Actor Jiro Who Played "Magnifico" Now Just Roams NAIA for Food and Shelter

Do you remember the award-winning film “Magnifico”?

How about the actor who played as the protagonist of the film who bears the name of the film?

Jiro Manio, the youngest multi-awarded actor of his generation, played Magnifico in 2003.

The film is about a young boy with a good heart and his family who were faced with several adversities to the point of losing hope and giving up. His older brother lost his scholarship and his sister suffers from cerebral palsy. Their family is not well-off and they live in a humble home in the province. His grandmother was found to have stomach cancer. Upon learning how expensive it is to die, Magnifico embarks on a mission of saving money for his grandmother. While doing this, he affects the lives of the people around him, making things a bit better to bear for them. Unfortunately, he experienced an ironic fate towards the end of the film.

Fast-forward to today, apparently, Manio was found roaming around the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). People in the airport are reportedly helping him by giving him food and clothes.

According to a post from Inquirer.net, Manio has been roaming around the airport’s lobby for four days now. He stays mostly at the terminal’s restaurant area, searching for leftover food.

Frank Sorca, a security guard at the said airport, recognized Manio and said that it seemed like the actor “hasn’t had any decent meal and his clothes were dirty.” He gave Manio clothes, food, and bath accessories. Manio only took the food and used the clothes but refused to clean himself.

When asked why he was there, Sorca said that Manio has been giving different answers every time. One time, he said that he left home because he had enemies there. When asked another time, he gives a different answer. 

Employees of the airport have been contributing to help out Manio, giving him food and other basic stuff.

Apparently, Manio does not realize why he was getting attention. When told that he was an actor, he insisted that he wasn’t and claimed that he just looks like the actor. 

In 2011, Manio entered rehabilitation for one year due to drug abuse.

According to a news report on TV Patrol, Manio’s father admitted that they had fight that’s why he left the house. Manio’s siblings are asking for help as well because they are no longer capable of supporting the actor’s mental health treatment. Below is a screenshot of their call for help.

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Pinay Teens party goers gone nasty

Photos of party goers who appeared to be drunk and gone nasty are making rounds in social media. Uploader claimed that it wasn't her who took the photos.

According to the uploader, she uploaded the set of photos as an awareness especially to teens and their parents about what is really happening in parties.

Here is just one of the photos:

The location where these photos were taken is not mentioned by the uploader.

The album uploaded contained more than 10 photos. We just selected the wholesome ones to show here.

This topic is viral right now in social media.As of writing, it gained more than 1 thousand shares in Facebook.

Just recently, the photo of a party goer molested by her drinking buddies also spread like a wildfire on the internet.

May these photos serve as an eye opener to parents to check sometimes their children's activities.

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School Bans Trendy Hairstyles For Male Students

      These days, it’s all about the top knot, the man-bun, and the pompadour for men’s hairstyles. But if you’re studying in San Pedro College, you may not be allowed to do that.

In a series of photos released by the college’s Office of Student Affairs on Facebook, they illustrated the top knot, the man-bun, the pompadour, the short-back, and the undercut as the hairstyles not allowed for male students.

The post did not explain why these are not allowed, but encouraged students to visit the office of Student Affairs if they had any questions.

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Real love story about the viral photo of this sweet couple

In search of the truth behind the love story of the viral photo of sweet lovers circulating in Facebook dubbed as "COC couple", we contacted the girl in the photo and we were given a chance to conduct a short interview from her over the phone.

Their sweet photos have been circulating in social media lately. Several pages uploaded it with very limited information about the identities of the subjects.

On June 18, satirical site Pinoytrending.altervista.com created a story that they actually met because of the phenomenal game Clash of Clans or COC. This is where "COC couple" came from.


On Saturday night, we contacted the girl and conducted an interview to know their real love story.

The girl in the photo is Althea Beruya Ronquillo. She is currently in relationship with Pat Esconde Patricio which is the guy in the photo.

Althea told Social Trends PH that she is not playing COC at all as well as her boyfriend so it is impossible for them to have met because of this game.

How their love story starts?

She said they used to be workmates in Makati. Their friends at work tease them at first and she tried to play it by playfully asking Pat to accompany her at their house in Taguig. His prince charming didn't refuse to do it with all of his heart.

