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Saturday, March 3, 2018
ABS-CBN obtains P6b in BPI loan to refinance debt
ABS-CBN Corp. on Friday said it borrowed P6 billion from Bank of the Philippine Islands to refinance debt.
The Lopez-led multimedia company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange it would use proceeds of the the loan to refinance maturing debt and for other general corporate requirements. The loan has a term of seven years.
ABS-CBN earlier reported a net profit of P2.3 billion in the first nine months of 2017, down 20 percent from last year’s P2.85 billion.
Advertising revenues fell 3 percent in the nine-month period to P15.3 billion, net of election-related spending.
The company’s profit guidance for 2017 was between P2.7 billion and P3 billion.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN registered an average national audience share of 46 percent in February or 13 points higher than GMA’s 33 percent, according to data from Kantar Media.
ABS-CBN commanded the ratings game in areas such as Metro Manila, where it recorded an average audience share of 40 percent against GMA’s 28 percent, in Total Luzon where it got 42 percent against GMA’s 35 percent, in Total Visayas where it garnered 56 percent against GMA’s 27 percent, and in Total Mindanao where it hit 52 percent against GMA’s 31 percent.
ABS-CBN also scored the most number of viewers on its primetime block (6 p.m. to 12 midnight), where it hit an average audience share of 51 percent, or 20 points higher than GMA’s 31 percent.
The Lopez-owned network said it led the primetime block from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., with average audience share of 51 percent, 20 points ahead of GMA.
ABS-CBN also led the morning block with 39 percent, the noontime block with 44 percent and the afternoon block with 42 percent.
Nine of the ten most watched programs nationwide in February were also produced by ABS-CBN, led by the long-running police drama “FPJ's Ang Probinsyano,” which garnered an average national TV rating of 41.2 percent.
“Pilipinas Got Talent” was in second place with 39.6 percent, followed by the Asia’s longest-running drama anthology “MMK,” “TV Patrol,” “La Luna Sangre,” “The Good Son,” “Tonight with Boy Abunda,” “Bandila,” “Sana Dalawa ang Puso,” “It's Showtime,” “Asintado,” “Hanggang Saan,” “Ipaglaban Mo,” “Wansapanataym,” “Wildflower,” “Goin' Bulilit,” “Home Sweetie Home,” “The Blood Sisters,” “Gandang Gabi Vice,” “I Can See Your Voice” and “Rated K".
As of November 2017, ABS-CBN said it sold 4 million units of units of its TVplus digital service. Its content is also available online through iWant TV.
Rival GMA Network, meanwhile, said it posted an average of 43.6 percent total day people audience share in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement toppling ABS-CBN’s 37.9 percent based on the Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
The network registered a solid 42.5 percent people audience share versus ABS-CBN’s 33.7 percent in the morning block in NUTAM, while GMA posted an even bigger lead in the afternoon block with 48.4 percent versus competition’s 35.3 percent.
GMA won across all day parts with steadily increasing margins in both Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 76 and 59 percent of all urban viewers in the country.
In Urban Luzon, GMA posted a total day people audience share of 49.1 percent as against its rival network’s 31.4 percent.
Likewise, in Mega Manila (with official data from February 1 to 24), the Kapuso Network remained undefeated with a 52.1 percent total day people audience share while ABS-CBN managed to get only 27.6 percent.
Award-winning news magazine show “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” (KMJS) still reigned as the most watched GMA program nationwide in February.
Other GMA ratings drivers last month were “Magpakailanman,” “Kambal, Karibal,” “Pepito Manaloto,” “24 Oras,” “Sherlock Jr.,” “All-Star Videoke,” “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko” and “Ika-6 na Utos."
Also in the list of top programs were “Sirkus,” “The One That Got Away,” “Bubble Gang,” “Saksi,” “The Stepdaughters,” “Imbestigador,” “24 Oras Weekend,” “Eat Bulaga,” “Tadhana,” “Impostora,” “Sunday Pinasaya” and “Haplos."
GMA Network still dominated the list of top programs in Urban Luzon with eight Kapuso shows in the top 10. Moreover, GMA programs swept the first nine spots in Mega Manila.
Further, GMA’s flagship AM radio station Super Radyo DZBB was also hailed as the listeners’ number one choice in Mega Manila proving GMA’s dominance both in TV and radio.
