A Re-post From Rose Garcia of PEP

Carla in, Rhian out—as Dingdong's leading lady in GMA's My Beloved?

December 8, 2011 3:48pm

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Sa gitna ng kontrobersiyang kinasasangkutan ngayon ni Rhian Ramos ay ang usap-usapan na papalitan na raw siya sa upcoming series ng GMA-7 na My Beloved.

At ang lumulutang na pangalan na makakapareha ni Dingdong Dantes sa naturang serye ay si Carla Abellana.

Kaya naman isa ito sa tinanong ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) kay Carla sa presscon ng pelikulang Yesterday Today Tomorrow nitong Martes ng gabi, sa Imperial Palace Suites.

Ayon kay Carla, "Nababalitaan ko yun, pero wala pa naman akong nababalitaan from GMA at kay Tito Arnold [Vegafria, her manager].

"Hindi pa.

"So, sabi ko, hangga't hindi pa nanggagaling sa kanila, hindi tayo sigurado.

"Sa ngayon, tsismis lang."

Paano kung totoo ngang siya ang napipisil ng GMA-7 na gumanap sa role na dapat kay Rhian, tatanggapin ba niya?

"Walang problema. Trabaho pa rin yun," sagot ni Carla.

"Pero gusto ko sanang tapusin muna ang Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit kasi naumpisahan ko na.

"Alangan naman na iwan ko lang yun na basta-basta.

"Siyempre, I still have my responsibilities.

"Tatapusin ko yun. Gusto kong tapusin yun."

Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit ang afternoon soap ni Carla kasama sina Michelle Madrigal at Mike Tan.

Ayon kay Carla, hanggang January 2012 pa ang taping nila para sa Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Langit, pero hanggang sa February pa ang airing nito.

Kung sakaling matuloy si Carla sa My Beloved, ito ang unang pagkakataon na makakapareha niya si Dingdong sa isang soap.

Pero nagkasama na sila bilang co-hosts sa StarStruck V.

OFFER FROM OTHER NETWORK. Sa February 2012 ay matatapos na ang kontrata ni Carla sa GMA-7.

Hindi itinatanggi ng aktres na may offer siya mula sa isang rival network.

Kung sakaling matuloy siya My Beloved, isa ba ito sa kunsiderasyon para manatili siyang Kapuso?

"Puwede, oo," tugon ni Carla.

"Pero siyempre, hindi lang naman yun.

"Kailangan naming marinig kung ano ang plans ng GMA para sa akin.

"Hindi naman enough na, 'eto ngang if ever na project na ito, kailangan ano pa ang mga susunod na plano, di ba?

"Kailangan marinig muna namin the rest."

Sa palagay ni Carla ay magkakaroon naman ng meetings para mapag-usapan ang bagay na ito.

Pero detalyado na raw ang offer ng ibang network sa kanya.

Saad ni Carla, "Oo naman. Detalyado kung ano ang mga proyekto...

"Kung ilang taon...siyempre, nandoon na rin ang talent fees sa kontrata at naka-indicate."

Isang network lang naman daw ang nag-o-offer sa kanya.

Pero ayon kay Carla, "Ayoko sanang lumipat.

"Pero kung wala naman akong choice kung hindi i-consider, based on their plans for me, e, di uupuan natin yun at pag-uusapan natin yun.

"Nandiyan pa rin siya, hanging pa lang.

"Kasi, hindi pa naman kami nag-uusap ng GMA. Hindi pa kami nagmi-meeting.

"So, hindi pa namin alam kung ano ang plans ng GMA for me."

Paano kung maganda rin ang offer ng Kapuso network sa kanya?

"E, di okay. I will remain in GMA," nakangiting sagot ni Carla.

Paano kung mas maganda ang offer ng kabila?

"Naiiyak ako!" biro niya.

"Mahirap talagang desisyon yun.

"Kung maganda ang offer ng kabila, ang pagpipilian mo, ano ba, magandang offer or loyalty mo?"

Ano ang magiging deciding factor niya kung saka-sakali—magandang offer o loyalty?

"'Yun nga, e. Malay ko. Paano ako magde-decide?

"Tingnan muna natin, di ba?

"I cannot say which I will choose—loyalty or magandang offer—because I haven't seen GMA's offer also and plan."

GEOFF IS NOT A FACTOR. Posible bang manatili rin siya sa GMA-7 dahil sa boyfriend niyang si Geoff Eigenmann?

