Author: Gayflor De Guzman
Gayflor De Guzman
A daughter, a friend, a lover, a believer of Christ, writer, a composer, and a dreamer whose dream is to be recognized not for her looks, or for what she has accomplished, but for who she is- as a person, as a human-being.
After going on hiatus from showbiz since 2017, model-actress Ellen Adarna will not be coming back to the limelight anytime soon as she will focus the next seven years of her life taking care of her son, Elias. The 32-year-old actress became a first-time mother during her sabbatical from showbiz along with the rumors that she was dating her co-star John Lloyd Cruz who also took a hiatus. She gave birth to her son, Elias, in 2018. For the very first time since her break from showbiz, Adarna opened up about her son. In an interview with RX93.1 over the…
Kapuso actor Tom Rodriguez was one of the stars who joined to deliver a poem written by Yan Yuzon titled Ngingitian Kita. The said poem was dedicated to the frontliners who are risking their lives in combating the coronavirus disease that has already claimed over a hundred lives in the country. Aside from Tom, other Kapuso stars who read the poem included Dingdong Dantes, Lovi Poe, Sunshine Dizon, Benjamin Alves, Mikoy Morales, Mikee Quintos, and Rita Daniela. On Instagram, Tom shared with his followers the video produced by Mark Philipp Espina. “Sa mga panahong katulad nito, kung saan hinahanapan natin…
The address to the nation last April 1 of President Rodrigo Duterte became controversial for his ‘shoot them dead’ statement after the riot that happened between ‘starving’ residents and the police in Quezon City. This created a wave of anger and negative sentiments from both netizens and celebrities who have called for his ouster using the hashtag #OustDuterteNow on Twitter. This soon trended worldwide. During his lengthy speech, the President said: “Remember kayong mga Left: You are not the government. Naintindihan ninyo ‘yan? Hindi kayo nasa gobyerno and you cannot be a part of what we are planning to do…
On April 2, Thursday, Juan Karlos Labajo deleted all his previous posts on his Instagram account which currently has 864,000 followers to post about his missing biological father who is a German national named Oliver Stolz. On IG, the 19-year old singer posted a photo of his father with the caption, “Missing person. Please email me if found.” In a response to a comment on his post, Labajo shared that the photo was actually taken “around the year 2001 when [Stolz] had a trip to the US” which was a year before he met the teen star’s mother. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-eIIIxJRPR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Labajo…
Kapuso host and actress Pauleen Luna-Sotto lectured a netizen on Facebook who requested her to sing ‘Spoliarium’ during her worship singing with husband Vic Sotto amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The couple performed worship songs and let their followers watch them perform. However, one netizen left a “rude” comment where he requested for the song “Spoliarium” which was popularized by Eraserheads. The said song allegedly pertained to the rape of Pepsi Paloma by Vic, Joey De Leon, and Ricardo “Richie D’Horsey” Reyes. Pauleen did not hesitate to school the netizen for his comment. The 31-year old actress asked the commenter to…
Sultry Kapamilya actress Ivana Alawi is one of the celebrities who are, in their own ways, extending their help to the people who are greatly suffering because of the crisis brought by COVID-19 pandemic. During the live-from-home episode of “Magandang Buhay” last Friday, April 3, the 23-year old star revealed that she can’t stand watching many people starving because they have nothing left to eat while she is comfortable in her abode, that’s why she came up with a drive to help them. She said, “Actually nag-start siya noong nanonood ako ng balita tapos nakikita ko na ang daming nagugutom…
Megastar Sharon Cuneta shared a throwback photo of herself with her “lifelong” friend Zsa Zsa Padilla along with the latter’s daughter Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari. The “Pangarap na Bituin” hitmaker posted the discolored picture on her Instagram account which she got from Zsa Zsa’s IG throwback post. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-WablqHIm3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link In the caption she wrote, “With my lifelong friend (pinakamamahal pa rin kahit na karibal ko siya kay Hyun Bin Binnie ko. LOL.) and baby Karylle!” “Friends forever talaga. Never kami nag-away since naging magkaibigan kami. At saka super tried and tested ang pagiging sincere, honest at trustworthy ni Zsa Zsa talaga,” she…
President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he had nothing to do with the ongoing investigation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto over alleged violations of the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act” during his televised address on Friday, April 3. The Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act was enacted on March 24, 2020, granting the president special powers to combat the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic that has already claimed lives. Included in his power is to ensure that all local officials follow the national guidelines. Duterte admitted that…
