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VIRAL: Pinoy in Canada saves woman from raging partner
TORONTO – A Filipino living in Ontario, Canada went an extra mile to confront a complete stranger who was physically abusing a woman.
Kevin Panlilio, a native of Cainta, Rizal, said he was waiting for his dad to pick him up at a bus station around midnight when he chanced upon a couple arguing.
“Few moments later it turns to screaming, with the guy of course overpowering
the girl,” he told ABS- CBNNews.com.
Panlilio said he did not want to step in, especially since he did not have anything to do with the couple.
“I wanted to pretend I wasn’t hearing them so I turned up the music on my iPhone. I was actually
walking away slowly too because, to be honest, I didn’t want to have anything to do with them,” he said.
However, he suddenly felt an urge to intervene when he saw the guy pulling the girl’s hair and punching her. “To be honest with you, I got scared, but as soon as I saw that fist hit the girl’s face it was almost of impulse reaction, instinct that I just had to go and intervene,” he said.
He said that as he walked closer to the couple, he knew he had to be gentle “because fighting fire with fire is foolish.”
Panlilio said he calmly told the man to stop what he was doing, but the man was too angry.
“As I was just about to tell the girl to leave, the guy grabs my hoodie and sucker punches me couple of times in the face. I went
down on my knees but can
still see and hear the girl being able to drive away,” he said.
The girl was able to escape while the man vented his anger upon the Filipino. Instead of hitting back, Panlilio said he just asked the guy to stop.
“The guy was still taunting
me and wanted to hit me
more but I just again asked
for him to stop and ‘find
something that’ll make him happy’ or something to that effect,” he said, explaining that the phrase he used was something that his mom has always been telling him since he was a child.
“The guy then ran to his car, and so did I to the nearest bus shelter in fear of him getting some sort of weapon. Luckily, he didn’t,” he added.
The punch left Panlilio a damaged tissue on the face and a black eye.
He admitted that at first, he was apathetic to the issue of domestic violence, but the incident he got into was an eye-opener. “It made me realize that domestic violence is a much bigger issue than I expected. It’s definitely a bigger conversation that everybody needs to have,” he said.
Panlilio said that after the incident, many of his friends opened up to him about the abuse they had been experiencing. “But after this incident, a lot of my friends had messaged me, phoning me, texting me, telling me that they themselves are victims of domestic abuse; from their fathers, boyfriends,” he said.
Panilio is now involved with a group in Ontario that helps women and children suffering abuse.
He also posted his “black-eye” photo (PHOTO)on Facebook to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence, not only in Canada, but in other places too.
Panlilio’s photo has now more than 40,000 Likes and 1,000 Shares on Facebook.
“I just hope with this picture that people will not get scared to intervene with the fear of getting a black eye, but rather be encouraged to step in when witnessing domestic violence,” he said.
Panililio lived in the Philippines until he and his family left for Canada in 2005. He said they still visit the Philippines once in a while and he still considers himself “100% Pinoy.”
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Entertainment
‘Your face’ Sounds Familiar Now
ABS-CBN has definitely come up with a real winner in their new franchise show, “Your Face Sounds Familiar”. It has gained
more viewers than the show it replaced, “The Voice Philip- pines”. Viewers are really curious who the celebrity con- testants will imitate next among local and international
singers?
In the first episode, Jay-R emerged the winner while
copying local rocker Pepe Smith, with Edgar Allan Guzman runner up as Usher. Also mak- ing an impression then was Karla Estrada as
Sharon Cuneta. In the second episode last week, Karla became the topnotcher while
imitating Chaka Khan with her excellent version of
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the success of our OFW recourse— by driving up our exchange rate—is hampering our competitiveness in other exports; and lulling our political and economic leaders into thinking our economy’s in better shape than it
is.Then there’s the problem of “brain drain.” Pernia cites research that shows labor export is indeed creaming off
the finest of our blue-collar workers too fast for our education system
to replenish. And, of course, rich- country migration policies cherry- pick technologists, literates and other highly-educated people. We console ourselves with the thought that
our OFWs learn skills they would eventually bring home. But the higher their skills—Pernia argues—the
more likely their host-societies would assimilate them.
