Atom, na-red tag sa docu tungkol sa mga batang Lumad

Kinuwento ng broadcast journalist at 24 Oras anchor Atom Araullo sa podcast ni Howie Severino na na-red tag siya dahil sa ginawa niyang documentary sa mga Lumad children noong 2020 titled Ang Iskul Kong Bakwit.“I didn’t expect it to be controversial at all. Honestly, we only wanted to highlight the incredible courage and resiliency of these students who have seen so many terrible things and yet have chosen to persevere.

“Nagpunta sa Maynila, nag-aaral pa rin and who are speaking out to bring attention to the plight of indigenous people in Mindanao.

“I didn’t even have a cutaway in the interview because I felt that this was a story that should be narrated through their perspective. It wasn’t exactly a first-person documentary but it was a deliberate choice to let them tell us their experience,” paliwanag ni Atom.

Noong umere raw noong August 2020 ang docu na Ang Iskul Kong Bakwit, kinondena raw ito ng National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) dahil biased at puro kasinu­ngalingan daw ang laman ng docu.

Diin ni Atom, kinuha rin niya ang side ng gobyerno kaya hindi raw biased ang docu niya. “We definitely included the point of view of, say, the Department of Education in the story. The DepEd said that there’s no need for schools because they were setting up their own schools under the national government.

“We also included the often repeated denial of security forces who say that, you know, they have nothing to do with it. Wala silang deliberate attempt to intimidate nor harm indigenous people. It’s just a tribal war between different factions of the Lumad.”

Rufa Mae, ginawang mala-Dyosa sa cover ng mag

Covergirl si Rufa Mae Quinto sa isang US-based magazine na lalabas ngayong May 11. Ginawang mala-diyosa si Rufa Mae sa photo shoot nito for Showbiz Hollywood. Naging photographer niya ay si Vincent Gotti.

Nag-post ng teaser ng magazine si Gotti sa kanyang social media account:  “A little teaser of what’s coming up for her first magazine cover in the US. The gorgeous and very funny comedienne (and) actress from Manila.”

Ngayon May din ang birthday ni Rufa Mae (May 28) at turning 42 na ang award-winning comedienne na naka-base ngayon sa US kasama ang mister na si Trevor Magallanes at anak nilang si Athena.

Nami-miss din ni Rufa Mae ang showbiz kaya kahit via Zoom ay tumatanggap siya ng guestings.

Prince Harry at Meghan, nangHIhingi ng donasyon para sa COVID vaccine

Nag-turn two years old na ang panganay nina Prince Harry at Meghan Markle na si Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor noong nakaraang May 6.

Sa Instagram account ng Royal Family nag-post ng throwback photo noong ipinanganak si Archie. “Wishing Archie Mountbatten-Windsor a very happy 2nd birthday today,” caption ng Duke at Duchess of Sussex.

Para sa celebration ng birthday ni Archie, ni-launch nila ang official website para sa Archewell Foundation. Ine-encourage nina Harry at Meghan ang marami to make a donation “to cover the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine for people who can’t afford them or have no access to them, especially in developing countries.”

Sey ni Harry: “While some places are on the verge of healing, in so many parts of the world, communities continue to suffer. As of today, around 80 percent of the nearly one billion COVID-19 vaccine shots that have been given were administered in wealthier countries.”

Sey ni Meghan: “While we may feel that normalcy is around the corner, we remind ourselves that in much of the world, and especially in developing countries, vaccine distribution has effectively yet to start. For a donation of just $5, you can cover the cost of a dose for someone in need. And because we were able to secure matching support from a number of organizations, that $5 you give will automatically turn into $20 – covering the cost of four doses.”