Based on the most recent data from Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement. February ratings data show DZBB posting a total week average audience share of 42.9 percent in February, winning over DZMM’s 39.5 percent and DZRH’s 30.4 percent.
From Monday to Friday, DZBB’s ratings dominance was driven by its topnotch delivery of news and fearless commentaries through “Saksi sa Dobol B” anchored by Mike Enriquez; “Sino?” with Mike, Arnold Clavio, and Ali Sotto; “Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide” with Mike and Joel Reyes Zobel; and “Dobol B Balitang-Balita” anchored by Melo del Prado.
Meanwhile, viewers can now enjoy a more colorful, more vibrant, and clearer viewing experience as GMA Network’s digital TV signal now covers all parts of Metro Manila as well as nearby provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga. GMA-7 and GMA News TV’s digital broadcast can be accessed by simply rescanning the channels through their digital TV boxes.
Nielsen data is gathered through a greater number of sampled homes nationwide in comparison to Kantar Media. With approximately 900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar, Nielsen data is statistically considered more representative of the total TV population.
In 2017, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement increased its client pool to a total of 41 clients/subscribers consisting of 12 local TV networks including TV5, Aksyon TV, CNN Philippines, Net 25, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Viva Communications Inc., among others; 5 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; 21 agencies (18 media agencies, 2 consulting agencies, 1 digital agency); and 1 advertiser.
The Lopez-led multimedia company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange it would use proceeds of the the loan to refinance maturing debt and for other general corporate requirements. The loan has a term of seven years.
ABS-CBN earlier reported a net profit of P2.3 billion in the first nine months of 2017, down 20 percent from last year’s P2.85 billion.
Advertising revenues fell 3 percent in the nine-month period to P15.3 billion, net of election-related spending.
The company’s profit guidance for 2017 was between P2.7 billion and P3 billion.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN registered an average national audience share of 46 percent in February or 13 points higher than GMA’s 33 percent, according to data from Kantar Media.
ABS-CBN commanded the ratings game in areas such as Metro Manila, where it recorded an average audience share of 40 percent against GMA’s 28 percent, in Total Luzon where it got 42 percent against GMA’s 35 percent, in Total Visayas where it garnered 56 percent against GMA’s 27 percent, and in Total Mindanao where it hit 52 percent against GMA’s 31 percent.
ABS-CBN also scored the most number of viewers on its primetime block (6 p.m. to 12 midnight), where it hit an average audience share of 51 percent, or 20 points higher than GMA’s 31 percent.
The Lopez-owned network said it led the primetime block from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., with average audience share of 51 percent, 20 points ahead of GMA.
ABS-CBN also led the morning block with 39 percent, the noontime block with 44 percent and the afternoon block with 42 percent.
Nine of the ten most watched programs nationwide in February were also produced by ABS-CBN, led by the long-running police drama “FPJ's Ang Probinsyano,” which garnered an average national TV rating of 41.2 percent.
“Pilipinas Got Talent” was in second place with 39.6 percent, followed by the Asia’s longest-running drama anthology “MMK,” “TV Patrol,” “La Luna Sangre,” “The Good Son,” “Tonight with Boy Abunda,” “Bandila,” “Sana Dalawa ang Puso,” “It's Showtime,” “Asintado,” “Hanggang Saan,” “Ipaglaban Mo,” “Wansapanataym,” “Wildflower,” “Goin' Bulilit,” “Home Sweetie Home,” “The Blood Sisters,” “Gandang Gabi Vice,” “I Can See Your Voice” and “Rated K".
As of November 2017, ABS-CBN said it sold 4 million units of units of its TVplus digital service. Its content is also available online through iWant TV.
Rival GMA Network, meanwhile, said it posted an average of 43.6 percent total day people audience share in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement toppling ABS-CBN’s 37.9 percent based on the Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
The network registered a solid 42.5 percent people audience share versus ABS-CBN’s 33.7 percent in the morning block in NUTAM, while GMA posted an even bigger lead in the afternoon block with 48.4 percent versus competition’s 35.3 percent.
GMA won across all day parts with steadily increasing margins in both Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 76 and 59 percent of all urban viewers in the country.
In Urban Luzon, GMA posted a total day people audience share of 49.1 percent as against its rival network’s 31.4 percent.
