Pushing Changes and Industry Reforms: BONG REVILLA Talks About MTRCB

A thankful Bong Revilla recently pronounced his desire for changes and entertainment industry reforms specifically about the MTRCB and its functions.

He's been around the country, going to different regions to hear common folk stories to asses where he could help. Albeit doing this, he never incurred an absence in sessions, saying he's not going to take things easy.

He mentioned how much love he's gotten from his recent show "Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis" together with Beauty Gonzales and an ensemble cast. Ratings were good, so was the feedback and he's looking forward to do more shows, a movie, and a dream project if everything fits.

He also touched on the Eddie Garcia Law which was done to protect actors and production from the unbelievable working hours they have in the past. Recent pronouncements from producers deem some parts of the regulation is a bit counter productive, and Bong Revilla wants to make sure some terms should be revisited, perhaps improved. Child actors are only allowed 4 hours, but some projects may require them to do more and they might need to see what they could do without sacrificing safety for them too. He says "The Eddie Garcia Law certainly is helping a lot of people, but I heard some producers are reacting with the terms, and some are gravely affected. I think we have to revisit the law again. We need to have a dialogue with the producers, the stakeholders, the actors, because some senior actors are not being tapped to cast anymore. This goes the same with the kids, it's going to be hard to get them to shine if we are being limited to 2 to 4 working hours. It's going to be hard to look for the next Nino Mulach, we need to revisit, study it further, including how government could support or fund them. We have a lot of actors in the Senate and I think it will be easy to prepare laws. Don't fret, because we all want to help the industry."

He also touched on the rising ticket prices for movies, and plans to find a way laws to make it more affordable in the coming years. He says "To watch movies together with your family, you would need to shell out more than a thousand pesos to get decent food, drinks and watch the film. It's too much. We need to think about those who can't afford to go to the movies. We need to fix it, and make sure things would get abused."

About the MTRCB taking more roles in regulation of digital streaming platforms and social media he says "Let's see if they are the right agency to handle it. It should be studied further, but it's an option, certainly. Things are getting out of control on social media, just a cellphone would gain them access. We think that should be further studied."

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Aside from the tasks he's doing now, he still makes time for family. His secret? Time management, something that has been inculcated in him by his father, the late Ramom Revilla. Every weekend, they always make sure to sit down for lunch or dinner, and talk amongst themselves if they need to resolve things at work, or with personal matters. 

He says "You should always find time for family, despite the schedule. It's a need. Like tomorrow, it's a Sunday. Yes there are times we have to work on weekends, but the few hours we can talk, we need to make an effort. This is something my Mom and Father taught us early on. I remember us lining up for questioning. Talk about the week that passed. We just continue to do that. I always tell them to use their heart, and they'll never go wrong. It's what would guide them. Never to also harm people, because that will go back to you. I went through pains, they saw it, and I was with them when I recovered. If a leader went through a really tough time, you could see my sons, they're tested by me. I am always there to guide them, I monitor them even when I'm busy."

Pushing changes and reforms see a tough task ahead, but it is somehow needed. So is genuine connections, thoughtful leadership.  

BEKO Initiatives for Climate Change

In a product showcase done this evening, European brand BEKO told us how it is possible to use recycled materials, bio composites and detergent saving technologies on appliances. It is their company's contribution in order to rid of climate crisis, something we all can start at home.

Present during the occasion was Arcelik's CEO Hakan Bulgurlu and their CMO Zeynep Yalim Uzun. They also had their CCo Ragip Balcioglu discuss how it became their mission to do sustainability efforts in manufacturing their line of products in order to have a positive impact on the world we live in.

Arcelik's CEO Hakan Bulgurlu says "COVID has changed our lives in the past two years, but with science, we have been able to see the end of the tunnel. We have been doing a lot of work with our product range. By coming together, we are defeating COVID by science. The climate crisis also is a concern, so with this, we are also addressing it with science as well. The climate crisis is man made, we can overcome this too. We have reduced emissions, but we have to do more. Unless we do the necessary, we are not going to be in the right track. Respecting the world, respecting worldwide is our slogan. We want to reduce emissions by 30%. Products that consumers buy as it goes into homes also are included. Today, Arcelik will work tirelessly and stretch our goals over the coming months. Hopefully we can do this in all our value chain. We commit to have fuel, plastic, waste, water, become reduced as part of our goals. The green wave is coming, it's here and here to stay. It makes good business sense that you can do the right thing without costing much. We are doing this because we believe it brings us an opportunity for our business to create a new brand, especially when you want to be different compared to your competitors. I believe when we do this, we'll get ahead. It makes business sustainable. Appliances should use less energy, and be built with quality recycled materials. We have products that reflect this principle. We will apply this across the board including packaging, in almost all areas of our business, it's a long journey but we have to lead by example. We need to continue, so others will follow, so we can fight this challenge in climate crisis. The urgency is real, we need to act together. Every decision we make, this will be in our attention."

