Privileged Harry Roque tested Covid-positive (again)?

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Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque confirms hospitalization due to COVID-19.

Roque has COVID (again? Buti pa sila ilang beses na na test for covid) and is in PGH.

Harry Roque got tested for COVID-19 more than 30 times. He claims that testing is “virtually free,” which only means our taxes were used for his more than 30 tests just so he can go swimming and scuba diving—while ordinary workers have to pay thousands of pesos to get tested.

For the exact number, Harry Roque was tested at least 35 times. It is so easy for him to get tested (and, as per his own words, for free) and he will never know the immobilizing anxiety of possibly contracting the disease at some point while having not enough money to get tested.

Could Roque either be lying on his first POSITIVE result, or he's lying AGAIN. That is not surprising for the "Tagapagsinungaling ng Pangulo."

We do not even know if it is severe or not. But he seems capable of giving a presscon later to announce the quarantine guidelines. So he has no severe symptoms or asymptomatic? Kasi baka may ibang mas kailangan ng hospital room dahil severe symptoms, pero naagawan.

Based on a report, PGH is at 90% occupancy rate of its COVID beds w/ many still waiting in line to get admitted in the hospital. 

So I wonder how Roque was able to secure his slot at PGH when so many are on waitlist & can't even get a slot for admission.

VIP reservation? After all, the hospital is government-owned.

Opisyal ng gobyerno si Roque samantalang ang mga nakapila mga ordinaryong tao lang.

Opisyal ng gobyerno si Roque kaya pasok agad sa ospital?

Napaka special naman ni Roque at may room agad sa PGH samantalang ang dami ng namatay dahil marami na raw hospital na hindi tumatanggap ngayon. 

How is it that Nanay Violeta (who is in critical condition) is, as of writing, still waiting in line for a hospital bed, while someone like Roque can just waltz in to Philippine General Hospital and get admitted immediately?

Violeta, who is infected with Covid-19 and was turned away by hospitals, is cared for at home by her daughters and husband on April 9, 2021 in Lipa city, Batangas province.

Benny Antiporda has antigen tests and was able to test himself and his family immediately.

Roque was immediately admitted in a hospital for COVID-19 treatment.

Ordinary Filipinos like Lailee Parreño are left with no choice but to isolate inside a car. 

Paka VIP naman gurl, porket government official ka? Suwerte ng "Tagapagsinungaling ng Panggulo"

Isipin nyo yung napakadaming nakapila sa ER, tapos may mataas na opisyal na pwedeng gumamit ng hospital room at doon pa mag-presscon mamaya, habang yung iba ay hirap na hirap makahanap ng room. Hindi ko sya maintindihan kung bakit ganyan. Sana ipaliwanag ng PGH.

I wish Roque experienced how it is to line up and wait in the PGH ER to be admitted just like any other patient. That would have been an eye-opener. 

Instituto Cervantes invites to discover the work of four contemporary Spanish filmmakers

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This April, Instituto Cervantes de Manila will screen online the work of four contemporary Spanish filmmakers. The film series "Del corto al largo" will be streaming two works (a short and a feature film) by each of the selected filmmakers: directors, Álex Montoya, Belén Macías and Juanjo Giménez, and the producer María del Puy Alvarado.

The films will be shown through the Instituto Cervantes channel on the Vimeo platform (vimeo.com/institutocervantes) and will be freely accessible for 48 hours from their start date and time.

The series, which comprises of eight films, will kick off on April 7, Wednesday, at 2AM with the online screening of Lucas, directed by Alex Montoya in 2016. Available anytime for 48 hours, the short can be watched for free and with English subtitles through this link: https://vimeo.com/519053672.

Enjoy the weekend watching the comedy Asamblea, directed by Alex Montoya in 2018. It is an interesting work of adaptation of the play “La gente”, by Juli Disla and Jaume Pérez, also screenwriters of the film. The emergence of assembly groups after the political movements after 2011 served their authors to cast a comic look at decision-making processes and the capacity for dialogue of the human being. The movie will be available on April 10 & 11, and will be accessible through this link: https://vimeo.com/518996347

The film cycle will continue on April 14, Wednesday, with Mala espina (2001), a short film by Belén Macías, which tells the summer story of a teenage girl who lives a huge conflict with her elders. Mala espina can be seen free on April 14 & 15 by clicking this link: https://vimeo.com/519059285

The same week, on April 17 & 18, Belén Macías’ feature film Marsella (2013) shows a dramatic duel between its two protagonists, Goya Toledo and María León, both in a true state of acting grace.

The third filmmaker on focus will be Juanjo Giménez. On April 21 & 22, Wednesday, Instituto Cervantes will offer the free online screening of Rodilla (2009), a short film about the world of soccer, the passions it arouses and the emotional universe that it means for many people.