Likewise, in Mega Manila (with official data from February 1 to 24), the Kapuso Network remained undefeated with a 52.1 percent total day people audience share while ABS-CBN managed to get only 27.6 percent.
Award-winning news magazine show “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” (KMJS) still reigned as the most watched GMA program nationwide in February.
Other GMA ratings drivers last month were “Magpakailanman,” “Kambal, Karibal,” “Pepito Manaloto,” “24 Oras,” “Sherlock Jr.,” “All-Star Videoke,” “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko” and “Ika-6 na Utos."
Also in the list of top programs were “Sirkus,” “The One That Got Away,” “Bubble Gang,” “Saksi,” “The Stepdaughters,” “Imbestigador,” “24 Oras Weekend,” “Eat Bulaga,” “Tadhana,” “Impostora,” “Sunday Pinasaya” and “Haplos."
GMA Network still dominated the list of top programs in Urban Luzon with eight Kapuso shows in the top 10. Moreover, GMA programs swept the first nine spots in Mega Manila.
Further, GMA’s flagship AM radio station Super Radyo DZBB was also hailed as the listeners’ number one choice in Mega Manila proving GMA’s dominance both in TV and radio.
Based on the most recent data from Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement. February ratings data show DZBB posting a total week average audience share of 42.9 percent in February, winning over DZMM’s 39.5 percent and DZRH’s 30.4 percent.
From Monday to Friday, DZBB’s ratings dominance was driven by its topnotch delivery of news and fearless commentaries through “Saksi sa Dobol B” anchored by Mike Enriquez; “Sino?” with Mike, Arnold Clavio, and Ali Sotto; “Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide” with Mike and Joel Reyes Zobel; and “Dobol B Balitang-Balita” anchored by Melo del Prado.
Meanwhile, viewers can now enjoy a more colorful, more vibrant, and clearer viewing experience as GMA Network’s digital TV signal now covers all parts of Metro Manila as well as nearby provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga. GMA-7 and GMA News TV’s digital broadcast can be accessed by simply rescanning the channels through their digital TV boxes.
Nielsen data is gathered through a greater number of sampled homes nationwide in comparison to Kantar Media. With approximately 900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar, Nielsen data is statistically considered more representative of the total TV population.
In 2017, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement increased its client pool to a total of 41 clients/subscribers consisting of 12 local TV networks including TV5, Aksyon TV, CNN Philippines, Net 25, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Viva Communications Inc., among others; 5 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; 21 agencies (18 media agencies, 2 consulting agencies, 1 digital agency); and 1 advertiser.
Yamaha Motor bags 3-year naming right for LRT-1 Monumento station
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| YAMAHA BAGS NAMING RIGHT FOR LRT-1 MONUMENTO STATION – Shown from left are: Prem Bhatia, Phar Managing Director – Asia; Jude Camus, Marketing Section Senior Manager; Alfredo Lejano, Corporate Administration Director; Akihiro Maruo, Sales and Marketing Division Head; Mr. Lin Jarvis, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director; Valentino Rossi; Maverick Vinales; Toru Osugi, President, Yamaha Motor Philippines Inc.; Juan Alfonso, LRMC President and CEO; Kouichi Tsuji, President of Yamaha Motor Racing and General Manager of Motorsports Development Division, Yamaha Motor Company; and Department of Tourism Assistant Secretary Ricky Alegre. |
Yamaha is the first company that has committed to a long-term investment on the LRT-1 station with the highest foot traffic at more than 50,000 daily average. Revenues from the Station Partnership Program will fund the station improvement which included improved lighting, roofing, and the overall cleanliness and maintenance of the station.
PHAR, an international media and marketing agency, has launched the Southeast Asia’s first Naming Rights program in 2016 in Kuala Lumpur where it forged partnerships with banks, real estate companies, and airlines for Malaysia’s Rapid KL stations.
“Railway operators around the world have successfully taken on naming rights programs to fund station improvements,” LRMC President and CEO Juan F. Alfonso said. “We are giving our partners high visibility at the station and, in turn, they contribute to significantly improving customer experience on LRT-1 facilities.”
