After his successful stint in concert production, GMA Artist Center star Mikoy Morales goes back to his roots as a singer and launches his first single entitled “Ang Pusong Hindi Makatulog” on April 28 at the Music Hall in Metrowalk, Pasig.
The GMA Artist Center star describes his single as the anthem of his fellow insomniacs. “The song redeems the nights when you just couldn’t and wouldn’t sleep. May it be because of a broken heart or just missing someone,” he explains.
Mikoy’s experience in writing songs for his home network helped him discover his identity as a musician. Now that he is making his own, he is proud to share this track that evokes naked emotions and exudes a fresh take on the pop-ballad genre.
Meanwhile, Mikoy is also excited for his upcoming independent film, 4 Days, with award-winning director Adolf Alix Jr. The material speaks about the experiences of the youth today, which millennials can easily relate to.
“Bukod sa nag-enjoy talaga ako sa paggawa ng film na ‘to, maganda yung material dahil napakatotoo ng film and I’m sure maraming millennials na makaka-relate. So far, ito yung project na masasabi kong ipinagmamalaki ko talaga,” says the Kapuso star.
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Wowowin takes a break for 2 weeks
Last week, Willie Revillame announced that he and the game show Wowowin on GMA Network would be on a two-week break. This alarmed many of the show’s avid followers, but the drummer-turned-comedian-turned-game show host assured them that he and the show would be back.
“I am just going to take a short break and make sure I am physically fit to do the show daily,” he said and added, “It will also give me time to think of new segments and refurbish the set so that when we return the audience will be more comfortable while watching the show live.”
Angela Javier Cruz , VP for Corporate Communications, said, “GMA Network’s well-loved daily game show Wowowin with host Willie Revillame will take a short break this May. Willie welcomes the brief vacation and is excited and busy preparing for the program’s first anniversary celebration upon its return. Coinciding with Wowowin’s break, the studio facilities will be temporarily utilized for election coverage.
Fans and supporters can look forward to bigger prizes, more fun games and excitement from Wowowin.”
So there you are fans of Wil, he won’t go anywhere else, he will still be around.
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TG Guingona vows to continue fight versus corruption
Senator TG Guingona may seem too uninvolved in show business but he, by some twist of fate, is related to a theater actor and the man who has gotten himself involved with a starlet.
During a brief lunch with the senator last week, we learned he is related to theater actor-director Bart Guingona and model Vino Guingona, father of starlet Empress Schuck’s seven-month old baby name Athalia.
Apart from those, the senator is unaware of any relationship, personal or professional, with show business, although his father, Teofisto Guingona, Jr. is very close to the people in the entertainment industry, thanks to his friend, showbiz writer and talent manager Norma Japitana.
Teofisto “TG” Guingona was born on April 19, 1959 to a renowned and respected family of Filipino politicians. His grandfather, Teofisto Guingona, Sr., was one of the first Philippine senators from Guimaras when the island was still part of Iloilo province. His father is former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr. and his mother is former Mayor Ruth de Lara Guingona of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. He has two siblings, Marie and Rolly, and is married to his law school classmate, Ma. Victoria.
With deep roots in Visayas and Mindanao, TG Guingona is fluent in Bisaya (Cebuano), Tagalog, and English.
TG Guingona studied at Ateneo de Manila University for his elementary, secondary, and tertiary education. He graduated in 1981 with a degree in Economics. He then pursued a Juris Doctor or law degree at the Ateneo Law School and was admitted to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in 1986.
Guingona is known for his fight for good governance. He is a staunch anti-corruption advocate as you can see in his TV commercial during the duration of the campaign leading to the elections on May 9.
He was just 19 when he was jailed for rallying and protesting against the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos. He was thrown in a cell with regular criminals together with other notable political prisoners like his father, Teofisto Guingona, Jr. and former senator Lorenzo Tañada.
Several years after democracy was restored in the country, TG Guingona ran for Congress was elected in 2004 representing the second district of Bukidnon and in 2007 was re-elected.
A member of the House minority, Guingona had been a vocal critic of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, supporting and endorsing her impeachment following the various corruption cases against her.
TG Guingona ran for the Senate in 2010 under the Liberal Party and took his oath as a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30, 2010.
Most recently, Sen. TG Guingona was back in the news after he thumbed down a request for an executive session in connection with the Senate probe on the controversy involving an $81-million money-laundering scheme.
He said he could not agree to an executive session because subject funds belong to the Bangladesh government, “which did not invoke confidentiality.”
Officials in Bangladesh were in the gallery to observe the proceedings at the Senate.
“The bank secrecy law does not apply in this case,” Guingona said, noting that the Bangladesh Central Bank is in fact requesting for assistance for the return of the stolen funds.
Some $81 million have been taken from the account of the Bangladesh Bank in the US Federal Bank of New York and allegedly transmitted to the RCBC branch on Jupiter Street where it was withdrawn by five bank account holders.
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Richard Gomez, Master of Arts in Business Administration
Actor and Ormoc City mayoral aspirant Richard Gomez (3rd from right) graduated with a Master of Arts major in Business Administration at University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) Las Piñas City campus.
The 37th Commencement Exercises on were held at the Pleanary Hall of Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on April 27.
Gomez’s master’s thesis was awarde “best thesis.”
With Gomez in photo are (from left) LP campus School Director, Dr. Alfonso Loreto, President Anthony Moran Tamayo, Vice Chairman Dr. Daisy Moran Tamayo, Richards wife Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez and daughter Juliana Torres Gomez.