32 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY March 16 - 31 , 2018
Team British Columbia led by four Filipino Canadians kick their way to honors after a sterling performance in the recently-concluded 2018 National Karate Championship held March 9- 11 in Halifax , Nova Scotia .
Shalene Lee , Caitlyn Santos , Ezekiel Pareja and John Sawal made their presence felt combining for five medals in the annual event .
Lee took the gold in the U-21 61 kg kumite event besting Parvin Mayan in the finals .
Likewise , the 20-year-old lass added another feather to her cap by
Four Pinoys dominate Karate Nationals
grabbing the bronze medal in the U- 21 61 kg individual kata event .
On the other hand , the 15-yearold Santos brought home the silver in Cadet 47 kg kumite event .
The Grade 9 student of Burnaby South Secondary has a total of 5 silver medals now on top of her collection of 17 golds and 5 bronzes .
Santos , who started competing at age 9 , also had 7 trophies tucked under her belt .
Her first year in the national level at age 12 made an impression after bagging the bronze , and a notch higher this year with silver performance .
Pareja had a successful stint as well , garnering silver in the Youth 65 kg kumite event .
The 8th grader from Bryrne Creek Secondary has 14 golds , 9 silvers and 1 bronze so far , since starting to compete at age 9 .
An impressive debut indeed for the 13-year-ol lad in the 40th Steveston International tournament after a gold medal finish . He took the silver in his first nationals last year to qualify for the Pan Am Games in Croatia .
This year , he landed first in the
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qualifying for Pan Am Games to be held in Brazil . Last month , he got the opportunity to compete at the BC Winter Games where he won gold in two divisions , as well as silver for the team kumite .
Both Santos and Pareja were under the watchful eye of Sensei Sandeep Gill of Burnaby Karate Academy and Sensei Matt Bickel of West Van Academy .
Sawal , older cousin of Lee , didn ’ t go home empty handed pocketing the bronze in the male senior category of kata event .
Pareja ( left ) throws a kick in one of his Santos ( left ) prepares to score matches in the penultimate round of 2018 a hit against her taller opponent National Championship . Photo Credit : Bill Ng in the finals of National Karate of BC Sports Karate Snaps
Championship held in Nova Scotia .
Paulo Avelino
“ Sagad rin sa trabaho ngayon so I ’ ll probably just find something to do in the Philippines sa beach sana . I ’ d love to go to Siargao pero kawawa naman yung area kasi lahat na ng tao pumupunta dun . I ’ ll probably go when it ’ s calmer .” Jericho Rosales “ Just to relax lang dito . I want to surf siguro . I haven ’ t surfed in months .” Ara Mina “ Siguro nasa bahay lang kami kasi medyo crowded pag Holy Week everywhere eh . So we just got back from Boracay .” Angelu de Leon “ We normally go with our church group it ’ s called Family Camp and that ’ s going to be on the 29th to the 31st so it ’ s just good to be with your spiritual family . Para siyang retreat
Celebrities share their Holy Week plans
pero the activities are more of bonding lang talaga siya .” LJ Moreno “ We don ’ t have any plans yet because my husband Jimmy ( Alapag ) is coaching right now . He ’ s the head coach of Alab for the ABL so hindi namin maano yung schedule because they still have games .” Ice Seguerra “ We ’ re spending it this time sa may bandang Laguna pa rin pero it ’ s always with my family and Liza ’ s ( Diño ). It ’ s the only time that we ’ re really together together ng buo .” Wendy Valdez “ Mahirap na maghanap kasi kailangan from the start of the year nag-book ka na . Parang fully booked na lahat ng lugar . Nag-iisip kami na baka mag-beach or baka may staycation kasi fully booked na lahat
Shalene Lee won the gold medal
ng tinitingnan ko ( laughs ).” Iza Calzado “ We will be in England to have tea with Harry and Meghan char ( laughs ). Last time I was there I didn ’ t get to have scones . It ’ s relaxing in the Wintle home .” Tippy Dos Santos “ We are going to Zambales with the family so beach pag Holy Week parang yan ang default ng mga Filipinos . We ’ ll be enjoying our Holy Week there . Actually kasi yun na lang yung available sa Air Bnb ( laughs ) kasi we decided late so the hotels are booked . We were supposed to go to Batangas pero nagkaproblema din sa hotel so it ’ s the only one available but it ’ s a very good deal . Marami kaming pupunta .” Dani Barretto “ We ’ re still planning what to do but most likely we ’ re going to be together
John Sawal bronze medalist
as a family . We ’ re going on a beach trip as of now yun pa lang naman .” Jan Marini Alano “ Ang plano namin is to stay home and then hindi kami mag-a-out-ofthe-country this year . Babalik kami ng Baguio sa April kasi the kids love the weather there .” Mara Lopez “ I ’ ll probably either be working or surfing in Aurora . Kasi it ’ s so near kaya pag may taping tumbling lang to Manila di ba ?” Bea Saw “ I think we ’ re going to be in Batangas with family . It ’ s our yearly thing sa side ng husband ko .” Gee-ann Abrahan “ I was planning to do something with my husband because he ’ s so busy kailangan ko magpa-appointment ( laughs ).” ( R . M . Santos , push . com )
Lip Sync Battle Philippines Season 3 begins April 1
Beginning April 1 , get ready for crazy yet delightful Sundays as Lip Sync Battle Philippines returns for its third season on GMA Network .
This musical-reality competition offers a whole new level of entertainment as it treats its viewers with outrageous , amusing and even more exciting performances every week .
Lip Sync Battle Philippines will still be hosted by Kapuso comedy genius Michael V . together with multi-talented TV host-actress Iya Villania-Arellano as color commentator .
For Michael V ., he is excited to present to its viewers the changes that will happen in this season . ‘ Excited ako kasi sinala talaga namin yung mga battlers ngayon and magkakaroon ng
bagong battles . So ang masasabi ko talaga , mas aabangan ito kasi yung mga napiling battler , ready talaga sila ,’ he said .
On the other hand , Iya expressed her gratitude to be working with Michael V . again because of his warm personality . ‘ I am just happy to be working with Kuya Bitoy because you know , he is very approachable and friendly and lahat ng galaw ko sa set , he is there to help and assist me so hindi talaga ako nahihirapan ,’ she said .
The game pits celebrities or personalities against each other in a lip sync battle for two rounds . They can lip sync the song / s of their choice . Then the crowd determines the winner of the battle after the two rounds have been completed . The winner gets the bragging rights to be the Lip Sync Battle Champion and gets the Lip Sync Battle Championship Belt .
Making the third season more special are new things to look forward to such as the 3-way battle and thematic episodes that will pave the way to a more intense head-to-head challenge of your favourite celebrities and personalities . Kapuso viewers can also expect guest color commentators who will participate in the show as they add more fun in the program .
Under the helm of Rico Gutierrez , catch the return of Lip Sync Battle Philippines every Sunday beginning April 1 on GMA ’ s flagship international
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Get the latest updates about Lip Sync Battle Philippines from the GMA Network website www . GMANetwork . com .
Kapuso viewers from across the globe can also catch their favorite Kapuso shows via GMA ’ s international channels GMA Pinoy TV , GMA Life TV , and GMA News TV International . For the program guide , visit www . gmapinoytv . com