Brendan Edgerton the Director of World Business Council for Sustainable Development adds "Everything is connected, COVID is seen as a restart for all of us."

Ragip Balcioglu the CCO of Arcelik says "Regardless of how business starts, there is one thing consumers want. They want CHANGE. Everyone changed shopping habits during the pandemic. Arcelik has always been doing sustainability efforts for a number of years now. We are a leader in our industry, working with a vision to an entire ecosystem."

Zeynep Yalim Uzun the CMO of Arcelik says "We are aligned with our consumers sustainability goals. We have been developing products that make healthy living possible. We are commited in recycling, have energy efficient products that support sustainable living. This is what the consumer wants. It's great to see we are in the same page as this. Working towards a healthier planet, we need technologies that  lower carbon footprint. It's a great push for us, but we encourage other manufacturers to follow suit as well. We utilize AI, did videos that reached millions of people so more people can join our journey."

From washing machines, dryers, these things can use recyclable materials in order to create these appliances. They also do fishnets on plastic parts, including industrial threads waste and integrate it to plastic parts in the last two years. The company also use environmentally friendly materials in their Bio Cycle Refrigerators. They use bio plastics, with egg trays made from soybean oil, egg shells and other materials.

They have several campaigns that address obesity in the past like "Eat Like a Pro", and now evolved it to something that is more shifted to the attention to the community, and the world. They do "Healthy Living on a Healthy Planet". And I think that's a good thing to address.

CHANGING PARTNERS in Cinemas Today

Just saw Changing Partners today and boy was I impressed. The hit cinemaone originals entry that talks about LOVE got it's needed commercial run tomorrow and a premiere night with the four artists Jojit Lorenzo, Agot Isidro, Sandino Martin and Anna Luna.

Now the good thing is I'm looking at this movie like a regular spectator, as I havent watched the PETA production or when they showed this at the CinemaOne originals festival last year. The reason I said this needed a commercial run is because this is one spectacular representation of a world class production. Albeit casting lesser commercial appeal stars, it has greatly been able to tell the story of 4 relationships. All along I thought the narrative might have been given away at the trailer already but no, you need to see it on screen how they meticulously tied these gay, lesbian and May December affairs. The obvious message they would want to send is that love knows no gender, but really I think it's more than that. They treated each persona differently, and each individual may or may not ne affected by what the partner is doing. I am most impressed on how the material basically has said bluntly what a person should say in a situation, like if it does happen in real life it would have meant relationships would all go to shambles.

As writer Vincent De Jesus puts it, “Love can be overrated, the story is about my personality with humor, I am weird that way. It’s about relationships, friendships, how complete strangers become complete. We try to tell the story with truths and see how it plays there. We hope people would watch this film for just the mere goodness of the material, we are nervous but excited for everyone to see it!”

Here’s a video of our interview with the writer and some of the stars of the movie.

CHANGING PARTNERS will be shown to the public tomorrow at leading cinemas including SM. Check out and see why it’s the most talked about film and why it won awards at the CinemaOne Originals festival last year. It definitely is worth every minute. If there would be some improvements I'd like to happen, it's those dizzying camera shots during the first few miniutes of the movie, aside from that I loved it. I'd give it 4/5 cows.

Hurry and watch it before you get old like a banana.

KUMAGCOW

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AstraZeneca and Recent Developments on Diabetes Treatments

We're at the AstraZeneca event today to know a little more about diabetes treatments and how you can save your future. Living with a family where it's loke a normal thing to have diabetes, I am absolutely scared about it but since bith my Mom and Dad has them I figured I probably don't have a choice but to live with it. Dr. Bobby Mirasol the former president of Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (PSEDM) says "It's not an easy disease and you need early intervention, plus a deeper understanding of the need for lifestyle adjustments and pharma treatment". That means you need to have treatments and factors that should help in diabetes treatment so you can lower blood sugar levels, blood pressure and weight loss. It's not easy because you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and people would always have issues sticking to a plan. There are revolutionary drugs that you can take in order to make the goal easy to achieve.

AstraZeneca has introduced diabetes medicine and new drug entities to battle the disease. Their company is science driven and they've been trying to address how to manage weight issues, fatty liver disease, and other matters so they can bring potential medicines to the forefront and deliver life changing medicine for patients. They also want to push the boundaries of this science and pursue experimental treatment too. Dapagliflozin for example, it treats type 2 diabetes by preventing the kidneys to absorb sugar and release the glucose through the urine instead. It complements what you can say the normal prescription together with insulin therapy (if you are taking it). It did good in clinical trials and even beat leading diabetes medications too. 

