The controversial Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Sheerlyn Gerasta who got featured in the radio program ‘Raffy Tulfo in Action’ finally chose her lover Edwin Madredio over her husband, Charlie Lozada.

Gerasta, who has five children with Lozada met several times and even helped by Raffy Tulfo and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to reconcile them, however, it seems that the OFW didn’t want to live with her husband anymore.

On February 5, Anitsirc Cataan Joaquino confirmed that the story between Gerasta and Lozada ended badly as she posted a photo of Edwin Madredio together with the latter.

Joaquino, shared her disappointment on social media, saying that Lozada is still crying because of losing the mother of his five children.

She even revealed that Gerasta asked money to Lozada several days before she met her lover.

“Kapal ng mukha mo kya pala nag madali ka na humingi ng pera ky Charlie ky gosto muna mka ponta na Manila. Kse nag antay na sa hotel c Edwin, mga sinongaling kyo sabi nyo matagal na kayong wla ano yan ngayon kitang kita na,” Joaquino said in her Facebook post.

Joaquino also urged her nephew not to talk with Gerasta anymore and fight for the custody of their children.

As of writing, the photo posted by Joaquino already reached 10,000 reactions and shares from the disappointed netizens.

Meanwhile, Joaquino shared that Lozada is already doing his own business to earn money to sustain the needs of his five children whom Gerasta left to him.

Several weeks ago, Lozada complained about how Gerasta is having a relationship with another man in Saudi Arabia who’s identified as Madredio.

Gerasta and Madredio said that they’re even ready to be deported just to insist their illegal relationship in Saudi Arabia.

After being featured in Raffy Tulfo in Action, Gerasta was forced to go home because of fears of being arrested for having a relationship with another man which is illegal in Saudi Arabia.

When she came back home, Gerasta denied that she met with Madredio personally.

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) revealed shocking information on how connected the man involved in the 6.4-B shabu shipment last year to an opposition Senator.

Controversial businessman Kenneth Dong, who’s arrested several days ago is facing tax evasion charges for failure to file annual income tax return resulting in non-payment of taxes in 2013 and 2016, a total of P11,406,940.60.

Despite not paying taxes, a document from Commission on Elections showed that Kenneth Dong contributed 3 million pesos in 2013 and 5 million pesos in 2016 to support the candidacy of Senator Risa Hontiveros.

Hontiveros didn’t deny her connection to Kenneth Dong and admitted that she’s a godmother of the businessman at his wedding.

“Noong ikakasal na siya, inimbita niya ako kasama sina Senator Migs Zubiri, Kiko Pangilinan, Joel Villanueva, Ralph Recto, na magninong-ninang kami sa kasal niya,” Hontiveros said in an interview last year.

The lady Senator clarified that she didn’t know that Dong is doing questionable activities when her campaign team accepted the contribution.

“‘Yung campaign team ko ay may vetting process sa mga magpapakilala at magsasabing gusto nilang tumulong. As far as my campaign team knew then, at sa pagkakaalam ko rin ngayon, siya ay isang lehitimong negosyante,” she said.

She also pointed out that despite their connection, she will not do anything to save Dong from being punished for allegedly bringing shabu in the country.

“Talagang shocked na shocked ako, muntik akong mahulog sa silya nung banggitin yung pangalan niya bilang siya daw ang middleman sa shabu smuggling sa Bureau of Custom,” she said.

Correction: We apologize for writing that the subject of the article, Ray Abad is a supporter of Vice President Leni Robredo.

During our checking, we found that Abad is not a ‘well-known supporter’ of the Vice President but only a critic of the current administration.

We apologize for the wrong information we wrote, and we already corrected the article. Thank you for the hardworking fact-checkers for pointing out the mistakes.

Senator Koko Pimentel will file a case against a critic of the current administration after he was linked by the latter on the spreading hoax about President Rodrigo Duterte who’s gone in public for almost three days.

On February 1, President Duterte skipped an event in Palo, Leyte after he felt unwell and gone missing in the public eye since the said event.

The disappearance of Duterte gave another speculation among the critics of the President and their supporter including netizen Ray Abad who claimed that the chief executive already passed away.

Abad even suggested increasing the security personnel of Vice President Leni Robredo as preparation for transferring the presidential power to her.

According to Abad, he got the information from the camp of Sen. Pimentel.

“Security is a must for VP Leni, ayon sa bulung bulungan na nakalabas sa kampo ni Koko (Pimentel) Patay na raw si Digong.” Abad said in his post.

The post, which already deleted by Abad gained many reactions and it even reached Senator Pimentel itself.

In an official statement, Pimentel said that they’re planning to file charges against Abad for linking him in the fake news that he’s spreading.

“I disown this fake news posted by a certain impostor on facebook. Cyber-libel is a serious crime and will be reported to the proper authorities. We shall not tolerate such name dragging and it shall be punished to the full extent of the law.” Pimentel said.

Yesterday, the rumors about Duterte’s condition were debunked after Honeylet Avacena, the partner of the chief executive posted a live video of the President addressing the critics of the government who’s wishing for his passing.

“My reaction to my passing away. I will ask God first if I…if he’s available for interview kasi pupunta na ako dun (because I’m going there),” Duterte said in the video uploaded past 4 p.m.

