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Hello, Love, Goodbye, malapit nang ipalabas

Posted on 17 July 2019 No comments

Pinahirapan daw ng husto ni Direk Cathy Garcia-Molina si Kathryn Bernardo sa Hong Kong habang kinukunan ang mga eksena niya sa Hello, Love, Goodbye para mas maintindihan niya at maranasan ang paghihirap ng isang OFW.

Papel ni Joy na isang OFW ang ginagampanan ni Kathryn sa pelikula, at katambal niya si Alden Richards na gumanap naman na isang bartender.

Sa global media launch ng pelikula na ginawa sa Maynila at ipinalabas ng sabayan via satellite sa Dubai, London at Los Angeles, sinabi ni Direk Cathy na sinadya niya ang pagmaltrato kay Kathryn dahil lumaki daw itong “privileged” kaya hindi nito alam ang pakiramdam ng isang naghihirap.
Isa sa mgta eksena sa pelikula ng dalawa.

“She had to know the pain and suffering ng isang OFW,” sabi ng batikang director.

Para maisagawa ito, pinagbawalan niya si Kathryn na makipag-usap kahit kanino sa set, at lalong hindi sa boyfriend nitong si Daniel Padilla. Tumagal ang shooting ng isang buwan kaya umabot daw sa punto na halos mag walkout na si Kathryn sa pelikula.

Sabi ni direk, binigyan naman daw niya ng karapatan si Kathryn na magalit sa kanya, kahit murahin siya, pero hindi ang walk out sa set.

Pati paggamit ng cellphone sa set ay ipinagbawal ni Cathy, pero may naawa daw kay Kathryn at pinahiram siya ng telepono. Nang makita ito ni Cathy ay pinaalis daw niya ang telepono.

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“E, mabigat yung eksena, siyempre bunganga ako, ‘Tanggalin ‘yan! Ang hirap talaga nung scene for her, pagod na pagod na pagod na pagod na siya, ‘tapos tinanggalan ko siya.

So, nagagalit na siya,” kuwento pa ni Cathy.

Pero hindi pa rin nagpakita ng awa ang director.  “Ay, grabe, hilahod, labas-dila. Labas-dila sa pagod, e, walanghiya ako,” sabi pa niya.

Sabi naman ni Kathryn, wala siyang nagawa noon kundi “inakap ko na lang ang role.”

Dagdag pa niya, hindi lahat ay gusto ang ginawang pagpapahirap sa kanya ng director, pero “sobrang nakatulong” daw ito para makaarte siya ng husto.

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Dahil sa pelikula, nabuksan din daw ang isip niya tungkol sa malungkot na pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino na nagtatrabaho bilang domestic helper sa iba’t ibang mga bansa.

“Saludo ako sa mga OFW,” sabi ni Kathryn.

Hamon naman sa kanya ng director, “Pagkatapos ng pelikula sabihin mo kung galit ka pa sa akin.”

Ayon naman kay Alden, isang malaking karangalan na makatrabaho niya si Direk Cathy dahil matagal na daw niyang hinahangaan ang mga pelikulang ginawa nito.

“We share the same passion, which is acting,” sabi pa niya.

Binalikan naman siya ng papuri ni Cathy, na nagsabing sa unang tingin pa lang niya kay Alden ay nasabi niyang marunong umarte ito.

“Pero nagkamali ako, hindi siya marunong. Magaling siya.” Pagkasabi niya nito ay biglang napaluhod sa harap niya si Alden bilang pasasalamat.



Bagamat marami ang napahanga sa pagpapaliwanag ng mga artista at director ng pelikula kung bakit kailangang panoorin ang kanilang obra, may mga KathNiel fans naman na nagtatawag ng boycott dahil daw sa kissing scene nina Kathryn at Alden dito.

Nang tanungin si Cathy tungkol dito, paiwas naman nitong sinabi ang “Whether they kissed or not, it doesn’t matter. The movie can stand on its own.”

Nakatakdang ipalabas ang “Hello, Love, Goodbye” sa Maynila sa katapusan ng Hulyo, at sa United Arab Emirates sa Aug. 8.


Uge, may plano nang magpakasal

Inamin ni Eugene Domingo na umaasa siyang maikakasal din sila ng kanyang Italian boyfriend na si Danilo Bottoni, isang film critic. Tatlong taon na din daw ang kanilang relasyon.
“Lahat naman tayo, di ba, nangangarap ng kapayapaan pagdating sa aspeto ng settling down.

“But as of this moment, really, I’m very happy and I’m very thankful na, ayun na nga…” sabi niya sa press conference ng kayang bagong pelikula, ang “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank: The Real Untold Story of Josephine Bracken.”
Eugene Domingo

Nang tanungin kung engaged na sila, sinabi niya na parang nandun na sila sa puntong iyon, at idinagdag pa ang, “ It’s, like, he is my life.”

Kung sakaling mag-alok daw ng kasal ang boyfriend ay “agad-agad” daw niyang tatanggapin dahil nasa tamang edad na siya.

Dagdag pa ng 47-year-old actress sa tonong nagpapatawa, wala na daw dapat pang ingatan sa kanya.