“We have been working with LRMC for over a year now to design the Naming Rights program – everything from the logo, to the branding, to the improvements in the station. This is win-win for everybody. Yamaha gets valuable marketing rights, LRMC gets revenue which goes back into station improvements, and passengers get better facilities,” said Prem Bhatia, Managing Director of PHAR.
He added, “With Yamaha it was very clear from the outset. Although they valued the ridership and the branding, Yamaha wanted to give back to the city of Caloocan – they wanted to improve the city in a measurable, visible and tangible manner. With LRMC they found the right partner to help them realize that ambition.”
PHAR works with a number of transport majors like Transport for London, Jewel Changi Airport, Manchester Airport Group, Air Asia, Philippines Airlines, Jetstar, Rapid KL, to name a few.
Naming Rights is a trend that began with sports stadiums in the USA, and has now seen several companies targeting transport hubs as marketing opportunities, given that it gives brands the opportunity to be seen by passengers 365 days a year.
First in 2018: No MRT3 breakdown in 9 days
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade attributes this 'luck' to the availability of spare parts delivered mid-February. Still, there are only 8 functioning trains.
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3) reached 9 days without glitches, the longest worry-free streak since the year opened.
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade attributed this "luck" to the availability of spare parts delivered mid-February.
"These days, we are lucky because the spare parts needed have been delivered.... I hope this [improvement in services] continues," Tugade said in Filipino at a transportation summit on Thursday, March 1.
The improvement comes after the MRT3 suffered from its worst breakdown last week, on February 19, when there were no functioning trains for its quarter of a million passengers.
February saw only 11 glitches – 9 of which prompted passenger unloading while 2 were service interruptions. This is an improvement from the almost daily glitches in January at 27 recorded incidents.
Ridership up
As the MRT3 management struggled to maintain 8 running trains, the glitch-free week saw an increase in passenger ridership.
From Monday, February 26 to Thursday, March 1, an average of some 270,000 passengers rode the MRT3 – higher than last week's figures of 230,000.
Monday saw an increase in trains, with the MRT3 running 9 trains by 8 am. The day ended with 283,312 passengers riding the railway system.
On Tuesday, February 27, the number of available trains went down to 7 when operations opened but the management was quick to put back another train by 8 am. When the day ended, Tuesday averaged 8 trains, serving some 281,000 passengers.
On Wednesday, February 28, only 6 trains were running at 6 am. By 7 am, 7 trains were operational. There were 8 running trains by 9 am but ridership went down to close to 262,000 passengers.
On Thursday, there were 8 operational trains for the most of the day but by 5 pm, the management was able to put out 9 trains that served 264,000 passengers.
Promises
Despite maintaining 8 running trains when the month of February closed, it's still lower than half of the 20 trains in operation in 2017.
Tugade said on Thursday that the department is keen on delivering on its promises of better MRT3 services. He said that by April, there should be 15 running trains for the public to use.
Full rehabilitation of the MRT3 railway system will be done between March 28 and March 31.
As the deadlines set by the department draws to a close, the Transportation Secretary sought for public understanding in case these were not met.
"Huwag niyo naman kaming sumbatan kung hindi mangyari. Fifteen by Holy Week sana...'Pag hindi na-achieve, tulungan niyo lang kami," he told reporters.
(Don't lash out at us if it (the targets) was not achieved. We're targetting 15 trains hopefully by Holy Week. If we don't achieve it, just help us.)
In January, German-based TUV Rheinland was tapped to evaluate the "overweight" 48 trains delivered by China-based CRRC Dalian Company Limited. The assessment, due March 10, will determine whether these trains are safe for the public to use.
Earlier this February, engineers from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) began a system audit of the MRT3. JICA is expected to release a report on the restoration works needed for the railway system.
The number of trains was drastically decreased after the MRT3 Maintenance Transition Team took over, as trains and spare parts left by the former maintenance provider Busan Universal Rail Incorporated (BURI) was not in the right condition needed, the DOTr earlier said.
Since the start of 2018, the DOTr has recorded a total of 38 glitches.
In 2017, there were 516 MRT3 glitches recorded – almost 10 incidents a week. (READ: MRT3 suffers almost daily breakdowns since start of 2018)
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3) reached 9 days without glitches, the longest worry-free streak since the year opened.
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade attributed this "luck" to the availability of spare parts delivered mid-February.
