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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Sen. Grace Poe, Tourism Sec. Christina Frasco lead empowered Filipina campaign of Kultura

This season, the proudly Filipino store celebrates every Filipina


Sen. Grace Poe and Tourism Sec. Christina Frasco for Kultura Filipino
CELEBRATING EVERY FILIPINA Sen. Grace Poe and Tourism Sec. Christina Frasco (Photo courtesy of Kultura Filipino)

Kultura’s #CelebrateEveryFilipina series features a diverse range of amazing women who embody what it means to be an empowered Filipina in today’s society.

With this, it takes this opportunity to honor all the women that nurture and care for us and are the light of our homes; the soul sisters who have our backs and lift us up; the women artisans behind our handicrafts and local industries; and all the women whose wisdom, grace, and strength are the backbone of our communities.

Smart, passionate, courageous, beautiful, and strong, these women are gorgeous proof that we can achieve anything we put our mind to. More importantly, we can do all these things in style.

Kultura Filipino's #CelebrateEveryFilipina
Ana de Ocampo, Jasmine Alkhaldi, Felicia Hung Atienza, Patricia Gatus

The list includes women in public service like Senator Grace Poe and Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco; as well like women in business like restauranteur Ana de Ocampo. With more and more Filipinas embracing fitness, also highlighted are Olympic swimmer Jasmine Alkhaldi, volleyball player Michelle Cobb, and fitness coach Patricia Gatus.

Kultura also celebrates women with meaningful advocacies: educator and Philippine Eagle advocate Felicia Hung Atienza and mental health advocate Steph Naval. Broadcast journalist MJ Marfori and beauty queen Laura Lehmann also bring their talent and good looks to the list.

From March until May, Kultura will be featuring one Filipina a week on its social media pages. Wearing fabulous modern Filipiniana, they will be sharing their thoughts, tips, and personal experiences—not just on being an empowered woman, but on uplifting other women as well.
Kultura Filipino's #CelebrateEveryFilipina

Michelle Cobb, MJ Marfori, Steph Naval, Laura Lehmann

As Senator Grace Poe shares, “An empowered Filipina is someone who is confident, who can stand up for herself, but an even stronger Filipina is somebody who can stand up for everybody else.”

Catch Kultura’s #CelebrateEveryFilipina series on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Veteran actress Susan Roces passes away, tributes flood social media


By Christina Alpad, Manila Times


THE Queen of Philippine Movies Susan Roces has passed away, her family confirmed. She was 80 years old.


"With great sadness, we announce the loss of our beloved Jesusa Sonora Poe, whom many of you know as Susan Roces. She passed away peacefully on a Friday evening, May 20, 2022, surrounded by love and warmth, with her daughter Grace, her nephews Joseph and Jeffrey and many of her family and close friends. She lived life fully and gracefully," a statement from the office of Roces' daughter, Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares, read.


"Remember her in her beauty, warmth and kindness. She is now with the Lord and her beloved Ronnie — FPJ. We will miss her sorely but we celebrate a life well lived. Susan Roces — daughter, mother, grandmother, a true Filipina and a national treasure."


Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora-Poe in real life, Roces made her acting debut in the 1952 film "Mga Bituin ng Kinabukasan."


She was married to the "King of Philippine movies," Fernando Poe Jr. from 1968 until his death in 2004.


Roces was last seen portraying Lola Flora in the long-running TV series, "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano."


Condolences and tributes from personalities in show business and politics flooded Twitter.


"Susan Roces," "Rest in Peace," and "Lola Flora" — the character Roces last portrayed in the long-running TV series, "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano" — quickly reached the top trending topic list of the social media app.



"My sincerest condolences to Sen Grace and the family and loved ones of Ma'am Susan Roces... Rest in peace po Ninang Susan... you will be missed..." Senator-elect Francis "Chiz" Escudero shared via his Twitter account, @SayChiz.


"Rest In Peace Ninang Susan Roces," Senator-elect Jose Victor Ejercito also tweeted.


"Nakakalungkot naman. Isang napakabuting tao ang nagpaalam. Hinding hindi ko makakalimutan ang kabaitan mo sa amin mga nakatrabaho mo. RIP Susan Roces," actress Alex Gonzaga tweeted via @Mscathygonzaga.


"Sincerest condolences to the Poe family Rest in peace, Ms. Susan Roces," shared TV host Bianca Gonzales via @iamsuperbianca.


Host, comedian and talent manager Ogie Diaz, who was among the first to share the sad news, simply wrote, "Rest in peace, Tita Susan Roces."

