DECEMBER 2014 L ittleManilaConfidential .Merry . Christmas to Pope to Everyone! hold mass How to be a Millionaire in Tacloban No ticket needed for With names like Astig and Cold Ice, Shabu tipsters mass with Pope become rich MANILA - They go by the codenames Astig, Asgit, Cold Ice and Bombay as far as the anti-narcotics community is concerned. They are not dog sniffers but actually the drug tipsters who became instant mil- lionaires courtesy of the Operation Pri- IYA vate Eye of the Philippine Drug Enforce- ment Agency which offers huge prize on anybody who could help the government smash secret shabu laboratories and big- time drug traffickers in the country. MANILA, Philippines—The Archdiocese of MILLIONAIRE VILLANIA Palo will give away 78,000 tickets for a Mass continued on page 24 A New Chapter to be celebrated by Pope Francis at Tacloban International Airport on Jan. 17, 2015. But people can go to the Mass even without tickets. Rev. Cris Militante, Archdiocese of Palo In Good Company media coordinator for the papal visit, said that INSIDE the tickets will serve as passes only for people who will be allowed in the quadrangle where the Mass will be held. “The tickets will be some sort of identifica- Fatal tion just for the purpose of crowd control and these are free,” Militante said in an interview ATTRACTION over Church-run Radyo Veritas. Did Pastor kill wife to marry Militante said tickets would be given to rep- Filipino mistress? resentatives of the parishes and mission stations in the Archdiocese of Palo. Extra-marital He said each of the parishes and mission stations were expected to send at least 1,000 website Banned representatives to the Mass. “We have more than 78 parishes and mission stations who will fill the area. But it doesn’t Teleserye mean that only those who will be chosen will as a Conservative MP Candidate Julius Tiangson, Finance Minister Joe Oliver, Senator Tobias “Jun” Enverga, Philippine Press Club Ontario President Rose Tijam, and POPE TO VISIT TACLOBAN College Course Rosemer Enverga listen as Senator Enverga awards the certificate of recognition continued on page 25 to Rose Tijam. Call Centres Debut in Ohio Ms. Paraluman 2014 Rizzelyn Catequista is happy after winning leaving Manila The Filipino Centre Toronto’s Ms. Paraluman 2014 title. Contestant number 4 Naisy Morota finished first runner-up. for provinces Story on page 16 More workers in the FCT’s Outstanding Student Awards Story on page 27 provinces cited BAGUIO CITY - The Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) industry was set to challenge China as the world’s biggest BPO employer, but Kristel Shaira Tenorio poses with the work force could not supply the her family, Rico and mom Glenda during her debut in Ohio. CALL CENTRE PHOTO by NOLI GUMAPAC of continued on page 22 4ENSPHOTOGRAPHY DECEMBER 2014 DECEMBER 2014 L. M. Confidential 1 Basta Toyota, sa Scarborough na! 2 L. M. Confidential DECEMBER 2014 DECEMBER 2014 Mark Bautista, Critics sowing chaos Google Rachelle Ann Go, prior to 2016 elections Pinoys get Christmas gift no time for love? same group, our regular detractors, which is the AES Watch, to discredit and create ideas from the Web LONDON - Kapuso stars Mark confusion before the 2016 elections,” Bautista and Rachelle Ann Go are Brillantes said. Brillantes identified former both carving out a career in the MANILA - Seventy-two percent of Filipinos Comelec Commissioner Augusto Lagman, get their Christmas gift ideas from the Internet, London theater scene starring in a leaders of AES Watch, as masterminding separate musicals. Mark is cast in a Google survey showed. the campaign to discredit the poll agency. Google suggested that Here Lies He said Lagman had opposed the Precinct Love, business owners start raising Count Optical Scan (PCOS) system when awareness for their products a rock he was a poll commissioner and even after musical as early as October, and to his appointment was not renewed by capitalize on customers’ last- about the President Benigno Aquino 3rd. life of minute spending in December. Magdamo claimed that the Comelec Called “How Filipinos Shop During The former was trying to cover up widespread First Lady Imelda Marcos. He plays Christmas Season,” the survey gathered manipulation of results in the 2013 information from 160 respondents about former president Ferdinand Marcos. elections. He said the poll body never “Date? Paano kaya ito gawin?” He their spending habits in relation to the holiday MANILA - The Commission on revealed a report of the Department of admits there are temptations, but season. “The holiday season is also the busiest Elections (Comelec) took a swipe at its Science and Technology (DOST) that he keeps himself disciplined. “Ito, time for shopping, hence