manila’s pandemic response which includes mitigation, vaccination, and assistance programs along with giving out free medicine and testing services even for nonresidents of the city.

Similar to Duterte in 2016, Moreno is campaigning on a platform of “duplicating” his local projects on a national level.

These projects include socialized housing, modernized public school education and continuing the administration’s anti-drug campaign.

One of his major advocacies

is to provide low-cost housing for the people.

His running mate for VP is Doc Willie Ong Manny Pacquiao Abag Promdi Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is a Philippine legislator who has served in both chambers of Congress since 2010. He first gained acclaim as a world-class champion boxer and juggled his careers as a public official and athlete until 2021 when he announced his retirement from the sport. The boxer-turned-legislator is also a preacher and founded the church Word for Everyone Ministries International, Inc. in 2012.

Pacquiao has principally authored the National Bible Day Act and the Handbook for OFWs Act of 2017.

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Bongbong and Sara rally in Winnipeg. Photo by Nonie Manalili Photography

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Kailangang mag-ingat si Andrea Brillantes sa kaniyang mga ginagawa. Nakatutok sa kaniya ang mga mata ng publiko ngayon. Para siyang isda sa aquarium na anumang galawan niya ay sinusundan ngayon ng mga Marites.

Paborito siyang pagpistahan ngayon. Ang kaniyang lovelife, ang pagiging Kakampink niya, halos lahat ng mga ikinikilos niya ay sentrong paksa ng mga kababayan natin.

Kailangan siyang mag-ingat dahil panahon niya ngayon. At kapag umaayon ang panahon sa artista ay para siyang barbecue na palaging nakasalang sa apoy para sunugin.

Iyong mga lumalapit sa kaniya para makipag-selfie, ingatan niya ang patanggi, dahil kumakalat na ang mga kuwentong feeling sikat

na sikat na siya.

Ipaliwanag niya na lang na mayroon siyang dinaramdam na pisikal kaysa sa umiiwas siya nang walang dahilan. Kesyo nagmamadali na raw siya, kesyo may naghihintay siyang trabaho, kahit wala naman.

Palapatol pa naman ang dalagang ito sa kaniyang mga bashers, hindi siya papayag na walang sagot ang mga ibinabatong kuwento laban sa kaniya, mayroon siyang sobra-sobrang panahon para magpatol.

Ang pinupuri ngayon ng mas nakararami ay ang kasabayan niyang si Francine Diaz. Hindi raw KSP ang young actress, napakasimple lang, hindi tulad ni Andrea na masyadong papansin.

Papasok talaga ang pagkukumpara dahil sila ang

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• Andrea Brillantes – Feeling sikat na sikat na?

• Bea Alonzo – Napakabuting anak • Mariel Rodriguez – Binalikan ang dating kulungan ng asawa • Toni Gonzaga – Napakahusay na host, ibang-iba ang energy • Pokwang – Paboritong punching bag sa social media • Ai-Ai delas Alas – Wala sa talampakan ang utak • Kris Aquino – Nakatakda na ang pagpunta sa Amerika • Kathryn Bernardo – Hindi na miyembro ng INC • Willie Revillame – Magiging co-host si Luis Manzano • Jodi Sta. Maria – Lumantad na bilang Kakampink • Melai Cantiveros – Pinaglaruan sa You Tube

Andrea Brillantes

Bea Alonzo and her mom Mary Anne Ranollo

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Toni Gonzaga

Pokwang

Ai-Ai delas Alas

Willie Revillame

Luis Manzano

Jodi Sta. Maria

Mariel Rodriguez & Robin Padilla

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From page 8 magkakontemporaryo, para silang magka-loveteam na parehong bumibida sa mga serye, hindi iyon maiiwasan. *** Napakasuwerte ni Bea Alonzo sa pagkakaroon ng isang inang makalinga at mapagmalasakit.

Hindi napupunta sa wala ang kaniyang pinaghihirapan, kasama niya sa pagpapahalaga sa kinikita niya si Mommy Mary Anne, nagpupundar sila ng mga ari-arian.

Paulit-ulit naming tinututukan ang kanilang Beati Farm sa Zambales.

Napakagandang pagmasdan ang mga hilera ng mangga na itinanim nila na may kakambal na pagmamahal.

Si Mommy Mary Anne at ang kaniyang stepfather ang namamahala sa malawak niyang farm, sari-saring gulay at mga punong-kahoy ang nandoon, See CRISTY p10

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Dingdong and Marian to co-produce Jose & Maria’s Bonggang Villa It’s official! Kapuso primetime stars Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera will make their much-awaited TV comeback with the sitcom Jose & Maria’s Bonggang Villa.

Last April 25, the two Kapuso signed their contract with GMA Network and APT Entertainment executives who showed their full support via video messages and

their presence at Luxent Hotel.

