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DELIVERY SERVICE?The sign posted at the back of this tricycle clearly says its purpose. Due to trying times the owner moonlights as school service for poor students. Commuter Express lensman Revoli Cortez spotted this scene in Lagro, Quezon City where at least a dozen students squeeze themselves into the tricycle.
PARA sa mga opisyal ng iba’t ibang tanggapan ng pamahalaan, ang tam-bak na bigas sa bodega ng National Food Authority (NFA) ay maka-bubutng gamitin na lang para sa supplemental feeding program at iba pang programa ng local government units (LGUs) sa bansa.
Okay na panukala ito dahil sa halip na masayang at mabulok ang bigas sa bodega o kainin na lang ng mga hayop tulad ng daga at mga insekto tulad ng ipis at bukbok, makabubuting ipamigay na lang upang makain at mabusog ang napakaraming nagugutom na mahihirap na mamamayan.
Okay din ang panukala ng ilang
senador at militanteng grupo sa pa-mahalaan ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III na ipamahagi na lang sa mga mahihirap ang bigas sa halip na maitapon na lang ito dahil bulok na.
Okay na okay din na sa ilalim ng supplemental feeding program, may 48,000 day care centers na supor-tado ng LGUs kasama ang iba pang supplemental feeding programs ng pribadong grupo na nais na mabig-yang benepisyo ang may 1.5 mily-
ong bata na may edad 3-5.
Pinakaokay ang pagtutulun-gan ng iba’ibang ahensiya ng pa-mahalaan upang maipamahagi ang bigas na na-tambak lang sa bodega ng NFA na binili pa noong panahon ng Arroyo ad-ministration.
Okray ka-pag ang supple-mental feed-ing program ay gagamitin lang pampabango ng pangalan ng il-ang opisyal ng
pamahalaan at pawang press releas-es lang ang aktibidades sa halip na totoong maipamigay at maipakain sa mahihirap ang santambak na bigas.
Okray na okray kapag mayroong opisyal ng pamahalaan ang guma-mit ng ‘magic’ na sa halip na ipami-gay ang mga bigas ay gawing perang pambulsa. Pero sa pamahalaan ni P.Noy, malabong mangyari.
Pinakaokray ay ang wala pang ahensiya ng pamahalaan na magla-kas-loob na ipamahagi para sa pro-grama ang mga bigas. Dahil nga naman, wala pang go-signal si Pan-gulong Aquino. May maglalakas ba ng loob na pangunahan si Aquino na ang boss ay ang sambayanang Pili-pino?
Noong State of the Nation Ad-dress (SONA) ni Aquino, ibinunyag nito na tone-toneladang bigas ang nakatambak at nabubulok na sa bo-dega ng NFA. Bunga nito, ipinatigil na ng pamahalaan ang pag-angkat ng bigas mula sa ibang bansa.
Kasabay naman nito, hiniling ng mga magsasaka sa pamahalaan na bilisan na ang pamamahagi ng bigas na sinasabing nakaimbak sa bodega kaysa sa mabulok ito bukod pa ito sa posibilidad na maging mura ang pagbili ng bigas ng mga magsasaka na aanihin na sa Oktubre hanggang Nobyembre ngayong taon.
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NOONG nakalipas na linggo ay ina-lala ng sambayanang Pilipino ang unang taon ng araw ng kamatayan ng ina ng demokrasya ng ating bansa na si dating Pangulong Cory Aquino, ang ina ng ating kasalukuyang pangulo na si Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, III.
Makikita sa halos lahat ng lansan-gan ang pag-alala sa yumaong dating pangulo kung saan ay makikita ang mga dilaw na ribbon na nakasabit sa mga puno.
Ang dilaw na kulay kasi ang naging simbolo ni Pangulong Cory simula nang mapatay ang kanyang asawa na si Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. sa Manila International Airport na ngayon ay Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Sa pagyao noong isang taon ni Pan-gulong Cory, muling nagising ang dam-damin ng taumbayan sa ginagawang kalapastanganan ng namumuno sa ating bansa kaya’t isinulong ng karami-han ang kandidatura ni Noynoy.
Hindi naman nabigo ang mga nagtulak kay Pangulong Noynoy na tumakbo sa pinakamataas na posisyon sa ating bansa at malaki ang naging ka-lamangan nito sa kanyang mga naging kalaban sa pagka-pangulo.
Sa naging panalo na ito ni Noynoy ay umaasa ang marami sa ating mga kababayan na mapapaan-gat ng pang-ulo ang ating ekonomi-ya na ilang taon na ring nakalugmok dahil sa nagaganap na corruption in government.
Kung mapapansin din natin, mukhang desidido si Pangulong Noynoy na maparusahan ang mga gu-mawa ng kalokohan noong nakalipas
na administrasyon dahil na rin sa pag-tatayo nito ng Truth Commission na mag-iimbestiga sa umano’y naganap na katiwalian.
Kapag napatunayan ang mga taong may kinalaman sa umano’y naganap na corruption ay tiyak na muling babalik ang tiwala ng mga Pilipino sa ating demokrasya kaya’t dapat lamang na isulong ito ni Pan-gulong Noynoy.
Isang paraan din ito upang matigil na ang corruption sa ating bansa na si-yang nagiging dahilan kung bakit hindi umaangat ang kabuhayan ng marami sa ating mga kababayan.
Makakaasa naman ang adminis-trasyon ni Pangulong Noynoy na nasa likod niya ang sambayanang Pilipino sa kanyang laban upang tuluyan nang mawala ang mga taong ganid sa ka-pangyarihan at sa salapi.
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Araw ng kamatayan ni Cory inalaala
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C O M M E N T A R Y
“MY baby could not sleep until I put him beside me,” Cari-na Oliveros said. She could not get her eyes off her new-born son lying next to her. “He looks like his father,” she said, smiling. “He kicks so strongly the basin which almost fell when we were bathing him the other morning.”
Carina, 27, is one of the 43 health workers who were arrested on February 6 in Morong, Rizal. She gave birth to her baby boy on July 22, at around 11 a.m., through Caesarean operation.
Instead of a police detention facility, the Morong 43 were brought to Camp Capinpin, home of the 2nd In-fantry Division of the Philippine Army. For almost three months, they were held in military captivity until 38 of them were transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. At the time of the arrest, Carina was two months pregnant. “He must have endured all the stress in pris-on,” she told Bulatlat in an interview.
In an earlier interview with Bulatlat, Carina recounted how she suffered from psychological torture in the hands of her interrogators. Carina and another pregnant wom-an, Mercy Castro, were not spared from ill treatment.
Last week, on July 28, Mary Jane Clemente, jail war-den of the detention facility at Camp Bagong Diwa, visit-ed Carina. “She [Clemente] asked me where would I leave my son,” Carina said. “It is time for me to go back to jail.”