Anne Curtis and her husband Erwan Heussaff, as well as Regine Velasquez and her husband Ogie Alcasid, are among the showbiz celebrities who are helping Angel Locsin’s team provide tents for overcrowded hospitals to be used by the medical frontliners and patients. Through the fundraiser #UniTENTWeStand spearheaded by Locsin, her team was able to raise almost 4 million pesos which were used to produce 12×24-meter tents that will be delivered to 28 initial target hospitals. On Thursday, Locsin posted on her Instagram account that the tents from the Alcasids and Heussaffs have already been set up at the Diliman Doctors…
Former Solicitor General Florin “Pilo” Hilbay was attacked by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Deputy Administrator Margaux “Mocha” Uson after the former joined the netizens’ call for the latter’s arrest when she posted “fake news” on her blog which is a violation of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. The former SolGen pointed out that spreading wrong information and unverified news in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is a violation of the newly enacted law and shall be penalized accordingly, taking Uson’s act of spreading disinformation in her popular blog as an example. In his Tweet, he…
Kapamilya star Ria Atayde joined the chorus of netizens who expressed their disappointment through their social media accounts after President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the private sector for donations to help the government deal with the COVID-19 crisis. As part of his national address last Mach 30, Duterte expressed his gratitude to several organizations, companies, as well as the Chinese and Singapore Governments for donating millions, alcohol, testing kits, and personal protective equipment (PPE). Among the “Oligarchs” that he has mentioned in his speech were Jack Ma (co-founder of Alibaba Group), Michael Tan, Ramon Ang, Dennis Uy, Lucio Tan, and…
Kapuso star Ai-Ai Delas Alas asked for quick action as she called out Mayor Joy Belmonte after a video showing the riot involving the military officers and the residents of Barangay Bagong Pag-Asa in Quezon City went viral. In the video, some QC residents were arrested by police after staging a rally which was supposed to be their way to demand food or financial assistance from the local government amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. The 55-year old comedian asked the executive officials of QC to understand the situation of their starving people and to provide the assistance they are…
Chinita Princess Kim Chiu condemned the local government of Quezon City for not taking care of its people which resulted in a riot between military officials and the city residents and led to the arrest of 20 protesters who took to the streets to demand food and adequate assistance. This incident was caught-on-cam and is currently making rounds online. On April 1, Wednesday, the Love Thy Woman star took her sentiments to Twitter by reposting the video. https://twitter.com/prinsesachinita/status/1245245415793905664 She wrote, “Ang hirap ng sitwasyon ng mga tao ngayon. Papasok na ang 3rd week of the community quarantine. Hindi dapat hulihin…
R&B and Soul Princess Kyla recently shared on March 31, Tuesday, her paranoia with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis to her followers on Twitter. She wrote, “Kung may PPE lang ako, yun talaga suotin ko para mag grocery. Sa panahon ngayon, wala na yata akong pake sa magiging itsura ko the paranoia I had to go through these past few days was just yoko naaa ma feel ever again.” https://twitter.com/Kylareal/status/1244897559639777280 The netizens couldn’t agree more as the paranoia about the COVID-19 disease is getting out of control considering the heightened number of positive cases and the disturbing rise of death count…
Aside from the fans, it seems like Nico Bolzico is curious if Sarah Geronimo is already pregnant after tying the knot with husband Matteo Guidicelli a month ago. During the Facebook Live broadcast of One Voice Pilipinas last Sunday, Guidicelli and Kean Cipriano asked Bolzico about his experience as a first-time father to daughter Thylane who is now three months old. The businessman said, “It’s good. we take turns in taking care of Thylane. I think that’s one of the best things about this quarantine, we can spend time with Thylane.” Guidicelli then told Bolzico to teach him his parenting…
Veteran actress and director Gina Alajar slammed a newspaper writeup claiming she was a person under investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 and showed her test result to disprove the claim. On March 28, Saturday, Alajar posted her COVID-19 test result on her Facebook account. In the caption she wrote, “I was told that a newspaper writeup said I am a PUI…very late info na po… Negative ang COVID test ko and wala akong pneumonia… ” Some celebrities, unfortunately, have contracted the novel coronavirus. The list includes veteran actor Christopher De Leon who has already been discharged from the hospital week after…