The Sandiganbayan denied the appeal of comedian and former Quezon City councilor Roderick Paulate over his conviction for allegedly hiring ghost employees during his term.

It can be recalled that Paulate was sentenced by the court to at least 10.5 years up to 62 years in confinement after they found that the former councilor hired ‘non-existent’ employees.

He was also found liable for the falsification of documents.

According to the decision of Sandiganbayan, Paulate failed to ‘raise new material allegations that would persuade the court to reconsider or reverse its previous finding of guilt’.

“Moreover, the arguments raised by the accused have already been considered and passed upon in the assailed decision,” the court added.

In the said decision, they found that Paulate’s employees had no records of birth, no NBI clearance, and no residence.

He was also ordered to pay thousands of pesos to the Quezon City Government.

Paulate remained silent during his legal battle and only made a short message to his friend saying that he believed in ‘prayers’.

His colleagues in showbusiness including Cristy Fermin and Carmi Martin expressed their support to Paulate believing that the comedian was innocent and had no bad record involving money in the past.

As of writing, Paulate has yet to give any comment on the decision of the court.

Actress Bea Alonzo set the record straight to the public that there’s no chance for her to be friends with her ex-boyfriend Gerald Anderson.

In an interview with ‘King of Talk’ Boy Abunda, Bea was asked if she’s willing to forget the past and build a friendship with Gerald.

However, Bea made a fierce statement, saying that she does not trust Gerald after being ‘ghosted’ by the actor.

“I can never be friends with somebody I cannot trust and somebody who doesn’t take responsibility for his actions,” Bea said.

It can be remembered that Bea and Gerald ended their relationship in 2019 because of an alleged third party.

The word ‘ghosting’ became familiar with the netizens during that time after Bea said that Gerald didn’t even talk to her months before their breakup.

“Before it happened to me, I didn’t even know that, na may ganun pala. Na may ganung terminology for it. Ghosting. I didn’t know,” Bea said in a past interview.

“I felt like garbage. I felt like I was worthless. So I guess iyon yung resentment ko, more than just the ghosting part. It was making me feel na I was worthless. And I believed it.” she also said.

It was rumored during that year that Gerald was having a relationship with actress Julia Barretto, but the two denied it.

However, in 2021 the two confirmed that they were already in a relationship.

Gerald said that he was still hoping that Bea would forgive him someday.

“More siguro kay Bea. Huwag na po tayo siguro mandamay ng ibang tao. I really pray, I really hope she will find it in her heart to forgive what happened, forgive me. Nag-ho-hope lang ako.” Gerald said in an interview with Abunda.

Millions of netizens were celebrating the birth of the baby boy of influencers Whamos Cruz and Antonette Gail.

On January 24, Whamos announced that his partner successfully gave birth to a baby boy they named ‘Meteor’.

They received thousands of congratulatory messages from the netizens.

After one day, they gladly shared Meteor’s face and most netizens said that the baby had more resemblance to his mother.

However, internet celebrity Christian Albert ‘Xian’ Gaza raised the eyebrows of the netizens after expressing relief that baby meteor didn’t look like his father.

“Hallelujah praise the Lord Jesus Christ!” Xian said after being informed about Meteor’s appearance.

Whamos didn’t show any negative reaction to Xian’s comment and even invited the internet celebrity to Meteor’s Christening.

However, some netizens expressed dismay over Xian’s comment.

“Salbahe naman , anak nya yun alangan naman iba mukha .Wag idamay bata sa prejudices grabe.” netizen Margaret Seeckts said.

“Maraming gwapo jan salbahe naman, at saka hindi naman pangit c whamoscruz itong mundo natin mapang husga talaga,” Felicidad Baya remarked.

It can be recalled that Xian also received negative comments from the netizens after making a comment to Whamos after the influencer announced the pregnancy of Antonette Gail.

“JUSKO HUWAG NAMAN SANA NIYA MAGING KAMUKHA ANG BATA IN JESUS NAME,” Xian said.

Whamos responded to Xian’s post saying that he was also wishing the same thing.

“Yon nga din boss eh. Ayaw ko din talaga maging kamukha ko yung baby. Ang sagwa,” Whamos stated.

After only two weeks, a television network in Indonesia decided to stop the airing of ABS-CBN’s Darna.

According to Sobat TV Indonesia, the possible decision of the television network ANTV to end its airing of Darna was because of the ratings it was receiving.

It was rumored that Darna was going to be replaced with a local program titled ‘Garis Tangan’

Some reports also said that Darna was not fit to be watched by the majority of Indonesian fans who were followers of Islam.

Indonesia was known to be a conservative country and it’s known for regulating every piece of content being aired on television.

It can be recalled that Darna’s costume was blurred several times because it’s considered as ‘revealing’ to the Indonesian watchers.

“May pagkakataon pa raw na hindi na makita ang bidang aktres na si Jane de Leon na nakasuot ng Darna costume dahil sa sobrang pag-blur sa kanya sa show,” @holaphofficial said.

As of writing, ABS-CBN has yet to release a statement on the decision of ANTV to stop the airing of Darna.

It can be remembered that fans of ABS-CBN celebrated the airing of Darna in Indonesia, saying that it was evidence that the said program was well-received internationally.

Street performer and mime artist Jhonwel Reyes who was popularly known by his aliases Tito Noel’ and ‘Green Soldier’ made a statement after receiving criticisms for the past few days.

It can be remembered that Reyes received negative comments on social media after he answered back to a netizen who was only making jokes about the color of his baby.

The issue started when Reyes posted a maternity photo of his wife and some netizens jokingly asked if his baby would become green also like his famous costume.

Instead of riding to the joke as comedians do usually, Reyes took the gag seriously and even criticized the netizens for saying something about his baby.