"These days, we are lucky because the spare parts needed have been delivered.... I hope this [improvement in services] continues," Tugade said in Filipino at a transportation summit on Thursday, March 1.
The improvement comes after the MRT3 suffered from its worst breakdown last week, on February 19, when there were no functioning trains for its quarter of a million passengers.
February saw only 11 glitches – 9 of which prompted passenger unloading while 2 were service interruptions. This is an improvement from the almost daily glitches in January at 27 recorded incidents.
Ridership up
As the MRT3 management struggled to maintain 8 running trains, the glitch-free week saw an increase in passenger ridership.
From Monday, February 26 to Thursday, March 1, an average of some 270,000 passengers rode the MRT3 – higher than last week's figures of 230,000.
Monday saw an increase in trains, with the MRT3 running 9 trains by 8 am. The day ended with 283,312 passengers riding the railway system.
On Tuesday, February 27, the number of available trains went down to 7 when operations opened but the management was quick to put back another train by 8 am. When the day ended, Tuesday averaged 8 trains, serving some 281,000 passengers.
On Wednesday, February 28, only 6 trains were running at 6 am. By 7 am, 7 trains were operational. There were 8 running trains by 9 am but ridership went down to close to 262,000 passengers.
On Thursday, there were 8 operational trains for the most of the day but by 5 pm, the management was able to put out 9 trains that served 264,000 passengers.
Promises
Despite maintaining 8 running trains when the month of February closed, it's still lower than half of the 20 trains in operation in 2017.
Tugade said on Thursday that the department is keen on delivering on its promises of better MRT3 services. He said that by April, there should be 15 running trains for the public to use.
Full rehabilitation of the MRT3 railway system will be done between March 28 and March 31.
As the deadlines set by the department draws to a close, the Transportation Secretary sought for public understanding in case these were not met.
"Huwag niyo naman kaming sumbatan kung hindi mangyari. Fifteen by Holy Week sana...'Pag hindi na-achieve, tulungan niyo lang kami," he told reporters.
(Don't lash out at us if it (the targets) was not achieved. We're targetting 15 trains hopefully by Holy Week. If we don't achieve it, just help us.)
In January, German-based TUV Rheinland was tapped to evaluate the "overweight" 48 trains delivered by China-based CRRC Dalian Company Limited. The assessment, due March 10, will determine whether these trains are safe for the public to use.
Earlier this February, engineers from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) began a system audit of the MRT3. JICA is expected to release a report on the restoration works needed for the railway system.
The number of trains was drastically decreased after the MRT3 Maintenance Transition Team took over, as trains and spare parts left by the former maintenance provider Busan Universal Rail Incorporated (BURI) was not in the right condition needed, the DOTr earlier said.
Since the start of 2018, the DOTr has recorded a total of 38 glitches.
In 2017, there were 516 MRT3 glitches recorded – almost 10 incidents a week. (READ: MRT3 suffers almost daily breakdowns since start of 2018)
GMA Network continues to hold number one spot in NUTAM
GMA Network continued its winning streak in nationwide television ratings based on the latest data from the industry’s widely-trusted ratings service provider, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
For the full month of February (with February 18 to 28 based on overnight data), GMA remained the most watched TV station in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM) with an average of 43.6 percent total day people audience share, toppling ABS-CBN’s 37.9 percent.
The Kapuso Network registered a solid 42.5 percent people audience share versus ABS-CBN’s 33.7 percent in the morning block in NUTAM, while GMA posted an even bigger lead in the afternoon block with 48.4 percent versus competition’s 35.3 percent.
GMA won across all day parts with steadily increasing margins in both Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 76 and 59 percent of all urban viewers in the country.
In Urban Luzon, GMA posted a total day people audience share of 49.1 percent as against its rival network’s 31.4 percent.
Likewise, in Mega Manila (with official data from February 1 to 24), the Kapuso Network remained undefeated with a 52.1 percent total day people audience share while ABS-CBN managed to get only 27.6 percent.
Award-winning news magazine show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) still reigned as the most watched GMA program nationwide in February.
Other GMA ratings drivers last month were Magpakailanman; Kambal, Karibal; Pepito Manaloto; 24 Oras; Sherlock Jr.; All-Star Videoke; Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko; and Ika-6 na Utos.