Dingdong expresses his heartfelt gratitude to GMA and APT for this partnership, “Narealize namin na naging tahanan namin ang GMA for the past two decades and forever grateful kami sa tiwala na binigay ninyo sa amin. It was because of GMA kung bakit ko nakilala ang aking mapapangasawa at dahil doon

nagtayo kami ng sarili naming tahanan at doon nangyari ang idea na mag-shoot kami ng small videos sa bahay na ang title ay Jose at Maria. Doon ko na-realize na ang sarap talaga ka-trabaho ni Marian na sobrang professional at sobrang galing at kahit sa mini-videos na iyon ay ganun pa rin ang kaniyang dedication.

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Dingdong Dantes & Marian Rivera

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From page 9 mayroon pa silang palaisdaan at mga alagang baboy, manok at baka at marami pang ibang mga hayop.

Ilang taon nang hindi nakakalakad nang maayos si Mommy Mary Anne, mayroon itong electric wheelchair na sinasakyan sa pag-iikot sa farm, iyon ang tinututukan ngayon ni Bea. Paooperahan na niya sa tuhod ang kaniyang ina pero bago iyon ay nagpagawa muna ang aktres ng gym kung saan puwedeng paunti-unting mag-ehersisyo ang kaniyang mahal na mommy.

Sabi ni Bea, “Lahat-lahat ng ginhawa, ibibigay ko sa mommy ko. Siya ang partner ko sa lahat ng

mga pangarap ko. Siya ang kasama kong nanghihiram ng damit sa mga kaibigan ko at kapitbahay namin kapag may trabaho ako, pero wala pang pambili ng damit.

“Nakita kong lahat ang mga sakripisyo ng mommy ko, ngayon pa lang ako bumabawi, never ko siyang pababayaan,” sinserong pangako ng aktres.

Sa ipinatayo niyang bahay ni Mommy Mary Anne sa Beati Farm ay pinalagyan ni Bea ng malalaking tubo ang nilalakaran ng kaniyang ina para hindi ito mahirapan.

Napakabuting anak. *** Makabuluhan ang laman ng vlog ni Mariel Rodriguez na napanood namin. Binalikan nito See CRISTY p11

Kathryn Bernardo & Daniel Padilla

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From page 10 That’s why sabi namin, we want to bring this to the next level.

That’s where APT comes in na nagtiwala sa amin at sa concept na puwede namin gawin together.

I’m very grateful for the trust, for building on the idea, at dahil doon nanganak ang tahanan naming maliit sa isang mas magandang konsepto which is Bonggang Villa kaya maraming salamat APT for everything and of course, sa GMA, for trusting us with this one. Para sa amin hindi lang siya trabaho or task as an actor, this is also very personal to us, dahil dream namin ito, na makasama ulit ang isa’t isa sa trabaho, na makabilang sa isang show that we are also part of through coproducing and creating.”

Marian agrees with Dingdong that this is a dream project for them, “Isa ito sa mga pinangarap namin, lalo na sa akin kasi ang tagal ko

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From page 10 ang New Bilibid Prison, ang pansamantalang naging tahanan ng kaniyang asawang si Robin Padilla nang halos tatlong taon, pamilyar kami sa mga lugar na inikutan nito sa NBP. Dalawang beses kaming nag-show sa Pambansang Piitan habang nakakulong si Robin, ipinakita sa amin ng aktor ang kaniyang kulungan, nagmistulang tour guide namin noon si Robin.

Sa NBP na nagtapos ng high school si Robin, nagpatayo rin siya ng mosque sa loob, noon siya nagpalit ng relihiyon bilang Muslim mula sa Jehovah’s Witness.

Nagsisigaw si Mariel nang makita nito ang Igorotak drug rehabilitation na si Robin din ang nagpatayo “‘Yan! ‘Yan ang Igorotak! Palagi niyang ikinukuwento sa akin ‘yan!” pasigaw na sabi ni Mariel.

Noong silipin ni Mariel ang ICA main dorm kung saan dalawang taong nakulong ang kaniyang mister ay kitang-kita ang kaniyang pagkalungkot.

Pero mayroon naman itong bawi, “Napakarami niyang natutuhan dito sa kulungan.”

Ramdam na ramdam ang pagmamahal ng mga guwardiya ng NBP kay Binoe, pati ng mga nakakulong pa hanggang ngayon, kung mabibigyan siguro ng pagkakataon ang mga ito para makaboto ay siguradong susuportahan nila si Robin sa pagka-senador.

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nang hindi lumabas sa primetime, hindi ako makapaniwala na totoo na ito, na mangyayari na ito kasi pangarap ko talaga magkaroon ng sitcom kasama si Dong. So ito na ang pangarap na iyon kaya sabi ko sa mga taong nagmamahal at naghihintay, malapit n’yo nang mapanood sina Maria at Jose.”

