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VOL. 14 NO. 30 • FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015

5Final installmentof the comedic Museum seriesmay be its best

2Ways togreet#PopeinPH

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para ng Poong

Nazareno. Sana po’y

maging ligtas ang

pagdiriwang na ito at

sana po’y mas lalong

maging daan ang

tradisyong ito upangmas lalong mapalapit

sa Inyo. Salamat po

sa lahat. Amen (An-

tonette Ramos)

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PAYAK pero makabuluhan ang popemobile na sasakyan ni Pope Francis kapag nasa Pilipinas siya dahilito’y produktong Pinoy na Pinoy. Bukod sa Santo Papa, may abang na dalawang upuan ito para kay Manila Archbishop, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, at Archbishop Socrates Villegas, pangulo ng CatholicBishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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Abang pampasaherongjeep pinasadya upangmaging popemobile

Ilalagay ang papal coat of arms sa hood, bubong at gilid,

kabilang ang sagisag ng Society of Jesus. May krus pang yari sasalamin, na nililok ni RamonOrlina, sa mga gilid.

Kilala si Pope Francis sa pag-iwas sa magagarang sasakyan,at hinahamon ang mga pari naisipin ang mga mahihirap atnangangailangan kapag napag-babalakan nilang sumakay sanaturang uri ng mga sasakyan.Bilang cardinal at ngayong San-to Papa na siya, alam ng lahatna sumasakay pa rin siya samga pampublikong sasakyan.

Ni Jason K. Ang, Contributor

S ASAKYAN ni Pope Francis ang unang jeepney naginawang popemobile, ang bansag sa alinmangsasakyang gagamitin ng pinuno ng Simbahang

Romano Katoliko, sa pagdalaw niya sa Pilipinas.Magiging makasaysayan

kung sasakay na ang Santo Pa-pa sa uri ng sasakyan ng militarng Estados Unidos na ginawangpampublikong pampasaherongsasakyan ng mga Pilipino.

Gawa ang puting popemo-bile sa bagong jeepney chas-sis, na nilagyan ng matatag na

tuntungan upang matanaw ng

Santo Papa nang mas maayosang mga nag-aabang sakanya. Pilipinong jeepney parin ang magiging hitsura nito,mula sa mahabang bumper namay bakal na “bull bar” saharap, hanggang sa stainlesssteel na palamuti sa gilid, atsa checkered plate metal step

sa likod.

Pope Francis

panay ensayong English niya

VATICAN City—Binunyag ni Vat-ican spokesperson Fr. FedericoLombardi, S.J., na Ingles ang

wikang gagamitin ni Pope Fran-cis sa pagdalaw niya sa Asya.

Aniya, Ingles ang talumpati niFrancis nang dumalaw ito saSouth Korea noong Agosto, anguna niyang pagpunta sa Asyamula nang maging Santo Papa, atmalamang na ganito rin sa pag-tulak niya sa Sri Lanka, at sa Pili-pinas sa Enero 15 hanggang 19.

“All the homilies and discours-es (during the Asian trip) will bein English,” ani Lombardi saItalyano. “In fact, the Holy Fatheris practicing and practicing!”

I s a n g “ V a t i c a n o f f i c i a l ”umano ang tumutulong sa SantoPapa sa pagsasanay sa Ingles,pagpapatuloy ni Lombardi.

Lito B. Zulueta

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A MAKESHIFTmemorial is seenoutside theConsulateGeneralof France in San

Francisco,California, duringa vigil for the

victims of anattack on satiricalmagazine CharlieHebdo in Paris, on

Jan. 7 REUTERS

World cartoonists,writers put pen

to paper to honorCharlie Hebdo

succeed,” Pope wrote,adding that he hadonce met a cartoonistinvolved in the shoot-ing and that the at-tack “hit a nerve.”

“Our task is tokeep doing what wedo... focus our satireon those in powerand those who seek to wield power in ug-ly ways like thesegunmen and be partof a movement thatpromotes social soli-darity, a free, openand tolerant society,”Pope wrote. Reports

from A FP and AP

PARIS—Cartoonists and writers fromaround the world are reacting as they know best — by putting pen to paper— in an outpouring of anguished andbiting solidarity with those gunned

down at French weekly Charlie Hebdo.Fellow satirists

stood up for the rightto lampoon whateverthey choose as edito-rialists said Wednes-day’s attack, whichleft 12 dead includingsome of France’s best-known cartoonists,targeted the heart of press freedom anddemocracy.

Among the cartoons

that went viral online was one by Australia’sDavid Pope: a pictureof a gunman with asmoking rifle standingover a body, bearingthe caption “He drewfirst.”