Pat patiently accompany her in going home from Makati to their house in Taguig before going home in Alabang. Pat did this everyday at the end of their shifts early in the morning(4 am). Althea said that she was amazed by the effort of this man until April 28, 2015, Pat texted her "Sana akin ka nalang". Althea said she replied "Oo". That is where their relationship started.

Do they have a baby?

A lot of people were asking if they already have a baby as what we can see in both of their timelines. According to Althea, that is her baby brother.

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Truth about the hidden microchip in Samsung batteries

Several videos circulating in social media lately regarding the hidden microchip embedded at the batteries of latest Samsung phones. Uploader claimed that the chip can steal user's private information.

One viral video has currently more than 1 million views was uploaded by Facebook userLito Sambrano Riotita. It was uploaded on Saturday, June 20 and in less than 24 hours, it gained more than sixty thousand shares on Facebook.

In it, he asked his friends to watch the video how he removed the microchip on his S3 Samsung phone. He claimed that this chip will automatically upload your information online without user's knowledge.

Pakitingnan nyo lng po mga batery nyo mga ka FB sa mga samsung S3 mag ingat po tau!!! wats nyo now lng po ito
Posted by Lito Sambrano Riotita on Friday, June 19, 2015

Truth about the this hidden microchip

Based on our research, we found out that this is a Near Field Communication or NFC chip. According to Wikipedia, this is set of ideas and technology that enables smartphones and other devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching the devices together or bringing them into proximity to a distance of typically 10 cm (3.9 in) or less.

According to Techradar, this chip is also used in tap-and-go services like Apple Pay,Google Wallet and Amiibo.

We tried to reach Samsung Philippines regarding this issue. They are yet to give their statements about this chip.

As a friend, don't panic or remove that chip out of the battery of your phone if you want to take advantage of the full capabilities of your phone.

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Alleged 'COC Couple' invades social media

A viral photo has been circulating in social media lately. Information about it however still limited until one website says that these lovers were actually COC clan mates before they actually met.

According to the site Pinoy Trending, the "COC couple's" name are Mitoy and Mika. They were allegedly clan mates of phenomenal game Clash of Clans until they exchanged messages in Facebook talking about their game strategies until they met and had fallen in love with each other.

Due to the contents the site has been creating for months, we doubt if this story is true. It is true that their photos has been circulating in social media but the COC love story,who knows?

A Facebook page named Mitoy and Mika is even created for them.

We would know their real love story if they will get featured on "Kapuso Mo Jessica Sojo" or "Rate K". The rival magazine shows of two leading TV networks in the country.

Update:

We found the real accounts of this sweet lovers, the guy's Facebook account name is Pat Esconde Patricio and his lover is Althea Beruya Ronquillo. Not Mitoy and Mika as expected. Check their real love story HERE.

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Married female banker and her lover found dead in their secret apartment

Photo Source: WWWN

A married female banker and her lover were found dead in a secret apartment that they used to carry on an affair, police in Nigeria said.

Imo State Police said that Adejoke Ayeola and her lover Wilson Ugwunna, died while sleeping together. 

42-year-old Ugwunna, left behind two children, and his lover, 44-year-old Ayeola, also left behind two children. Ayeola was married to a lawmaker in Ogun State.

According to the police investigation, the lovers arrived to their secret apartment in Imo. After a few days, Ugwunna’s family members became concerned and filed a missing persons report.

When police entered the apartment they found Ayeola’s decomposing body while Ugwunna was unresponsive. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he later died.

Locals believe that the couple died as a result of a curse because they were cheating. However, investigators confirmed that the two died of carbon monoxide poisoning as police found a running generator in their apartment.

The woman, who worked at New Generation Bank, lied to her husband, saying that she was attending a meeting in Ibadan, while she went to her lover.

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Filipino Dance “Tinikling” Featured on US Sitcom

“Tinikling” is known as one of the most popular traditional Filipino dances. It involves the use of two bamboo poles placed parallel each other on the ground and then tapped against each other while the performers step in and out in a rhythmic pattern. The name tinikling is in reference to the birds locally known as tikling. The dance is an imitation of the movement of the tikling bird dodging bamboo traps set by rice farmers. The dancers mimic the bird’s speed and grace by skillfully maneuvering between the bamboo poles.

Tinikling was recently featured on the US Sitcom “The Middle”. They even posted this tweet in relation to the episode.