It will be followed on April 24 & 25 by Juanjo Giménez's feature film Nos hacemos falta (2001), a peculiar road-movie that tells the encounter between different antiheroes.

Finally, the series will close with two samples of producer María del Puy Alvarado’s work. Her trajectory has touched almost every gender. A fine proof is given by the short film Pulse (2013), a thriller set in Ukraine but shot in Madrid, which tackles one of the many crimes that are unfortunately perpetrated around the world against adolescents.

The closing movie of the cycle, Antonio Muñoz Molina, el oficio de escritor (2014), will be streamed on May 1 & 2. With it, María del Puy Alvarado faced the proposal to produce a documentary about the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina, to give an account of the main creators of Spanish culture.

The films, presented by Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with ALCINE, the Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (Spain), and the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines, will be in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free. For further information on this film series, please check out the event page on Instituto Cervantes de Manila Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/events/355457229118138

For further information about the cultural program of Instituto Cervantes please log on to Instituto Cervantes’ website (http://manila.cervantes.es), or Instituto Cervantes Facebook page www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila.

Lara Alvarez to ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong: 'I'll meet you again’

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Lara Pearl Alvarez' journey in The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition has come to an end, with the 24-year-old accountant being the third candidate to be given the boot.

"I do see that you are beautiful inside with the real warrior spirit," said ONE Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong. "But the business world is a dog-eat-dog world where only the strong survive."

"Instead of boxing yourself with your fears, doubts, and insecurities about what you're capable of and not capable of and staying in your comfort zone, until you learn to break free, it will be impossible for you to unleash your greatness. I know what it's like to be down and out, so I really empathise with you."

It was a heartbreaking moment for Alvarez, with her being given the pink slip over Team Valor teammates Sho Takei and Clinton Tudor.

But despite this being the end of the road for her in this competition, she believes that her path will eventually cross with Sityodtong again in the near future. "I'll make sure that I'll work hard and I'll meet you again," she said at the end of episode three.

Cryptic as the remark was, Alvarez vowed to make true to her words.

And she's already doing her part, working on her skills to do better on the business side of things. "Right now, I am working to acquire the business skills that I fell short in during the competition," she said.

The experience in The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition, she admits, was an eye-opener for her, learning that if she really wants to be successful, she has to badly want to succeed in her goals. And working behind the shadows just won't cut it.

"I could have been more confident with the skills I had, I should've insisted on my ideas when they weren’t heard, and perhaps, I should have also taken bigger roles," she said.

Alvarez has been vocal of her insecurities inside the Boardroom which, to her, cost her spot in the competition as she constantly downplayed what she could have contributed for her team. And not even the change of scenery, with her moving from Team Conquest to Team Valor, helped her case as she fell into the same trap of being a mere follower.

It's this quality which made the most impact for Alvarez as she took the lessons she got from Sityodtong to heart.

"My biggest learning from Chatri is that for someone who wants to make a difference, he/she should have an unbreakable spirit, that no matter what challenges he/she faces, or whatever other people say, he/she must never lose the determination and spirit he/she had at first," she said.

Bitter was this pill for Alvarez to swallow, knowing that all of her sacrifices ended up for naught.

"To be honest, it feels like I have failed them for not winning the show. I believe it's just normal to feel such, but I have done my best and that I believe that there is a reason for everything," she said.

On the flipside, it also reunited her with her son, looking at her misfortune in a more positive light and quipped, "I was excited to see my son and family because I miss them so much and I had been longing to hold my baby in my arms again."

Still, the warrior spirit is evident in Alvarez who is driven to really "meet [Chatri] soon."

"I am still determined to be a part of ONE Championship someday," she said. "The first thing that came to my mind when I got eliminated was that I will gain the skills I lacked and I'll be back. I know that if I will do my best in my chosen career path, one day I will be able to meet him again and I will work for that day to happen."

That day can't come soon enough for Alvarez, although she hinted that she may be back sooner rather than later.

After all, she has reunited with the famed Team Lakay in Baguio and is training once again in martial arts.

"I'm starting to train again in martial arts, which is my passion. I went back to train with them immediately after I came home to Baguio City to stay fit," she said.
Does that mean that Lara will soon be trading her coat for fighting trunks? Never say never, she said.

"As of now, I am unsure if I have ambitions to fight in the cage, but we never know what the future holds. I'll keep on watching for new opportunities for me as I have no work to go back to since the hospitality industry is still suffering due to the pandemic. I am not closing my doors to life-changing opportunities and possibilities."

The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition is showing across Asia on AXN, the show’s official Asian broadcast partner, with markets to include Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.



The first season of “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” consists of 13 episodes and will be seen in the Philippines on Thursdays, 8:50 pm on AXN cable network and on Mondays at 9 p.m. on One Sport.