Assuring our young there’s hope
Whether the optimists or the pessimists are proved right on the OFW question, we can’t deny there’s a growing sense of despair about our country’s future. And it’s not just our present-day leaders who are to blame.
“Philippine policymaking,” the World Bank noted in 1993, “has historically been captive to powerful vested interests that have shaped economic policy, to protect and enhance their privileged position, often to the detriment of national well-being.”
Even the Jesuit sociologist Fr. John J. Carroll became pessimistic about the long-term viability of democratic politics in our society of great inequality, “where the powerful use the law to oppress the weak.” (Fr. Carroll’s recent death left a gap in Philippine scholarship we will not soon fill.)
The system works less and less well; and since its problems are structural, there are no prospects for short-term improvements to which people could look forward. Stability based on stagnation may not last forever—but it can last long enough. So that for more and more of our young people, the only remedy is to start over elsewhere; and the earlier, the better.
So what are we stay-at-homes to do? We who continue to believe in this country’s capacity to renew itself must chart for it a new beginning. We must assure our young people there is hope for this country.
Until the system begins to work for everyday people—and not just for the influential and the powerful—parents and grandparents will wait endlessly for their children to return home.
by JUAN T. GATBONTON
APRIL 2015
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impressive in his
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as Adam Levine, and Jay-R as Stevie Wonder. In the case of the other contestants, some are obviously put there just for comic relief, like Melai Cantiveros imitating Nora Aunor in the first week, then Britney Spears in the second episode.
Viewers also follow the comments of the show’s three judges: Sharon Cuneta, Gary Valenciano and Jed Madela. In the last show, Edgar Allan imitated Gary V’s singing and dancing.They even had a showdown. He’s quite good, but Gary himself was obviously not pleased or impressed and gave him a very low rating of just 1. The fans of the stars who are part of the contest also make their presence felt, like in the case of Jolina Magdangal fans who complained in social media when Sharon Cuneta gave Jolens a low rating.
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for she has always been associated with the musi- instrument that she is famous for and that love to strumm every now and then”. Also, her contract as Nestle’s Nido endorser has been
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Barbie has also just released her new album, “My New Heart”, with new original songs that music lovers can appreciate like “Run for Cover,” “Say Goodbye” and “My New Heart”. Barbie herself pro- duced it under 12 Stone Records label, with paintings on the cover done by her own husband, Martin Honasan. For more updates about, check out her Facebook account at facebook.com/barbie almalbis.
Natural comedian si Marian - Paolo
Maagang nagsimula sa showbiz si Kapuso actor Paolo Contis kaya’t maituturing na siyang beterano sa industriya. Pero ayon sa Yagit star, kahit dekada na ang binibilang niya sa pagiging artista ay mayroong bagay pa rin daw na nagpapahirap sa kanya sa pag-arte.
“I find it hard to make people laugh especially with our culture since the Filipinos cry easily. Emotion- al tayo,” pahayag ni Paolo. In fact, mas challenging daw ang pagpapatawa niya sa Bubble Gang kaysa sa pagko-
kontrabida niya sa Afternoon Prime soap.
Aniya, “‘Pag sa soap, madaling magpaiyak. Maging honest actor ka
lang kaya mo na ‘yon. Pero it’s hard to make people laugh especially ‘pag weekly mo ginagawa. So para sa ‘kin mas challenging ‘yung com- edy.” Nang minsang mag-guest si Marian Rivera sa Bubble Gang, na-amaze raw si Paolo dahil sisiw lang sa Primetime Queen ang magpatawa.
“Natural comedian si Marian eh,” saad niya. Ayon kay Paolo,
sana raw ay maging madalas ang pag-guest ni Marian sa gag show. Marami raw kasi silang plano ni Michael V. para sa upcoming lead star ng The Rich Man’s Daughter. Kuwento ni Paolo, dahil sa galing ni Marian ay gumawa sila ni Bitoy ng isang on-the-spot sketch. “Sabi namin ni Bitoy, gawa tayo ng sketch na Michael Cinco. So ginawa nga. Siya [Bitoy] ang nagsulat, kami ang nag-conceptualize,” anang Yagit star.
“Hopefully kapag bumalik si Marian, it could be a recurring sketch with her. I think mga two or three more guestings pa [sa Bubble Gang],” pagtatapos ni Paolo.
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