Family Feud Philippines returns this October 2 on GMA Network, Inc..
Family Feud first premiered in 1976 and has had multiple versions and hosts over the years.
But it is still a hit today. It’s interesting to figure out why:
✅ Relatable Survey Questions: Questions like “Name something you can find in an office?” or “What’s a popular place to go on vacation?” are universally interesting and hence appealing to a wide audience.
✅ Interactive Gameplay: The game format encourages viewer engagement as they can play along by guessing the survey responses themselves. This interactivity adds to the show’s appeal.
✅ Family Dynamics: The family rivalries on display in “Family Feud” are a perfect example of family dynamics in action. The audience enjoys seeing the family members interact since it may lead to dramatic and comedic situations.
✅ Host personalities: The program has benefited greatly from the charm and wit of its many hosts throughout the years. Hosts with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, such as Richard Dawson, Steve Harvey, and others, have given the program a distinct flavor. In the Philippines, our host is Dingdong Dantes, who is also one of the most popular actors in the country.
✅ Humor and entertainment: Contestants on “Family Feud” often give funny or surprising answers, which leads to funny moments. The show is amusing to watch because of these entertaining parts.
✅Prize Incentives: Winning families may play the extra round for cash. These incentives excite and motivate competitors and spectators. Family Feud Philippines also has a Guess To Win Promo segment so that home viewers can also win up to 20,000 pesos. In the local version, winning families and/or teams on the Philippine version can take home as much as 200,000 pesos and their chosen charities also get 20,000 pesos.
✅Game Show Format: “Family Feud” has a traditional format with clear rules and a competitive framework that audiences love.
✅Cultural Impact: “Family Feud” has become a cultural phenomenon, with catchphrases and memorable moments that have become part of popular culture. This cultural impact has helped sustain its popularity.
💖I’m so grateful and honored to be part of the creative team for the Philippine version of Family Feud, one of the most well-known longest-running game shows of all time.
📸Sharing with you a preview of our stage. We’ll return on air and online next week! 🙂
Past Lives, the new film by Celine Song, is fantastic.
For me, the story’s strength (and the directorial choices) lies in the fact that it deals with themes more than simple romantic love.
I would understand how someone looking for a more conventional love story with a guaranteed happy ending could be let down by this.
What I also appreciate in the film is its depiction of the concept that loving is also politics.
In the movie, memory and identity have a huge role in the story of Nora and Have Sung.
I don’t want to spoil anything for folks who haven’t watched it yet, but this is a great example of showing rather than telling why characters in a ‘romantic’ film don’t have to end up together.
Do you want to improve your financial life this coming 2021? Great! A lot of people struggle so much and are so oblivious when it comes to financing. We’ll guide you on how to handle and secure your money correctly!
Many people don’t have the word “insurance” in their vocabulary and find it boring. But as you get older, you’ll start to appreciate the beauty of life insurance more and more.
So what is life insurance?
Life insurance is a contract between the client and the company. The client will pay the life insurance company a monthly fee in return for a more significant amount of money when the client dies or a critical event occurs as agreed in the contract. To summarize, it’s basically a financial security for you and your family, especially if you’re the breadwinner.
These days, the popular type of life insurance is called VUL or variable life insurance. It has an insurance + investment component. The insurance part is your protection, while the investment can serve as your savings or retirement fund. Keep in mind though that when investing, the projection must always be long-term. The investment benefits are usually felt in a couple of years, so be prepared to invest in, long term.
When do you start investing in life insurance?
The best time to start investing in life insurance is at a young age or as early as possible. The earlier you start, the more time you have to build your wealth and savings, and hence you become more financially secure in the long run. You don’t need to force yourself to get life insurance once you get a job for the first time. You can do so in your late 20s or you can get one when you already have a stable income.
Keep in mind that some life insurance companies charge higher monthly fees to those of older age. The older you are, the shorter the time you have to live and pay your insurance company. But if you start younger, you’re more likely to have a more reasonably bargained insurance contract. Your youth is your advantage in investing in life insurance.
What to look for when choosing your insurance provider
The first and most crucial step is finding out if your provider is approved by the Insurance Commission in your country and if it has a good reputation and reviews. Do your research, ask your family and friends about their experiences with their life insurance providers. Look for a provider that has a fast, easy, and convenient system to use. So being able to communicate easily with an insurance agent is necessary.
The second step is to look at the financial strength/status of your desired insurance company you want to invest in. As for me, I am with PruLife UK, and it has a solid track record in the Philippines, so you need not worry. In fact PruLife is the number 1 insurance company in the Philippines in 2020.
Which life insurance do you need to invest in?
There are three types of life insurance: Term life insurance, whole life insurance, and endowment.
Term life insurance is limited to a fixed number of years. It’s usually the most affordable among the three, and it’s the most basic type of life insurance. However, you won’t get any added benefits or investment returns with this type of life insurance.
Whole life insurance provides coverage for the insured and covers the investor until they pass away. There’s no limit for this type of insurance, and you will receive cash benefits and dividends. It may be more expensive than life term insurance, but that means the investments are better! This is best for investors who intend to secure their children’s future.
Endowment has both the features of term life and whole life. It has a term limit but will provide death benefits when you die after the term limit. This can be used for retirement plans, college funds, future hospital bills, and many more.
Do you want to talk to a financial advisor? I give free financial planning and consultation online. It’s safe and secured, so you need not worry. You can also email at genhustle.ph@gmail.com/ info@florencerosini.com or text at 09171642324. See you!