Also in the list of top programs were Sirkus; The One That Got Away; Bubble Gang; Saksi; The Stepdaughters; 24 Oras Weekend; Eat Bulaga; Tadhana; Impostora; Sunday Pinasaya; and Haplos.
GMA Network still dominated the list of top programs in Urban Luzon with eight Kapuso shows in the top 10. Moreover, GMA programs swept the first nine spots in Mega Manila.
Further, GMA’s flagship AM radio station Super Radyo DZBB was also hailed as the listeners’ number one choice in Mega Manila proving GMA’s dominance both in TV and radio.
Based on the most recent data from Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement. February ratings data show DZBB posting a total week average audience share of 42.9 percent in February, winning over DZMM’s 39.5 percent and DZRH’s 30.4 percent.
From Monday to Friday, DZBB’s ratings dominance was driven by its topnotch delivery of news and fearless commentaries through “Saksi sa Dobol B” anchored by Mike Enriquez; “Sino?” with Mike, Arnold Clavio, and Ali Sotto; “Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide” with Mike and Joel Reyes Zobel; and “Dobol B Balitang-Balita” anchored by Melo del Prado.
Meanwhile, viewers can now enjoy a more colorful, more vibrant, and clearer viewing experience as GMA Network’s digital TV signal now covers all parts of Metro Manila as well as nearby provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga. GMA-7 and GMA News TV’s digital broadcast can be accessed by simply rescanning the channels through their digital TV boxes.
Nielsen data is gathered through a greater number of sampled homes nationwide in comparison to Kantar Media. With approximately 900 more homes surveyed in Total Urban and Rural Philippines compared to Kantar, Nielsen data is statistically considered more representative of the total TV population.
In 2017, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement increased its client pool to a total of 41 clients/subscribers consisting of 12 local TV networks including TV5, Aksyon TV, CNN Philippines, Net 25, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Viva Communications Inc., among others; 5 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; 21 agencies (18 media agencies, 2 consulting agencies, 1 digital agency); and 1 advertiser.
Ronnie reaps benefits of healthy lifestyle
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| Ronnie Liang |
Ronnie used to be overweight. Hearing discouraging remarks about his physical condition made him decide, in 2013, to go on a strict diet. He gave up fatty food (like pork and beef) and even rice. The new physique he achieved after this, earned him the lead role in the acclaimed indie movie (directed by Elwood Perez) “Esoterika: Maynila” screened recently at Teatro in Fort Santiago, Intramuros.
Ronnie’s fifth studio album will be released this year by Viva Records.
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Stars visit Iriga
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| Iriga City Mayor Madelaine Alfelor with Melai Cantiveros-Francisco |
The Tinagba Festival of Iriga City was again a showcase of entertainment and more this year.
Artists celebrating and performing at the Tinagba Festival were the Power 7 Boy Band, Maria Yna Angela Uy, Melai Cantiveros-Francisco, Paul Andre Salas, Bugoy Drilon, Arci Muñoz and young singer Brian Gazmen.
Described as a festival of harvest, Tinagba was also about the progress of the city through the years under the leadership of Mayor Madelaine Yorobe Alfelor-Gazmen. “Harvest” now also means a progressive economy from businesses and investments in Iriga.
The safety of Irigeños has always been the topmost priority of the mayor that a new fire department building was spruced up. And what to look forward to an app especially made for Irigeños. As the mayor explained, if you get kidnapped, lost or experience even life threatening emergencies, using the app would save you. The app is connected to all branches of government in Iriga city.
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Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, March 3, go to Michael Agassi, Atty. Lulu Castaneda, Linda Bolido, Nena del Rosario, Connie Mopas, Bambi Mendoza, Marina Leah Guinto, Luz Cruz, Edith Caligacion of Toronto, Canada, Marina Escaño and Baby Gil of Viva Entertainment…March 4: Dawn Zulueta, Carol Banawa, Ella Reyes – Choy, Wilma Redler, David Flores, Joan Camille Tisoy, Hattie Pili, Ruby Co, Judith Los Banos, Sharon Sze, Auraeus Solita, Alex Ancelmucio, Sandra Estrella, and Joanne Ramirez..March 5: Darius Razon, Olive Alvarez, Sonny Melicor, Bertrand Russell Sanchez, Maxine Anne McAninch, Pip and Paul Buncio, and Melanie Sison…