“Ano mga mensahe ninyo? Dadalhin ko. Pari, obispo, lahat. And yung last wish ng mga durugista, ilista ninyo. Ako na ang magdala doon sa langit o sa impiyerno. Depende lang,” he added.

“For those who believe in the news that I passed away, then I request of you, please pray for the eternal repose of my soul. Thank you,” Duterte said.

Despite the popular support of Manila Bay rehabilitation among the netizens, Makabayan Bloc still wanted to stop the said project of the government because of their concerns.

According to the resolution signed by the said party-list representatives, they suspected that the cleaning of the said tourist spot is only part of the preparation for the controversial reclamation projects allegedly going to be implemented along Manila Bay.

“The rehabilitation program could be a prelude to 43 reclamation projects covering more than 32,000 hectares in the bay under the Build, Build, Build program,” the resolution stated.

They also suspected that Dennis Uy is being helped by the government to make his project ‘Pearl Harbor City’ hasten by cleaning up the Manila Bay.

Makabayan Bloc together with Sen. Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero

They’re also worried about the situation of the 250,000 informal settlers that would be possibly affected by the project.

“We ask the DENR to postpone or suspend the execution of the Manila Bay rehabilitation until a comprehensive and holistic study on the socio-economic impact on the affected marginalized sectors has been diligently carried out,” the petitioners said.

“There is a need to draft a genuine and democratic program that will sincerely rehabilitate Manila Bay without infringing on the basic rights to livelihood and an adequate standard of living of marginalized sectors,” they added.

This is the list of the lawmakers who signed the resolution against Manila Bay rehabilitation:

• ACT Teachers Representative Antonio Tinio
• ACT Teachers Representative France Castro
• Gabriela Representative Emmi de Jesus
• Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas
• Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate
• Anakpawis Representative Ariel Casilao
• Kabataan Representative Sarah Elago

However, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) already told the petitioners that it’s already not possible to postpone the rehabilitation of Manila Bay.

“Actually, the bay is in ICU (intensive care unit). We cannot afford an additional day of delay. Giving in to Makabayan will only make matters much worse,” DILG secretary Jonathan Malaya said.

He added: “Instead of asking for a postponement, the Makabayan bloc should instead do their part in helping the government fight the ‘Battle of Manila Bay.’ The administration has exercised the political will to do what is right. Now it’s our turn to do our part.”

Several days after they released a resolution, Makabayan Bloc clarified that they’re not against the Manila Bay rehabilitation.

“No, we do not call for the suspension or stoppage of any effort, community-based effort in cleaning up Manila Bay. We support the rehabilitation, but we wanted that the government to be transparent and lay down all the cards,” Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao said.

A doctor slammed Human Rights advocate Francis Baraan IV for criticizing the efforts of the Duterte administration in cleaning Boracay Island and Manila Bay.

Baraan’s post on social media raised the eyebrows of the netizens after he said that the President is fit to become a Janitor than being the chief executive of the Philippines because of his priorities.

According to the HR advocate, Duterte only used Boracay and Manila Bay rehabilitation to cover his failures in addressing the other issues being faced by the country.

“It’s easy to clean up Boracay & Manila Bay. W/c is why Duterte made them one of his Top Priorities – to distract us from his failure to clean up the corruption in his own admin, his failure to clean up the dr*g prob in PH, & his failure as a President.” Baraan said in his tweet.

“Janitor na lang sana siya.” he added.

The tweet of Baraan didn’t receive positively by the netizens, including Dr. Keesh Potgieter who express her support on the recent project of the Duterte administration to clean one of the most important tourist spots in the Philippines.

According to Potgieter, Baraan should also think about the failures of the past administration who’s openly supported by the latter.

In her lengthy comment, the doctor listed the failures of the Aquino administration.

She also suggested that Baraan should shut his mouth until his biases against the government is still there.

You can read her whole comment below:

“Funny you brought that up now but turned a blind eye on failure to prepare and respond to only the strongest typhoon ever recorded in history as it devastated fellow Filipino an area in the Visayas, failure to rehabilitate those areas after millions and millions of donations in dollars and pounds were given out from the international community, failure to stop the influx of dr*gs in our very own government-run prisons, failure in fixing the railway system in EDSA to provide better transport for the Filipino working force, failure to remedy the “laglag bala” modus that victimized a lot of innocent people, failure in coordinating one of the biggest health investments of the department of health whose dud brought about fear in the Filipino masses to get vaccinated, consequently causing the current rise in measles cases bringing about mortality to a lot of our Filipino Children.

I’d love to hear you talk about those. Until you’ve learned to shallow your biases against this government, I think it’s best that you keep your harebrained mouth sealed. if counting failures in governance are your aim, then your biases and ignorance have afforded you at fat loss.”

The viral comment was shared by netizen Maria Bratikova, a supporter of the President.

As of writing, the comment of Potgieter received thousands of shares and cheers from the netizens who also supported the President.

Francis Baraan IV is the son of  Former Department of Justice (DOJ) undersecretary Francisco Baraan III who’s allegedly involved in the proliferation of shabu in New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

Several weeks ago, President Rodrigo Duterte started the project to rehabilite Manila Bay after the successful cleaning of Boracay Island.

He also announced that the government is ready to close all the establishment contributing on the pollution on the said tourist spot.