He even asked the netizens to stop making jokes about his baby.

“Hindi ko alam kung bakit masyadong maraming apektado masyado, ang daming kumakalat na hindi magagandang salita sa picture namin ng mahal ko,” Reyes said in now-deleted video.

“Gusto ko lang sabihin na sana magkaroon po tayo ng simpleng respeto sa kasiyahan ng bawat tao. Syempre napakalinaw ‘yung anak ko, normal na tao yun syempre, naka-custome lang naman ako eh, alangan naman na maging iba talaga ang kulay ng anak ko,” he added.

However, instead of following Reyes more netizens started to criticize the internet celebrity and some called him ‘onion-skinned’ and a ‘crybaby’.

He then responded to the criticisms telling the netizens to avoid doing mistakes.

Reyes also apologized for what he did but he couldn’t stop himself from saying that one mistake was enough for the netizens to forget how many times he made them laugh.

“IWASAN PO NATING MAGKAMALI SA BUHAY.  ANDAAN ANG HIRAP MAHUSGAHAN MASKI ANUPANG MAGANDANG BAGAY NA NAGAWA MO O ANUMANG KABUTIHANG NAIDULOT MO SA KAPWA MO, KAPAG NAGKAMALI KA KAHIT ISANG BESES LANG LAHAT NG YUN WALA NA. BURADO NA,” he said.

“IYAKIN NA KUNG IYAKIN TAMA NA PO, AYOKO NG MAKIPAG SABAYAN MAS LALO NG PUMAPANGIT ANG ALON. Pero kung jan kayo nagiging masaya sa pandudurog sakin Sige lang po. Basta ako ayoko na pass na tlga ako,” he added.

Reyes became popular on social media after his street performances became viral on social media.

During the peak of his career, thousands of netizens went to watch him personally and made him earn thousands of pesos every day.

Vice Ganda became viral on social media after he announced his plans to have a child via surrogacy.

The comedian shared his plans in an interview, saying that he really wanted to build a family now with his partner Ion Perez.

But before Vice, the surrogacy became more popular in the country because of billionaire Joel Cruz who spent millions of pesos to have children.

Because he was self-proclaimed ‘gay’, Cruz prefer to have children via surrogacy where he was still considered as a ‘biological father’ of his children.

According to him, he already spent 52-M just to have 8 children.

Cruz who’s the owner of multi-billion perfume company ‘Afficionado’ was also open to introduce the surrogate mothers to the public.

“Initially, you have to pay six million pesos, ‘yun ‘yung pag-accept ng program. Hindi sila titigil hangga’t hindi ka nagkakanak. But of course, you have to pay for the extra procedures [na] umaabot ng 12 million pesos,” Cruz said in an interview.

Surrogacy was an agreement between two parties which a woman would be contacted to carry a child in her womb for someone else.

‘Surrogate mothers’ earned millions of pesos if they successfully carry the child.

Most of the clients of surrogacy are those who are not capable of carrying a pregnancy.

There are two kinds of surrogacy, the traditional and gestotional surrogacy.

Traditional surrogacy is when a surrogate mother cares for the embryo formed from the father’s sperm and the egg of the surrogate mother. While in gestational surrogacy, the surrogate gestates an embryo from other woman’s egg and the father’s sperm.

In short, children born from traditional surrogacy was biologicallyrelated to the surrogate mother while the baby formed by gestational surrogacy is not related to the surrogate mother.

According to a report, Vice was required to spent around 5-9 million pesos for a single child.

A video of an alleged incident of infidelity has gone viral on social media and already reached 10-M views as of writing.

The video was about a wife of a seaman being caught sleeping with a ‘barangay tanod’.

It can be heard that the uploader was trying to lecture the ‘wife’ about the hardship being experienced by her husband abroad while she was doing unfaithful things.

The video received millions of views online from netizens who thought that the incident was real.

However, when you visit the Facebook page of the uploader Jennifer M, it can be seen they’re just acting to show the different situations in life that netizens could relate to.

In other videos, the woman who got caught with a ‘barangay tanod’ has a different husband in the story.

They also put a disclaimer in every video they made that their contents are for ‘entertainment purposes only’.

As of writing, the page already received thousands of new followers online.

However, most of their fans thought that the videos being uploaded were real and not reading the disclaimer.

We are trying to get a comment from Jennifer M about the popularity they’re getting now on social media.

Comedian Vice Ganda revealed that he was ready to have a baby already.

In an interview with former Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno, the comedian revealed that he was already planning to have a baby with his partner Ion Perez via surrogacy.

The process might cost them millions of pesos, but Vice said that he was ready to shell out the money just to make his dream come true.

At first, Vice was not in favor of surrogacy but his belief changed after having a relationship with Ion.

“Until I met Ion at na-build ‘tong relationship namin and I found it really so beautiful; na sabi ko na kayang-kaya naming magka-baby,” Vice said.

“Bigla lang, ‘Ay gusto ko nang magka-baby. Wala na ‘kong pakialam sa sasabihin nila. Ang mahalaga na lang ay ibi-build ko ‘yung personality ng magiging anak ko; ‘yung character niya.” he added.

He was expected to spend 5-M to 9-M pesos for the surrogacy.

When asked if what gender he wanted for his first child, Vice answered that he prefer a baby girl.

Vice also admitted that he was already excited thinking of having a child.

“Parang ngayon may ibang magic ngayon ang mga bata kapag nakakakita ako ng baby, sa loob. Gusto kong gawin sa kanila ‘yung hindi ko na-experience, ipapa-experience ko sa kanila. We will experience that together.” he said.

Surrogacy was still a controversial topic in the country, but some well-known Filipinos already used the said progress to have a child.

Businessman Joel Cruz spent nearly 54-M for the surrogacy of his eight children.