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Derek Ramsay hosts world-class action on TV5

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TV5 brings to Pinoy viewers the country’s first world-class Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) series that those hungering for real live action will surely enjoy. A partnership between TV5 network and Tough X Rough Asia made possible the launching of Tough X Rough (TxR), the first international OCR series in the country and the only OCR World Championship Qualifier in Asia. 

Tough X Rough is patterned after military-type commando training and includes eight race events – threee short course and four long course, four boot camps and a National Championship, with the over-all winner for male and female individual, as well as top male and female teams, earning a free trip to the coveted OCR World Championships at the Blue Mountain Resort, the largest mountain resort in Ontario, Canada on Oct. 15  and 16.

 A sportsman, Derek Ramsay hosts ToughXRough a military-inspired racing series on TV5

Being the Philippines’ top sports channel and home of the best sporting events, TV5 is pioneering this newest competitive sport that is taking the world of sports by storm.  With its local breakthrough here, Obstacle Race Series (OCR) promises Pinoy sports fans and participants an entirely new level of sports action   that will see individuals pushed to their limits and the value of teamwork and sportsmanship in achieving one’s goals no matter how difficult the obstacles may be.

It is more than just a race… it’s about experience, hard work, perseverance, teamwork and the sense of community. Tough and Rough (TxR) will feature a select group of contestants going through grueling tests of individual courage and endurance. The international rules for OCR require competitors to race across various physical challenges along the route such as climbing over walls, lifting heavy objects, traversing bodies of water, crawling under barbed wire, and jumping through blazing hoops, etc., that are similar to those used in military training. Races vary both in distance and challenge levels; combining the skills for trail running, road running, and cross country running.

David Voth, the man behind Tough and Rough Asia has 30 years of proven track record in the international sports industry.  Among several sports leagues and events to his credit are:  Challenge Family Triathlons in the Philippines, F1 Night Race, 1st Youth Olympic Games, iRB Rugby, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, Net Ball World Championships, WTA, NBA and FINA World Championships in Singapore, and Ironman Triathlon, among others. 

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David Voth brings the ToughXRough franchise to the Philippines

Tough X Rough is set to start its exciting and action packed race in January 2016 and will be exclusive to your Kapatid network, with TV5’s very own hunk actor, Derek Ramsay as host.

“I am very excited about Tough X Rough. I’m sure it’s going to be an adventure that sports fans and enthusiasts like me would enjoy,” said Ramsay during the press presentation of the show at the NBA Café Manila at SM Auria.

A sportsman, Ramsay has competed for the Philippines’ National Ultimate Frisbee team and is currently the head ambassador of the Philippine National Beach Football team.

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TV5 Awarded Best News Program

This year’s 37th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA), one of the most prestigious award giving bodies in the country, gave its highest honors for broadcast journalism to  News5, TV5’s news and information arm, citing its Aksyon Prime as Best News Program for 2015, hosted by multiple award-winning journalist, Luchi Cruz-Valdez and veteran reporter Erwin Tulfo. It airs at 6 p.m., Monday to Friday. 

CMMA was established by the Archdiocese of Manila, through His Eminence Archbishop Jaime L. Cardinal Sin, in 1978, in observance of the International Social Communication Day and its first awards given out in 1978 and every year thereafter. 

Luchie Cruz-Vadez is the most awarded news personality at the CMMAwards

In 1980, Pope John Paul II (now Saint John Paul II) graced the awarding ceremonies. Handing out personally the trophies to the winners, he cited the significant place of mass media in today’s society, and its pervasive influence in the lives of the people. 

Aside from the top prize in broadcast journalism, TV5 was also cited for its program Reaksyon as Best Talk Show and Kaya (episode on SAF 44) as Best Special Feature. Aksyon Prime news program airs weeknight. It carries the theme “Higit sa Balita Aksyon”,” a motto for its mission to provide viewers with the news and information that they need wherever they may be in the country.

Kaya, on the other hand, is a Saturday evening program that offers in-depth look on stories that affect the lives of Filipinos. It features the gutsy and intrepid reportorial work of veteran journalists Luchi Cruz-Valdes together with DJ Sta. Ana, Patrick Paez, Roby Alampay and Twink Macaraig.   

Reaksyon consists of news commentaries aired daily in 30-minute episodes and hosted by News5 head Cruz-Valdes whose 30-year experience in the country’s broadcast journalism field has been recognized both here and abroad.

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Trixie Maristela is Miss International Queen 2015

Reigning Miss Gay Manila Trixie Maristela bested 26 transvestites from around the world to win the Miss International Queen 2015 title in the finals held at Tiffany Show Theater in Pattaya, Thailand, Nov. 6.  

Maristela, a 29-year-old European Languages graduate of the University of the Philippines and a Viva Artist, made the Filipino gay and trans community proud with her conquest of the biggest transgender beauty pageant in the world after winning the title  in GMA-7’s  Eat Bulaga’s “Super Sireyna Philippines 2015” contest.

Trixie Maristela of the Philippines won Miss International Queen 2015 in Pattaya, Thailand. She is joined by 1st Runner up – Valesca Dominik Ferraz of Brazil and 2nd runner up- Sopida Siriwattananukoon of Thailand.

Maristela, looking like a real woman in elegant red gown, broke down in tears after her name was announced winner of the 11th Miss International Queen pageant. 

Miss Brazil Valesca Dominik Ferraz and Miss Thailand Sopida Siriwattananukoon were first and second runners up, respectively. Two other Filipinas, Michelle Binas and Francine Garcia, Super Sireyna Queen of Queens 2013, were also in the Top 10 finalists.

Maristela, who plays the violin, is the second Filipina trans to win the title after Kevin Balot in 2012. 

“I am grateful of the opportunity to compete in the Miss International Queen pageant because I believe in its vision to uplift the trans community cause to be accepted without discrimination throughout the world. I want to share this victory (sic) to the Philippine trans community,” said the Viva Artists contract star who was crowned by outgoing Miss International Queen Isabella Santiago of Venezuela. Winners of the Miss International Queen transvestite pageant take home a cash prize of not less than $10,000 plus the option to undergo plastic surgery.

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