LOOK | Maine Mendoza supports Lumads

Maine Mendoza has voiced out her support for the Lumads, the indigenous peoples in Mindanao who have suffered brutal killings, harrassment and banishment from their ancestral lands.

The star of “Eat Bulaga’s” hugely popular “kalyeserye” segment, where she is known as Yaya Dub, did it her signature way — with a cue card that reads: “WE STAND W/ LUMADS #SAVE OUR SCHOOLS.”

Maine, one half of the phenomenal AlDub love team with Alden Richards, is the latest celebrity to call attention to the plight of the Lumads, following the example of her “kalyeserye” co-star Wally Bayola (as Lola Nidora), “Eat Bulaga” co-host Aiza Seguerra, as well ABS-CBN stars Angel Locsin and Luis Manzano.

Maine’s brother-in-law John Carlos Catalan, who is married to her eldest sibling Nikki, is the prime mover behind AlDub for Lumad, a group of AlDub fans that has mobilized support for Manilakbayan ng Mindanao 2015, a people’s caravan led by Lumad leaders that started on October 19 in Surigao City.

On Sunday morning, AlDub for Lumad held a breakfast with the Lumads in Liwasang Bonifacio.

Scene from this morning breakfast with team lumads salamat aldubnation @aldubforlumad @sakololo2015 nabusog kami! pic.twitter.com/EGn4YiHANX

— John Carlos Catalan (@johncac_) Nobyembre 8, 2015

 source: interaksyon.com

#AlDubEBTamangPanahon packs Philippine Arena, raises P14-M for charity

Believed to have maximized the 55,000 capacity of the Philippine Arena, the AlDub special of “Eat Bulaga” dubbed “Tamang Panahon” was also able to raise P14 million from the event’s ticket sales for the building of school libraries all over the country.

“History na, charity pa,” exclaimed “Eat Bulaga” host Joey de Leon exclaimed. He suggested that the special is possibly the biggest in the 36-year-history of the popular noontime show but also possibly the most attended event in Philippine Arena since it opened its doors in July last year for the centennial celebration of the Iglesia ni Cristo, which owns it.

The highlight of the commercial-free show — which continued the “Kalyeserye” saga that began only last July and accidentally introduced the #AlDub phenomenal love team of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya Dub — moved its live audience and televiewers nationwide to tears when Alden and Maine found themselves in a prolonged tight embrace for the very first time.

The crowd cheered when the usually strict Lola Nidora (Wally Bayola) announced that this was the right time or “tamang panahon” for Alden and Maine to finally get to know each other more intimately without the usual obstacles that stood between them in the past.

As Lola Nidora promised, there were no more plywoods, no more split screens and no more communicating in writing and via Dubsmash.

In a Cinderella-themed number complete with matching glass slipper, a misty-eyed Alden sang Bryan White’s “God Gave Me You” as he and Maine finally held hands, hugged each other tightly and spoke at length to the crowd and to each other.

Audiences also got to know the real Maine better, as Lola Nidora narrated her humble beginnings, including how she became a Dubsmash sensation on YouTube and how she eventually impressed both the Dabarkads and fans of “Eat Bulaga” in her Yaya Dub persona.

The Philippine Arena attendance is not the only record that “Tamang Panahon” is likely to break. On social media, #AlDubEBTamangPanahon is not only the top trending hashtag to date but as of posting time has accumulated 24.4 million tweets, on pace to exceed the 25.6 million tweets that the hashtag #AlDubEBforLove recorded last September 26.

As tight security measures were implemented by the Philippine Arena, with the Metro Manila Development Authority also deploying 50 traffic constables, 20 motorcycle enforcers and six tow trucks to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct, the almost six-hour TV special proceeded without a hitch or any untoward incident.

source: interaksyon.com