Author: TJ Gacura
TJ Gacura
TJ believes in the saying, "Make your passion your profession," which made him dip his toes into any writing profession. He tried blogging, tried feature writing; he even dabbled into SEO writing. His heart, however, points into news writing.
Award-winning actress Cristine Reyes had a history of being mean to her co-workers, especially with her onscreen partners. But this time, everyone was shocked to know that she is trying to be nicer. During the media conference of the Filipino remake of the hit K-drama series, Encounter, the main cast Cristine Reyes and Diego Loyzaga played a game in which they were asked what is their ‘first’ with each other. Reyes surprised everyone by answering that her co-actor, Loyzaga is the first onscreen partner that she’s being nice with. “You’re (Diego) my first onscreen partner that I’m very nice,” answered…
March 8, 3,276 new cases of COVID-19 have brought a total in the Philippines to 594,412. However, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque claimed that the country had controlled the spread of infectious disease. Roque said, “We were excellent, nakontrol po natin ang pagkalat ng sakit.” Over Twitter, celebrities and Netizens irked at Roque’s assumption that the Philippines had a successful pandemic response. Pia Magalona suggested that the government–must pass into law prohibiting a public official from any airtime if they only give false statements, which Roque did during yesterday’s briefing. https://twitter.com/piamagalona/status/1368807920050171907?s=20 Read the news [to Roque] to get updated about the…
Viva Artist Agency (VAA) talent Diego Loyzaga had a couple of people who impacted his life big-time—his father and Barbie Imperial. During the media conference of the Filipino adaptation of the Korean series, Encounter, Loyzaga shared that his “encounter” moment in life was because of two people. First, is when he met his father for the first time, actor Cesar Montano. “Siguro one of the first encounters I had, a big one for me, when I was younger, I first met my dad,” said Loyzaga. But the other person whom he met that changed his life is his now-girlfriend Barbie…
Is there such a thing as Broken Heart Syndrome? And if there is, could it only occur at age 65 and older? Apparently, there really is a Broken Heart Syndrome and it usually affects men. It is where a part of a person’s heart temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well, while the rest of the heart functions normally or with even more forceful contractions. What’s even scarier is that it can occur even if an individual is of perfect health. So no matter what age, this ailment can affect anyone. With the pandemic forcing people to live an unhealthy lifestyle,…
President Rodrigo Duterte presided over the National Task Force – Regional Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict in Northern Mindanao on Friday, March 5 in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental. In said event, Duterte continued his rant against the Lopez-owned network ABS-CBN. He mentioned that the station should not have problems, to begin with. However, Duterte accused the Lopezes that they regained control of the network shortly after Marcos was ousted. “ABS-CBN ang nagpapasaya sa tao wala ng problema. Nakakapag-bigay ligaya sa mga bata, walang problema na. Ang problema ganito ang style nila—’yung dati bago pa lang napalayas…
In a public address on Monday, March 1, President Rodrigo Duterte only has ill-words to say to his Vice President Leni Robredo, even wishing her to die. Duterte went on spouting insults to Robredo after the latter criticized the immediate rollout of the Sinovac vaccine without first consulting the Health Technology and Assessment Council first. With Duterte fuming with anger, he said that Robredo should die after calling him out. “Iyan ang mahirap sa iyo eh, you want to be relevant. And you… you know, sometimes you make an idiotic stance. Iyong mga ganoong ‘they deserve the best’. Anak ka ng… Bakit…
Speaker of the House Lord Allan Velasco released a statement on February 11 that the current Congress will not tackle the ABS-CBN franchise and would like the next set of lawmakers to deal with it instead. Rep. Velasco said after Pres. Duterte’s address to the nation on February 8, when he accused the Lopez-owned corporation of still not paying their taxes. The statement says: “With a little over a year until the 2022 elections, the House of Representatives is bent on finishing the remaining priority measures of this Administration to ensure that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte fulfills his campaign promise…
On January 24, a partnership was made between ABS-CBN and TV5. It started with the Kapamilya network’s Sunday variety show “ASAP NATIN ‘TO”. But their collaboration is not far from over as Cristy Fermin spoiled that the Primetime Bida of ABS-CBN will also make its way to the Kapatid network starting Monday, March 8. Fermin revealed the news in her program ONE PH. The broadcaster also announced that beginning March 8, 2021, 8:00 – 10:30 p.m., Primetime Bida will make its debut on TV5. She also mentioned that all shows which were previously shown in the network’s sister channel, Channel…