GMA Network Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon reveals that the fans of Dingdong and Marian are definitely looking forward to their comeback project, “Sina Dingdong at Marian ay dalawa sa mga homegrown talents ng GMA Network na naging pinaka-popular. Ang kanilang mga programa ay puro matataas ang rating. Kaya naman excited kami sa kanilang first sitcom dito sa GMA. Nakakasiguro kami na ang kanilang maraming fans dito sa Pilipinas at abroad will welcome them back in TV very soon.”

Catch Jose & Maria’s Bonggang Villa beginning May 14 on GMA Network.

Bilang kasamahan sa industriya ay nag-iimbita ng paghanga ang mga panayam ni Robin Padilla na napapanood namin. Minemenos lang siya ng iba at sinasabihang artista lang pero kapag napanood nila kung paano sumagot at kung gaano kalalim ang alam ng action star tungkol sa kasaysayan ng politika ay baka maengganyo silang magbigay ng suporta.

Bukod pa iyon sa pagkakaroon ng mabuting puso ni Robin sa mga taga-industriya, marami siyang natutulungan na walang hinihintay na kapalit, saktung-sakto sa kaniya ang pangalang Robinhood. *** Tama ang obserbasyon ng mga kababayan natin na sa lahat ng mga personalidad na nagho-host sa kampanya ng iba-ibang partido ay ibang-iba ang dating ni Toni Gonzaga.

Sabi ng isang kaklase namin noong kolehiyo na naninirahan na ngayon sa Europa, “Napakahusay mag-host ni Toni Gonzaga, parang binabayaran siya nang milyonmilyon! Kapag nag-i-introduce siya ng mga tumatakbong senador, sa introduction pa lang, e, parang nanalo na sila!

“Ibang-iba ang energy ni Toni, napakabilis niyang magsalita, pero hindi siya nagba-buckle! Bibihira ang host na katulad niya!” papuri ng aming kausap.

Napakalaki ng natutuhan ni Toni sa pagho-host ng maraming programa, alam niya kung kailan siya sisigaw nang madiin, alam din niya kung kailan siya magsasalita nang mahinahon lang.

Pagkatapos niyang mag-host

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L-r: APT Entertainment CEO and Pres. Michael Tuviera, GMA Network Films, Inc. Pres. and Programming Consultant to the Chairman and CEO Atty. Annette Gozon-Valdes, Dingdong Dantes, Marian Rivera ay kumakanta naman siya, wala siyang pakialam sa mga bashers, ginagawa lang niya ang kaniyang trabaho.

At pinakikisakyan ng mga sawsawera ang kaniyang mga sinasabi sa kampanya, mabuti na lang at namaster na ng singeractress ang art of deadma, kaya walang napala sa kaniya ang supersawsawera at mapagpanggap na matalinong si Mocha Uson.

Belat ang inabot ng singerdancer na de primerang tagasigaw ngayon ni Mayor Isko Moreno, puro pamba-bash ang inabot nito, buti nga sa kaniya. *** Mukhang paboritong gawing punching bag ngayon sa social media si Pokwang. Isa ang komedyana sa palaging bina-bash, ang pinakakain ng ampalaya, at sumasagot naman siya.

May banta pa nga siyang idedemanda ang nag-post na pangit ang kaniyang anak, magkikita na lang daw sila sa korte, sabi pa ni Pokie.

Pero ang talagang nagpaningas sa apoy ng galit ng mga bashers ay ang diumano’y sinabi ni Pokwang na ang mga trolls at bashers na umuupak sa kaniya ay palamunin ng kampo ni BBM. See CRISTY p12

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May natalo na, congratulations!

Kabi-kabila ang panliligaw sa mga botante. Iba’t iba ng gimmicks. Lahat ng kampo ay may kasamang artista. Parang hindi dumaan sa pandemya ang mga tao kung magsiksikan sa mga campaign rallies. Halos nagkakapalitan na ng mga mukha.

Talsik ang mga laway ng mga kandidato sa pambobola sa mga tao. Traffic. Maingay. Madumi.

Makalat. Ang pagmumukha ng mga politiko sa lansangan ay naglipana. Iba’t ibang kulay. May sumasayaw, may kumakanta, may tumutula, mayroong laging nakalive sa social media. Ang daming vloggers. Ang daming fake reporters. Parang palengke ang virtual na pekeng mundo. Kahit pisikal akong wala sa Pilipinas ay dama ko ang excitement sa darating na halalan. Para mga asong ulol ang mga pulitiko, tulo laway sa mga puwesto.

Pambansang libangan ang eleksyon. Ang polarisasyon ng mga Pilipino ay magpapatuloy.

May mananalo pero walang matatalo dahil sasabihin ng natalo na dinaya lang siya. May mag-poprotesta. Hindi mag-ko-concede ang sinuman kahit alam niyang talo talaga siya. Walang magsasabi sa taumbayan ng, “Talo ako.”

