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New reporter on TV Patrol World

After endearing herself to millions of Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) viewers and supporters, PBB’s first big winner Jennivev “Nene” Tamayo now tests her mettle in news and current affairs as she joins ABS-CBN’s flagship news program, TV Patrol World.

Filipinos across the country—and from all over the world via The Filipino Channel—will get to see more of Kumander Nene’s headstrong character as she becomes the newest “Citizen Patrol,” reporting on and helping solve community problems in the show’s segment of the same title.

“Citizen Patrol,” TV Patrol World’s most popular segment, empowers the viewers by encouraging them to write in or txt their concerns and go on the air to report them on TV. Now with Nene on board for the segment, public interest takes center stage anew in TV Patrol World.

From community problems like garbage dumpsites and rigged weighing scales, to barangay concerns like stinking esteros or teetering electric posts, expect “Citizen Patrol” to explore solutions and take action.

“Citizen Patrol” will go nationwide this year, with Kumander Nene spreading its message of hope and positive change to key cities and far-flung areas alike. TV Patrol World airs weeknights on ABS-CBN, with Ted Failon, Karen Davila, and Julius Babao as main anchors. [source]

Straight from PEx:

MARIA RESSA, head of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.’s news and current affairs, responded last night to questions regarding the cancellation of “Magandang Gabi, Bayan.”

These were her comments:

On the statement of an Inquirer source that MGB was pulled off the air because Vice President Noli de Castro refused to go against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:

“The statement is inaccurate in every way. First, [MGB] was not quickly pulled off the air. These negotiations went on for months.

“Secondly, MGB is Noli de Castro, and without him, it’s a shadow of its former self. We decided to retire the title as well because it’s so identified with him. I believe it’s time to come up with fresh ideas for that coveted prime-time slot.

“Finally, the paradigm behind the question is insulting because it presupposes that I make decisions in the newsroom because of the alleged vested interests of our owners. My track record shows what we are institutionalizing in ABS-CBN: excellent journalism grounded by a strong Code of Ethics.”

On the statement of an Inquirer source that De Castro was told to “help us or leave”:

“That is false. ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs has no vested interests in the outcome of political events.We report those events but we do not take part in any way.” (sana nga………may maniwala sa yo)

On the question of whether the cancellation of MGB would not be perceived as a political move given the present charged atmosphere:

“Anything can be perceived as anything! It was an organizational move, not a political one. That is the reality. Everything else is spin.”

The Inquirer tried to reach other top executives of the network but was unable to get their official statement. eh paano ……..baka magkakaiba na naman ang mga sagot…baka sumablay…tsk tsk tsk….

The igma.tv and starstruck.tv websites maintained by GMA New Media have been experiencing downtimes this week for a total of over 36 hours already, annoying its tousands of viewers over and over. GMA7 has been silent over this fiasco. There are several possible reasons for these downtimes. The first reason is that these could be scheduled downtimes, but New Media had miserably failed to inform its visitors ahead of time. This reason is not likely the real reason, however, as the downtimes had been on again, off again in a single week, so the succeeding reasons seem more plausible, all under the category ‘unscheduled downtimes.’ An unscheduled downtime, in the case of GMA7’s websites is either caused by exceeding allocated bandwidth caused by a surge of StarStruck online voters or a denial of service attack.

How do they expect to reflect the true sentiment of their viewers if their feedback instrument is always down?

They say that Heart Evangelista is pregnant. This could be one of the reasons why the sineserye Panday lasted only for a month. Accordingly, the made some advanced shooting to cover up her 6-month absence. she will be going abroad until the baby is born.

Lumang kwento na ito. Pero parang totoo this time.

Update: It’s asthma, not pregnancy or abortion

Annabelle Rama, Mother Lily, Joel Lamangan, Mulawin, MMFF. Away ‘to!

Annabelle claims that Mother Lily played politics by making it sure that Mulawin will only get one small cinema per SM mall and that was the reason why Mulawin was only number 3 in ticket sales. Accordingly, Mother Lily wanted to do away with Richard Gutierrez because Annabelle doesn’t wan’t to renew her son’s contract with Regal Films. (Regal is currently trying to build-up a Dennis Trillo-Angel Locsin teamup).

Mother Lily says she won’t participate in the next MMFF if they do not change the system. She could not believe that a violent film like Kutob got the Gatpuno award.

Metro Manila Film Festival 2005

BLUE MOON
Orange & Lemons

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

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Download MP3 here.

Sheryl Cruz (Selena)
Gary Estrada
Yasmien Kurdi
Jay Aquitania (Joko)
30 Days champion (Benjie)