Sa ngayon ay masayang masaya sila ng kanyang boyfriend kahit LDR (long distance relationship) sila. Hindi din daw sila nagmamadali na umabot na sa kasalan. “Bata pa naman kami,” dagdag biro pa niya.

Kung yayain daw siyang magpakasal at tumira na sa Italy ay papayag daw siya dahil hindi naman nito ibig sabihin na magreretiro na siya bilang artista.

Ipinaliwanag din ni Eugene kung paano siya napapayag na ang ikatlong installment ng Ang Babae sa Septic Tank ay gawing digital series sa streaming content platform na iWant, di tulad ng naunang dalawang pelikula niya sa parehong serye na ipinalabas sa mga malaking sinehan.

“E, kasi, di ba, uso na ang digital series ngayon, so updated tayo. “Kailangan sumasabay at sumasakay.

Kailangan din daw nilang maabot ang mga tao na busy at ang panahon para manood ng pelikula o serye ay sa iWant na digital.

Ang pitong serye ng tinawag niyang isang mockumentary, ay mapapanood sa iWant simula sa ika-17 ng Hulyo.


Marian Rivera, namigay ng breast milk

Buong pagmamalaki na ibinalita ni Dingdong Dantes sa pamamagitan ng Instagram na ang asawa niyang si Marian Rivera ay namigay ng “thousands of milliliters of breast milk” sa The Parenting Emporium, isang “social enterprise” na nagtuturo sa mga magulang kung paano nila dapat gampanan ang kanilang mga responsibilidad.

Tinawag pa ni Dingdong “ superwoman” ang asawa na isa ring sikat na artista dahil daw sa marubdob nitong pagnanasa na magpasuso sa kanilang dalawang supling, si Zia at ang bagong panganak na si Sixto.

Mas lalo daw siyang humanga sa ginawa nitong pagbibigay ng kanyang sobrang gatas sa mga batang nangangailangan nito.

Marian Rivera


Ayon naman sa Instagram post ng The Parenting Emporium, isang premature na sanggol na nagngnalang Mati ang isa sa mga makikinabang sa gatas na binigay ni Marian.

Sabi pa ng “social enterprise group,” kailangang kailangan ni Mati ng gatas mula sa isang ina para malampasan ang anumang sakit na madaling kumapit sa katulad niyang ipinanganak nang kulang sa buwan. Ang nanay daw ng bata ay kasalukuyan pang sumusubok na magkaroon ng sapat na gatas para sa anak.

Dagdag pa ng The Parenting Emporium, buong lugod na pumayag si Marian na sumailalim sa
HIV and Hepa blood test na kundisyon nila para masiguro na ligtas ang gatas na ipinapamahagi nila.

Si Dingdong naman ay nagsiguro na manatiling frozen ang gatas ni Marian hanggang umabot ito sa kanilang freezer.

Sabi naman ng Kapuso star, sobrang dami daw kasi ng kanyang gatas, at alam niyang marami ang nangangailangan nito dahil hindi naman lahat ng mommy e nabibiyayaan ng sobra-sobrang gatas katulad niya.

Dagdag pa niya, ideya daw talaga ni Dingdong na idonate sa mga nangangailangan ang sobrang gatas niya.

Sapatos, regalo ni Sharon sa anak na US-bound

Isang sorpresa ang binigay ni Megastar Sharon Cuneta sa anak niyang si Frankie o “Kakie” Pangilinan, ilang linggo bago ito tumulak sa New York para doon mag-aral ng kolehiyo.

Ipinakita ni Sharon sa Instagram ang ilang pares ng branded na sapatos na iniregalo niya sa anak na napaluha daw sa tuwa.

Ayon pa kay Sharon, ito ang mga unang mamahaling sapatos na ibinili niya sa 18-taong gulang niyang anak magmula nang ito’y magsimulang lumakad.

“She was naiiyak because we have always given our children a modest budget for shopping, and they aren’t spoiled and have very few expensive things,” sabi pa ni Sharon sa kanyang Instagram post.

“That way, they know the value of hard-earned money and appreciate it so much when they receive well-made investment pieces,” dagdag pa niya.

Sa isang hiwalay na post, ipinakita ni Frankie ang isang litrato kasama ang kanyang mommy na nagsa shopping, at nilagyan ng caption ng, Thank you for today.”

Nauna dito, sinabi ni Sharon na gusto niyang sumama kay Frankie sa Amerika kundi lang may dalawa pa siyang anak na kailangang alagaan. Kung siya lang daw ang masusunod ay sa Pilipinas na lang dapat nag kolehiyo ang anak.

Hindi sinabi ni Sharon kung saang eskwela sa New York papasok ang kanyang pangalawang anak, pero “dream school” daw niya ito.
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Filipina sues employer’s elderly husband over indecent ‘massage’

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By Vir B. Lumicao

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The EOC is handling the sexual harassment case
A 25-year-old Filipina has filed a sexual harassment charge against her employer’s 72-year-old husband for allegedly forcing her to massage his penis on two occasions last month.