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From page 11 Ay, talagang nagwarla ang tropa, umangil sila at talagang pinalangoy si Pokwang sa swimming pool ng apdo at

Ang reyalidad ng buhay ay hindi laging pagka-panalo. Hindi gloria hallelujah ang bawa’t araw. May pagkakataon na tayo ay mabibigo, matatalo, babagsak, matatapilok, malulugi, at marami pang mga pagkakataon at pangyayari na ayaw nating maganap pero wala tayong magagawa kung ito talaga ang magiging resulta ng buhay sa kabila ng ating pagsisikap.

Huwag na huwag nating gagawing halimbawa ang klase ng eleksyon sa Pilipinas dahil ito ay isang malakaing palabas.

Tototo na ito’y demokratkong proseso pero tanggapin natin na halos lahat sa mga nagnanais maluklok sa puwesto ay hindi totoong nagmamahal sa bayan kundi nagmamahal sa sariling kapakinabangan. Ganoon din naman ang mga taumbayan. Nagiisip ang marami ng pansariling benepisyo bilang basehan ng pagboto. Laging nasa survival mode ang mga tao ngayon. Wala na halos nag-iisip ng tunay na pagmamalasakit sa bayan. Kung masasabi mong hindi ka isa sa mga ito eh di, congratulations, sana dumami pa ang katulad mo.

Sorry kung masakit akong magsalita pero masakit talaga ang katotohanan. Minsan kailangan pinakain nang banye-banyerang ampalaya.

Politika ang dahilan ng lahat.

Nagrarambol sila dahil magkaiba ang minamanok nilang politiko sa darating na botohan. Kakampink si Pokwang at talagang sumusugal

nating marinig ang masasakit na salita para tayo ay matuto or matauhan. Napaka-negatibo ko naman, ang sabi ng marami. Totoo, dahil ang laging pagiging positibo ay hindi pagiging totoo at ito ay pagiging duwag sa katotohan ng buhay. Ang hindi pag-amin at pagtanggap sa negatibo ng buhay ay isang malaking denial.

Mayroon laging nakakalimutan ang mga tao sa paghahanda sa kinabukasan.

Ito yung hindi paghahanda sa maaaring mangyaring kabiguan.

Ang tipikal na pangarap kasi ng tao ay happy path, happy moments, happy together… laging happy ending. Pero hindi ito ang totoong nangyayari sa buhay natin, hindi ba? Hindi lahat ng gusto natin ang nangyayari. Ang tanong, naging handa ba tayo sa pagharap sa hindi nating gustong mangyari? Noong pumanaw ang Tatay ko noong 2020 ay doon ko lalong na-realize na hindi lahat ng nangyayari sa buhay ko ay puro masaya. Naging ready ba ako nang mawala ang Tatay ko? Malaking, HINDI. Hanggang ngayon ay may sakit sa puso ko tuwing ipapaalala sa akin ng buhay na wala na akong Tatay.

Pinaghandaan ko ba ito? Hindi.

Balik tayo sa eleksyon. Handa na ba kayong tanggapin sa sarili

ni n’yo na matatalo ang ibinoto ninyo? Paano kung hindi manalo ang Presidente mo? Anim na taon ka bang iiyak at magiging bitter sa buhay? Sa palagay ko, kung maghahanda tayo sa pinaka-worst na mangyayari sa buhay natin ay mas gaganda ang aabangan nating bukas dahil handa tayong harapin ang anumang resulta ng buhay maging ito ay maganda, panalo, pangit or talo. Ang pagiging handa para tanggapin ang pagkatalo ang siyang tunay na magiging panalo sa bandang huli dahil naghanda siya para dito. Noong buhay pa at kalakasan ni Mang Dolphy ay maraming nag-alok sa kaniya para tumakbo sa pulitika. Ang sagot ni Mang Dolphy: “Madaling manalo.

Ang problema ko ay kapag nanalo na ako, ano ang gagawin ko?”

Minsan, kung sino pa ang mga nanalo ay sila pa yung natatalo.

Na-gets ninyo? Alam nating lahat na may limitasyon ang ating mga kakayahan. Kung alam natin sa ating sarili na hindi nating kaya ang isang bagay at imposible itong mangyari ay bakit pa natin gagawin ito? Reality check lang ito. Kung sa palagay ninyo ay kaya ninyong gawin ang mga bagay na gusto n’yong gawin well, by all means, go to town and goodluck! Pero again, hindi

tayo pare-pareho ng strengths and weaknesses. Hindi ko kayang gawin ang maging isang full time stay-at-home parent dahil hindi ko ito strength at alam ko sa sarili ko na hindi ko kaya. On the other hand, I can work three jobs all my life at maaaring magdagdag pa ako ng side hustles dahil gusto ko ito at alam kong kaya ko. Kung hindi tayo sigurado, don’t even try it.

Sounds negative pero totoo.

Ang pagkatalo ay isang chapter lang ng buhay natin. It is up to us kung gusto nating magdugtong ng bagong chapter ng ating buhay na siguro ay magiging panalo na tayo.