Judge Gina Cenat escoto of the Morong Regional Trial Court Branch 78 had approved Oliveros’s deliveryat the PGH due to the availability of better and adequate medi-cal facilities. Carina was given three days to a week’s time before going back to Camp Bagong Diwa.
Clemente told Carina that she could leave her son to the Department of Social welfare and Development (DSwD), to her parents or to any relative. “I cried and told her to allow me to be with my son. I want to be with my son,” Carina said.
She said that after the visit of the jail warden, her bleed-ing became strong and she had a loose bowel movement (LBM). “It was probably because of stress,” she said.
The mother said she wrote to the court, asking for per-mission to allow her to be with her son for a little while. “I also said that we, the Morong 43, should be immediately released because the accusations against us are baseless,” Carina said further.
The Morong 43 were slapped with charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. They were arrested based on a search warrant against a certain Mario Condes who has never been found.
The Court of Appeals (CA) dismissed their petition for writ of habeas corpus using the martial law-era Ilagan vs Enrile doctrine. The lawyers of the Morong 43 have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. To date, the high court has yet to issue a decision on the petition.
The health workers also filed charges of human rights violations against the military and the police before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and recently, be-fore the Joint Monitoring Committee of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL). Rel-atives of the Morong 43 have also sought the help of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Swit-zerland. (Bulatlat.com) To be continued
Humane treatment for‘Morong 43’ mom (first part)
Bigas ipamigay sa kawanggawa
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MATINEE idol John Lloyd Cruz has been cleared of tax charges filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) before the Quezon City Met-ropolitan Trial Court for lack of probable cause.
In a seven-page decision, QCMTC Branch 33 Judge Alfredo Ampuan ruled the tax case in favor of the actor.
Cruz, through his legal
counsel Mark Perez, said the BIR failed to properly serve its summons as embodied in Section 266 of the Tax Code and Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) Nos. 35-90 signed by former BIR Com-missioner Jose Ong on July 4, 1990.
BIR charged Cruz with violation of the Tax Reform Act of 1997 (R.A. 8424) for
allegedly failing to present his book of accounts for 2004 to the BIR despite summons.
Ampuan, in his decision, said that the plaintiff failed to comply with its own rules as there was no evidence that Revenue Officer Naza-rene Ibarra of Revenue Dis-trict Office 39 South, Quezon City served the subpoena duces tecum to the actor’s
legal counsel.The judge added that
Ibarra failed to make a writ-ten report on the manner, date, place and identity, personal relationship or ca-pacity of the person receiv-ing the subpoena and other relevant information except when the court received her affidavit on May 14, 2010.
Kim Pascual
John Lloyd Cruz cleared of tax cheat raps
PRESIDENT Aquino has promised to give incentives to hardworking revenue collectors as he encouraged others to do the same.
Aquino, speaking at the 106th Anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), said he will person-ally recommend to Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad to prioritize the release of the benefits so that collec-tors will add extra effort in hitting their assignment.
The BIR is bound to hit the target collection of P860 billion this year.
BIR Commissioner Kim Henares, on the other hand, said her agency will inten-sify its campaign against tax evaders and cheaters.
The BIR has promised to file a case every week against
people who refused to settle their obligations with the government.
Aquino in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), warned tax cheaters to think twice as he made special mention of the case of the owner of a chain of pawn-shops who refused to pay his proper taxes citing cease of business.
However, the pawnshop owner was able to purchase an expensive Lamborghini sports car worth millions of pesos during those years of alleged bankruptcy.
Aquino gave directives to the BIR employees not to consider offers for cash con-sideration from tax cheaters now that there is the Run After Tax Evaders (RATES) program. Kim Pascual
Noy to give incentives tohardworking tax collectors
MALACAñANg is consid-ering tapping government pilots to fly the planes of the country’s flag carrier Philip-pine Airlines (PAL) as the row over the mass resigna-tion of its pilots continues.
In the past two weeks, about a dozen PAL pilots transferred to higher-paying foreign carriers forcing the airline to cancel some of its flights.
Transportation Secre-tary Jose de Jesus said the government will try to solve the problem which has a big impact on the economy as it affects the tourism, com-merce and reputation of the country.
“That's why no less than President Aquino has weighed in on this problem. We expect to discuss the matter at great length,” De Jesus stressed.
De Jesus also urged flight attendants not to push through with their reported plan to go on strike. He as-sured them that a meeting will be held at the office of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. to thresh out PAL’s problem.
PAL spokesman Jona-than Gesmundo said two flights, Manila-Iloilo (PR147) and Manila-Bacolod (PR135)
were canceled yesterday due to the resignations. No flights have been rescheduled as of 3 p.m. yesterday.
Meanwhile, Communica-tions Group official Hermin-io Coloma assured the public that the Palace will not allow the problem to worsen.
He said the government will not allow the problem to linger and public service be disrupted.
On Sunday, Aquino or-dered a meeting between government officials and PAL management to resolve the matter.
It could be recalled that 18 flights were affected on Sat-urday while 11 flights were canceled on Sunday. PAL’s website indicated at least six domestic flights were can-celed yesterday.
Alex Balcoba
Malacañang may tap gov’t pilots to fly PAL planes
SENATOR Loren Legarda has called for the establish-ment of a crisis center for the 250,000 street children in 65 cities all over the coun-try.
The lady lawmaker noted the report of the Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that in 2007 there are about 85,000 street children in Metro Manila alone.
Legarda earlier filed Sen-ate Bill 1438 calling for the setting up of crisis centers in both urban and rural ar-eas. The measure calls for a “comprehensive program” that will provide various services such as temporary shelter, emergency, medical, and feeding programs, and basic education.
“These services shall be implemented by the DSWD, in close consultation with the local government units concerned,” she added.
Legarda also pointed out that the spirit of Senate Bill No. 1438 is to assist in pro-viding street children the means to uplift their con-ditions and take them out of the streets through pro-grams that will equip them with livelihood, technical and social skills.
Legarda’s proposed mea-sure authorizes the imple-menting agency to accept donations and grants from local and international or-ganizations in order to sup-plement the appropriated funds for the establishment, maintenance and operation of the street children crisis centers.
Andres Garcia
Legarda wants kids
crisis center
THE Office of the Ombuds-man yesterday junked the murder charges, due to lack of sufficient evidence, filed against seven Navy officers and two police officers over the death of then 23-year-old Navy Ensign Phillip Andrew Pestano in 1995.
Meanwhile, the victim’s parents, Philip and Evelyn Pestaños said the Ombuds-man’s resolution on their son’s case could have some-thing to do with their filing of impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Mer-ceditas gutierrez.
“The dismissal of the case is a manifestation that gutierrez is a very irrespon-sible public servant,” Philip Pestaño said in a press con-ference.