“Ultimately people who carry out theseattacks can’t defeatideas through these

means and they won’t

Paalala ni Tagle: Mga epal, lumayo kayoNAKIUSAP si Manila ArchbishopLuis Antonio Cardinal Tagle sa mgapolitiko na huwag gamitin ang pag-dalaw ni Pope Francis sa Pilipinasupang isulong ang sarili nilang in-teres sa halalan sa 2016.

Partikular na tinukoy ni Tagleang pagpapaskil ng mga karatu-lang sumasalubong kay Francisngunit tampok naman ang mgapolitikong sinusulong ang sarili.

Ipinarating ng Santo Papa kay Arc hbi sho p Joh n Du ng Palo nanais niyang makadaupang-paladang mga maralitang nakaligtas saSuperbagyong “Yolanda,” ang pa-ngunahing dahilan ng pagdalawniya, at lumayo sa mga VIP.

Ani Du: “He will be sitting sideby side with poor people. Simplefood will be served and there willbe no VIPs.” TJ Burgonio

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6ENJOY

3NEWS Crazy Jhenny,

Kapalaran, atbp.

Kabi-kabilang mgaNew Year’s resolution

may saysay pa ba?

“’Yong iba nafu-fulfill kotapos ’yong iba continous pro-cess. We cannot attain perfec-tion, we can just aim for conti-nous improvement,” dinagdagni Tangonan.

Iba’t iba man ang atingpananaw tungkol sa New Year’sresolution, pagbabago pa rinang mensaheng hatid nito atmagsisimula pa rin sa atingmga sarili ang pagbabagong ito.Bagong Taon man o hindi,maniwala ka man sa New Year’sresolution o hindi, ang mahala-ga ay bukal sa loob mo angpagbabago na gusto mo at kayamong ayusin ang lahat ng malisa buhay mo. Mahaba man ang

proseso, worth it naman ito.

Ni Badeth Rivera, trainee

A NO ba ang New Year’s resolution?Para saan nga ba

ito? Ang New Year’s resolution ay

isang tradisyon ng mga taotuwing papasok ang BagongTaon kung saan gagawa sila ngmga pagbabago na gusto nilangmangyari sa kanilang buhay sapapasok na taon. Libre ito. Peronasa iyo kung gagawin mo.Ngunit sa panahon na ito, may saysay pa ba ang New Year’sresolution?

Para kay Karlen Fajardo,isang Social Work student ngPhilippine Christian University (PCU), at manunulat sa pahaya-gan ng pamantasan, hindi narelevant sa kanya ang New

Year’s resolution dahil hindi na-man raw ito nasusunod.

“Karamihan kasi ng New Year’s resolution ay para baguhinang sarili tapos yung pagbabagona ’yon ay kadalasang hindi parasa sarili ngunit para i-please angibang tao. Kaya madalas, bagomatapos ang taon, mare-realizeng taong gumawa ng resolutionna hindi naman siya ipinan-ganak para i-please ang lahatkaya sa huli ay hindi rin ito ma-

susunod,” aniya. Ayon kay Karlen, gumawarin siya ng sarili niyang New

Year’s resolution noon pero wala siyang nakikitang progresosa sarili kaya huminto na siyasa paggawa nito. “Noong nag-18 ako, doon ko na rin kasi na-realize na hindi ko kayang i-please ang lahat ng tao at hindiko kailangang baguhin ang sar-ili ko agad-agad para langmasabi na I’m a better person,kasi karamihan naman ng

changes sa buhay ay graduallang. And Rome was not builtovernight,” pagpapatuloy niya.

Ayon naman kay Dr. Emily Tangonan, Dean of College of

Arts and Sciences sa PCU at

isang Psychology professor, rele- vant pa naman ito sa ngayondahil kailangan natin ng pag-babago sa ating mga sarili.

“Dapat nagle-level up natayo, nag-iimprove tayo, binaba-go ang bad habits. Because if

you stop improving, you willnot gain success,” ani Tangonan,na sinabing hanggang ngayonay gumagawa pa siya ng resolu-tions para sa kanyang sarili atayon sa kanya, nagagawa na-

man niya ang iba sa mga ito.

PINADALING PAGBABAYADLUMAGDA ng kasunduan ang 2GO Express sa Bayad Center kung saanmaaari nang makuha ng mga parokyano ang serbiyso ng Bayad Center sa ilang piling sangay ng 2GO Express. Bahagi ang kasunduan ngpatuloy na hakbang ng 2GO Express na dagdagan ang kanilangpaglilingkod maliban sa pangunahin nilang layuning maghatid ng mga

papeles, gamit at kasangkapan sa ibat’ ibang panig ng bansa at magingsa labas ng Pilipinas. Lumagda para sa kasunduan sina (mula kaliwa)2GO Express AVP for Retail and Marketing Joanne Ramos, 2GOExpress General Manager Randolph Arroyo, Bayad Center Presidentand CEO Manuel Tuazon, at Bayad Center Senior VP and CEOFrancipito Quevedo.

