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Entertainment
Bianca to Miguel:
Never Change
TIDBITS
Rachelle Ann Go
LESSONS ON EBING ALONE
A lot has changed since Rachelle Ann Go first left for London.
Today, the Kapuso performer is already an award-winning stage actress, the theme song vocalist of a Cinderella remake and a proud domesticated woman.
During her guesting in The Ryzza Mae Show,
she remembered how she previously shared with the child host that she cannot cook at all, and how that doesn’t hold true anymore.
“‘Di ba kinu-kuwento ko dati na ‘di ako marunong? Ngayon, marunong na
ko magluto. ‘Di na siya karegang (kare kare
at sinigang). Hindi na masabaw ‘yung kare kare ko,” she joyously said.
Living alone in London has urged her to learn doing things for herself, including cooking her own meals.
“Wala akong kasama dun sa London. Ako lang mag- isa, tapos ang mahal ng pagkain so natuto akong magluto mag-isa,” she added.
Rachelle is having the time of her life playing Gigi in Miss Saigon but admits to be missing a lot about the Philippines. Learning how
to prepare Filipino cuisine appeases her homesickness. “I’m very proud of myself. Marunong na kong magluto ng kare kare, sinigang, adobo (at) gising gising,” she told Ryzza.
SIM card mandatory registration nears passage
MANILA - All prepaid subscribers need to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card should the proposed measure, which passed on second reading becomes a law.
This after members of
the House committee
on Information and Communications Technology, led by Chairman and Rizal Rep. Joel Roy Duavit, unanimously approved House Bill 5231, otherwise known as SIM card Registration Act of 2015, a consolidation of nine bills.
Under the proposed measure, all direct sellers
are mandated to registered pertinent data in a registration form device for the purpose to include full name and address of the end users.
Authors of the measure
are Representatives
Marlyn Primicias-Agabas (Pangasinan), Magnolia Rose Antonino-Nadres (Nueva Ecija), Sergio Apostol (Leyte), Rodolfo Biazon (Muntinlupa City), Winston Castelo (Quezon City), Joel Roy Duavit (Rizal), Sherwin Gatchalian (Valenzuela City), Maximo Rodriguez
Jr. (Abante Mindanao party-list), Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro City), and Marcelino Teodoro (Marikina City).
Under the bill, every direct seller shall require the end user of a SIM card to present valid identification with photo to ascertain the latter’s identity.
The direct seller shall
also require the end user
to accomplish and sign
a control-numbered registration form issued
by the respective Public Telecommunications Entity (PTE) of the SIM card being purchased.
The registration form shall include an attestation by the
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Bianca Umali is very proud of her ka-love team Miguel Tanfelix for graduating with honors from high school at Cavite School of Life. Miguel got the Most Outstanding Awards in Performing Arts, Theater Arts and the Loyalty Award. Bianca herself attended the graduation rites last Saturday, March 21, with Miguel’s family and here’s what her own
message for him says: “Congratulations, graduate! Super duper proud of you! Will always be here lang for you. Don’t change ha! Here’s to a new chapter of your life... High Five.”
Miguel himself declares: “Masayang-masaya po ako dahil isang malaking achievement po para sa akin itong pag-graduate ko ng high school kahit working student ako. Unti-unti ko pong natutupad yung mga pangarap ko at napakalaking bagay po sa akin yung pag-aaral ko. At the same time, nagpapasalamat din ako sa lahat ng mga sumuporta sa akin. Siyempre po, unang-una akong nagpapasalamat ako kay God.
Lagi ko pong pinagdarasal noon pa na sana makatapos ako ng high school at binigyan Niya po ako ng lakas para magawa ko ito. Sunod po sa aking mga magulang na nandyan parati para suportahan ako. We come from a family rin po kasi of educators. Yung lola ko po owns a school and simula po pagkabata itinuro na nila sa akin ang kahalagahan ng pag-aaral kaya po para sa kanila rin po iyong diploma ko. Kahit po nung nag-artista na ko, sinasabi po nila parati sa akin na hindi habang buhay yung pag-aartista kaya dapat mag-aral ng mabuti para meron din ibang career na mapupuntahan aside from showbiz.”