Friday, February 2, 2018

Poe denies pushing for Facebook ban in Philippines

By Audrey Morallo (philstar.com) 

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During the resumption of the fake news probe Tuesday, Sen. Grace Poe, the chair of Senate public information and mass media panel, said that the Congress “cannot legislate thought control.” Senate PRIB/Alex Nuevaespaña, File
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Grace Poe denied on Thursday that she was pushing for a ban on Facebook in the Philippines, insisting that this is the disinformation that the Senate is trying to combat in its hearings on the so-called “fake news.”
Poe said that banning the social media site in the Philippines was counterproductive, and the video showing her supposedly pushing for such a prohibition was simply untrue, according to the senator.
“These are the products of fake news factories we are trying to combat. The Philippines now has a big industry bent on twisting the truth,” Poe said in a Facebook post.
“This is fake news. This is not true. First of all, that’s counterproductive. It’s wrong. This is really disinformation,” Poe said in a television interview.
Poe, however, conceded that they could not stop the proliferation of information online even if the Facebook video, which she said was “spliced” to make it appear as though the senator wanted to ban the use of the social media network, had already been seen by many people.
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“What’s appearing on social media, of course, we cannot stop it from spreading,” she said.
During the Senate hearing on the spread of false information, Poe insisted that both the government and its offices involved in communication bore great responsibility in preventing the spread of disinformation.
Poe broached the possibility of setting parameters for official government platforms, so these would not be used as platforms for the spread of “hateful” propaganda.
Poe, the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, also stressed that Congress could not pass laws on the proliferation of spurious information and data.
She also cited the case of Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson, who maintains a widely popular blog site and has been accused of spreading wrong data and information to her online followers.
During the hearing, Poe also emphasized the accountability of social media networks if they failed to address offensive speech and hateful propaganda disseminated through their platforms.
She also urged Filipinos to be discerning and critical in consuming information found online to separate truth from lies.
“We should be able to inform the citizens that they should be able to cross-check information that they get online,” Poe said.
“We’ve come up also with our own video of the proceedings, because [the video circulating online] was spliced,” the senator added.
Poe also wants to compel Facebook executives to attend the next hearing of her panel to discuss the “algorithms” that it uses to control the information that appears on the news feed of their users.
She noted that some European governments have already initiated a crackdown on wrong information and compelled social media networks to flag illegal, hateful, defamatory and racist expression within 24 hours.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Duterte Camp Denies Hand in "Barring" Poe Rally in Davao City

Inquirer Mindanao
By: Nico Alconaba
Presidential candidates Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares chat during a break in the Presidential Debates 2016 held in Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro City. INQUIRER PHOTO/LYN RILLON
Presidential candidates Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares chat during a break in the Presidential Debates 2016 held in Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro City.
INQUIRER PHOTO/LYN RILLON
DAVAO CITY – For the camp of presidential aspirant and city mayor Rodrigo Duterte, political rival Grace Poe and her running mate Chiz Escudero have nothing to blame but their organizers for failing to secure a rally permit here.
Peter Laviña said the allegation that the senators’ camp was barred from conducting a rally in Davao City was “simply baseless if not ridiculous.”
“Their organizers are lazy. They did not do their job. That’s not our fault or the city government of Davao’s fault,” Laviña said in a statement.
He said groups conducting rallies in Davao City’s public parks are required to pay only P150 for use of electricity. They are also required to coordinate with the Traffic Management Center and the Central 911 for standby emergency unit. The processing of permits is usually completed within a day.
“We learned that there was an application, but this application was not pursued. Hindi na bumalik ang nag-file. Tamad, napagod siguro o naghahanap ng rason. Kaninong kasalanan yan?” Laviña pointed out.
(We learned that there was an application, but this application was not pursued. The one who filed the application did not come back for it. Lazy, perhaps they got tired and looked for reasons [not to return]. Whose fault was that?)
He said it is not the nature and character of Duterte–or of Davao City for that matter–to curtail the freedom of groups and people to use public spaces.
“Davao City is known for its respect and tolerance to groups and people who want to exercise their freedom and use public spaces to protest and express grievances or political views or religious beliefs peacefully,” he said.
“It is unfortunate that the senator’s camp is twisting the facts, making it appear like a permit was not granted because of politics,” Laviña added. CDG

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Cayetano Blasts Poe-Escudero for "Manila-first policy"

Office of the Senate Majority Leader
Alan Peter S. Cayetano
Rm. 603 GSIS Complex Senate of the Philippines Roxas Blvd Pasay City
         

PRESS RELEASE
07 January 2016
 
 
Cayetano blasts Poe-Escudero for "Manila-first policy", rest of the country second priority
 
                                           
“Failure is guaranteed for those who do not even want to try.”