“To our mind, she, who is supposed to protect the interest of those innocent and prosecute those who are guilty, does not deserve to stay in her office. If she will not resign, she should be im-peached," he added.
Gutierrez was accused, among others, of “inexcus-able delay in the investiga-tion on the death of Pestaño, a case which the United Na-
tions itself rapped the Om-budsman for failure to probe the incident.”
Exonerated from the case were Capt. Ricardo Ordonez, Lt. Commander Luidegar Casis and Reynaldo Lopez; HM2 Welmenio Aquino, Lt. Alfrederick Alba, MR2 Sandy Miranda, Lt. Joselito Colico, Lt. Ruben Roque, PO1 Car-lito Amoroso and PO2 Mil Leonor Igcasan.
Aside from the criminal case, the Ombudsman also dismissed the administra-tive case of grave misconduct against the respondents due to lack of probable cause.
In a 14-page joint reso-lution, Christian Yap, graft Investigation and Prosecu-tion Officer 1, ruled that “evi-dently, the pieces of circum-stantial evidence on record are insufficient to create a prima facie case against re-spondents.”
Records showed that Pestano was found dead in the morning of Sept. 7, 1995 on board the BRP Bacolod City, a navy cargo ship which was then on its way to the Navy Headquarters in Rox-as Boulevard from Sangley Point in Cavite City.
The Pestaño couple be-lieved that their son did not kill himself based on the incontrovertible pieces of physical evidence that point to a murder case.
They added that the ir-reconcilable conflicts in the respondents’ testimonies and circumstantial evidence point to a conspiracy in which all the respondents are evidently part of and the respondents’ motive to kill their son was to conceal the fact that they were engaged in illicit activities such as the traffic of drugs, guns and ille-gal lumber. Kim Pascual
Ombudsman dismisses Pestañomurder case; family cries foul
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday said President Aquino has the prerogative to form the Truth Commission as she downplayed the plan of the House minority bloc to challenge its creation be-fore the court.
De Lima said the members of the House minority have the right to do what they want. She said the president himself said they can bring the matter to the Supreme Court (SC).
“The Supreme Court can say if that's really legally and constitutionally proper," De Lima told reporters.
The Truth Commission was created under Executive Order (EO) No. 1 issued by
President Aquino last Fri-day which will be headed by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr.
It is mandated to look into allegations of corrup-tion under the nine-year Ar-royo administration.
Aquino has dared the critics of the newly formed commission to bring the matter before the SC.
House Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lag-man and Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago have questioned the constitu-tionality of EO No. 1, say-ing that Congress must first pass a law creating such a body or allowing the presi-dent to order the formation of one. Ampie Galpo
De Lima: It’s P.Noy’s prerogative to create Truth Commission
Merceditas Gutierrez
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Talagang iba pala itong si Kris aquino. Feeling namin, siya ang nagpalagay ng dilaw na pintura
sa hallway na malapit sa dressing room niya para sa Pilipinas Win na Win.
Taltong araw lamang daw bago pa i-announce na magbabalik sa game show format si Kris ay pinalitan na raw ng dilaw ang corridor na malapit sa dress-ing room ng Queen of all Media. Hula namin, request iyon ni Kristeta o kaya na-man ay sadyang gina-wa iyon ng aBS-CBn management just to please the TV host na nagbabalik sa telebi-syon.
Ito marahil ang pagpapahalaga kay Kris ng Dos kaya lang ay iba ang dating dahil hindi ito ginawa kailan man ng aBS-CBn sa sinumang artista nila. Kay Kris lang daw nangyaring pinalitan ang kulay ng isang bahagi ng studio.
anyway, talagang reynang-reyna si Kris ngayon sa Dos lalo pa’t presi-dente na ang kapatid nitong si noynoy aquino.
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nag-aalangan pa si Priscilla Meirelles kung iimbitahin niya sa wed-ding nila ni John Estrada and ex-wife ni John na si Janice de Belen.
as of now kasi ay hindi pa friends sina Janice at John.
“Si Janice, hindi ko alam kung iimbitahan ko kasi hindi kami close, ‘di ba? I don’t know. She’s welcome to come always. I don’t know if that would be appropriated kasi I’m not sure also if she’s close to John. Even-tually, if they get to the point before the wedding where close na sila, why not, ‘di ba? We send the invitation. But as of now, I know her. She’s al-ways very nice to me but I’m not close to her so I don’t feel obligated kasi medyo awkward, ‘di ba?” paliwanag ni Priscilla sa launch ng Shinagawa lasik and aesthetics noong July 30 nang matanong siya about her wed-ding plan at kung kasama ba rito ang pag-imbita sa ex-wife ni John sa ka-nilang kasal.
ang kumpirmado ay ang pagdalo sa kasal nila ng mga anak ni John na makakasama sa entourage bilang ju-nior bridesmaids at junior best man. Maging si luigi na anak ni Janice ay invited rin sa wedding.
“Even luigi will be invited. So, ba-hala sila if in the case of luigi if he’ll be able to attend because it will be an out of town wedding. But the girls definite-ly, they will be there. ang daughters ni John and Yuan, his only son, will be
part of the entourage. The girls are the junior bridesmaids. Yuan will be junior best man,” tsika ni Priscilla.
Makakasama sa bridal entourage sina Richard gomez, Randy Santiago, Randy Ortiz, ginger Cornejero and Sandra Siefer.
Hanggang ngayon ay wala pang na-pagpipiliang petsa ng kasal ang couple. Maging ang beach na pagkakasalan sa kanila ay hindi pa rin napagdedesisyo-nan ng magdyowa.
“Me and John, we’ve beeng talking about it pero it’s not finaly yet ang date at saka the location kasi we’re still look-
ing for it.”Dahil sa agua Bendita ay ‘di pa rin
matuloy-tuloy ang pagbisita ni John sa Brazil.
“aalis kami siguro end of august. Kasi John is still taping for agua Ben-dita. Kung wala na ang taping, kung ta-pos na ang agua, we’ll gonna leave for Brazil and stay there for two weeks. They extended agua so many times. Every time they change we change our trip. Sana they won’t ex-tend anymore para makaalis kami.”
g u s t u h i n man niyang intimate wed-ding lang ang mangyari ay mukhang hindi ito possible. “Dati, gusto ko talaga small affair pero na-realize ko na hindi puwede. ako naman, I know a lot of people but not everybody is close to me. So hindi ako obli-gated to invite everyone that I say “Hi!” to. Pero John, he has so many friends. So it’s so hard to come to a number kasi everything
that it goes by there is something else to add to the list. So, as of now, parang siguro 150-200 guests. Hindi puwede ‘di ba? It would be nice if it would just be for good friends and close friends. It just so happen that John has so many friends,” she explained.