"Hayan na naman... Hindi ako mag-i-stay sa GMA dahil lang kay Geoff, ha.

"Walang problema. Kung trabaho, trabaho.

"Siyempre, I will consider him, but hindi naman porke't nandoon siya, susunod ako do'n.

"Sabi nga ni Geoff... Di ba, sa interview n'yo, sabi niya, 'Kung trabaho, trabaho.'

"Hindi naman magma-matter, iisang industriya lang 'yan.

"Kahit magkahiwalay kami ng network, okay lang."

Yun nga lang, minsan pumapasok ang problema ng magkarelasyon kapag magkahiwalay sila ng network.

Ayon naman kay Carla, "Ganoon talaga.

"Pero, doon mate-test kung trabaho or lovelife.

"Sa ngayon, ang priority talaga, trabaho." -- Rose Garcia, PEP

Re-post From Rose Garcia of PEP

A Re-post From Cathy Yamsuan and Christine O. Avendano of Philippine Daily Inquirer

Aquino-Corona face-off at justice summit

By Cathy Yamsuan, Christine O. Avendaño
Philippine Daily Inquirer

12:48 am | Monday, December 5th, 2011

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President Benigno Aquino III and Chief Justice Renato Corona. INQUIRER file photo

Will President Benigno Aquino III face off with Chief Justice Renato Corona today (Monday)?

The two are guests at the opening of the first National Criminal Justice Summit hosted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the President, using the 30th anniversary celebration of the Makati Business Club on Thursday, slammed the Supreme Court for allegedly hobbling his reform programs.

Mr. Aquino will keynote the summit at the Manila Hotel; Corona is expected to deliver a speech for the judiciary.

“I guess we’ll have to see,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said when asked over state radio dzRB if the two will meet during the two-day gathering. “We’ll just have to wait for that particular event.”

“The President does not shy away from discussing national issues, if necessary,” Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang said in a phone interview.

“The President has every right and even the duty to express his views and sentiments on such issue of national importance,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said in a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

The Palace and judiciary have been at loggerheads since Mr. Aquino was elected last year. The President had even refused to take his oath before Corona, a so-called “midnight” appointee of outgoing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The Chief Executive had been very vocal about his opposition to several decisions by the court, including its recent decision to allow Arroyo, now a Pampanga representative, to travel abroad for treatment of a bone ailment which De Lima defied.

Arroyo is now under hospital arrest but has questioned before the high court the constitutionality of the DOJ-Commission on Elections task force that recommended the election sabotage case filed against her that ultimately was used to justify the move to keep her under government custody.

Palace lawyers warned

Senator Joker Arroyo on Sunday said Mr. Aquino’s latest blast at the court was the handiwork of his legal advisers who must be cautioned against criticizing the high tribunal.

“I cannot blame the President for his remarks since he is not a lawyer. But he cleared his statements with his legal advisers so they should be the ones held accountable,” said the senator, who is not related to the former President.

“When government officials criticize the Supreme Court, it does not have the power to answer. And are they saying that the (12) justices appointed during the time of Gloria cannot render right judgment? That the present composition of the Supreme Court cannot make a right decision,” he asked.

“Before they speak again, they better look at history,” the senator said, referring to then President Corazon Aquino’s appointment of all 15 justices of the Supreme Court after the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Senator Arroyo said that the court was then led by Claudio Teehankee, a known dissenter as an associate justice during the Marcos years.

Martial law years

The senator recalled that the late Senator Lorenzo Tañada had advised his opposition colleagues in the anti-Marcos movement to “never get personal with the Supreme Court.”

“Even during those times when we cannot expect justice from the Supreme Court, we never got personal. We were careful not to attack it even if it gives an unfavorable decision. But now, just because it issues a TRO (temporary restraining order), it is branded as a lapdog of Gloria. Is that the situation now, that they are free to attack anyone? We should be careful there,” he warned.

Senator Franklin Drilon, a known critic of Corona, stressed that the Supreme Court “is not exempted from criticism. Any lawyer can question its decisions.”

Drilon said “respect” for the Supreme Court cannot be ordered. “You should show that you deserve respect. All this is happening because of public perception that the tribunal is not an impartial arbiter.”

Re-posted From Cathy Yamsuan and Christine O. Avendano of Philippine Daily Inquirer