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HEALTH & WELLNESS
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY April 16 - 30, 2016
Introduction
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Health
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By Megin Alvarez
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and ways to accomplish it.
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healthy? What about the vegan entirely preventable diseases.
who spends all day munching on
If they are preventable,
lettuce leaves? Are they healthy?
what can we do prevent them? If
we do get an unwanted diagnosis, what can we do to minimize
its impacts? And is it possible
to reverse the disease itself? If
so, how?
These and many other
questions will be answered in
the upcoming columns and we
invite you to come along on this
journey towards health with us!
We are by no means perfect ourselves but are always
looking for ways to improve.
“The closest you can get
to perfection is constant improvement.” - Brendan Brazier
(Ironman triathlete and founder
of Vega Foods)
This column is written by
us! Megin Alvarez and Malcolm
Trevena.
Megin was born in Cavite
before moving to Canada at an
early age. Malcolm was born in
New Zealand and spent many
years in Africa and the Asia before settling in Canada.
Together we care for five
wonderful foster children, run
an organization that build solar
powered schools in developing
communities, and are affiliates
with Allysian Sciences.
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ABS-CBN renews partnership with Regal,Viva
More Filipinos will get to enjoy quality Filipino films and reexperience iconic titles right in
their homes as ABS-CBN continues to be the home of the biggest
Filipino libraries in the country.
Regal Entertainment and
Viva Entertainment recently renewed their partnership and
once again entrusted ABS-CBN
with the rights to broadcast their
movies on its various platforms,
which includes free-to-air TV
channels, cable TV channels,
ABS-CBNmobile, and The Filipino Channel (TFC).
“I am a loyalist and will forever be yours,” said Regal matriarch Lily Monteverde when asked
about Regal’s ties with ABS-
CBN.
“They’ve been like a family
to us,” added Regal Vice President Roselle Monteverde.
Regal Entertainment not
only entrusted ABS-CBN with its
current film archives, but even its
future titles as well.
For Viva Entertainment head
Vic Del Rosario, on the other
hand, Viva’s ties with ABS-CBN
has already spanned more than
three decades and remains
strong until now.
“It started way back in 1981
and from then on we have remained as partners. With ABSCBN, you can watch all the best
Filipino movies,” he shared.
From being the home of the
biggest movie titles from Regal
and Viva, ABS-CBN is now also
the home of the country’s biggest historic epic movie to date
– Heneral Luna – after it forged
a partnership with Artikulo Uno
Productions.
“I feel that more people
will be able to see Luna and the
message it carries. What’s a better conduit than ABS-CBN,” said
Artikulo Uno President Vincent
Nebrida.
As its broadcast partner,
ABS-CBN has the right to air the
box-office film on its various platforms.
“We will make sure that
we will promote it, we will take
care of it, and Filipinos here and
abroad can watch it on all channels and platforms of ABS-CBN,”
said ABS-CBN Head of Integrated Acquisitions and International
Sales and Distribution Evelyn
Raymundo.
Aside from the acquisition
of Regal and Viva libraries and
Heneral Luna, ABS-CBN is also
the home of hit titles from Seiko
Films; RVQ Productions, which
carries the movies of Philippines
King of Comedy Dolphy; and
FPJ Productions, which stars the
King of Philippine Cinema Fernando Poe Jr.
ABS-CBN continues to
champion and uphold Filipino
films through its various platforms by acquiring the best film
libraries and remains to be the
most trusted network by film
production groups.
ABS-CBN also spearheaded
the Film Restoration Project,
which aims to restore and preserve classic Filipino films for the
future generation. To date, it has
restored over 100 classic films.
Watch out for your favorite
Regal and Viva titles on various
ABS-CBN channels and platforms. Meanwhile , Heneral Luna
is set to air its free-to-air television premiere soon on ABSCBN.(MS)
Sealing the deal. (From left) Roselle Monteverde, Cory Vidanes, Lily Monteverde, Carlo (From left) Vincent Del Rosario, Carlo Katigbak, Vic Del Rosario and Evelyn RayKatigbak and Evelyn Raymundo
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‘Doble Kara’ opens new chapter with all-time high ratings
Kapamilya afternoon drama
series Doble Kara has consistently won the nationwide ratings
game and continues to garner
even more viewers, proving its
place as the number one afternoon show in the country.
The show has indeed kept
viewers hooked as recently, it recorded its all-time high national
TV rating of 19.1 percent, beating its rival shows with ease.
The show’s lead star Julia
Montes was also recognized in
the 14th Gawad Tanglaw Awards
and was named the Best Actress
for TV for her portrayal as Sara
and Kara.
Because of the success of
the afternoon series, Julia and
her leading man Sam Milby are
grateful to the show’s viewers for
their intense support and for the
love they receive from them.
And now, the show’s avid
fans are in for a huge treat as the
series opens its newest chapter.
Viewers should watch out for
the exciting scenes set to happen
in the top-rating teleserye as Kara
and Sara will become mothers
and have their own families.
However, as Kara (Julia
Montes) enjoys her life with her
husband Sebastian (Sam Milby)
and her daughter Becca, Sara
struggles to raise her
daughter Hannah after being left alone by
Edward (Edgar Allan
Guzman), who ran
away from his responsibilities as the father
of their child.
Now that they
have their own children, will the twins finally get along? Or will
it just cause another
chaos in their family?
Will their daughter become mortal enemies
just like them? (I.
Reaid, MS)
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