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SaManTala, guests sa Shinagawa lasik and aesthetics opening sina Ma-dame Imelda Marcos, Pops Fernan-dez, Senator loren legarda at Ricardo Cepeda.
nag-guest kami sa taping ng Pa-parazzi noong Sabado at sobrang nag-enjoy kami. Talaga palang naii-ba ang show na ito ng TV 5, walang takot at hindi uso ang blind item. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Muli naming nakatsika si Tita Cristy Fermin sa kanyang dressing room. at doon ay inamin namin sa kanya na hindi namin gusto si Wil-lie Revillame pero palagi naming pinanonood ang kanyang Wowowee. naaaliw kami kasi sa totoong ku-wento ng buhay na si Willie lamang ang may sariling paraan upang maipaabot sa masa.
aaminin namin, kahit hindi namin gusto si Willie, isa kami sa nalungkot para sa kanya dahil enjoy na enjoy
kaming manood ng Wowowee.anyway, noong taping ng Pa-
parazzi, grabe ang rebelasyon ni Uma Khouny na umaming siya ay isang bisexual. Sabi niya kasi, kung ang paghalik sa isang guy ay pagiging isang bisexual, then he is a bisexual. Inamin kasi niya na nakipaghalikan na siya sa isang lalaki at may karana-san na rin siya sa babae. grabe ang palakpakan nang aminin ni Uma ang matagal nang tsismis sa kanya.
Wala nang show si Uma sa Dos da-hil tsinugi siya sa Trip na Trip matapos na pagbintangan daw siyang ikinuku-wento ang nangyari sa love life ni Kat de Kastro. actually, ang napatunayan ni Uma sa show ay ang kanyang tapang sa pagsasalita. Wala siyang inuurun-gang issue at bagay siya sa talk show. May katapat na si Mo Twister na higit na matapang magbato ng salita kaya naman sana ay magkaroon ng show-biz-oriented talk show si Uma.
Sa guesting namin sa Paparazzi ay may isa kaming napatunayan – ito pala ang show na talaga namang wa-lang takot!
Hindi kami magtataka kung ev-ery Sunday ay ito na ang panoorin ng masang Pilipino dahil hitik ito sa isto-ryang talagang nakakabilib.
showbiz pizzazzBy Alex Brosas
naDEVElOP si Joey Mar-quez sa kanyang pinaka-bagong fantasy sitcom ng
gMa 7 na “Kaya ng Powers” sub-alit hindi ito sa isang tao.
nadevelop ni “Tsong” Joey ang kanyang acting ability dahil mga bago at mga bata ang kasama niya sa “Kaya ng Powers.”
Sa ulat na inilabas ng gmanews.tv, ginagamapanan ni Joey ang papel na scientist na si Dr. Robert Powers. Bilang isang premyadong komedyante, paano kaya niya dadalhin ang kanyang mga cast-mates sa “Kaya ng Powers?”
“alam mo, ‘yan ang gusto kong palitan na perception, na porket matagal ka na, ikaw palagi ang tit-ingnan. ang totoo niyan, ako ang nag-aadjust sa kanila kasi yung tema ng henerasyon ngayon, nasa kanila, hindi sa akin e," paglalahad ni Joey. “So kailangan ko i-modify
ang sarili ko para maka-cope up dun sa gusto ng tao.”
Sa Kaya ng Powers, isang ma-pagmahal na ama na pinoprotek-tahan ang kanyang mga anak ang papel ni Joey upang ‘di malaman ng kanilang mga kapitbahay ang tungkol sa kanilang kapangyari-han.
Sa totoong buhay kaya ay ganito rin siya ka-protective sa kanyang mga anak pagdating sa kanilang pagpasok sa showbiz?
“Hindi naman kasi importante kung ayaw o gusto namin e. ang importante, kung ano yung gusto nung bata, suportahan lang namin yun. Basta sa’kin, ang batas ko lang, tapusin mo muna yung pag-aaral mo,” he said.
“Hindi naman sa ayaw ko. Okay sa’kin lahat kaya lang, sabi ko nga,
between showbiz at saka yung pag-aaral, i-prioritize muna nila yung pag-aaral,’ paglilinaw pa ni Tsong Joey.
Recently ay maraming na-kapansin sa galing ng kanyang anak na si Wyn-Wyn Marquez sa pagsasayaw sa Party Pilipinas. Suportado naman ba niya ang pag-sasayaw nito?
“Baby pa lang ‘yan, sumasayaw na ‘yan e. Sa crib pa nga lang su-masayaw na ‘yan e,” sagot ni Joey. “after two years [puwede na]. Ka-pag may titulo na siya, she can do anything she wants. ‘Pag nakata-pos, kasi ‘pag hinaluan mo pa ng ibang priority yung pag-aaral mo baka mahati e.”
Meanwhile, sa kanyang busy schedule, noong nakaraan dahil sa eleksyon at ngayon, dahil sa kan-yang pagbabalik-showbiz, may pa-nahon pa kaya siya na makasama ang kanyang mga anak?
“It’s not that I will see to it. It’s a must na kailangan magkakasama kami [ng mga anak ko]. It’s a law e, na kailangan parati ka-ming mag-kakasama,” kuwento niya. “Wala naman [araw na naka-set], basta’t after school, kung libre sila. alam mo ang mga magulang e, tayo nag-aadjust ngayon sa mga bata. We need to understand their genera-tion.’
Mapapanood si Joey as an on-screen father sa Kaya ng Powers every Saturday after ng 24 Oras Weekend only on gMa.
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HaBang wala si Kris aquino sa bansa ay kung anu-anong balita ang lumabas tungkol sa kanya. Kasama na rito ang pagli-link sa kanya sa iba't ibang lalaki. ayon pa sa mga balita, ang mga lalaking ito
raw ang dahilan kung bakit naki-paghiwalay si Kris sa mister niyang si James Yap.
Kaya sa panayam ni Boy abun-da kay Kris para sa Snn ay inisa-isa nito ang mga lalaking iniuugnay sa TV host-actress.
Inuna muna ni Boy ang co-stars ni Kris sa teleserye niyang katata-pos lang sa aBS-CBn na Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo na sina Coco Martin, gerald anderson, at gabby Concepcion. Pagkatapos nito ay sinunod niya ang co-host niya sa Pilipi-nas, Win na Win! at dating karelasyon na si Robin Padilla, at sa huli ay ang mga pulitikong sina Senator “Francis” Chiz Escudero at Makati Mayor Je-jomar “Junjun” Binay, Jr.
n Coco Martin. ‘alam mo kasi kami ni Coco, hindi kami ta-laga nagkasundo nung umpisa,” pag-amin ni Kris. “nagkabuwisitan kami. nabuwisit siya sa akin, nab-uwisit ako sa kanya. and then the campaign started, and I saw how devoted he was to noy... he went all-out sa campaign. napamahal siya sa buong pamilya. So he’s re-ally a friend now.
