Actress Maricar Reyes-Poon shared with her followers that she’s still a licensed doctor despite not practicing for years.

In her Instagram post, Maricar showed a photo with her classmates saying that they had better grades than her and she was wondering how they would compete with them.

Maricar then realized that she would excel more in psychology which made her decide to write a book to help people struggling with their mental health.

 

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“This is also why I was able to write my book — by understanding and explaining my own struggles, it may help someone else with their own challenges.” she said.

“Ang saya to see that a fellow doctor used my book to help with her patient’s depression,” she added.

She also clarified that while she’s still a doctor, she could only treat basic illnesses.

“Doktor pa rin ako— but only for the basics, mga ubo sipon, first aid ganern haha!” the actress said.

Maricar graduated from the University of Sto. Tomas with a degree in Medicine.

In 2017, she revealed that she has no interest anymore to practice being a doctor.

“Ngayon ang tingin ko sa kanya, ayaw ko siyang pagkakitaan. Parang gusto kong mag-medical mission, mga ganyan. Pero as work? Parang baka hindi full-time job,” she said.

Maricar also had no regret of choosing showbiz career instead of being a doctor.

“Slowly I realized my passion and interest wasn’t in medicine anymore. I will always admire doctors, but I didn’t want to do that for a living.” she shared.

“So I told my dad I wanted to quit med and and get into modelling full time. My new dream was to save money and start my own business.” she added.

Model Deniece Cornejo sent a cryptic statement to the Philippine Entertainment Portal on January 19, 2023, after the return of comedian Vhong Navarro to show business.

In her statement, Cornejo didn’t mention Navarro directly but netizens believe that the model was referring to the actor, especially since she was accusing him of serious charges.

It seems that Cornejo was trying to gain the support of the public and also other individuals claiming that they’re also victims.

She even mentioned ‘God’ in her statement and also mentioned the hashtag which former VJ Kat Alano started.

“If other many victims cannot stand for themselves then the world should know that they are not alone. With Revelation comes Responsibility. #Rhymeswithwrong, #justbeginning, #Godwillinvestigate.”

It can be remembered that #RhymesWithWrong was started by Alano after claiming that she was a victim by a famous celebrity in 2005.

Netizens associated the said hashtag with Navarro because Alano was always giving statements when something important was happening to the comedian.

However, Alano didn’t confirm if she was referring to Navarro because she didn’t file any charges against the mysterious celebrity.

Deniece and Kat didn’t confirm if they already met.

The camp of Cornejo opposed the decision of the court to allow Navarro to post bail, however, their petition was rejected.

Hearing on the case filed by the model was scheduled to continue this year.

Hindi natuwa ang beteranong mamamahayag na si Arnold Clavio kay Alex Gonzaga matapos makita ang aktres na pahiran ng cake ang isang waiter sa kanyang birthday party.

Nakilala ang waiter na si Allan Crisostomo na nagta-trabaho sa isang catering service na suki ng pamilya Gonzaga.

Sa kanyang post sa social media, sinabi ni Clavio na nagtrabaho siya noon bilang waiter kaya’t alam niya kung gaano karangal ang nasabing trabaho.

“Mga ‘iGan , hindi ako natawa at hindi rin ako natuwa sa inasal ng aktres na si Alex Gonzaga sa isang waiter noong birthday party niya . Aaminin ko , nasaktan ako .” sabi ng mamamahayag.

“Walang lugar na ipahiya mo ang isang tao sa publiko kilala mo man ito o hindi. Ang biruang ganyan ay ginagawa ng magkakakilala o magkakaibigan pero hindi sa isang nilalang hindi mo naman kakilala.” dagdag pa niya.

Matapos ang ilang araw ay ikinatuwa naman ng mamamahayag ang paghingi ng tawad ni Alex.

Hiling nito na sana’y sa paghingi ng tawad ni Alex ay matapos na ang isyu ngunit dapat ay madala parin ng aktres ang kanyang natutunan sa mga batikos na kanyang natanggap.

“Maraming salamat kay Ms. Gonzaga sa pag-amin sa kanyang pagkakamali at sa pagpapakumbaba na personal na humingi ng paumanhin kay Crisostomo.” ani Arnold.

“Sa ngayon na natapos na sa kapatawaran ang lahat , baunin natin saan man tayo magpunta – ang mabuting pakikitungo at respeto sa kapwa , anuman ang antas niya sa buhay . Walang lugar ang panlalait , pagpapahiya at pagmamaliit ng iba .” dagdag pa niya.

Former actress Ruby Rose Villanueva also known as ‘Mystica’ received praise from the netizens after she pledged to give a daily allowance to a student.

Mystica who’s currently residing in the United States saw a comment from one of her fans asking her son Stanley for some allowance that he could use while studying.

“Hi po Kuya Stan sana may mag sponsor sakin na pambaon sa school 20 lang isang araw para araw araw kami napasok hehe,” netizen Lhenard Arandia said.

Fortunately, Mystica who loves showing her wealth on social media was touched by the comment of the student and vowed to support his studies.

The former actress then tasked her son Stanley to contact the netizen.

“Congratulations for winning a sponsorship of 20 pesos per day pambaon sa School. Stan ikaw na bahala dito sa bagong anak mo!” Mystica said.

The netizen then thanked Mystica for helping him.

Arandia said that he really wanted to seek help because he’s not receiving support from his father anymore.

“Tlga po slamat maam mystica at kuya stanley at kay ate diwata sobrang slamat po tlga napakalaking tulong po tlga samin maam kasi po di kami pinadalan ni papa simula pa po nun dec lagi nia lang sinasabi pag nakuha sahud nia tas hangang ngaun po ala,” Arandia said.

Mystica became a controversial figure in the past because of her statements against popular individuals like Former President Rodrigo Duterte, Sen. Raffy Tulfo and Coco Martin but it seems that her image was slowly becoming better now.

Former Wowowee dancer RR Enriquez already joined the discussion about Alex Gonzaga.

Dubbed the ‘Sawsawera Queen’ RR shared her opinion on Alex Gonzaga’s action towards a waiter during the actress’ 35th birthday party on January 15.

According to her, she understood the situation of Alex because she’s also a comedian who wanted to do everything just to make their audience laugh.

RR said that it’s normal for comedians to cross the line especially if their comedy involved other people.

The dancer believed that netizens were just being too sensitive to Alex.

“Sa totoo lang hindi madali maging komedyante… Ralate ako minsan kay Alex Kasi minsan talaga sa sobrang kulit mo at gusto mo magpatawa lang naman, akala mo nakakatawa ka pa, yun pala offensive na sa iba…. But your intension naman is not to harm or mamahiya ng tao,” RR said.

“Ang dami din kasi sensitive na tao na pinapalala ang situation. My goodness pero kapag si Alex ang ginawang katatawanan or kaming mga komedyante gawin katatawanan tuwang tuwa kayo. Yes trabaho namin yun and we are paid to do that and yung waiter hindi. Tama naman. But minsan kailangan din natin lawakan ang isip natin hindi lang puro bash,” she added.

RR then reminded the public that Alex is also a human being and making mistakes.

“Please stop judging her or us na mga nagkamali dahil lang gusto namin magpatawa at dahil hindi kami nag iisip ng tama. Yung mga basher na yan sure ako sila yung mas masasama ang ugali na feeling perfect na akala mo never nakagawa ng mali sa buhay nila.” she stated.

Alex already apologized for her actions to the waiter and also to the public.