This is what Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said as he contradicted fellow vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero's recent statement that a federalism approach to government would not work well in the Philippine setup.

Reacting to Escudero's criticism over Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's call for a Federal form of government, Cayetano dubbed the latter's account as a "classic Manila-centric" attitude and remained firm that inclusive growth can only be achieved if power and resources are equally distributed among all the regions.

“It is clear that there are some people who just want to get votes and win but lack the passion and the vision to change the country. They offer the same solutions that have failed miserably in the past and will not go to great extents to create real changes that people want and need,” Cayetano lamented.

"This ‘Manila first, other regions later policy' of Senator Escudero and his running mate, Senator Grace Poe, is actually the main cause for underdevelopment and the lack of jobs for our people in other parts of the country. It's apparent that their tandem only wants to limit economic growth and improvement in the National Capital Region," he added.

Cayetano further said Escudero’s position on the matter is “understandable” because as the former chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, Escudero would naturally defend the national budget, which allocates one-third of the country’s funds to Metro Manila while other regions only get two to four percent each.

The senator also took a jab at Escudero for questioning his motive in backing Duterte’s call, stressing that he has been supporting the same agenda even before his tandem with the Davao mayor was formalized. 

“For the past two years, I have been pushing for the decongestion of Metro Manila by decentralizing government and promoting countryside development. This has been my call since the very beginning,” Cayetano pointed out.
 
“It happens to be very much aligned with Mayor Duterte’s Federalism approach. We share the same vision, that’s why I chose to support him. Dahil pareho kaming naniniwala na ang kailangan ng bansa ay isang gobyernong magbibigay ng matapang na solusyon at mabilis na aksyon,” he added.

Cayetano has long been urging government to fund more programs that will promote development among other regions in the country. He earlier stressed that bolder solutions and swifter action are needed to attain inclusive growth, as many Filipinos living outside the metropolis still feel left behind.

"The very essence of Federalism is to ensure that growth and prosperity are spread to every part of the Philippines, not just in Manila. It's a pity that Senators Poe and Escudero are against this. Kawawa naman ang ibang parte ng bansa kung sila ang mamumuno," Cayetano concluded. ###

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Professor Files Third Petition vs Poe

By: Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News



A political science professor of the De La Salle University has filed the third case against Senator Grace Poe here at the Commission on Elections since the senator filed her certificate of candidacy for president last week.

Professor Antonio Contreras filed a Petition to Deny Due Course or Cancel the COC of Senator Poe before the Comelec's Clerk of the Commission Tuesday using her residency as grounds.

Contreras believes that the senator is two months and 9 days short of the 10 years minimum residency requirement to run for president.

Compared to the earlier petitioners, Contreras in his petition did not use Poe's citizenship status against her as there is no clear jurisprudence yet on foundlings.

He also did not choose to file a disqualification case against Poe because he believes that she has not committed any election violations when she filed her COC.

He added that his decision to file the petition was to prove that someone without any political backing or dubious motivations could question the qualifications of any candidate, even one who is leading in the surveys like Senator Poe.
Contreras told reporters that he is acting on his own, and that he is using his own money to finance the case, even going against his own mother who he said will vote for Grace Poe.

The Poe camp said the different petitions against the senator are meant to condition the minds of the voters that she will be disqualified.

"In their quest to achieve that malicious objective, the barrage of petitions being filed is already turning the electoral process into a circus. To reiterate, Sen. Poe is ready to answer all these unfounded petitions in the proper forum point per point," the Poe camp said.

The DLSU professor is the third person to file a petition against Poe before the Comelec since last week.
Last Friday, Atty. Estrella Elamparo filed a petition to deny due course or cancel Poe's COC for alleged "material misrepresentation in stating that she is a natural-born Filipino."

Elamparo argued that Poe is not a natural-born Filipino citizen because she is a foundling, and that her adoption did not have the effect of transmitting or conferring upon her the status of a natural-born Filipino.

READ: A foundling named Grace

She also argued that international conventions and treaties on stateless persons are not sufficient to grant Poe the status of a natural-born citizen, and any presumption that the senator is a natural-born Filipino is not sufficient for the residency requirement under the Constitution.