“and I asked [Coco’s] permis-
sion, ha, before this interview and I said, ‘Bumubusina ako sa iyo, ha?’ Kasi we were close enough for me to know na pinopormahan niya si Erich [gonzales]. Sorry! Maloka na kayong lahat pero alam ni Coco ‘yan, nagpaalam ako na sasabi-hin ko ‘yon! Para tapos na, di ba? Clear."
n Gerald Anderson. “Utang na loob!” bulalas ni Kris. “Doon talaga ako napa-‘ano?’ Talagang no... ‘Yun talaga, that was re-ally ano talaga... But you know, si Kim [Chiu] at si gerald, I also know, hindi naman ako ganun ka-clueless kasi nag-text si Kim sa akin while I was
abroad. Hingaan ako ng sama ng loob no’n, alam ko may mga prob-lema sila. and alam ko maraming iniintriga sa kanila ngayon. So, ang sasabihin ko lang, simple, I love both of them. They’re like my younger brother, my younger sis-ter because we really had a good working relationship.”
n Gabby Concepcion. “no way! Because why? He’s married! I know what it's like, di ba? So I will never encourage that,” sabi ni Kris.
Kris Aquino alagang-alaga sa ABS-CBN‘Tsong’ nag-transform sa bagong fantaserye
JOEY MARQUEZ
KRIS AQUINOPRISCILLA MEIRELLES
GERALD ANDERSON
GABBY CONCEPCION
4 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 5
Talagang iba pala itong si Kris aquino. Feeling namin, siya ang nagpalagay ng dilaw na pintura
sa hallway na malapit sa dressing room niya para sa Pilipinas Win na Win.
Taltong araw lamang daw bago pa i-announce na magbabalik sa game show format si Kris ay pinalitan na raw ng dilaw ang corridor na malapit sa dress-ing room ng Queen of all Media. Hula namin, request iyon ni Kristeta o kaya na-man ay sadyang gina-wa iyon ng aBS-CBn management just to please the TV host na nagbabalik sa telebi-syon.
Ito marahil ang pagpapahalaga kay Kris ng Dos kaya lang ay iba ang dating dahil hindi ito ginawa kailan man ng aBS-CBn sa sinumang artista nila. Kay Kris lang daw nangyaring pinalitan ang kulay ng isang bahagi ng studio.
anyway, talagang reynang-reyna si Kris ngayon sa Dos lalo pa’t presi-dente na ang kapatid nitong si noynoy aquino.
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nag-aalangan pa si Priscilla Meirelles kung iimbitahin niya sa wed-ding nila ni John Estrada and ex-wife ni John na si Janice de Belen.
as of now kasi ay hindi pa friends sina Janice at John.
“Si Janice, hindi ko alam kung iimbitahan ko kasi hindi kami close, ‘di ba? I don’t know. She’s welcome to come always. I don’t know if that would be appropriated kasi I’m not sure also if she’s close to John. Even-tually, if they get to the point before the wedding where close na sila, why not, ‘di ba? We send the invitation. But as of now, I know her. She’s al-ways very nice to me but I’m not close to her so I don’t feel obligated kasi medyo awkward, ‘di ba?” paliwanag ni Priscilla sa launch ng Shinagawa lasik and aesthetics noong July 30 nang matanong siya about her wed-ding plan at kung kasama ba rito ang pag-imbita sa ex-wife ni John sa ka-nilang kasal.
ang kumpirmado ay ang pagdalo sa kasal nila ng mga anak ni John na makakasama sa entourage bilang ju-nior bridesmaids at junior best man. Maging si luigi na anak ni Janice ay invited rin sa wedding.
“Even luigi will be invited. So, ba-hala sila if in the case of luigi if he’ll be able to attend because it will be an out of town wedding. But the girls definite-ly, they will be there. ang daughters ni John and Yuan, his only son, will be
part of the entourage. The girls are the junior bridesmaids. Yuan will be junior best man,” tsika ni Priscilla.
Makakasama sa bridal entourage sina Richard gomez, Randy Santiago, Randy Ortiz, ginger Cornejero and Sandra Siefer.
Hanggang ngayon ay wala pang na-pagpipiliang petsa ng kasal ang couple. Maging ang beach na pagkakasalan sa kanila ay hindi pa rin napagdedesisyo-nan ng magdyowa.
“Me and John, we’ve beeng talking about it pero it’s not finaly yet ang date at saka the location kasi we’re still look-
ing for it.”Dahil sa agua Bendita ay ‘di pa rin
matuloy-tuloy ang pagbisita ni John sa Brazil.
“aalis kami siguro end of august. Kasi John is still taping for agua Ben-dita. Kung wala na ang taping, kung ta-pos na ang agua, we’ll gonna leave for Brazil and stay there for two weeks. They extended agua so many times. Every time they change we change our trip. Sana they won’t ex-tend anymore para makaalis kami.”
g u s t u h i n man niyang intimate wed-ding lang ang mangyari ay mukhang hindi ito possible. “Dati, gusto ko talaga small affair pero na-realize ko na hindi puwede. ako naman, I know a lot of people but not everybody is close to me. So hindi ako obli-gated to invite everyone that I say “Hi!” to. Pero John, he has so many friends. So it’s so hard to come to a number kasi everything
that it goes by there is something else to add to the list. So, as of now, parang siguro 150-200 guests. Hindi puwede ‘di ba? It would be nice if it would just be for good friends and close friends. It just so happen that John has so many friends,” she explained.
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SaManTala, guests sa Shinagawa lasik and aesthetics opening sina Ma-dame Imelda Marcos, Pops Fernan-dez, Senator loren legarda at Ricardo Cepeda.
nag-guest kami sa taping ng Pa-parazzi noong Sabado at sobrang nag-enjoy kami. Talaga palang naii-ba ang show na ito ng TV 5, walang takot at hindi uso ang blind item. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Muli naming nakatsika si Tita Cristy Fermin sa kanyang dressing room. at doon ay inamin namin sa kanya na hindi namin gusto si Wil-lie Revillame pero palagi naming pinanonood ang kanyang Wowowee. naaaliw kami kasi sa totoong ku-wento ng buhay na si Willie lamang ang may sariling paraan upang maipaabot sa masa.
aaminin namin, kahit hindi namin gusto si Willie, isa kami sa nalungkot para sa kanya dahil enjoy na enjoy
kaming manood ng Wowowee.anyway, noong taping ng Pa-
parazzi, grabe ang rebelasyon ni Uma Khouny na umaming siya ay isang bisexual. Sabi niya kasi, kung ang paghalik sa isang guy ay pagiging isang bisexual, then he is a bisexual. Inamin kasi niya na nakipaghalikan na siya sa isang lalaki at may karana-san na rin siya sa babae. grabe ang palakpakan nang aminin ni Uma ang matagal nang tsismis sa kanya.