In the Philippines, Dapagliflozin has been used to treat 20,000 Filipinos with Type 2 diabetes. It has been lauded for reducing blood levels and additional health benefits. It helps in making the patient gradually go to a good lifestyle change. They call it Diabesity, as these two things are intertwined and more overweight people develop type 2 diabetes and they hopefully want to address that. I am cringing right now because I feel they are talking about me LOL!

AstraZeneca is helping bigtime to fight type 2 diabetes. They want to use holistic diabetes care solutions together with Doctors, Nutritionists and Fitness Experts to do dapagliflozin treatments. If you need information about managing diabetes, please check out their website www.astrazeneca.com especially if you're looking for a second line of treatment. You have to ask your doctor of course and have a healthy lifestyle together with it.

Ciao!

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The Good and Bad Things About Fillers: Radiesse

Rushed to Makati so I could catch an event by Merz Aesthetics, a branch of the brand Merz who's one of the leaders in aesthetics and consumer health. They talked about aging, a fact that nobody accepts in this day and age but eventually have to face because of stress, exposure to the sun, lack of sleep and negative outlook in life. It all contributes to the word OLD and the other 3 letter word called AGE, we have to face it eventually so in this occurrence you'll have soft tissue quality, facial bone loss, muscle and ligament loss of control because of gravity. At this time, people get deep wrinkles, thick skin, laxity, impaired healing, sagging eyelids, need I say more?

What would be the treatment? It starts from taking care of your skin, a change of lifestyle, hydration and a healthy diet. The key here is prevention, says Dr. Ferraris from UERMMC. She adds the process also of looking good makes one feel good. It has to come from inside, it's our nature to actually do it. From applying make up, getting things done through surgery and aesthetics. Invasive or non invasive, it all boils down to your own value of symmetry and not get far with your self esteem issues. Having exercise, aesthetic medicine, are all part of it and must have improvements in order to cure depression and have self esteem. In the Philippines it's only in it's infancy and not a lot of people undergo procedures. Though they should be screened properly before having it so it won't be an addiction. Treating patients psychologically before procedures is a must so their standards and acceptance would be in tune and not get dimorphism.

Merz has a product called Radiesse that has got long term collagen stimulation. It's the filler, a gel like component in this product that naturally blends with the collagen of the face to add volume. It looks natural, and its effects are long term. Once a doctor administers this to you, you won't be seeing much of the wrinkles and lines, have that immediate lift and have it for the years to come. Radiesse has been used for a long time and has defied age for thousands of women around the world. They have made clinical tests, studies and proven safe by a lot of publications around the world! 

The better lift and contour would make you feel better, even look better and be better inside. These fillers are injected for volume enhancement to change the face shape and we even saw some celebrities from Taiwan use it, almost no complications and very minimal recovery time. They also look quite natural and people couldn't tell actually. It's that big of a change but not these are not dangerous. Unlike some medical practitioners who use silicon oil that can cause cancer in a lot of cases. So make sure you study and judge what you can only use safely okay? If some people offer you for a very small fee, call it collagen and use silicone oils, don't do it! People have died from that already. Make sure you only get medical grade ones and trusted by the public. It's your face anyway!

Be safe, remember that!

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Now Open: The New Greenwich Pizzeria!

Who doesn't love Greenwich Pizza?! With the freshest ingredients topped on great thin crust, you just can't get enough of their pizzas. Those lovely chicken and pasta combos are also affordable aside from the fact that their full flavored lasagnas are to die for. If you are just up for a snack, you can grab their frozen drinks and just chow on cut fries in your favorite cheese and barbecue flavors. Dip it in their own salsa and it's a done deal! Well, almost. They haven't really stopped there. We went to their grandest store a few days ago to get a taste of these awesome food in an awesome setting. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the new Greenwich Pizzeria!

This is the newly opened store in SM North Edsa's second floor. There's no other store like this yet but they are in the plans of changing the look of other stores into this new whimsical one pretty soon. I love the more modern vibe and it'll probably be a great place to hangout by kids, families and young ones too. If you haven't been here, it's a place that you'll be happy to spend time in with your closest friends.

Oh and speaking of friends, he came inside the store and all hell broke lose!

The cute and cuddly John Lloyd Cruz suddenly appeared all thin and super bodied than the last time we saw him in ABSCBN. He's been working out but without sacrificing his love for his favorite Greenwich Overload Hawaiian Pizza! He was so happy about the new store that he began giving out free pizza to everyone in the restaurant.... he even gave some outside the mall! It went out like magic because as soon as John Lloyd took out his hand with a box of pizza, the ladies immediately fall on their knees and beg for more... both of John Lloyd and the pizza of course!

Best of all, he gave it away for free! Now if you love John Lloyd, you'll surely love the new store. 