One of the show’s characters, Sue Heck, was required to perform tinikling in order to pass gym class to graduate and go to college. Sue does the test and dances tinikling with Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off in the background.

The Middle is a US sitcom that airs on ABC. It revolves around the life of Frankie, and her husband, Mike, along with their three children, Axl, Sue, and Brick. It is currently on its sixth season.

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Smart offers free Internet to prepaid subscribers

(3rd UPDATE) All active mobile prepaid subscribers have to do is maintain a P1 load to start using 30MB of data starting Friday, September 26

FREE INTERNET. Screen shot from Smart website.

         MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Smart announced Friday, September 26, that it would be offering a limited-time promotion for all its prepaid subscribers. After saying on Twitter that he had a big announcement to make, Manuel "Manny" V. Pangilinan, chairman of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) declared on Friday, September 26, that prepaid subscribers of Smart, Talk N' Text, and Sun Cellular can now avail of mobile Internet services offered by the 3 networks – for free. "That's better than politics," Pangilinan quipped, referring to speculations that his announcement would be on his reported decision to run in the 2016 elections. Pangilinan said this is an initiative to make mobile Internet available for all, adding that his company's wireless group has been spending P150 billion ($3.35 billion*) in capital expenditure to improve and democratize mobile Internet services in the country. “We are launching this initiative to provide a much larger number of Filipinos the opportunity to try out and experience the Internet, enjoy its benefits and, as we at Smart like to say, ‘live more,’” Pangilinan said. Napoleon Nazareno, PLDT president and chief executive officer, said: “Only one-third is using the Internet. That is the objective, to get them into the Internet. This is the opportunity we are looking at, trying to democratize data.” To date, Smart, Talk N'Text, and Sun Cellular have a combined total subscribers of 66 million. Nazareno estimates that about 20 million of these subscribers have smartphones, and 14 to 15 million of them are already using mobile Internet. The free yet finite data usage starts today, September 26, and will run until November 30. Subscribers can use data up to 30MB a day. They need to have a minimum of P1 ($0.22) to avail of the offer. Nazareno said there might be forgone revenues in the process, but they are banking on the decreasing cost of data-capable phones to attract more people to use the services available on mobile Internet. Pre-paid subscribers of the 3 mobile networks can now search Google, Wikipedia; use Google Maps and Waze for navigation; shop on Amazon, eBay, Lazada, Zalora; browse Instagram; and reserve taxi via Grab Taxi or Easy Taxi. They can also listen to songs via Smart’s Spinnr music; book their trips via Expedia and Skyscanner; send, and receive emails, either through data-capable feature phones or smartphones running on Google Android, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows Phone OS. Smart also said users have a daily 30MB stipend for the free Internet they will be getting. This excludes VOIP and messaging apps like Viber and Whatsapp, as well as video streaming websites. Peer-to-peer file sharing is likewise not a part of this free Internet offer. The speed of the connection is going to be limited by the device or handset being used by the subscriber. Location, time of use, and the type of connectivity they can get – 2G, 3G, or 4G – will also be limiting factors. The minimum speed, however, is set to 12 kilobits per second (kbps). Active Smart prepaid subscribers can take advantage of the promotion by texting FREE to 9999. To get free Internet daily, they must text the number daily to continue free access.

 Globe Telecom revives free Facebook offer 

Pangilinan's announcement intensified the war between telecommunications giants Smart and Globe. At 7:08 pm September 26, Globe tweeted and posted on its Instagram account that it is reviving its free Facebook offer starting week of September 28. Further details to follow, the firm announced. Click this Link: https://instagram.com/enjoyglobe?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=photo

Screen shot from Globe Instagram

Hours after Pangilinan’s announcement, rival telecommunications company Globe telecom released a statement saying it is “flattered and honored” that their competitors are following their lead. In a statement, the Ayala-led firm reminded that they were the first to roll out free Internet services like Facebook from October 2013 to April 2014. Globe added that in the end, the customers will choose the telecommunications provider with the best digital services and the fastest experience possible. “Amid all the hype and promotions, we are happy in the fact that, at Globe, we deliver both.…We look forward to more vigorous competition to come! Stay tuned,” Globe said. – with reports from Mick Basa, Lynda C. Corpuz, and Victor Barreiro Jr / Rappler.com

Courtesy of Rappler.com

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