NANALO NG CAMARONAKUHA na ni Cheryl Peralta ng Cagayan de Oro (gitna) angbagong Chevrolet Camaro V6 na napanalunan niya sa Cobra Sure

Win Big Win promo. Kasama niya sina (mula kaliwa) Cobra Energy Drink Senior Brand Manager Angelie Ong at Vice President for Marketing (Non-Alcoholic Beverages Division) Abe Cipriano. Isa paang nagwagi ng naturang sasakayan, si Joselita Bacalso ng Cebu nanakuha na rin ang premyo niya. Para sa iba pang impormasyon,

puntahan ang Cobra Philippines sa Facebook.

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ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

Now showing, now naTragic Theater

Directed by Tikoy Aguil uz; stars Andi Eigenmann, Christo- pher de Le on, John Estrada, Jana Victoria

Tourism department em-ployee seeks the help of spiritcommunicators to exorcise atheater haunted by the ghostsof workers who died in amishap during its construction.Based on the horror novel by

GM Coronel, this Viva-pro-

duced thriller is inspired by true events and the urban leg-end surrounding the ManilaFilm Center.

Seventh Son Directed by Se rgei Bordov;

stars Jeff Bridges, Juliann e Moore, Ben Barnes, Kit Haring-ton

Cruel witch escapes, seekingrevenge against her captor, a

knight tasked to train an ap-

prentice.HOLLYWOOD R EPORTER ’s Jor-dan Mintzer says it’s “heroickitsch ... watchable, but farfrom memorable.” V ARIETY ’s Pe-ter Debruge thinks “thereclearly was potential [but it]amounts to nothing short of acreative miscarriage.”

Love, Rosie Directed by Christian Ditter;

stars Lily Collins, Sam Cl aflin, Art Parkinson, Norma S heahan

Smitten since they were 5 years old, best buddies eventu-ally admit that they love eachother. EMPIRE magazine’s AnnaSmith praises “likeable leadsand the odd good joke [that]make this romance an amiabletime-passer.” TOTAL FILM’s PaulM. Bradshaw calls it “a soapy heartstring fiddler.”

Honeymoon Directed by Leigh Janiak;

stars Rose Leslie, Harry Tread-away, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown

Farewells

In the third Night at the Mu- seum, the displays at the Muse-um of Natural History are slow-ly reverting back to their lifelessstates, and Larry (Ben Stiller)must take the golden tablet tothe British Museum of NaturalHistory to uncover the secret tokeep the magic going, beforethe tablet finally loses its power.Joining him in his quest aremainstays of the series Teddy

Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek),Jedadiah (Owen Wilson), Oc-tavius (Steve Coogan), Atilla(Patrick Gallagher), Sacajawea

(Misuo Peck) and Dexter the ca-puchin monkey.

The all-star cast also includesRebel Wilson who plays Tilly the female night guard of theBritish museum, Ben Kingsley as Egyptian pharaohMerenkahre, and Downton

Abbey star Dan Stevens asLancelot.

The story is bland, thepunchlines even blander—but

somehow Secret of the Tomb isthe most poignant of the threefilms in the franchise. Eachcharacter gets a moment—emo-tionally or comically—that at

least has some sense to theircharacters unlike the misadven-tures in the second film ( Battleof the Smithsonian.) Even previ-ous cast members of the firstMuseum movie—Ricky Gervais,Dick Van Dyke and Hollywood

legend Mickey Rooney get theirmoment before the curtaincalls.

It’s a nice touch, the idea of handing over the tablet to a new

guardian in a new museum thatmakes way for possibly continu-ing the adventures over the At-lantic—the Louvre in Paris isquite near London, who knows?But those adventures will be dif-ferent without Larry and the

original cast of wax (or plastic)museum figures whose exploitshave reached their sunset.

Towards the end of the film,Teddy and Larry share a touch-

ing moment as the two bid eachother farewell. Reading be-tween the lines, Teddy’s wordsring truer as they sound like theactor’s actual last words to hisaudience.

Night at the Museum: S ecret

of the Tomb is good enough forkids, but it’s just fitting that weall see Robin Williams andMickey Rooney saying funny stuff one last time. Sniff.

