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GMA PINOY TV GOES SUPERNATURALLY
FANTASTIC IN NEWEST SERIES SUPER MA’AM
   THIS September 18, GMA Network          weird happenings in the metro; Isabelle
proudly unveils its newest series, Super   de Leon as Rafa, the sexy and beautiful                                                                   Meg Imperial                Shyr Valdez                     Enrico Cuenca
Ma’am, top billed by no other than         Tamawo who accompanies Avenir in
Kapuso Primetime Queen Marian              her trainings;  Andrew Gan as Keno,                                                    Marian and Jerald  Marian and Kim Domingo      Marian and Matthias Rhoads
Rivera-Dantes.                             Greta’s henchman; and Jackie Lou                                                       Julius Miguel
                                           Blanco as Greta Segovia, the main           Marian Rivera as Super Maam                Matthias Rhoads    Ash Ortega    Jillian Ward               Kristoffer Martin  Joyce Ching
   As she makes her comeback               villainess and the radical and powerful                                                Jerald Napoles
on GMA Pinoy TV, Marian breathes           Tamawo disguised as the rich benefactor    Tamawo slayer. This buntot pagi will be                        Kim Domingo                 Andrew Gan                      Kevin Santos
life to Minerva Henerala, the odd but      of the school.                             passed on to her mentee and the chosen
soft-hearted and dedicated high school                                                one Minerva to help her transform to                           Al Tantay                   Helen Gamboa                    Jackielou Blanco
teacher who loves her students despite        Adding colour to Teacher                become Super Ma’am the Tamawo
their naughtiness inside the classroom.    Minerva’s life are  her students and       Slayer. 
Years ago she lost her mother and sister   co-teachers: Jillian Ward as Michelle,
to a tragic archaeological accident. At    a genius 13-year old student of               Along with the special participation
the same site, she had a close encounter   Minerva; Enrico Cuenca as Jake, the        of Ms. Dina Bonnevie as Raquel
with mythical glowing winged-creatures     geeky Math teacher; Ash Ortega as Kristy,  Henerala, a well-known archaeologist
and shape shifters called Tamawo, and      the kikay student of Minerva; Marika       and Minerva’s mother. 
she grew up believing that they exist      Sasaki as Dina, the best friend of
among humans.                              Kristy; Vincent Magbanua as Eric,             Playing a very special role in the
                                           one of Minerva’s mischievous               series is Philippine Comedy Queen Ms.
   As the years go by, the Tamawo have     students; Ralph Noriega as Onin, also      Aiai delas Alas. 
made their way into the city and abducts   one of Minerva’s unruly students;  Meg
children to feed on their youthful         Imperial as Jessica, the assistant            Apart from the extraordinary
energy. Now it is up to Minerva’s alter-   principal at the school Minerva            mythical creatures, Super Ma’am is a
ego—Super Ma’am—to become a                teaches at and is immensely jealous        series that heralds the invaluable role of
Tamawo slayer and save the human           of her; Ashley Rivera as Teacher Rose,     teachers as second parents of children in
world.  Best teacher na, fantastic pa!     one of Minerva’s co-teachers who           our society. Minerva is a role model not
                                           is the secret ally of Jessica; Jerald      only in nurturing every child’s potential,
   This series features the return of      Napoles as Esteban, the talkative janitor  but also in showcasing and proving that
seasoned actress Ms. Helen Gamboa to       at Minerva’s school that secretly loves    there is a good teacher in all of us. 
GMA. She breathes life to the              Minerva; Shyr Valdez as Lailani, the
character of Lolita Honorio, Minerva’s     strict principal at Minerva and Jessica’s     Under the helm of esteemed
grandmother who also encountered           school.                                    director LA Madridejos, catch Super
and believes in the Tamawo. She will                                                  Ma’am beginning September
also be Super Ma’am’s guide in her            Completing the cast are Minerva’s       18  on GMA’s flagship international
journey.                                   family:  Al Tantay as Chaplin              channel, GMA Pinoy TV. n
                                           Henerala, Minerva’s loving and caring
   Playing opposite Marian is the          father; Julius Miguel as Bixby Henerala,
newest Kapuso heartthrob Matthias          Minerva’s younger brother and who
Rhoads as Trevor Jones, an American        lacks the willingness to study; and Kim
archaeologist and writer who will fall in  Domingo as Mabelle Henerala/Avenir
love with Super Ma’am.                     Segovia, Minerva’s lost sister raised by
                                           Greta to be a beauty queen and will be
   Making Super Ma’am’s life a little      interested in Trevor. 
more challenging and interesting
are Joyce Ching as Dalikmata, a               Joining them to play an
powerful elemental being who               equally important role is Ms.
transforms into a human and will           Carmina Villarroel as Ceres, the
eventually fall for Ace; Kristoffer        great Tagachu who is heir to the
Martin as Ace, a Tamawo employed by        powerful buntot pagi which gives
Greta to do personal security work for     her power to transform into a young
her and Avenir; Kevin Santos as Casper,
a quirky media personality who reports

                                                                                      Gabby Concepcion wins Asian Star Prize at
                                                                                      2017 Seoul International Drama Awards
                                                                                      KAPUSO Network congratulates                “I am deeply honoured and                       Organized by Seoul Drama Awards

                                                                                      seasoned actor Gabby Concepcion for overwhelmed to receive the prestigious Organizing Committee and Korean

                                                                                      bagging the Asian Star Prize in the Asian Star Prize. Thank you very much to Broadcasters Association, Seoul

                                                                                      12th Seoul International Drama Awards Seoul International Drama Awards for this International Drama Awards strives to

                                                                                      held today, September 7 at the KBS Hall in recognition. I also thank all my Filipino achieve the following goals: continuous

                                                                                      South Korea.                                supporters as well as the Korean viewers development of the Korean Wave,

                                                                                      Gabby flew to Seoul to personally accept for recognizing my talent. It is indeed a promotion of healthy participation in

                                                                                      the award. He was recognized for his blessing and I will surely treasure this festivals and vitalization of tourism in

                                                                                      outstanding performance in GMA Network’s award.”                                           Seoul.

                                                                                      top-rating Afternoon Prime series Ika-6 Na  Seoul International Drama Awards is an         The award-giving body is supported

                                                                                      Utos. annual TV drama festival that celebrates by The Ministry of Culture, Seoul

                                                                                      The Kapuso actor is the only Filipino to the diversity and creativity of international Metropolitan Government, KBS, MBC,

                                                                                      win the award this year. He expressed his scripted programming. It aims to be a SBS, EBS, Corea Drama Production

                                                                                      gratitude to the award-giving body for the universal hub for exchanging TV dramas Association, Korean TV & Radio Writers

Gabby Concepcion and ‘Strong Woman                                                    recognition and dedicated the award to all worldwide and drives diverse ideas for Association and Korean TV Drama
Do Bong-soon’ actress Park Bo Young
                                                                                      his fans and supporters.                    where the industry should go.                  Producers Association. n 
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