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November 2015 / Fortnightly – No. 22 • UK & Europe Edition ENTERTAINMENT
Aiza Seguerra not misled into
supporting Lumad, Liza Diño says
AIZA Seguerra’s better half Liza
Diño has taken exception to Armed
Forces of the Philippines spokesman
Brigadier General Joselito Kakilala’s
remarks that the singer was misled
into supporting the cause of the
Lumad people who are protesting the
violence against them in Mindanao.
Kakilala on Thursday told
reporters that Kalyeserye princess
Maine Mendoza and Seguerra have
been misinformed into supporting the
Lumad cause.
Diño said Kakilala should have
grabbed the opportunity to express
the AFP’s side on the issue.
“How funny for you to easily accuse Lumad out of their land. Some of them
my husband of being misled in our
stand against the oppression of our
lumad brothers and sisters without
supporting it with any reason,” Diño
said in an Instagram post.
“You say, ‘Hindi nila alam ‘yung
real story. Kung malaman siguro they
would have reservations.’ You were
Liz Uy sues blogger for libel over alleged ‘recycled’ Yaya Dub outfits
CELEBRITY stylist Liz Uy has
reportedly filed an P11 million libel
suit against gossip blogger Michael Sy
Lim, a.k.a. Fashion Pulis.
The suit stems from two blog posts
– “Stylist Makes Maine Mendoza
Wear Recycled Gown on Historical
TV Event,” originally posted by Lim
on October 25 and “Insta Scoop:
Liz Uy Makes Maine Mendoza Wear
Same Jacket She Wore Weeks Ago in
Preview Photoshoot,” posted by Lim
last October 29.
The first post showed side by side
photos of Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya
Dub and Kim Chiu as Lim insinuates
that the gown worn by Maine as
styled by Uy during the historic
“Tamang Panahon” TV special of
“Eat Bulaga” had already been worn
earlier by Kim.
Lim further tweeted, “It was an
epic TV event. Any local designer
would have created a bongga gown
from scratch” to which “Eat Bulaga
host Allan K who was tagged in the
post replied, “Wag na lagyan ng issue
yung gown. Ang importante nang
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given the floor in the article to tell “So please, dont tell us that we are
us the real story and yet you did not misled and misguided. Hindi kami
disclose your side,” she added. mangmang. We believe in their cause.
We empathize with their plight...
Diño and Seguerra have been kaisa kami sa pakikipaglaban nila sa
expressing support for the lumad kanilang karapatan at naniniwala
people who went to Manila from kami sa kanila. Ang gusto nila ay
Mindanao after some of their leaders katahimikan at kapayapaan at
in Lianga, Surigao del Sur were killed bumalik sa kanilang lupang tinubuan,”
in September. Seguerra’s partner also said.
The killings were allegedly “So I ask you now sir... What is the
perpetrated by the Mahagat/Bagani real story? What is your story?” she
Force, a paramilitary group allegedly asked.
trained and equipped by the AFP. But
the Armed Forces denied hand in any Listen to concerns. In her posts,
of the incidents. Diño also urged Kakilala and the rest
of the AFP to listen to the concerns of
The violence has since forced the the Lumad.
are now staying in evacuation centers. “For the longest time, the Lumads
have remained in their communities
“They have been empowered hoping that if you see how peacefully
by the people na naniniwala sa they live, your military troops will
pinaglalaban nila at sa mga paaralang leave them alone. They opened their
nagsisilbing liwanag para magkaroon homes to you because they believe all
sila ng kaalaman. Now they are being of you when you said the military will
robbed of that opportunity,” Diño protect them,” Diño said.
said.
Sam Pinto, planong magdaos ng malaking bikini fashion show
ABALA ngayon sa kaniyang bagong
negosyo na bikini swimwear line ang two
time FHM sexiest Pinay na si Sam Pinto.
Sa Chika Minute report ni Lhar
Santiago sa GMA News 24 Oras nitong
Biyernes, sinabing si Sam mismo ang
modelo ng kaniyang line of bikinis na sa
ngayon ay “on-line” pa lang muna.
Ang isang larawan ni Sam na nakabini
habang nasa ilalim ng tubig na makikita sa
kaniyang Instagram account, tumanggap
ng paghanga sa kaniyang followers.
isuot ni Meng yun, history ang turn “As a former fashion editor, I
out. Argument, anyone?”
was trained to uphold FAIR and
That’s when Lim retorted, “IMO, @
mainedcm (Maine’s Twitter account) RESPONSIBLE journalism at
deserves the best. Not from Francis
Libiran’s 2013 collection. LUMANG all times. When I transitioned
LUMA NA.”
into celebrity styling and
Uy initially shrugged off the
controversy and was quoted as saying, accidentally became a public
“Ayoko nang patulan” in reference to
accusations of sabotage by netizens figure myself, I learned to
who reacted to the Fashion Pulis post.