It may take time or it may come in a different form. Ibang porma, ibang hugis, ibang pagkakataon pero ito na siguro yung tunay na panalo ng buhay natin.

Be grateful and congratulations, dahil natalo ka na!

Noel Lapuz ay dating OFW sa Middle East (Dubai at Qatar).

Nagtrabaho nang sampung taon sa City Hall ng Taguig bilang Human Resource Management Officer. Naging bahagi ng BataBatuta Productions bilang manunulat, entertainment host at stage actor. Nagtatag ng Kulturang Alyansa ng Taguig.

Kasapi ng Ecumenical Movement for Justice and Peace (EMJP).

siya nang todo para isulong ang kaniyang pinaniniwalaan.

Walang bayad ang suportang ibinibigay niya, abono pa nga siya sa gasolina at matinding pagod, pero dahil naniniwala siyang si VP Leni Robredo ang dapat mahalal na pangulo ay wala siyang pinagsisisihan.

Palaban si Pokwang, sinasagot niya ang mga patutsada laban sa kaniya, walang takot niyang hinaharap ang kaniyang mga katunggali.

Masyadong personal ang mga nababasa naming komento tungkol kay Pokwang. Masakit para sa kaniya ang pagpansin na huwag sanang lumaki ang kaniyang anak na si Malia na kamukha niya.

Kailangan pa raw ng dugo ng banyaga para matakpan ang kapangitan ni Pokwang, ganoon katitindi ang bashing sa kaniya, masyado nang personal.

Maglaban-laban na lang sana sila nang parehas, iwasan na ang mga personal na patutsada na talagang aarayan ng kabilang kampo, dahil talagang personal na nanunugat. *** Ang utak ni Ai-Ai delas Alas ay wala sa talampakan. Kontrolado ng sikat at magaling na komedyana ang kaniyang bibig at ang takbo ng kaniyang disposisyon.

Hindi siya mahilig kumain ng patola, at kung sakali mang sumagot siya sa mga pagpuna ay piling-pili lang iyon, tungkol sa kaniyang pamilya.

Minsan pang pinatunayan ni

Ai-Ai na iba siya sa iba ay nang patambis na ipinost ng manager na si Audie Gemora na mas matalino pala si Pokwang kesa sa kaniya.

Magaling kumilatis ng mga salita si Ai-Ai, alam niya na himig-pulitika ang pagpaparinig sa kaniya ng manager, magkaiba kasi ang kulay nila sa pulitika.

Cool na cool ang pahayag ni AiAi na ang pulitika ay panandalian lamang pero ang pagkakaibigan ay pangmatagalan. Kung sa palagay ni Audie Gemora ay mas nakakaaliw at mas matalino si Pokwang kesa sa kaniya ay walang problema.

Nasa demokrasya tayo, sinuman ang kumampi kahit kanino ay kalayaan ang tawag doon, kung paanong sana’y respetuhin din ang kaniyang opinyon at pananaw.

Walang problema kina AiAi at Pokwang, maayos silang nagtatrabaho na wala sa kanilang isip ang kung sino ang mas mahusay sa kanilang dalawa, may kani-kaniyang atake ang kanilang pagkokomedya.

Ibang tao lang naman ang naglalagay ng kumpetisyon sa dalawa, iyong mga taong sarado ang utak, iyong kapag hindi nila kakampi sa pulitika ang artista ay kalaban na ang turing nila.

At tama si Ai-Ai, pagkatapos ng botohan sa Mayo 9 ay balik na naman sa kanormalan ang takbo ng kanilang buhay, wala nang kulay-pulitika at balik-trabaho na sila uli, na parang walang pagkokontrahang naganap.

Sila-sila pa rin ang magkakasama sa isang

malaking payong ng industriya, magkikita-kita pa rin sila, kaya nakapanghihinayang ang pagkakataong nagamit sa pagaaway nang dahil lang sa pulitika.

At kailangang tanggap natin ang katotohanan na isang pangulo lang ang uupo sa Palasyo, hindi puwedeng dalawa, kaya siguradong may tutumba sa umiinit na labanan sa panguluhan. *** Salamat naman at ang kaniyang sitwasyon na ang binigyan ng pagtutok ni Kris Aquino. Hindi na siya umeksena pa sa kampanya ng minamanok niyang pangulo na siguradong hindi nakagaganda sa kaniyang kalusugan.

Ilang araw pa mula ngayon ay nakatakda na siyang pumunta sa Amerika kasama ang kaniyang mga anak na sina Josh at Bimby, matatagalan ang kaniyang gamutan, kaya may kasama na rin siyang mga kasambahay sa kaniyang pag-alis.

Madugo ang gastos sa pagpapagamot ni Kris, noong sa Singapore siya nagpagamot na inabot nang ilang buwan ay milyones ang kaniyang ginastos, bukod sa ospital ay kumuha pa siya ng bahay kung saan pansamantalang tumira ang kaniyang mga anak.