Wala nang show si Uma sa Dos da-hil tsinugi siya sa Trip na Trip matapos na pagbintangan daw siyang ikinuku-wento ang nangyari sa love life ni Kat de Kastro. actually, ang napatunayan ni Uma sa show ay ang kanyang tapang sa pagsasalita. Wala siyang inuurun-gang issue at bagay siya sa talk show. May katapat na si Mo Twister na higit na matapang magbato ng salita kaya naman sana ay magkaroon ng show-biz-oriented talk show si Uma.
Sa guesting namin sa Paparazzi ay may isa kaming napatunayan – ito pala ang show na talaga namang wa-lang takot!
Hindi kami magtataka kung ev-ery Sunday ay ito na ang panoorin ng masang Pilipino dahil hitik ito sa isto-ryang talagang nakakabilib.
showbiz pizzazzBy Alex Brosas
naDEVElOP si Joey Mar-quez sa kanyang pinaka-bagong fantasy sitcom ng
gMa 7 na “Kaya ng Powers” sub-alit hindi ito sa isang tao.
nadevelop ni “Tsong” Joey ang kanyang acting ability dahil mga bago at mga bata ang kasama niya sa “Kaya ng Powers.”
Sa ulat na inilabas ng gmanews.tv, ginagamapanan ni Joey ang papel na scientist na si Dr. Robert Powers. Bilang isang premyadong komedyante, paano kaya niya dadalhin ang kanyang mga cast-mates sa “Kaya ng Powers?”
“alam mo, ‘yan ang gusto kong palitan na perception, na porket matagal ka na, ikaw palagi ang tit-ingnan. ang totoo niyan, ako ang nag-aadjust sa kanila kasi yung tema ng henerasyon ngayon, nasa kanila, hindi sa akin e," paglalahad ni Joey. “So kailangan ko i-modify
ang sarili ko para maka-cope up dun sa gusto ng tao.”
Sa Kaya ng Powers, isang ma-pagmahal na ama na pinoprotek-tahan ang kanyang mga anak ang papel ni Joey upang ‘di malaman ng kanilang mga kapitbahay ang tungkol sa kanilang kapangyari-han.
Sa totoong buhay kaya ay ganito rin siya ka-protective sa kanyang mga anak pagdating sa kanilang pagpasok sa showbiz?
“Hindi naman kasi importante kung ayaw o gusto namin e. ang importante, kung ano yung gusto nung bata, suportahan lang namin yun. Basta sa’kin, ang batas ko lang, tapusin mo muna yung pag-aaral mo,” he said.
“Hindi naman sa ayaw ko. Okay sa’kin lahat kaya lang, sabi ko nga,
between showbiz at saka yung pag-aaral, i-prioritize muna nila yung pag-aaral,’ paglilinaw pa ni Tsong Joey.
Recently ay maraming na-kapansin sa galing ng kanyang anak na si Wyn-Wyn Marquez sa pagsasayaw sa Party Pilipinas. Suportado naman ba niya ang pag-sasayaw nito?
“Baby pa lang ‘yan, sumasayaw na ‘yan e. Sa crib pa nga lang su-masayaw na ‘yan e,” sagot ni Joey. “after two years [puwede na]. Ka-pag may titulo na siya, she can do anything she wants. ‘Pag nakata-pos, kasi ‘pag hinaluan mo pa ng ibang priority yung pag-aaral mo baka mahati e.”
Meanwhile, sa kanyang busy schedule, noong nakaraan dahil sa eleksyon at ngayon, dahil sa kan-yang pagbabalik-showbiz, may pa-nahon pa kaya siya na makasama ang kanyang mga anak?
“It’s not that I will see to it. It’s a must na kailangan magkakasama kami [ng mga anak ko]. It’s a law e, na kailangan parati ka-ming mag-kakasama,” kuwento niya. “Wala naman [araw na naka-set], basta’t after school, kung libre sila. alam mo ang mga magulang e, tayo nag-aadjust ngayon sa mga bata. We need to understand their genera-tion.’
Mapapanood si Joey as an on-screen father sa Kaya ng Powers every Saturday after ng 24 Oras Weekend only on gMa.
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HaBang wala si Kris aquino sa bansa ay kung anu-anong balita ang lumabas tungkol sa kanya. Kasama na rito ang pagli-link sa kanya sa iba't ibang lalaki. ayon pa sa mga balita, ang mga lalaking ito
raw ang dahilan kung bakit naki-paghiwalay si Kris sa mister niyang si James Yap.
Kaya sa panayam ni Boy abun-da kay Kris para sa Snn ay inisa-isa nito ang mga lalaking iniuugnay sa TV host-actress.
Inuna muna ni Boy ang co-stars ni Kris sa teleserye niyang katata-pos lang sa aBS-CBn na Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo na sina Coco Martin, gerald anderson, at gabby Concepcion. Pagkatapos nito ay sinunod niya ang co-host niya sa Pilipi-nas, Win na Win! at dating karelasyon na si Robin Padilla, at sa huli ay ang mga pulitikong sina Senator “Francis” Chiz Escudero at Makati Mayor Je-jomar “Junjun” Binay, Jr.
n Coco Martin. ‘alam mo kasi kami ni Coco, hindi kami ta-laga nagkasundo nung umpisa,” pag-amin ni Kris. “nagkabuwisitan kami. nabuwisit siya sa akin, nab-uwisit ako sa kanya. and then the campaign started, and I saw how devoted he was to noy... he went all-out sa campaign. napamahal siya sa buong pamilya. So he’s re-ally a friend now.
“and I asked [Coco’s] permis-
sion, ha, before this interview and I said, ‘Bumubusina ako sa iyo, ha?’ Kasi we were close enough for me to know na pinopormahan niya si Erich [gonzales]. Sorry! Maloka na kayong lahat pero alam ni Coco ‘yan, nagpaalam ako na sasabi-hin ko ‘yon! Para tapos na, di ba? Clear."
n Gerald Anderson. “Utang na loob!” bulalas ni Kris. “Doon talaga ako napa-‘ano?’ Talagang no... ‘Yun talaga, that was re-ally ano talaga... But you know, si Kim [Chiu] at si gerald, I also know, hindi naman ako ganun ka-clueless kasi nag-text si Kim sa akin while I was
abroad. Hingaan ako ng sama ng loob no’n, alam ko may mga prob-lema sila. and alam ko maraming iniintriga sa kanila ngayon. So, ang sasabihin ko lang, simple, I love both of them. They’re like my younger brother, my younger sis-ter because we really had a good working relationship.”
n Gabby Concepcion. “no way! Because why? He’s married! I know what it's like, di ba? So I will never encourage that,” sabi ni Kris.
