Grace Poe appreciates LGBT

As the daughter of the King and Queen of Philippine movies, Senator Grace Poe appreciates the contributions of the members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community in the society.

“Galing ako sa industriya ng show biz, kahit hindi ako artista, ang aking mga magulang ay artista, at diyan sa industriya na iyan, namamayagpag ang marami sa ating mga kababayan mula sa LGBT community,” Grace told members of the press in Iloilo recently.

“Sapagkat they are very creative, marami sa kanila ay talagang ginagalang sa lipunan,” she added.

In fact, in 2014, she and her vice-presidential candidate Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero filed a bill against discrimination of LGBT, Senate Bill 2358 or “An Act Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Ethnicity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex or Gender or Sexual Orientation, Language, Disability, Educational Attainment and Other Forms of Discrimination and Providing Penalties for the Purpose.”

“It’s very important natayo ay may pantay-pantay na pagtingin at respeto sa isa’t isa. Kami ni Senator Chiz ay nag-file at naglagda ng sarili naming version ng anti-discrimination bill at dito nire-recognize namin ang karapatan ng mga LGBT,” Grace said.

“SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity), anti-bullying—lahat iyan ay kasama sa aming mga ipinaglalaban. Wala iyan sa kasarian, nasa pagkatao iyan; hindi ko papayagan na magkaroon ng diskriminasyon sa aking administrasyon, dahil lahat tayo, dukha man, mayaman, mahirap, LGBT, Pilipino tayong lahat at may pantay-pantay tayong karapatan,” she added.

Grace assures that the “Anti-Discrimination Act” will be passed if they would be given the chance to serve as president and vice president.

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Heart relates to female students’ crush on Chiz

No, she isn’t jealous, but rather finds it amusing when she sees female students feeling “kilig” when they see her husband, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, in campaign sorties.’

Heart says she sees herself in these girls who have a crush on her husband. That was when she and Chiz hadn’t met yet.

“Saw a photo of Chiz today. Kung alam lang ni Chiz, this was me when I first met him,” the actress posted on her Instagram account of that with a female student who seems thrilled as Chiz shakes her hand.

In campaign sorties with Senator Grace Poe, girls milling around Sen. Escudero is a common sight. 

Photographers even snapped girls holding a poster with “Pa-kiss Chiz” written on it.

Heart said that Chiz had become her “super crush” when she firs saw him in 2007 at The Fort.

“Back in 2007, he was only someone I looked up to… the ultimate crush up to this day. I’m still so amazed at how brilliant this man is… he’s my husband now. I could really say I’m the luckiest girl ever,” Heart said in her Instagram post recently. 

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ABS-CBN subsidiary inks partnership WITH CABLE group

ABS-CBN subsidiary Creative Programs, Inc. (CPI) renews its ties with the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) for the organization’s 24th convention themed “SHIFT”, the largest annual gathering of cable system owners and representatives on April 12-15.

CPI will be the platinum sponsor at the convention wherein over 600 cable system PCTA members nationwide will get to see all the local and foreign channels that it owns and distributes through an interactive booth display at the Grand Ballroom of Marriott Hotel, Resorts World Manila. It will also host the Appreciation night on April 12 at the Manila Ballroom of Marriott Hotel, through a much-awaited showcase of ABS-CBN’s roster of bright artists.

Creative Programs, Inc. has been a major leader in the Philippine Pay TV industry, continuously creating and distributing innovative content year by year for all the Filipinos worldwide. CPI owns local cable channels that hold a strong viewership in the country and caters to the many needs and desires of viewers including Cinema One, the number one cable channel in the Philippines, MYX, Lifestyle, Hero, and Jeepney TV.

It also represents ABS-CBN channels ANC, DZMM Teleradyo, and ABS-CBN Sports + Action as well as foreign channels such as Fox Family Movies, Fox Action Movies, Ch.M, KIX, Thrill, Celestial Classic Movies, Universal Channel, and Syfy among others.