What is his advice to other artistas who want to finish their studies despite their hectic showbiz schedule? “Dapat talaga, alam nila kung gaano kahalaga yung education sa buhay nila. Wala namang imposible kapag ginusto mo, di ba. Tapos time management is very important. You have to devote time for your studies kahit pagod ka na sa taping mo. Maraming sacrifices na dapat gawin like hindi ka na muna lalabas or maglalaro with your friends just to focus on your studies. And last is discipline po sa sarili if you want to achieve something.”
As a teen actor, Miguel is seen regularly in three GMA-7 shows: The nightly primetime soap “Once Upon a Kiss” and the weekend shows
“Ismol Family” and “Sunday All Stars”. We heard that as graduation gifts to himself, Miguel got a new van and a new condo unit. His next goal is to obtain a college degree.
But in “Once Upon a Kiss” this week, things take a turn for the worse when Bianca as Ella is diagnosed to have a brain tumor and has to be operated on as it’s affecting her neurological functions. Miguel as Prince tries his best to take care of Ella and even asks to be in the same section as her in class so they can sit beside each other. Meantime, Mylene Dizon as Giselle gets terribly jealous when she learns that her husband Cris Villanueva as Eric has become the business partner of Manilyn Reynes as Aurora, his ex-GF.
On na sila Eula and Christian
Officially on na ngayon sina Eula Caballero at Christian Samson, ang dating finalist ng Star Factor ng TV 5 four years ago. Dito nagkita ang dalawa sa TV5. Nagkadevelop-an sila hanggang naging mag-MU. Lately, napagtanto ni Eula na siya’y 19 na at puwede nang makipag-boyfriend. Naging madalas ang dates nila at nakilala na nila nang husto ang isa’t isa.
Inamin na ni Eula ang tunay niyang nararamdaman para kay Christian. Naramdaman daw niya na mahalaga pala si Christian sa kanyang buhay.
Si Christian ay 22 years old na ngayon.
In fact, kaya siya napapayag na mag-pose para sa cover ng FHM ay dahil sa payo na rin ni Christian na nagsabing isa itong art form.
Manual Voting looms
SC gives TRO on Comelec-Smartmatic deal
MANILA - There is a possibility that the 2016 elections may revert to the old manual system if the Supreme Court rejects the use of the 82,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan machines that were used in previous elections.
“Manual elections remain in the realm of possibilities,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said after the SC stopped the controversial P268-million diagnostic and repair deal the Comelec awarded to the Smartmatic-TIM consortium. Although the probability of returning to manual elections is “low,” Jimenez said the poll body is not discounting the possibility and the Comelec was preparing contingencies.
“You have to understand that machines are the bulk of machines we will be using. The whole project will last 5 months if we can get TRO lifted [so] early resolution of this TRO would mean we have time to finish the program within the year,’’ he said.
Although the Comelec is also contracting the acquisition of 23,000 more voting machines, that can only
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cover “a small section of the Philippines,” Jimenez said. He said the Comelec is considering the possibility of
allowing its own computer experts to refurbish the old machines instead of commissioning Smartmatic.
Even retired Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr., who was severely criticized for pushing the Smartmatic contract although he was already set to retire, is concerned at the possibility that the 2016 elections will revert to the manual system based on the election automation law.
Smartmatic-TIM President Cesar Flores on the other hand expressed confidence that the firm will be able
to surpass a legal hurdle in its P268-million deal with Comelec. ‘’This calls to mind the year 2012 when the Court issued a TRO against the option to purchase.
After the oral arguments, the Supreme Court upheld with finality the validity of the contract. Similarly, we are confident that after the Court hears our arguments, it will eventually decide for the soundness and validity of this contract.”
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