Review by Vives Anunciacion

Night at the Museum: S ecret o f the Tomb Directed by Shawn Levy Rated PG#jesuischarlie

The final installment to the comedic Museum se-ries may be its best. It’s still not truly funny,but Secret of the Tomb has the most adven-

tures and I liked the addition of the live Constella-

tions. It’s also a quaint goodbye to Robin Williams.

Newlyweds’ vacation in afaraway cabin is disrupted

when the bride starts sleep- walking in the woods.

V ILLAGE V OICE’s Zachary Wigon relates: “Achieves emo-tional resonance [by joining]its source of horror with every-day human anxieties.” LOS A N-GELES TIMES’ Robert Abele de-scribes it as a “compact, Cro-nenberg-ian indie.”

Night at the Museum:Secret of the Tomb

Directed by Shawn Levy;

stars Ben Stiller, RobinWilliams, Owen Wilson, Ben

Kingsley Security director visits the

British Museum, to consult apharaoh on the troubles of ani-mated exhibit figures.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ’s JoeMcGovern remarks: “It’s notgoing to win Oscars ... [but]it’s kind of fun.” NEW Y ORK

TIMES’ Nicolas Rapold agrees:“Chronically underachieving ...but relatively amusing in itsquaint wish fulfillment.”

TRAGIC Theater

SEVENTH Son

THIS is one of the last movies of the late Robin Williams (2nd from left).

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category will be awarded with a10km Achiever Medal. A shorter distance category,

the 5K Blitz, will also be staged.Co-founders Edward Kho

and Raymund Martelino areboth thrilled for the two eventsand welcome a new player inthe energy drink industry, ElLobo 2-in-1 Energy Juice Drink.This year, El Lobo is the proudtitle sponsor of the race event.

All participants of the 2nd CMand the 5th CIHM will be boost-ed by El Lobo, it being the ener-gy drink integrated into theraces’ hydration support system.

Corregidor Marathon ushersin a new challenge among therunning community and give riseto a new generation of Corregi-dor Island “conquerors.” As forthe CIHM, the fact that more andmore runners keep coming back for it is proof that the island nev-er fails to inspire them to keep

fighting their personal battles.Successfully completing a race inCorregidor is akin to startingfrom zero and finishing a hero.

The 2015 El Lobo Run Cor-regidor is event-managed by Big,Big, Big, Inc., co-presented by Smart Communications, SunCruises, Soleus, Pascual TotalHealth, Magsaysay Logistics, andL Time Studio in cooperation

with Corregidor Foundation to-gether with event partnersGalileia Events Place, 100 MilesCafé, Active Link, Toby’s, Runnr,Brooks, Gu energy gel and officialrace belt Fitletic, media partnersThe Philippine Star, Business Mir-ror, Business Mirror Health andFitness, Cook Magazine, Philip-pine Graphic, View Magazine,Endurance magazine, Takbo.ph,Mellow 94.7, and INQUIRER LIBRE.

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‘Rock of Races’ rolls outin Corregidor on Jan. 18

the title of King and Queen of the Rock. Close to 1,000 partici-pants and visitors are expected toturn up—from intermediate

recreational to hard-core runners.In addition to the 21kmmain event, there will be a 10k Challenge for running enthusi-asts who are yet to familiarizethemselves with the challengingterrain of Corregidor.

The top male and femalerunners in this event will beawarded with a certificate of achievement and winner’splaque. All finishers in this race

IT’S all systems go for the 2015 El Lobo Run Corregi-dor featuring the 2nd Corregidor Marathon and the5th Corregidor International Half-Marathon.

No stones were left unturnedin the preparation of the tworace events as Corregidor,known as the Rock, is onceagain set to be the competitionstage of valiant souls seekingglory in the sport of running.

The Corregidor Marathon willhave a total distance of 42.195km, designed to be thecommon ground of marathon-ers, ultra-runners and triathletes.

There will be one male and

one female overall winners whose titles will be CorregidorMarathon Man and Woman, re-spectively. Each winner will re-ceive cash, a champion’s trophy,and other prizes.

Since 2010, the CIHM has al- ways aimed to become one of the premiere and sought-afterraces in the country. With its 5thinstallment happening on Jan.18, the rock stars of the sport

will return for another shot at

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DENNIS U. EROA, Editor

Alex Compton: Back to

his Heartbreaker DaysBy Ted Reynoso

ALEX Compton may haveplayed second fiddle to then su-perstar big man Rommel Addu-cul in their teams in the nowdefunct Metropolitan Basketball

Association (MBA), but it washe who used to break the heartsof the opposition and their sup-porters with his game-changingand oftentimes game-clinchingshots, usually booming triples,in crucial games.