a deeper consumer critics, accusing them of sowing confusion digital lines had compromised counting walang distractions dapat. Feeling ko knowledge should give businesses the advantage ahead of the 2016 presidential elections. of the votes. Brillantes said Magdamo was kasi parang make or break.” he shares. of providing what their customers truly need A former Comelec official, Melchor misinformed and that it was actually the Rachelle, on the other hand, is and prioritize,” said Ryan Morales, Google Magdamo, claimed that the results poll body that asked the DOST to make in the West End revival of iconic Philippines Country Marketing Manager. of the 2013 mid-term elections an assessment on the nature of the digital musical Miss Saigon. She plays the Though the bulk of Filipino shoppers (36%) were electronically doctored to favor lines. “There was no attempt to cover up.” role of Gigi Van Trahn. start researching possible Christmas gifts in administration candidates. Brillantes said. He said the evaluation Asked if she has a special November, 4% actually begin searching in Comelec Chairperson Sixto Brillantes showed that the problems in the digital someone at the moment. “Maraming July, and 19% leave it to the last moment in Jr. dismissed Magdamo as a “minor” lines had little effect to the vote counting. manliligaw. Eh ano’ng magagawa ko,” December. When it comes to actual shopping, Comelec lawyer who left the poll body “It would not have any effect in the she says, laughing. She says starring most people start during the first two weeks of just before the 2010 elections. results of the elections,” Brillantes said. in the play simply makes her too December (44%), though early birds (4%) start “He [Magdamo] was already out of the He said the Comelec will double check busy. in September. Still 4% of people put it off right Comelec by April 2010 and did not have the PCOS machines that will be used in “Yung trabaho ko naman kasi, until the day before Christmas. any role in the 2013 [polls]. Yet he was 2016. “We will look at these digital lines eight shows a week,” she says, getting Google said that when asked what they’re making claims of knowing several things,” because we will try to solve them for the serious. “Enjoy lang muna.” looking for in a gift, of respondents said that Brillantes said at a news conference. 2016 elections and make sure it will not She won as the Best Featured the most important factor is value for money He accused the Automated Election take place again,” he said. Actress in a Musical during the 2014 (84%). This is followed by price (80%) and System (AES) Watch as being behind the The 80,000 PCOS machines will be Broadway World West End Awards quality (78%). Given this, it may not be poll fraud claims of Magdamo. “This is all randomly tested to determine what caused for her role as Gigi Van Tranh in the surprising that most people choose clothes and just part of an orchestrated move by the the digital lines to appear. revival of “Miss Saigon”. accessories as gifts (88%) DECEMBER 2014 DECEMBER 2014 L. M. Confidential 3 Remember What The FACT? BY JOSE BAKING Anthony Alonzo FAME IN CANADA Playing Real Life Characters for Reel If Jian Ghomeshi wasn’t fired and everything blew up in the news media, we would never have heard of him, his radio show and everything else. This is how fame works in Canada. Unless you are fired, or let go as they say, we would never know you are - or were - famous. THIS IS A SHOW HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ZOOMERS SHOW FOR SENIORS AT THE SAME LOCATION - Facebook posting of Evelyn Pagkalinawan Hmmm...this is a dilemma. Let me think. If somebody see me go to the sex show, should I use the excuse that I was actually going to the Zoomer show but just got lost? And vice versa. The choice is whether to admit you are old or horny. Or go to both and admit you are old and horny. Besides the so-called bold and sexy films that pervaded the movie industry in the 70s and early 8os, the period also Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s gay you of a certain city or even representative of a saw the emergence and proliferation of true-to-life movies. country? Producers then banked on the colorful and controversial That’s nice. But being the CEO of Apple, I lives of known notorious criminals to come up with profitable believe people do not care whether you are Nobody has to come in movie projects, i.e. Nardong Putik, Kapitan Eddie Set, Baby transgender, Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Ama, Ronquillo, Salonga, and Waway, to name a few. Popular black, white, conservative, liberal, left-handed Somebody came to my house to check on the actors Ramon Revilla and Rudy Fernandez topped the list or whatever.