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.
After allegations on ABS-CBN’s got refuted, the DDS trolls found another person to link to the said issue—Chel Diokno. President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out on the broadcasting network–claiming that the Lopez-owned company should pay their debt before they can broadcast again. However, on Wednesday, February 17, the state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has released a statement, freeing the Network from any unpaid loans. During Wednesday’s hearing, a DBP official justified no write-off or condonation of the DBP loans to the Lopez-controlled companies. As a result, several fake news circulated online linking Diokno with the alleged DBP loans of ABS-CBN. According to…
On Wednesday, February 17, tarpaulins of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio are hanging in different parts of EDSA and other major roads. Does this mean the woman Mayor is starting her Presidential campaign for 2022? Or is it her supporters who are urging her to run? As a result, celebrities and Netizens reacted to the recent propaganda of Duterte-Carpio. Singer-theater actress Bituin Escalante said on twitter that instead of using the money for election tarpaulins, vaccines should be the priority. https://twitter.com/gobituin/status/1361678805681643521?s=20 Even Macoy Dubs gave his reaction to the plastered tarpaulins of Sara. The comedian does not welcome the idea…
On Friday, February 19, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr., admitted that the Philippines is behind in procuring Covid-19 vaccines. “Ako po’y nahihiya dahil sabi nga, bakuna na lang ang kulang… Bilang the [lead] person to really procure and manage and get the best vaccine for all of us, nakita natin na talagang medyo nahuli tayo nang kaunti,” Galvez said. The Philippines is indeed late with the acquisition of the vaccines. Bangladesh in January got the first five million doses of Covishield from India. While the Philippines is still waiting for it. With each passing day, many get afflicted by the…
The Duterte administration made a promise that the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna would arrive on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Five days have passed and still, no vaccines have arrived. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday released a statement that the Philippines is late in acquiring said vaccines. And with that, Filipinos were once again victims of the empty promise of the government. On Twitter, some celebrities and netizens were fed up with the government’s incompetence. @MalacananEvents recalled the failed promise of the government. https://twitter.com/MalacananEvents/status/1362280202949156868 Pia Magalona tweeted the song by Dionne Warwick titled, “Promises, Promises”. This was…
P-pop is growing popularly by the minute, but it does not receive the attention it truly deserves. Many groups started to popularize the genre that stands apart from the classic OPM. Still, some Filipinos are mum about its growing reputation. On Wednesday, February 18–the internationally-acclaimed singer-Broadway Diva Lea Salonga shared on her twitter–the music video of the P-pop group Alamat. According to Salonga, the MV was fabulous. https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1362025362377433089 Nevertheless, the singer is a known K-pop fan of the Korean group BTS. In one of her tweets on February 10, she revealed that the Korean boyband saved her mental health. https://twitter.com/MsLeaSalonga/status/1359376106911006720…
Netizens are out chasing a netizen who challenged himself that he will eat dung should Vice President Leni Robredo win the recount. This was during Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr.’s electoral protest that seeks a recount of ballots during the 2016 elections. The recount only gave Robredo 15,000 more votes for Robredo, a bigger lead against Marcos compared to the previous ballot count. Now, netizens are Gregory Paulo Llamosa to hold true to his challenge. Celebrities Pia Magalona and John Lapus join the netizens call for Llamosa’s “eat” challange. Pia on her Twitter account posted “Ewwww. Game.”, reposting @deedeeholliday’s tweet, saying,…
As it is known, Igorot Chef JR Royol will host the newest show of GMA News TV’s “Farm To Table.” What makes him the perfect fit for the show? This question was answered by senior program manager Ian Roxas during the show’s virtual media conference on Tuesday, February 16. According to them, Chef JR emerged among the rest of the auditionees. “He stood out. Interview pa lang, stand out na siya,” Roxas said. Gigi Santiago Lara, the Senior Assistant Vice President of GMA Network shared that upon reaching the potential hosts, it was Chef JR who shined the most. “So…
When Presidential daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio blasted Vice President Leni Robredo on the grounds of honesty, people reacted violently toward her. Duterte-Carpio responded to Robredo’s remark that honesty should be a ‘given’ for those seeking public offices. The words of American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, founding father, and the third US President (1801-1809), Thomas Jefferson did fit to what VP Robredo’s point: “The whole art of government is the art of being honest.” The Mayor irked at Robredo’s words vexed the latter, “Her honesty has been questioned since day one of her term as Vice President. “She…