Endowed with agood look and a

winsome personality,it is not far-fetchedthat this Philippine-born American whoconsistently saw to ithe had a good look at the basket nomatter what back inthose days, may

have also broken afew young ladies’heart. But that’s anentirely differentmatter, of course.

But then again,his old habit of crushing the heart of the adversary hasnever really left himeven after he hadhung his playingshoes and tried his

luck in mentoring,initially as an assis-tant coach.

Now as headcoach of the Alaska team in thePhilippine Basketball Associa-tion (PBA), Alex has been tak-ing advantage of every opportu-nity to unravel that uncanny knack of pulling the rugs fromunder the opposing teams whenthey least expect it.

His Alaska team has surgedto the PBA All Filipino finals forthe first time in many years by crushing Rain or Shine in thesemifinals.

And his team has sustainedits drive by upending the talland powerful San Miguel Beerin the opener title series.

Alex Compton is indeed back to his heart-breaker days.

Fred Uytengsu has taken achance with Alex, a fledglingpro basketball mentor after longtime head coach Tim Cone de-

cided to try his hands with an-

other franchise ( San Mig Cof-fee whom he piloted to a raregrandslam last season) andCone’s immediate replacementfailed to sustain what the im-petuous American had started

with the team.Uytengsu’s gamble has im-

mediately paid off with Alaskacrashing into the finals of themost important and prestigiousconference of the local proleague, the All Filipino.

Of course, it goes without saying that Alex has much to do with it.

Success nevercame easy as Alex in-

vested time, effort andhuge dose of patiencein instilling not only his system and philos-ophy but rubbing off his winning, heart-

breaker mentality onthe team.

Undeniably Alexinherited a still quiteformidable team

with veteran Sonny Thoss providing ma-turity, steadiness andstrength inside sup-ported by the beastly Calvin Abueva, GabeEspinas (if he ishealthy ) and Sam

Eman. On the wings,he could depend onDondon Hontiveros

with the veteranCyrus Baguio and JV Casio tak-ing care of the backcourt. Alexshored up the squad by takingin another veteran Eric Menk toadd maturity and power in theslot while taking chances withnewcomers Chris Banchero, CrisExciminiano and Vic Manuel.

But whipping this group of tal-ented crop of cagers, most of

whom had seen better days in thepros into a tough, fighting, never-say die team capable of not only competing but turning the tableson the more star-studded, not tomention talent-laden and talleropposition, is something else.

With Alaska, Alex has notonly renewed acquaintance butforge a formidable and poten-tially winning alliance with for-mer MBA rival Hontiveros

And Alex did it in just his first

conference as a full-fledged coach.

Endowed witha good look

and a winsomepersonality, It

is notfar-fetched that

thisPhilippine-born

American whoconsistentlysaw to it hehad a goodlook at thebasket no

matter whatback in those

days, may havealso broken a

few youngladies’ heart

POGI NA, MAHUSAY PA TULAD ng isang heneral na nasa giyera, minamanduhan ni coach Alex Compton sa tulong ni assistant coachLouie Alas (kaliwa) sa kuha ng premyadong sports photographer na si Paul Ryan Tan ang tropang Alaskalaban sa SMB sa Philippine Cup title series. PAUL RYAN TAN/FACEBOOK

SMB gigil rumesbakversus Alaska ngayon

kawalan ng bola ni 6-foot-10

banger June Mar Fajardo samga krusyal bahagi ng laro.

Dahil sa depensa ay nagkag-ulo ang laro ng Beermen na gu-mawa ng 26 turnovers.

‘‘Hindi ka mananalo kungmay 26 turnovers,” ani Austria.

Angat ng 22 puntos ang Beer-men sa pagtatapos ng first quar-ter bago ang kalmadong pagba-balik ng Aces.

‘‘They (Aces) never gave up,”sabi ni Alaska coach Alex

Compton.

M ATAPOS matikman ang malupit na depensa

ng Alaska, determinado ang San Miguel Beerna rumesbak sa Game Two ngayon ng PBA

Philippine Cup title series sa Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Pinuri ni Beermen coach Leo Austria ang nakatutulirong de-pensa ng Aces ngunit nanini-

walang babalik ang kanyang ko-ponan.

‘‘Composure ang kailangannamin,” sabi ni Austria matapos

yumuko ang Beermen sa over-time, 88-82 noong nakaraang

Miyerkules. ‘‘Malaki ang tiwala

ko sa aking mga manlalaro.” Aminado si Austria na

kailangang basagin ng Beermenang pressing defense ng Aces.Tinukoy din ni Austria ang

LARONGAYON

(Smart Araneta Coliseum)7 p.m.-- Alaska vsSan Miguel Beer

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