Kris Aquino alagang-alaga sa ABS-CBN‘Tsong’ nag-transform sa bagong fantaserye
JOEY MARQUEZ
KRIS AQUINOPRISCILLA MEIRELLES
GERALD ANDERSON
GABBY CONCEPCION
Tuesday, August 3, 20106
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Over P5 million in cash prizes will be given away in the nationwide text and web-based raffle promo of San Marino Hearty Line.
Under the “Can this be love” promo, mobile phone subscribers and internet users from all over the country can win big cash prizes, by buying products belonging to the San Marino Hearty Line during a three-month promo period from August 1 to October 31.
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Kids have more exciting reasons to celebrate the much awaited big-screen debut of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
in time for the live-action movie adaptation by M. Night shyamalan, Jollibee Kids Meal is now offering The Last Airbender toy collectibles. With four dynamic new action fig-ures to choose from, kids can get caught up even more in the legend of Aang.
The Last Airbender tells the story
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Over P5M at stakein ‘Can This Be Love’ promo of san Marino
Get ready for Avatar: The Last Airbender with new Jollibee collectibles
GLOBe Telecom unveils new ad-ditions to its line-up of unlimited call, text and mobile surfing offers. My super One and My super idd are the latest additions to Globe’s My superPlan, the only fully-cus-tomized unlimited service plans in the country.
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Our Daily Bread
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In a similar way, sin needs a host to stay alive. By themselves, sins such as pride, greed, anger, and selfish-ness are mere words. But when sin overpowers a human host, it works to destroy it for as long as the host is alive.
Thankfully, because of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross, Christians have been positionally “set free from sin” (Rom. 6:18). Even though we still sin, the Holy Spirit who lives in us helps us to resist that “sin virus,” the lust of the flesh (Gal. 5:16). The apostle John tells us: “Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them” (1 John 3:0 NLT). Now we walk in dependence upon the Spirit, and one day we will stand “faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
Isn’t that a great comfort for you as you step out to-day into a world infected by the “virus” of sin?
The Great Physician holds the cureThat kills the virus of our sin;It’s by His own atoning bloodThat we’re made whole and pure within. –D. De Haan
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MeTropoLiTaN Manila Development authority (MMDa) Chairman Francis Tolentino yesterday effected a major reshuffle starting with the eviction of long-time traffic czar angelito Vergel de Dios.
De Dios’ former post at the Traffic and Transport Management office is now occupied by Noemi Recio as officer-in-charge. recio was the director of the Traffic Engineering Center. De Dios was reassigned as director of health and sanitation de-partment of the agency.
The revamp has its con-troversy too as Roberto “Bobby” Esquivel, former head of the Sidewalk Clear-
ing operations Group, was first appointed as De Dios’ replacement but the order was recalled due to one-year election ban on candidates who ran and lost to take a gov-ernment post. Esquivel lost in the recent mayoralty race in Norzagaray, Bulacan.
Esquivel was the alleged tipster to the new MMDa chairman who divulged re-cently that some bus com-panies are regularly paying payola to MMDa officials.
Those who were also af-fected by the reshuffle were aristodes ruaro who was assigned to the office of the Chairman; Crisanto Saruca, Jr., appointed as Legal and Legislative affairs Staff
and in charge of the estab-lishment and operation of MMDa Citizen Disaster re-action Team; emerson Car-los who was assigned to the office of the Deputy Chair-man; Jose edgardo Lara as-signed at the office of the as-sistant General Manager for Finance and administration; adel abas who was assigned to the office of the assistant General Manager for opera-tions; Yves randolph Gon-zalez who was designated as Management Information System Staff and Ma. Resa Sabalones-Celis who was assigned to the office of the assistant General Manager for planning
Anthony Munoz
Tolentino effects major revamp at MMDa
poLiCe killed the leader of a car theft syndicate operat-ing in Metro Manila when he shot it out with policemen while one of his companions was arrested in Makati City yesterday morning.
Supt. Rommel Miran-da, spokesman of the Na-tional Capital Regional police office, said the gang leader, identified as ivan padilla, died while being treated of a gun-shot wound in the head at the ospital ng Makati. His companion identified only as a certain Mark In-ducil was apprehended by members of the Makati City police.
Miranda said police have been staking out along Gen. Luna Street in Makati fol-lowing a tip from an inform-er that padilla’s group was poised to strike again.
police were about to ap-proach the suspects on board a Toyota Vios car when pa-dilla and inducil fired their guns against the lawmen. The lawmen retaliated hit-ting padilla and arrested in-ducil in the process.
Miranda said the gang was responsible for steal-ing the cars of former De-partment of Foreign affairs Secretary Roberto Romulo and Japanese trader Koji Hasewaga in Taguig last week.
police also suspected the group as behind the carjack-ing of the sports car of actor Derek Ramsay’s father in Tagaytay City.
Liga ng mga Barangay President Ricojudge Janvier “RJ” Echiverri formally hands over the plaque of appreciation to President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in the just concluded 3rd National Convention which was attended by more than 7,000 barangay chairmen held at the SMX Conventin Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City .
NearLY 80 percent of Fili-pinos have wanted check-point operations by the philippine National police (pNp) to stay visible on the highways and major thor-oughfares.
This was revealed in a recent survey, which was done by the asia-pacific Centre for research (aCre) from May 27 to June 11. The survey showed 78.4 percent or almost eight out of 10 Filipinos would like
the police to continue the operation of checkpoints as a regular part of its anti-crime and law enforcement function.
The aCre survey results indicated this, despite the fact that only 70.63 percent of Filipinos favored the con-duct of checkpoints imple-mented in all cities and municipalities nationwide by composite teams of local pNp and military personnel, supervised by the Commis-
sion on Elections (Comelec) during the last election pe-riod.
The same number, how-ever, credited the aggres-sive measure as effective in reducing election-related violence and preventing po-tential bloodbath through arrests of suspects and con-fiscation of illegally trans-ported and possessed fire-arms.
The survey showed that checkpoint operations dur-
ing the election period were seen as an effective election security and law enforce-ment measures.
These positive assess-ments of the people were consistent with those earlier expressed by various indi-viduals, organizations and even foreign governments which lauded the pNp for its role in the conduct of “one of the most peaceful and cred-ible elections” in the coun-try’s history.
Pinoys want checkpoints retained
Car theft gang leader killed in shootout
p.Noy backedby 7,000 leaders
SoMe 7,000 barangay leaders from all over the country expressed support to president aquino during the recently concluded Liga ng mga Barangay sa pilipinas’ 3rd National Convention held at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of asia Complex, roxas Boulevard last July 29.
aquino, who was the guest of honor, was warmly received and ap-plauded by the attending barangay captains led by Liga ng mga Barangay sa pilipinas president ricojudge “rJ” Echiverri.
aquino and echiverri were delighted by the “show of force” at the convention, saying it was indicative of how the Liga members have been supporting the current administration.
