UMUWI SANDALI sa Pilipinas si Jasmine Curtis-Smith mula sa pag-aaral niya sa Australia upang kahit papano raw ay makatulong sa mga nasalanta ng habagat.
Kuwento nito sa amin, hindi naman daw bago na sa kanila ang pagtulong sa nangangailan dahil, “In my family, mala-king bagay ang pagtulong sa ibang tao. Feeling ko, nagsimula ‘yan sa mama ko. Kasi, ‘yung puso ng mama ko talagang very giving. Natural na ‘yun para sa kanya. So from her, na-instill na rin ‘yun sa ‘kin na gusto kong makapagbigay sa community ng kung anumang meron ako. Or kahit kokonti lang na puweding i-share. Talagang it’s within us. Hindi naman sa finu-force ako ng mga ibang tao na gawin ‘to. Talagang gusto ‘ko talagang gawin.”
Pero napansin namin noong sinalubong namin siya sa airport na may guwapong lalaking sumundo sa kanya aside from her road manager (RM). Kuwento naman ng kanyang RM, friend lang daw ni Jas ‘yun kaya, hindi na namin inusisa ang dalaga tungkol sa guwapong lalaki.
Napag-alaman naman naming isa pala ito sa mga nakapasok noon sa audition ng Artista Academy sa 300, pero hindi na ito mapalad na mapabilang pa sa top 16. Ang pangalan daw nito ay si Stefan Aliño.
In fairness, artistahin ang kaguwapuhan ni Stefan, huh! ‘Yun na!
NAKAUSAP NAMIN kamakailan ang News5 Head na si Miss Luchi Cruz-Valdes at masaya siya sa naging performance ng Rescue5 nitong kasagsagan ng pana-nalasa ng habagat sa Kamaynilaan.
Pagmamalaki niya, “RESCUE5 is going to have its own show very soon. We’re going to show that what we do in RESCUE5 is the real thing.
“This is not a race, this is not a game. This is real stuff that the news organization puts its resources behind; and not just the news organization, but the entire network of MVP because they’re fully supportive of this.
“We see RESCUE5 getting bigger. We already have permission to expand the number of rubber boats, number of equipment. We want to train our rescuers in more rescue stuff that they can do. For example, I expect them to go into fire situation. We’re getting international accreditations from all over so that we can participate in rescue efforts even outside of the country.
“We see RESCUE5 gets bigger and bigger. You know, sikat na sikat ngayon ang reality show but there’s nothing like reality that you see in news. This is real life and NEWS5 is equipped, through RESCUE5, to actually conduct rescue operations.”
Sa ngayon, ang mga balita ng News5 ay mapapanood-mapapakinggan-mababasa sa limang platforms, pero pretty soon daw ay may pang-anim ng platform ito, sa paglulunsad ng TV5 nang isang English News Channel.
Pagmamalaki niya, “So we (NEWS5) have now — Radyo Singko, InterAksyon, Aksyon TV, WIN and TV5 — five platforms. And pretty soon we’re gonna have our own English news channel. We’re putting together an English news channel, [although] we just don’t have a name for it yet. And that’s going to be our 6th platform. This is how committed the company is to this news organization.
Meron na kaya itong channel assignment?
Sagot ni Miss Luchi, “Wala pa, wala pa. But we’re already crafting… I mean we have a TO [table of organization] already, we have a program grid already. It should be up and running by first quarter of 2013, that’s the target. Pero ano pa lang ha, save-in, kasi ‘yung full operations will begin when we move to Reliance.”
Magha-hire ba sila ng additional people exclusive to this channel?
Sagot nito, “Definitely, oo. But not just exclusive, we’ll also tap to the resources of existing NEWS5. But kukuha ka talaga ng ibang tao kasi business ‘yun, e. Ibang klase rin ang business reporting.”
Ang magiging head daw ng English news channel according to Miss Luchi is, “Si Twink [Macaraig]. That’s something to look forward to. Abangan nila ‘yon.”
Sure na ‘to
By Arniel Serato
