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It’s been a very busy 2023 for Dolly after her international acclaim for the 2022 Palme d’or-winning film triangle of sadness. A Very Good Girl is just one of five film projects she completed this year with official release dates (she actually did more). she is also revisiting her indie roots in not just one but two entries in the ongoing Cinemalaya

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— Carl Joseph Papa’s Iti mapupukaw (The Missing), Cinemalaya’s first-ever animated feature entry, and Dustin Celestino’s Ang Duyan ng Magiting. Besides wanting to work with their filmmakers and cast, she immediately said yes to these entries because of themes that she has also advocated for in real life.

Ang Duyan ng Magiting, where she plays a social worker who helps two kids being unlawfully detained, tackles human rights, particularly rights of children. iti Mapupukaw, on the other hand, touches on mental health, another subject that she “strongly feels about.” miss ramonne and terrell Carter performed musical numbers in the show which had multiple emmy winner and P&L media’s Lisa Lew, herself a miss Philippines International title holder, as producer. GmA Network, which will air the exciting coronation night as a special, was represented by executives Joseph Jerome francia, Joy marcelo and renze Banawa.

“And I’ve long wanted to work with Carlo Aquino,” she said of her co-star in the film.

Also among the eminent judges were marc Anthony Nicolas, two-time Daytime emmy-winning producer of “the talk”; Narcisa Pheres, mfI crown designer whose clients include former first Lady michelle obama, Beyonce, madonna, taylor swift and Jennifer Lopez; Natty Pappas, shipping executive and consultant; Alden richards, GmA’s popular singer-actor-host; Anton san Diego, editor-in-chief of tatler Philippines for an impressive 22 years; Voltaire tayag, miss Universe Philippines communications director; and Kathleen espina Ynion, successful restaurateur and wellness advocate. francis Arden, a leading model and talent agent, and Paul Dreher, one of the Beverly hilton’s directors of catering, joined the panel of judges in the preliminary competition, also held at the hilton, on friday, August 4. Accomplished and versatile performers martin Nievera and Pops fernandez co-hosted the equally spectacular prelims night.

A 10-YeAr study showed that more than 57,000 pedestrians were hit by vehicles in metro m anila, including those who lost their lives simply crossing the streets. Notwithstanding the designated crossing “zebra” lanes (large bold white lines on black asphalt) which are supposed to be the haven for crossing pedestrians, drivers and car owners do not seem to care to slow down and stop properly. they all break the traffic laws with impunity, putting the lives of people in jeopardy. reason: our lack of discipline as a people, which is also why our laws are not enforced. Discipline must start from the top executive of the city. I put the blame squarely on the city mayors for defaulting on their sworn obligation as heads of their respective cities to uphold and enforce all laws to protect the public. their negligence has led to the current rampant lifethreatening behavior of drivers in our cities. While the drivers may be the actual law-breakers who should be penalized, their employers, who should know better, are unapologetic consenting co-conspirators, who ought to be penalized several times more. If there is no existing “command responsibility law” applicable in this particular situation, it’s about time our legislators enacted one to prevent more deaths and injuries.

Why should crossing the street on the designated lanes be risky at all? Weren’t they so designed to protect the pedestrians? Why should the citizens be in constant fear and have to run for their life every time they cross the streets?

And sadly, some police officers on site simply don’t care!

In more disciplined countries where laws are strictly enforced and respected, like singapore, Japan, the United states, Dubai, and others, vehicles start to slow down (with no police officer around) when they are about 50 feet from the crossing lane and then fully stop about 10 feet from the lane when drivers see a person wanting (not even starting yet) to cross, and do not try to outrun the pedestrians as they do in metro manila. As long as there is even a single pedestrian on that safety lane, no car would be passing in front or at the back of that person. the pedestrian has the right to change his/her mind