Echiverri, who also serves as Caloocan City councilor, noted how “p.Noy” in his early days in office has been able to strike a chord among Filipinos who had been yearning for genuine change and thus im-prove their quality of life. Albert Nasser
JUNDEL MAZON is set-ting his sights in competing in the longest-running US Open 9-Ball Championships following his successful conquest of the recent 2010 Guinness World Series of Pool 10-Ball Challenge at the Mal Taman Aggrek in Jakar-ta, Indonesia on Sunday.
“Hindi ko sasayangin ang muling binigay na pagkakataon ni Sir Jo (NBS president Jonathan Sy) at coach Toper (NBS coach Christopher Palses) na makapaglaro ulit tayo sa pandaigdigang torneo gaya ng US Open 9-ball,” said Mazon, fondly called Janno in the local pool.
The prize fighter, of Ne-gros Billiard Stable (NBS) under the wings of of Sy and Palses. Mazon defeated for-
mer World 10-ball champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain, 8-6, in the semifinal round then subdued Irsal Na-sution of Indonesia, 10-5, in the final.
The former Middle East pool instructor received his biggest paycheck of $40,000 in his pro-billiards career.
“I’m very confident na malayo ang mararating ni Janno pero kailangan lamang siyang bigyan ng break. Kaya nga lubos kam-ing nagpapasalamat kay Sir Jo na full support sa NBS players,” added Palses.
Joining Mazon in the 35th Annual US Open 9-ball on October 17 to 23 at the beautiful conference center in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA are fellow NBS players Lee Vann “The Slayer” Corteza, Warren “Warrior” Kiamco, Ramil “Bebeng” Gallego, Ro-dolfo “Boy Samson” Luat and Ricky “Bai” Zerna.
The US Open is the lon-gest run and most presti-gious 9-ball event in the world. The field is limited to 256 players with top prize is $50,000.
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ABOUT 17,000 fans watched last Sunday’s game at the PBA.
That’s minus a Baran-gay Ginebra team in the twinbill. Very good for the pro league.
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SO there’s a Game 7 after all between Alas-ka and Derby Ace.
Mahaba man ang prusisyon, sa Game 7 din ang tuloy. Para namang bago kayo ng bago.
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FORMER PBA player Allan Caidic will have a shooting camp soon.
This is for basketball addicts between 10 to 18 years old.
Allan Caidic is considered as the best shooter the Philippine basketball has ever produced.
For details on how you can be a part of this camp, call Rellie at 0917-8168675.
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NBA, or Nature Based Alternative Corpo-ration, the makers of the fastest-selling Nature’s-C calcium ascorbate, has enlisted
the services of four college basketball players to be their ambassadors.
These are Anthony del Rio of SSC Stags, Andretti Stevens of Mapua Cardi-nals, Dan Reducto of Arel-lano, and Jeric Teng of the
UST Tigers.Thousands of youthful students are
members of NBA, that is why the man-agement decided to get college players as ambassadors.
In fact, in the days to come, they will be getting more college players to join the NBA team.
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IT’S sad to hear that PBA legend Abet Guidaben is sick with a rare disease.
Abet, one of the superstars of Crispa, is based in the US after he retired from active basketball.
I just hope he’ll be okay and that he will eventually overcome this disease.
Another PBA legend Abe King, according to colleague Beth Celis, is spearheading sev-eral fund-raising projects for Abet in the US.
Caidic shooting camp
MEXICAN counter-punch specialist Juan Manuel Mar-
quez became the preeminent Mexican boxer of his gener-ation with his virtuosic win over Juan Diaz, to which he feels his impressive career would be complete after one more fight with boxing icon Manny Pacquiao.
Marquez also realizes he will probably never get that fight—not while Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank are embroiled in a feud that essentially prevents their fighters from meeting in the ring.
Boxing’s top two pro-motional companies are increasingly bad-tempered
rivals who just won’t work together.
Pacquiao, the top fighter in Top Rank’s collection, stands on the opposite side of that divide from Marquez, who is backed by Golden Boy.
Marquez punctuated his thrashing of Diaz on Sunday with a call for a third fight against Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound champion.
But Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer responded with a chuckle when asked if he would call Top Rank boss Bob Arum about put-ting Marquez and Pacquiao together.
“Well, we all know Bob (Arum) wants to do the in-
house stuff, and that’s his choice,” Schaefer said. “It’s clearly unfinished business there, but it’s all right. Mar-quez is not a beggar. We’re not going to go on our knees. There are so many other great fights out there.”
Arum has made the same complaint about Golden Boy in the past two years, and the companies have scarcely worked together in that time. Arum has de-cried Golden Boy’s cozy re-lationship with HBO, while Schaefer has criticized Arum for only entertaining Top Rank-backed foes for Pacquiao’s next bout, likely to be against Antonio Mar-garito on Nov. 13.
Pacquiao-Marquez part 3 far from happening
Mazon sets sights on US Open 9-Ball C’ships
THANKS to RR Garcia, Far Eastern University is just a win away from complet-ing a first-round sweep of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament for the first time since 2005.
With his impressive per-formance last week, Garcia earned the distinction of be-ing the first two-time Accel-Filoil UAAP Press Corps Player of the Week winner this season.
The former national youth standout carried the Tamaraws to two victories to improve their record to 6-0.
Garcia beat Ateneo’s Eric Salamat and University of the East guard Paul Lee in the weekly citation also
backed by Terrilicious meat products and Gatorade.
FEU coach Glenn Capacio has a lot of nice words for Gar-cia, who is undoubtedly the Tamaraws’ heart and soul.
“He is playing consistent basketball and he makes his teammates better. For me, he is the best point guard in college basketball today,” said Capacio.
In the last two games, the Zamboanga native is aver-aging 17 points, 3.5 assists, 3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and a block per game.
Garcia saved FEU from the jaws of defeat in regula-tion in a thrilling 84-80 dou-ble overtime triumph over La Salle last Thursday.
The Green Archers were ahead 68-61 in regulation, before the Tamaraws rattled off seven straight points, highlighted by a breakaway lay-up by Garcia off a steal from Simon Atkins in the last 9.2 seconds to send the game into extra five min-utes.
It was a splendid all-around game for Garcia, who finished with 18 points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks.
Garcia then continued his display of backcourt sav-vy in the Tamaraws’ 74-65 win over Adamson last Sun-day with his 16-point, three-rebound and two-assist pro-duction.
RR Garcia is UAAP Press ‘Player of the Week’
JUNDEL MAZON