Sabi ng aming source, “Nagtagal ang pag-alis niya dahil siniguro ng mga doktor niya na sa isang ospital lang siya magpapaconfine. Kumpleto na dapat ang mga doktor na sasalo sa kaniya sa See CRISTY p13

MAY 1 - 15, 2022

PH ELECTIONS...

From page 6 a born-again Christian, Pacquiao has expressed support for the LGBTQ community but not samesex marriage. In 2016, he drew ire both locally and internationally for derogatory remarks he made about the minority group.

He previously supported the reinstatement of the death penalty for the manufacturing and trafficking of illegal drugs but, like other candidates seeking higher office, reversed his position in November 2021.

Pacquiao is campaigning on ridding the country of corruption, criminality, and poverty, though he has not published any concrete policy proposals as of this writing.

He has said that religious leaders, especially from

CRISTY...

From page 12 States, hindi na niya kailangang magpalipat-lipat pa.

“Saka ang alam namin, e, may kasama siyang doktor sa biyahe, mahaba kasi ang flight time, mayroon than ten hours, kaya kailangang may doktor siyang kasama,” sabi ng aming source.

Hindi naman problema ang gagastusin para kay Kris, sumusubo naman sa kapunuan ang kaniyang bulsa, kung nakagagastos siya sa mga bagay-bagay na hindi naman mahalaga ay ang kalusugan pa ba naman niya ang titipirin ni

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evangelical groups, will be part of his Cabinet and anti-corruption task force if elected.

His major advocacy was supporting the reinstatement of the death penalty but said, as of last November, that he will no longer support its return until the judicial system is fixed.

His running mate for VP is Lito Atienza Ping Lacson Independent Ping Lacson, 73, has served in the legislative and executive branches of the government for over 40 years. He is currently serving his third term in the Senate.

Lacson has authored laws such as the controversial AntiTerrorism Act of 2020, the Philippine Identification System Act of 2018, and the Reproductive Health Act of 2011. He has long

served as a watchdog on the national budget, pushing to delete pork barrel and other questionable insertions during plenary Senate debates.

Prior to becoming a lawmaker, he served as chief of the Philippine National Police from 1999 to 2001.

If elected, Lacson vows to restore public trust in government by improving the country’s pandemic response, purging the bureaucracy of corrupt officials, and allowing local governments more autonomy.

Some of his major advocacies include opposition to pork barrel allocation; support for antipolitical dynasty bills; and reversal of support for reinstating death penalty as of November 4, 2021.

He said he now realizes that “it is more important to save the life of

wrongly convicted person.”

His running mate for VP is Senator Vicente Tito Sotto Leody de Guzman Partido Lakas ng Masa Leody de Guzman, 61, is an activist and labour leader who has pushed for policies to secure the rights and welfare of workers since 1984. He ran for senator in 2019 under the tagline “Manggagawa Naman” but failed to secure a seat.

He currently sits as chairperson of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, a socialist labour centre and federation of militant trade unions.

He is running under the opposition coalition Laban ng Masa on a progressive and worker-centric platform hinged on a complete reform of the country’s political system to foster social development and eventually

augment the economy.

De Guzman has vowed to challenge the interests of the rich by increasing taxes for billionaires, decreeing minimum wage, and banning contractualization, among others. He has also said he would halve the size of the national police and military.

Some of his major advocacies include the transition to a “green economy” with ecologically sustainable production technology, regulation of economic activities of multinational corporations, phasing out all coal-fired plants; he also said that the Rice Tariffication Law should be dissolved, and the modernization of agriculture is the key to revive economy and assist the livelihood of peasant farmers.

His running mate for VP is Walden Bello.

Source: Vote Pilipinas

Kris?

Iisa lang ang ating buhay, kapag nawala na ay hindi na tayo makahahanap ng kapalit, kahit pa libutin natin ang buong mundo.

Panahon na talaga para bigyan ng tutok ni Kris ang kaniyang kalusugan, patuloy ang pagbagsak ng kaniyang timbang, kailangan nang matunton ng mga espesyalista kung ano ang pinanggagalingan ng kaniyang mga sakit.

Hindi talaga lahat ng katangian at biyaya ay ibinibigay sa isang tao lang. masalapi si Kris Aquino, natupad ang kaniyang pangarap na sumikat at may hawak pang korona sa pagiging mahusay na TV host,

pero mern ding mga ipinagdamot sa kaniya.

Hindi siya nagtagumpay sa pakikipagrelasyon, pero ang pinakamarkado ay ang kaniyang pagkakasakit, iyon ang unangunang matinding pinoproblema ng kahit sino.

Harinawang maging matagumpay ang kaniyang gamutan sa Amerika. Matunton na sana ng mga doktor ang pinag-uugatan ng kaniyang allergies, iyon ang pinakauna niyang piniproblema, sa kaniyang pagbabalik ay maayos na sana ang kaniyang kalusugan. ***

Maraming nagtatanong sa amin kung bakit lumalantad din daw bilang Kakampink si Kathryn Bernardo katulad ng kaniyang boyfriend na si Daniel Padilla.