embrace that being scrutinized
The second post, however,
allegedly triggered the libel suit. by the public is part and parcel
The post showed a photo of Maine
wearing a black and red Gucci jacket of that position.
which also appeared to be the same
jacket that Uy herself had worn in one “However, sometimes
of her own Instagram posts.
things can be taken too far
Although Uy was not the stylist
of Maine in her Preview photoshoot, and place me in a bad light,
the magazine’s Instagram account
credits its own creative director and discrediting my hard work,
the former’s brother, Vince Uy, as the
stylist. my team, and my styling company. I
In a post on her Instagram account, am not the first victim—many others
Uy explained why she decided to file
charges against Lim. have chosen to remain silent. I could
have done the same, but in the end,
I realized that if we always let him
get away with cyber bullying, then he
will continue to propagate untruthful
claims and malicious gossip on his
blog and social media accounts.”
In response to the suit, Lim also
posted his own statement on his blog.
“It is sad that a public figure such
as Liz Uy decides to file a case against
me. Her feelings of being wronged
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“They did not need your presence, Mendoza’s fanbase, the AlDub Nation,
they were ok on their own, but your wanted to help.
men insisted, so they relented. But
what did your men do?” she added. “The ALDUB nation means well.
Parang sa ‘bayanihan’ at ‘sugod bahay’
Diño also claimed that the Lumad lang ito. Gusto namin tumulong sa mga
are afraid of the AFP because of how nangangailangan ng tulong. Meron
they were treated by military men. pa bang ibang kaisipan para maging
‘misled’ ang pagtulong?” Catalan told
“Your military men used the GMA News Online.
schools as camping grounds,
disrupted classes, harassed d teachers, The idea of helping the Lumad,
interrogated the students and forced who are in Manila started during Eat
them to admit that their parents are Bulaga’s record-breaking “Sa Tamang
rebels. I talked to these students and Panahon” fundraising concert. Some
they are all afraid of you,” Diño said. of the beneficiaries were Lumad
people.
“Talk about being misled,” she
added. “Kami na taga-Manila continued
helping the lumads kasi sila ‘yung
GMA News Online is still trying to abot kamay namin. Talagang tumatak
get the AFP’s comment as of posting sa AlDub Nation ang bayanihan kaya
time. nandito kami ngayon, a fanbase nation
with a cause,” Catalan added. n Trisha
Maine’s side. GMA News Online
reached out to TAPE Inc. management Macas / NB, GMA News / November 13, 2015 / 8:37 pm
for Mendoza’s comment but it has yet
respond to calls and messages.
However, Mendoza’s brother-
in-law John Carlos Catalan said
“Since I love the beach, why not ones na people can wear talaga to the
make bikinis? Katatapos lang ng first beach,” patuloy ni Sam.
collection so nasa second collection na
‘ko on designing,” saad niya. Kahit abala sa negosyo, hindi pa
rin daw niya kakalimutan ang showbiz.
Marami raw plano si Sam sa kanyang Sobrang enjoy daw siya sa pag-aartista lalo
negosyo at kabilang na rito ang pagdaraos na sa regular show nilang “Bubble Gang.”
ng isang malaking bikini fashion show
kung saan rarampa siya kasama ng iba Nami-miss na rin daw ni Sam na ang
pang kaibigang celebrities. pagkakaroon ng regular character sa
gag show katulad ni “Neneng B” noon.
“I might have a collection na sexy Kaya daw nag-iisip siya ng karakter na
para of course for people na gustong puwede niyang gawin sa show. n FRJ,
magpa-sexy. And of course I’ll have the
GMA News / November 13, 2015 10:34 /pm
of the press. I will fight this
case with the courage because
I have no malicious intent. My
lawyer is also studying the
filing of counter charges for
malicious prosecution and
damages for the suppression
of our freedom of the press
and expression.”
For her part, Maine does
not seem to hold any grudge
against Lim for posting about
her supposed “recycled”
Liz Uy (File photo by Joseph Agcaoili), Michael Sy Lim outfits.
(Photo from his Instagram page), and Maine Mendoza. “Hi Sir Michael, I just want to
by my post was based on a common thank you for being nice. Can’t help
truthful observation about her body but to send a message of appreciation.
of work relative to Maine Mendoza More power to Fashion Pulis,” went
of AlDub which people other than Yaya Dub’s private message as
me also pointed out. Is it a crime for recently shared by Lim.
ordinary people, bloggers, showbiz This is not the first libel suit
writers and journalists to point out that Lim has faced. Last August,
valid observations about those in the the blogger was arrested following
public eyes? libel charges filed by controversial
“Other bloggers, writers, personality Deniece Cornejo but
journalists and I should not be subsequently posted bail. n Edwin P.
cowered by the filing of cases just to Sallan / InterAksyon.com / November 10, 2015 /
suppress the freedom to express and 7:02 pm