We even met some of the store's proponents, parts of the team that thought about the overall design and feel for the Greenwich Pizzeria! They are so proud of this that they can't wait to implement it in other stores nationwide. With the brewing demand for new things in the market, Greenwich chooses to be a familiar homey establishment but still maintain their true colors. That is why John Lloyd was so happy to see the new Greenwich Pizzeria, he says this is something that he never thought would happen. Everything is going to change and they are ready. We are looking forward to all these changes soon!

There will be more great offerings perfect for groups and individuals if you go to your nearby Greenwich Pizza store or order through 55555. Aside from that, once that your favorite branch starts to be converted into these mod industrial hangouts, you might find John Lloyd Cruz one of these days. He'll have these faces, his eyes look at you so intense you'll have to order more Greenwich Overload Hawaiian Pizza and Greenwich Lasagna Supreme just to keep him on your table. Be nice and spend quality time with your family and friends. Overloaded sa sulit! 

Pizza please! :)

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Cleanse, Detoxify, Rejuvenate, and Balance with My Spa Diet!

For most of us BIG people there are several things that we don't attempt to do. One, because we would probably feel humiliated and two, we already know why. On this day however I was surprised to be asked to do it, but I gave it a go so I can do something about it. It's one of those nightmares that you try and fight for. You know what it is?!

Tadaaaa! :) I got my weight measured! Haha!

Just like me thousands of Filipinos are actually overweight and living a healthy life is really not one of their priorities because they are either too busy because of work or too lazy to work out and have a proper diet. We are not alone, even Ms. Cheshire Que - a spa diet expert, RND, RD, RN went through the same dilemma. On this day, she reveals a program that helped her overcome this and calls it My Spa Diet.

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She started by telling us an anecdote about her folks, their current state and how she got heredity, history play in getting that condition. Just like them, everybody's got a weight gain story. Weight management is such a hard thing to achieve if you don't know what you are doing. She however also had hormone problems because of her thyroid condition. She made a point that a high fat high sodium low fiber diet exists all around us. Technology has also made us all lazy and gain weight because of the lack of physical activity. In this sense, "Lifestyle modification" is essential and there are three things to do in order to accomplish this. Fixing our Diet, exercise and behavior. That is where myspadiet.com comes in.

We got out BMI measured and she took the time explaining to us what the numbers mean. I was particularly surprised about how big my numbers were since it'll be a basis for what will cause heart problems and diabetes in the future.

If you go to the site it highlights the essential tools of the myspadiet program she designed. Week one is cleanse, two is detoxify, three is rejuvenate and four balance. The phases need you to do the following: High fiber and water, no red meat and processed food, featured fruits and vegetable everyday, all foods allowed but in moderation.

It caters to men and women; they ask you for your daily physical activity and give you an image of your food allowance. They have it represented in numbers and you shouldn't eat beyond six hours so you wont starve. It is all about meal timing. If you prefer a different diet then you can always substitute just as long as it satisfies your numbers. The menu plans in the site has varieties and you can see practical comparisons with real life things so you can measure whatever you eat with something usual. It is very important to eat something ALWAYS in moderation. You need to also move a lot, exercise and do something active. There are studies in Japan that if you do exercise and do something all in 30 mins, that would account to more in a week and would be beneficial for your health. It also depends on the intensity so make sure you do work out with that in mind. We need to make sure we replenish with water right after so we don't dry up and age because of lack of hydration. The fourth week would get your food intake to a disciplined mode but you must make sure you get everything in tolerable portions and do not eat mindlessly. That's where most people fail and perform a yoyo diet.

Behavior change is essential and you need guidance from experts which is also available on the site. Lifestyle is a modification is a process and need something that would also motivate the mind. If you are not disciplined and motivated to do these things, that causes it to fail.

So the next time you go out and buy something in the grocery, include something that is from the fresh produce department. The site also suggests and recommends a list that you can take along when you buy something. It's a good thing... make sure you visit the site myspadiet.com.

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Easy Pha-Max

Grace of Easy Pha-Max gave a small info about wheat grass and its benefits. People in the US specially those in LA have been eating this since time and memorial and with its availability in Malaysia; it now comes to the Philippines. This is essential to cleansing and alkalinity which is one f the goals of myspadiet.com for the first and second week. This should be taken cold and we were also advised to shake it well since it has to have the nutrients also mixed in. They only use the grass but not the roots. Although the anti aging and cancer preventing minerals are in the roots it has the essentials already in the drink. It is also recommended to be taken daily for detoxifying and if we have a lot of unhealthy food eaten this is a must. It helps in cleaning the colon and prevents chronic constipation. Did you know that we have to go to the comfort room twice a day to actually keep it healthy? I'm sure most if you only do it once so don't lie haha :)

It's for thorough cleansing. You and I know that we need it! You know what to do! :)


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