On Monday, former senator Francisco "Kit" Tatad also filed a disqualification case against Poe, saying Poe cannot run for president next year because she is not a natural born Filipino and because she failed to meet the residency requirement for candidates.

Saturday, August 8, 2015

How 1951 Case Proves Grace Poe is Filipino

By David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com

Is Senator Grace Poe Filipino?
Attorney Katrina Legarda, a law professor and consultant on children's issues, said the case of a foundling after World War II supports Poe's claim that she is a natural-born Filipino.

Speaking to ANC's Headstart, Legarda cited the case of Anthony Hale, a foundling who lost both parents in the Second World War.

She said several Filipinos took care of the boy and tried to get him a Philippine passport. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Department of Justice must first issue an opinion if the boy could be given a Philippine passport since he is a foundling.

The DOJ then issued an opinion which stated that, following international conventions, a foundling is presumed to have assumed the citizenship of the place where he or she is found.

Since then, the DFA has been issuing Philippine passports to foundlings in the Philippines in recognition of the 1951 DOJ opinion.

Legarda said foundlings in the Philippines cannot travel abroad to adoptive parents if they are not given passports. "Adoption does not give you citizenship. Adoption just makes you a legitimate child of your adopters. Period," she said.

She also noted that actors Fernando Poe Jr. and Susan Roces could not have adopted Grace if she was not a natural-born Filipino because domestic law does not allow adoption of foreign children.

"The courts cannot have jurisdiction over foreigners when it comes to adoption proceedings," she said.

Legarda said it is now up to critics to prove that Poe is not a natural-born Filipino.

THE OSMEÑA CASE

In the interview, the lawyer also disputed losing senatorial bet Rizalito David's claim that Poe is considered stateless not because she is a foundling but because she lost her US citizenship and did not regain her Filipino citizenship.

"Well, that's kinda impossible. The Declaration of Human Rights, which came out in 1948, which we are a signatory, does not want people to be stateless and everyone has a right to nationality. When she took her oath on October 20, 2010, she reacquired the Filipino citizenship she had prior to when she married which is natural born. She retained and has always retained her natural- born Philippine citizenship. (She never lost it?) No, parang dual citizenship," Legarda said.

She cited the case of another prominent politician, the late President Sergio Osmena, who also married an American. This meant that their sons were dual citizens because the father was Filipino and the mother was American.

She said the Supreme Court even ruled that Emilio 'Lito' Osmena could stay as governor of Cebu even though he is a dual citizen. Osmena ran for president in 1998 but lost to Joseph Estrada.

In Poe's case, Legarda said it was only natural for her to assume the citizenship of her husband since his business was abroad.

Poe, however, decided to return to the Philippines after her father's death in December 2004 and said she would stay.

Legarda said Poe enrolled her children in Philippine schools, took a job in her father's business and even bought a house and lot.

"You cannot do that if you are not a Filipino citizen...If she bought a house and lot, she was a dual Filipino at the very least," she said.

LOSING US CITIZENSHIP

The lawyer said she sees no problem with Poe using her American passport until 2009 even though she had a Filipino passport.

"Sometimes, it is just easier," she said.

She also rebuffed David's claim that Poe only lost her US citizenship in the last quarter of 2012 based on the US Registry. David has claimed Poe cannot sit as senator because she does not fulfill the residency requirement of two years for a sitting senator.

Legarda said that under American law, a person can lose his or her US citizenship by voluntarily performing "an act with intent" such as accepting the post of chairwoman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.

She noted that it takes time for government agencies to come out with updated information.

"When she took her oath, she already lost her US citizenship. Automatic. The publication of that could take two years," Legarda said.

The lawyer said the residency requirement should not be confused with citizenship.

She said that while Poe lost her US citizenship in 2010, the latter was already staying in the Philippines in 2004.

"She has been here at least 11 years in residence because their kids are here. And that was when she told me: 'I'm going back, attorney, to live here because my mother is alone,'" she said.

THE RIGHTS OF FOUNDLINGS

Legarda said she cannot understand why Poe's foundling status is even an issue.

"Really? Is it your fault that you are born?" she said.

"What? The child flew in all along and dropped? Appeared just like the Holy Virgin Mary?"

She said some people do not give importance to foundlings because they do not understand that foundlings would soon become adults.

"If you really believe that foundlings have no citizenship at birth, that means that no foundling can be a lawyer, can be a doctor, can be a broadcast journalist because you have to be natural-born citizens. You cannot take advantage of public school education. It is not just politicians. The foundling has to have the citizenship, natural born, of the place where she was found," she said.