Archive for January, 2009
“Investor and Politics”
For our third and fourth taping days for “May Bukas Pa”, we were joined by the teleserye’s big stars. The monastery which we the 12 priests and brothers are living is part of a typical Philippine community. We interact with the local mayor – mayor Pio (played by my mentor upsilon brodTony Mabesa), a greedy investor who has a political ambition to become the next mayor (played by Albert Martinez) and his wife (Dina Bonnevie). We also have a couple who are both members of the police force (played by Tonton Gutierrez and Lara Quigaman). Maja Salvador, Rayver Cruz, Desiree del Valle, gossip writer Ogie Diaz and Arlene Muchlach are also in the cast.
Read More..>>“Ang Abandonado”
Most often than not, it is the heartless mother who is put to blame everytime a child is abandoned. Five months old baby Santino – (played by Zaijan Jaranilla) the lead character of the new soap opera of ABS-CBN titled “May Bukas Pa” was found by the Cementery caretaker (played by tata Cris Daluz) inside the cemetery.
Read More..>>“Bawal ang Nakasimangot”
I was so thrilled to receive my copy of the script for the first week of “May Bukas Pa” when it was delivered to me by Raffy – a crew assigned to deliver the scripts to the cast. The cover page said that it was the copy for Edgar Sandalo as Father Jude a.k.a. Father Ngot. I tried hard to decipher what Father Ngot means and made a guess: perhaps I regularly pinch the nose of little boy Santino – the lead character and in the Filipino language it means “Pingot”.
Read More..>>“Dragonna’s Blazing Final Episode”
I arrived at the Southern Police District Headquarters which is located inside Nichols a little past 6:00 p.m. last thursday for my second taping day for ABS-CBN Channel 2’s once a week show KOMIKS which currently features “DRAGONNA”. It airs 6:00 p.m. Saturdays.
Read More..>>“Pilgrims of Our Lady of Piat”
Me-an of Polaris Rest House told us that the travel time from Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte to Tuguegarao City in Cagayan is four hours. We calculated and managed our time on the road. After checking out, we went to the Wind Mills of Bangui and had lunch in the nearby KangKang Café before we finally traveled to Tuguegarao at 2:30 p.m. We arrived Tuguegarao at 7:30 p.m.
My wife is from Tuguegarao that was why we included a stop over in this City not only to visit my wife’s relatives and friends and to visit the grave of my father-in-law but to pay homage and pray at the Basilica Minore de la Nuestra Sonora del Piat in Piat, Cagayan, the shrine of the miraculous image of the our Lady of Piat.
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