Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 20 | Page 23

October 16 - 31, 2017
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Isabel Granada collapses
in Qatar, critical
‘She was joking with me’:
Husband recalls moment
before
Isabel
Granada
collapsed
Isabel Granada has yet to
wake up from a coma after
collapsing during a fan meet-
and-greet, her husband, Arnel
Cowley, said.
On Tuesday night (Manila
time), the actress was rushed
to a hospital  in Doha, Qatar
after suffering a “brain
hemorrhage which indicates
aneurysm and in turn affected
her heart.”  
In an interview with
Bandila, Cowley said that
Granada is still in “critical but
stable condition,” and remains
unconscious. 
He added that doctors are looking
to perform an operation once her
condition normalizes further. 
He also shared that Granada did
not show any signs or symptoms
of brain aneurysm barring a slight
headache before collapsing. 
“Sabi lang niya, ‘Ay nahihilo ako,’
and then she collapsed. Beforehand,
there were no signs of anything talaga.
She was laughing and she was joking
with me,” he recalled. 
Cowley also described his wife
as “quite fit and healthy” and having
a penchant for going on random
walks and swimming trips. “It’s a very,
very difficult time for me. It’s just so
sudden.” 
It was just last week when Cowley
and Granada celebrated their wedding
anniversary. 
The latter posted a photo of them
grabbing lunch and wrote: “Baby, you
know in our hearts that even if we
get really busy, our love never will it
fade.” (abs-cbn)
PH bet Elizabeth Clenci
finishes 2nd runner-up at
2017 Miss Grand International
She may have fallen short
in her quest to bring home
the country’s first Miss Grand
International title. 
But Elizabeth Clenci still
did the Philippines proud
Wednesday
night
after
becoming the only Asian
candidate to finish inside the
pageant’s top 5. 
She was named second
runner-up, behind eventual
winner Maria Jose Lora of Peru
and first runner-up Venezuela’s
Tulia Aleman Ferrer. 
Puerto
Rico’s
Brenda
Jimenez was third runner-up,
while Czech Republic’s Nikola
Uhlirova rounded up the top 5. 
In the final round, Clenci,
a half Romanian who grew
up in Australia, and the other
candidates were asked: “If you
have to issue a law to punish
criminals of war and violence,
how would you punish these
people and why?”
Clenci answered by saying that “a
nation is judged not by criminals but
how the nation punishes them” before
advocating for mental rehabilitation.
She also said that persons should not
be judged simply by the crimes they
commit. 
The hours-long coronation night
held in Vietnam called for peace
across the word. 
In an earlier round, Clenci said it
is her responsibility to “fight and strive
for peace through love, compassion,
understanding and education.” (abs-
cbn)
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