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PHILIPPINES FILM BEST ACTRESS AWARD PITS NORA AUNOR VS. NORA AUNOR, AND IT’S A TIE!

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Aunor and Aunor
Aunor and Aunor

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Philippines actress Nora Aunor — the same Nora Aunor who was snubbed by President NoyNoy Aquino in last year’s naming of the country’s National Artists – keeps on reaping film awards. She is unstoppable.

This time, Ms. Aunor beat herself in the Best Actress category of the annual Gawad Pasado film awards.  PASADO (Pampelikulang Samahan ng mga Dalubguro) is an organization of private and public school master teachers, elementary through college, reviewing films as documents and materials for teaching different disciplines.

Actually, Ms. Aunor tied with herself in this year’s Best Actress award.  She was nominated for two of her films, Hustisya,  and Dementia.

It is not uncommon for film awards bodies to declare a tie among contenders in acting or film.  However, with Ms. Aunor winning in both her films, PASADO did not have to go through the trouble of ordering a second award trophy. That saved the teachers some money, especially considering that teachers are among the lowest paid professionals in the Philippines.

All’s well that ends well!

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AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO: DO THE RIGHT THING

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Nora Aunor in the world-acclaimed film, 'Thy Womb'
Nora Aunor in the world-acclaimed film, ‘Thy Womb’

Every so often, The Adobo Chronicles breaks away from its satirical nature to bring  a story or issue to the fore in a serious and truthful manner.  This is one of those rare occasions.

We are publishing ‘An Open Letter to President NoyNoy Aquino: Do the Right Thing,’ in connection with the growing controversy over the exclusion of actress Nora Aunor from this year’s list of National Artists. It was written by our publisher.

Please feel free to share widely.

Read OPEN LETTER.

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KRIS AQUINO JUST SPOILED VILMA SANTOS’ CHANCES TO BE NAMED NATIONAL ARTIST

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Santos
Santos

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In Philippine cinema, there are only two recognized factions of fans: Noranians and Vilmanians. The former are fans of multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor and the latter are followers of rival actress and now governor of Batangas province Vilma Santos.

There is a raging controversy right now surrounding President NoyNoy Aquino’s exclusion of Miss Aunor from this year’s nomination for National Artists. Aquino said that the snub was due to Aunor’s “drug past” and that National Artists should be role models.

Well, the president’s sister, TV host Kris Aquino, a certified Vilmanian, just spoiled Santos’ chances of ever being named National Artist.

Note from Ate Vi (Image: Kris Aquino/Instagram)
Note from Ate Vi
(Image: Kris Aquino/Instagram)

Kris posted a photo on her Instagram account – that of some pastries given her by Santos.  With the gift came a handwritten note in which Santos misspelled ‘blessed’  (bless) and ‘truly’ (truely). The post immediately went viral and Noranians were one in saying that National Artists, at the very least, should know how to spell correctly. “They have to be role models,” they said.

A potential great honor that went pooooof, thanks to Kris Aquino!