Hindi raw ba bawal sa mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) ang makihalo sa politika dahil ang pamunuan ng kanilang sekta ang nagdedesisyon kung sinu-sinong politiko ang dadalhin nila?

Taong 2016 pa ay tiwalag nang miyembro ng INC si Kathryn.

Hindi na siya miyembro ng INC. Alam namin ang kuwento kung paanong sinadya pa ng kanilang mga elders si Kat sa kaniyang

shooting pero hindi siya ang humarap sa mga ito kundi ang kaniyang ina.

Kaya malaya nang sumali sa isyung-politika ang dalaga, mayroon na siyang kalayaang pumili ng gusto niyang manukin sa panguluhan, hindi tulad noong miyembro pa siya ng INC na ang pamunuan nila ang pumipili kung sino ang dapat suportahan.

Ang pagpapasya ng kanilang pamunuan ang dapat masunod, pinaninindigan nila ang doktrina ng pagkakaisa, dapat silang sumailalim sa kautusan ng kanilang pamunuan.

See CRISTY p14

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From page 13 Naalala pa namin ang kuwento ng isang malapit kay Kathryn sa unang Pasko na naranasan niya na hindi na siya miyembro ng INC. Napakasaya raw ni Kat, mula pagkabata kasi ay hindi siya nakapagdiwang ng Pasko, walang Pasko sa kanilang relihiyon.

Bawal din sa mga artistang miyembro ng INC ang kampanya.

Iyon ang naging malaking balita tungkol kina Kathryn at Daniel noong 2016, pumutok ang balita na binayaran sila nang milyones ng partidong ikinampanya nila, na ayon sa mga kuwento ay naging dahilan ng pagkatiwalag ni Kathryn bilang miyembro ng INC. Malaking bentahe ng mga politiko kapag dinala ka ng INC. Kayang magpanalo ng INC ng mga kandidato. Kahit sa labanang lokal ay “nililigawan” ang sekta para makakopo sila ng boto.

At hindi kami naniniwala na hindi sumusunod sa kanilang pamunuan ang mga miyembro, sumusunod sila, dahil ang isusulat nila sa balota ay hindi lang

katapatan sa kanilang relihiyon kundi sa Panginoon.

Sino kaya ang dadalhing pangulo ng INC sa Mayo 9?

Mayroon na kayang napupusuan ang mga tagapamuno ng kanilang milyun-milyong samahan?

Parang may naamuyan na kami. Pero kailangan pa rin nating malaman kung sino ang susuportahan nila sa panguluhan at iba pang mga posisyong pinagaagawan ngayon.

Naku, kung ang politikong iniisip namin ngayon nga ang dadalhin ng INC ay paano na, di lalong lalawak ang kaniyang kalamangan sa kaniyang mga kalaban? *** Tinawagan kami ni Willie Revillame kahapon nang umaga.

Dalawang linggo rin kaming hindi nagkakuwentuhan, kahit text lang ay wala, hindi namin inaabala ang TV host kapag nananahimik siya.

“Nagpahinga lang ako, sinamantala ko lang ang panahon,” agarang sabi ni Willie. Inangkin daw niya ang pagkakataong magawa ang mga bagay-bagay na hindi niya nabibigyan ng oras

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Ni Bro. Gerry Gamurot

PAHALANG 1. Ipapaabot 9. ____ por Diyos 10. Gamit sa paglalakad 11. Ipadakip 14. Lamig 15. Laganap 16. Hapo 17. Biyaya mula sa langit 19. Marahil 22. Away 24. Hirang 26. Napatotohanan 27. Gulok 28. Tulad 29. Kung 31. Kondisyon PAHABA 1. Idaldal 2. Magalang na tugon 3. Pampaalat 4. Klase ng pagsahod 5. Puting loro 6. Uri ng kahoy 8. Salop

12. Tutulo 13. Bababa 17. Balita 18. Laganap 20. Sigasig 21. Handog 22. Sais 23. Wala nang paningin 25. Galing 29. Dagdag 30. Bulalas ni kabayan

SAGOT SA NO. 391

kapag sobrang abala siya.

Pero may maganda siyang balita, mamayang hapon ay babalik na uli siya sa FB at You Tube para mapasaya ang kaniyang mga tagahanga, mamimigay na uli siya ng mga papremyo-ayuda sa mga kababayan natin.

At mayroon siyang sorpresa sa kaniyang pagbabalik, magiging co-host niya ang magaling ding TV host na si Luis Manzano, ang title ng kanilang pagsasama ay A Minute To Wowowin It. Siguradong swak na swak ang kanilang kumbinasyon dahil una, parehong maganda ang kanilang puso sa pagmamahal sa mga kababayan natin, ikalawa ay pareho rin ang takbo ng kanilang utak sa pagpapasaya.