Philippines have lost a prodigy. Chess champion and Super GrandMaster Wesley So recently denounced his Filipino citizenship to become an official US citizen. This means that So cannot represent the Philippines in Chess tournaments anymore. And with the country losing the three-time Philippine and currently ranked no. 9 in global, he now revealed his reason why. According to So, it’s because of how politics influenced Philippine sports, which led to his frustrations. We can recall that the former Caviteño moved to the US in 2012 because of how chess seemed irrelevant to the Philippines. Fortunately, the United States has given…
Former ABS-CBN broadcaster Anthony Taberna on a facebook live went on to criticize the ‘incorrect’ Philippine history regarding the Marcos regime. Although he said that he is not a supporter of Pres. Duterte, Taberna recently criticized Sen. Kiko Pangilinan after the latter criticized how the government after the decision to dismantle the UP-DND Accord. “Alam ko yan galit kayo sa administrasyon tungkol dun lalo na yung mga taga UP community, yung mga pulitiko halimbawa si Vice President Leni Robredo, Kiko Pangilinan, naku sino ba yung Kiko Pangilinan bat nasabi ko pa yun, walang kakwenta kwenta yun,” said Taberna. During his live video, he sounded…
The good news is about to come since there were rumors that ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida will make its way to TV5. In lieu of the Kapatid network axing its entire primetime line-up, there were talks that ‘FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano’, and the rest of the Kapamilya network’s Primetime Bida line-up, will debut in the said station. Finally, the rumors were true as ABS-CBN and TV5 announced that Kapamilya’s primetime line-up will be on TV5’s main channel starting next week, March 8. That being said, Kapamilya celebrities took to social media to express their excitement with the growing partnership of two broadcasting networks.…
During an interview for Darryl Yap’s upcoming movie, ‘Revirginized’, Megastar Sharon Cuneta has revealed her wild side. When she was asked what’s her take on being called “MILF”, the megastar joked that she was honored to be called that way. “Natawa ako! Baka sabihin O.A. pero sinabi ko pa I’m honored! Hindi, joke lang,” answered Sharon. However, she stressed that being called a MILF should not be taken seriously. In fact, it was an honor for her to be called that way since it shows that young men are still into her. “Ibig sabihin, when you’re called that, you can…
Five years ago, GMA Pictures made a movie with Vic Sotto and AiAi de la Alas’s My Bebe Love (2015). This 2021, GMA Network’s film outfit is venturing into another movie starring Kapuso actor Alden Richards and the former Kapamilya actress Bea Alonzo. On Tuesday, March 2, the Kapuso network announced through their public affairs program, 24 Oras, the upcoming project of the two. The film is co-produced by the three biggest movie outfits in the country: GMA Pictures, Viva Films, and APT Entertainment. Annette Gozon-Valdez, president of GMA Films who aimed to give the movie an international flavor, said…
As of March 3, the Duterte administration’s debt has swelled to PHP10.3 trillion in January. The current government pointed the reason is due to the pandemic and is trying to procure vaccines. However, some did not feel that the debt was used for the people. Kapamilya actress Agot Isidro took to twitter to share her opinion regarding the country’s growing debt. She raised the question about how did the government use the funds. Whether the Filipino people feel if it were put to good use. Given the bloated loans, the actress pointed out that campaign materials such as tarpaulins were scattered in…
On March 2, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made an inconsiderate comment about the pandemic and the lockdown. Roque stated that the Philippines already had a long-year vacation because of COVID-19. His remark drew flak from celebrities and netizens as he defended the Duterte administration’s decision to make official holidays into “special working holidays”. Comedienne Marietta Subong, popularly known as “Pokwang” also irked at the Secretary’s remark. The insensitivity of Roque annoyed the comedian that she took to Twitter her opinion regarding the matter. According to her tweet, the spokesperson should not have considered the pandemic a “vacation”. It’s because of…
With the recent rebranding of GMA News TV to GTV, it now aims to cater to young audiences. Therefore, the sister channel of GMA Network is introducing programs specifically for the younger generations. In an interview, the network’s content producer Nessa Valdellon revealed that since GTV is a news and public affairs channel, it will still have its existing programs such as Balitanghali, Dobol B TV, GMA Regional TV Strip, News TV Live, Regional TV Weekend News, State of the Nation, Biyahe ni Drew, Brigada, Good News Kasama si Vicky Morales, iJuander, Pinas Sarap, Pop Talk, and Taste Buddies. But…