The first incident allegedly happened just two days after the young helper had arrived at her employer’s house in Pokfulam on Jun 21. The defendant repeated the act four days later, causing Maggie (not her real name), to flee.
With help from Antonio Villafuerte, officer-in-charge of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, Maggie sought police help, but officers reportedly refused to book the elderly man for indecent assault because, accordingly, he did not use force or threat.

The police instead advised Maggie to file a complaint for sexual harassment with the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Maggie also filed a claim at the Labour Labour Relations Division on Jul 15 after no settlement was reached in an initial meeting between her and the employer’s family on Jul 7.

Villafuerte said the maid is seeking compensation for damages for the elderly man’s misdeed. 

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Polo OIC Tony Villafuerte 

But the employer’s family was only willing to offer a month’s wage, another month’s pay in lieu of notice, air ticket and meal allowance.

“A conciliation meeting is set for Aug 2 at 2:30pm. After that, if no settlement is reached, the case will be elevated to the Labour Tribunal,” Villafuerte said.



Records show the Filipina arrived from Manila on Jun 21. Two days later, the suspect came home in the afternoon and took a shower, got out of the bathroom naked and asked the helper for a body massage.

The maid allegedly refused, saying it was illegal and not part of her work, but the man told her it would be just between the two of them.

Maggie obeyed out of fear until the man demanded that she massage his genitals. She rang up her employment agency afterwards, crying and begging to go home.

But the agency told her to wait and make a video recording the next time the man ordered her to massage him again.

On Jun 27, the elderly man asked for another massage that included his organ and the maid was able to get a video clip, albeit sloppy because she was nervous and scared.

She waited for a chance to escape and did so when she went out to dump the rubbish.

The next day, Maggie called up the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to seek advice. She later met with Villafuerte who asked her to write down her complaint.
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Pinay hunts down employer who owes her unpaid wages

Posted on 16 July 2019 No comments

By Vir B. Lumicao

The Tribunal could not proceed with the case in the absence of the employer 

A Filipina helper is on a manhunt for her former employer who allegedly owes her $8,000 in unpaid wages, return air ticket and one month salary in lieu of notice.

Maricel Ulay launched her search for Chu Wa-cheun after the employer failed to show up for the hearing of the helper's claim at the Labour Tribunal earlier today, Jul 16.

It was the first setback for Ulay after terminating her contract with Chu, as she had previously recovered Php45,000 from the employment agency in Manila which had placed her for the Hong Kong job.

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Ulay waited in court until 11:30am when Presiding Officer G.T. Lung started hearing her claim, but her former employer was nowhere to be found.

Lung said he could not proceed with the case because the court notice that was sent to the defendant in the address supplied by Ulay was returned to the Tribunal as Chu could not be found there.

Ulay said the address was supplied by Chu in their employment contract.
Lung advised the Filipina to try to find the defendant in her new address and hand the court notice and the bundle of claim documents personally to her.

In the meantime, Lung said he was withdrawing Ulay’s claim until Chu could be located.

Ulay said after the hearing that she terminated her contract on Apr 20, after only four months with Chu, because the employer had made her work illegally in her laundry shop in Sheung Shui.



After the hearing, volunteers for the Mission for Migrant Workers who accompanied Ulay to the Tribunal tried to help her locate on Google maps Chu’s laundry in a remote village in Sheung Shui.

The maid did not know the name of the street but remembered the minibus number and the route, which she said was 10 minutes away by bus from the MTR station.

The volunteers eventually found the street but could still not pinpoint the laundry’s exact location because, as Ulay said, it was on a numberless yard fenced off with GI sheets.

Ulay, a friend and the owner of her Hong Kong agency decided to set off for Sheung Shui to locate the laundry, and serve the court documents to her missing employer. 

Earlier this month, Ulay managed to recover the Php45,000 charged her by her Philippine agency, with help from outgoing Labor Attaché Jalilo dela Torre. Ulay said the agency paid back the money to her mother in the Philippines on Jul 7.
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Filipina falls to death in apparent suicide

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By The SUN
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The Mei Foo Sun Chuen housing estate where the Filipina appears to have jumped to her death (Wikipedia photo) 

A 31-year-old Filipina domestic worker fell from a building in Cheung Sha Wan just after 1pm on Monday, Jul 15, in an apparent suicide. She was declared dead at the scene.

The victim whose initials were VRM, was single and a native of Tibiao, Antique, a neighbor told The SUN. She was the family’s breadwinner and was the only girl among a brood of boys.
Newspaper reports said she had killed herself over a “relationship problem” but this could not be confirmed by the neighbor.

A police spokeswoman said no suicide note was found from the victim, and her death had been classified as “falling from a height.” A post mortem will be conducted.
The spokeswoman further said the victim had fallen from a building on 46 Nassau Street in Mei Foo Sun Chuen estate, Cheung Sha Wan. A 31-year-old construction worker surnamed Lee had called police after hearing a loud sound, then saw her body lying on the pavement.

“Initial investigations found no suspicious circumstances,” said the spokeswoman.



The neighbor said the victim had worked for just one employer for the past four years. Her aunt reportedly worked with her for the same employer. – with a report from Merly T. Bunda
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