“Malaki ang respeto ko kay Luis, hindi siya nakalilimot, sa kahit anong nangyayari sa buhay at career ko, palagi siyang nagtetext sa akin.

“Sabi ko, mag-co-host sana siya sa akin sa digital show ko, sumagot siya agad, walang problema!

Ganoon kadaling kausap si Luis, mahal ko ang taong iyon, walang pagbabago,” papuri pa ni Willie kay Luis.

Kaya sa mga tagasuporta ni Willie na text nang text sa amin kung nasaan na ang kanilang kuya,

ngayong Lunes nang hapon sa You Tube at FB ay magkakasama-sama na sila uli at mayroon pang bonus iyon sa pagsama ni Luis Manzano.

A Minute To Wowowin It. Siguradong riot ang kumbinasyon nina Willie Revillame at Luiz Manzano.

Malapit na ring ilunsad ang Wil TV App, ang sariling channel ng sikat at mapusong TV host, panaypanay na rin ang pagmimiting nila ngayon ni Senador Manny Villar para sa bubuksan nilang network. *** Tamang sabihin na nabubuhay tayo sa demokrasya. Kakambal noon ang ating kalayaang pumili ng gusto nating manukin sa eleksiyon.

Pero sa pagpili ng gusto nating suportahan ay mayroong batas na hindi nakasulat. Kailangang may kalakip na pagrespeto ang pinanghahawakan nating kalayaan bilang mamamayan.

Sentrong paksa ngayon si Jodi Sta. Maria na lumantad na bilang Kakampink. Sa mga hindi pa nakakaalam, si Jodi Sta. Maria ay dating manugang ni Senador Ping Lacson bilang asawa ni Pampi, nagkaroon sila ng anak na si Thirdy.

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Naging karelasyon ni Jodi si VG Jolo Revilla na hindi nauwi sa kasalan dahil may problema pa ang aktres sa mga dokumento ng kasal nila ni Pampi.

Naging magkarelasyon naman sina Pampi at Iwa Moto, mayroon na silang anak ngayon, at si Raymart Santiago naman ang karelasyon ngayon ni Jodi.

Sabi ng aming kaibigang propesor, “Wala namang problema kung Kakampink si Jodi, we live in a democracy, pero sana, hindi na lang niya iyon idineklara sa publiko.

“She should have kept it to herself na lang, dahil ang exbiyenan niya, e, tumatakbo rin ngayon. Puwedeng alam naman iyon ng mga Lacson, pero na kay Jodi pa rin ang decision kung ilalabas pa niya iyon.

“Napakasuwerte niya, edukado ang pamilyang kinabilangan niya noon, naiintindihan siya, pero mas marami ang hindi nakakaintindi sa kaniya,” opinyon ni prop.

May katwiran ang katwiran. *** Pinaglaruan sa isang You Tube vlog si Melai Cantiveros.

Maraming before and after niyang larawan muna ang halinhinang ipinakita. Napakalaki nga naman ng pagbabago ng kaniyang itsura.

Pero ang talagang sinentruhan ng vlog ay ang pag-akyat niya sa entablado de kampanya ng Kakampink. Iyong paulit-ulit niyang pagsigaw tungkol sa magnanakaw.

Ayaw raw niya sa magnanakaw. Hindi raw dapat iboto ang magnanakaw. Minsan kunong magnakaw ay ganoon pa rin ang gagawin ng kandidato sa susunod.

Ayaw raw ng kanilang tropa sa magnanakaw, wala raw magnanakaw sa kanilang hanay, hindi raw dapat tularan ang mga magnanakaw!

Heto na. habang nagtutungayaw si Melai tungkol sa magnanakaw ay may isiningit silang police report. Eksaktong pareho ang oras ng pagsigaw-sigaw ni Melai at ng police report dahil ipinakita ang oras ng dalawang senaryo.

Sabi ng isang miron sa vlog, “Ayan, oh! Habang sige sa kasisigaw si Melai sa stage na huwag daw suportahan ang magnanakaw at wala raw magnanakaw sa kanilang tropa, e, ang dami-dami namang nagrereport sa mga pulis na ninakawan daw sila!

“Mga nawalan ng cellphone, may nawalan ng wallet, maraming nadukutan sa rally ng mga Kakampink! Nagpanggap palang Kakampink din ang mga madurukot! Naka-pink t-shirt din sila habang nagnanakaw!

“Ano ngayon ang isinisigaw ni Melai na walang magnanakaw sa kanilang tropa, e, ayun mismo, maraming ninakawan sa rally nila!” saka sabay-sabay na naghalakhakan ang mga miron sa vlog.

Nakakaloka ang eleksiyon ngayong 2022, walang maitatago dahil sa tindi at lawak ng kapangyarihan ng social media, buking na buking ang lahat ng nagaganap. – CSF

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