Expectations are high as GMA Network is about to release their live-action adaptation of the popular hit Japanese anime Voltes V: Legacy (VV). VV’s writer Suzette Severo Doctolero, who did figure in a scuffle with cartoonist Pol Medina Jr. [regarding the comic-strip created ridiculing Doctolero as the series writer]–is again hitting on another cartoonist Kevin Raymundo. S o a p O p e r a 📺 Posted by Tarantadong Kalbo on Thursday, February 11, 2021 Doctolero, who wrote numerous soap-operas for the Kapuso network, was criticized by many after taking on the writer’s task of the most-ambitious live=action adaptation of GMA’s…
The Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines on Tuesday, February 16, has extinguished any allegations of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo. SC being the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), unanimously dismissed the third electoral protest of Marcos. “Seven members [of the court] fully concurred with the dismissal, and eight concurred only with the result,” said High Court Spokesman Keith Hosaka. As a result, celebrities, Netizens, and lawmakers celebrated the win of Robredo against her rival, who seemed to deny defeat. Since this is the third electoral protest of Marcos, and with the SC finally putting the stamp…
There seems to be a trend among those who favored the shut down of ABS-CBN wherein they seem to forget they did so and then they try their luck on various Kapamilya shows. A netizen who is supposedly a contestant in It’s Showtime’s “Tawag ng Tanghalan” was discovered to be in favor of the TV station’s shutdown. As a result, netizens criticized Mark Villaver for entering the singing competition of the network whilst being a professed hater. https://twitter.com/AltrGMARainbow/status/1361484612443119616 Villaver has received flak from netizens after joining the contest. @BroquezaDerick called the DDS a shameless person after being pro-shutdown. https://twitter.com/BroquezaDerick/status/1361512552178405383?s=20 This…
With COVID-19 still threatening the world, vaccines were developed to prevent its spread. However Filipinos are still doubtful whether these vaccines could do actually work. And with the Philippine government implying mandatory vaccination, many citizens are scared because of the unknown side effects on different types of body. In Monday’s episode of “Online U”, a segment of “It’s Showtime”, hosts Janine Berdin, Eris Aragoza, Luke Conde, and Ana Ramsey tackled the administration’s imposition of mandatory vaccination. Janine encouraged people to take the vaccine to protect themselves against the deadly Coronavirus. “I encourage people to take the vaccine kasi nakikita ko…
The seemingly attack against the Kapamilya network continues with yet another issue. On Monday’s briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque presented an unverified list of supposed ABS-CBN dues. According to Roque, the amount that the network owes the government reached P999 million. Netizens could not believe this as Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Development Bank of the Philippines’ (DBP) had cleared the Network from alleged infractions during last year’s Senate hearing on the network franchise renewal. With Roque’s unofficial list, netizens question if the Secretary is trying, again, to expose ABS-CBN. Netizen @heyitschal, who, like most Filipinos, were used to…
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday presented yet another matrix that would allegedly show the amount that ABS-CBN owed the government. According to the list that Roque has shown the media, the Lopez-owned group has an outstanding balance of P999 million. Still, with government officials presenting unsubstantiated matrixes that failed numerous times, this one belongs to yet another unbelievable list. Philstar journalist Prinz Magtulis, like most netizens who heard the news, do not believe such information. Since Roque did not cite any source, it is uncertain how he came up with the data. https://twitter.com/prinzmagtulis/status/1361171659009449988?s=21 Moreover, Magtulis have noticed that in…
When ABS-CBN had to shut down last year, employees, artists, and supporters of the Network were devastated. Now that it is nearing its 365 days since its closure, Kapamilya employees could not help but reminisce the good old days. Former ABS-CBN producer Nick Villavecer looked back in the days where the TV station is physically alive. On his twitter, he remembered that the Current Affairs department of the Network was so full of life, especially during the holidays. Now going back to the present, it has now become empty. The former employee also added that he misses everyone including the…
Last Monday, during his nation’s address, President Rodrigo Duterte stressed his desire to block ABS-CBN until the end of his term. With Congress planning to revive the franchise of ABS-CBN, the President’s mortal enemy, it seemed that they eventually bowed down to their leader. Last month, Senate President Tito Sotto has stated that there is hope for the network’s franchise license with Lord Allan Velasco being the newly-elected House Speaker. Sotto also added that there is a better chance of getting ABS-CBN a fresh 25-year franchise due to the ‘new and improved’ order in the House of Representatives (HoR). And…