The nine fierce bosses below prove that a woman’s seat is at the head of the boardroom. Shining in their own industries, they continue to break the glass ceiling, holding the torch high so that others may find their way through mazes of discrimination and misogyny to take their rightful positions as leaders.
Margot Torres is one of the people at the helm of Ingat Angat, which is “the country’s biggest consumer confidence campaign” for Task Force T3, a collaborative consortium of private companies helping the government fight COVID-19. Aside from this, she works on other projects that help address hunger and malnutrition, while overseeing operations in fast-food chain McDonald’s as its Managing Director.
“It is not enough to look at just the projects that gain media exposure because the more compelling work of women at McDonald’s happens every day, in the kitchens of all our restaurants in the Philippines,” she says in a release. “Each day I am inspired by the skill and tenacity of our restaurant managers and crew, whom I believe, through their unique strengths, are pivotal for the success that has brought McDonald’s to where it is today and in the future.”
Irene Jose
From becoming the VP for Finance of the Araneta Group, Irene was assigned as the Chief Operations Officer of Uniprom Inc., the conglomerate’s arm that manages Smart Araneta Colisuem, New Frontier Theater, and the Gateway and Ali Mall Cineplex, which flourished under er leadership.
But while she has a lot of accomplishments under her belt (such as re-aquiring hosting rights for the NCAA and offering their stage to many K-Pop acts), Irene has always attributed her group’s success to her officemates. “I would say that I have been very fortunate to have worked with supportive colleagues and superiors who have really empowered and fully entrusted me with my craft.”
Chacha Juinio
As the Chief Operating Officer of PPI Holdings, Chacha oversees the operations of exclusive franchises such as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Dairy Queen; but she admits that it wasn’t always a smooth journey for her. “The most significant barrier I faced is bias,” she shares. “Early on in my career, the general consensus on women managers is we would give up our job as soon as we had children, or worse, we became unreliable when we have kids.”
Despite this, Chacha has forged on, leading the company through the COVID-19 crisis. “Women need to believe in their innate intelligence, their skills, and more importantly, their voice.”
Angela Cretu
For over 21 years, Angela Cretuhas been working with Avon. She held several sales positions and worked her way up the corporate ladder until she recently took on the role of Global CEO.
Like everyone else, what drives her to get up and work each day is her purpose. “Beauty goes beyond transacting makeup, fragrance, and skincare,” she shares with Female Network. “For her to really feel beautiful, she needs to feel that has the freedom of choice, that she has financial independence, that she’s well. Empowering women really has a ripple effect in the society.”
For decades, Avon has been enabling women to become entrepreneurs with their business model of direct selling. This allows them to have flexible work options, too—especially during the pandemic.
“Women have been disproportionally impacted by the pandemic with additional huge pressure coming from financial stress and being isolated. This has been excruciatingly painful for women… so we had to do something,” said Angela.
“In my own experience, [after] working in Russia, Middle East, Africa, and U.S., I’ve heard thousands of life stories that are guiding me until now. These are stories of women just like myself. I found strength in those. So I said, why don’t we create a global movement of really showing women around the world that they’re not alone?”
Maria Manlulu-Garcia
Maria has been a hotelier before she joined Novotel Manila, opening four international hotels and rebranding three in the span of her 28-year career. Her rise through the ranks has made her the first Filipina General Manager of an international Accor hotel brand locally, and with her influence, she chairs the RiseAsOne program, which aims to promote diversity in the workplace.
“More companies and management need to have the awareness to fully understand what diversity and inclusion are all about,” she say. “It is no longer about women but embracing all genders. No one wants to have special treatment; we all just want to have the same and equal opportunities.”
Lorna Fabian
With tough competition and even a tougher pandemic environment, Lorna Fabian unwaveringly heads the Araneta Group’s leasing department, bringing the company to acquire over 600,000 square meters of leasable spaces.
She attributes her success and her resilience to having a positive outlook in life, and she also believes that leadership should always be merged with compassion: “I always desire to develop my team to be better than me.”
Melissa Henson
With the belief that “marketing changes with people,” Melissa Henson continues to add a touch of compassion in all her communications as Manulife’s Chief Marketing Officer. A veteran in the field, she admits that her current role still continues to be her dream job as it gives her satisfaction to listen to and address the needs of their customers.
“Courage helps in advancing your career because you need to step out of your comfort zone and try new things, both in personal development, as well as in exploring new projects and initiatives,” she notes. “Asking questions and striving to learn helps in becoming better professionals and leaders, because you’ll find different ways to deliver solutions.
Diane Romero
Diane Romero joined the Araneta Group as a fresh college graduate in 2004, and more than a decade later, she is now its AVP for Business Development. The company has helped her find right balance between her passion and her career—staying on top of special projects and spearheading the company’s CSR under the J. Amando Araneta Foundation, which supports hundreds of scholars, provides housing for vulnerable individuals, and manages a public museum, among others.
“I am blessed to have my passion, vocation, profession and mission converging and leading me to where I am now. But everything was not handed on a silver platter. Trust was built and maintained over time, starting from the smallest, the simplest tasks.”
Marjorie Go
Marjorie Go is behind rebranding “Araneta Center” into “Araneta City” to run with the major developments in the area. As AVP for Marketing and Promotions, and the youngest member of the Araneta Group management, she and her team have already mounted several large-scale events, including homecoming parades for Pia Wurtzbach and Catriona Gray.
Despite her many achievements, Marjorie continues to seek guidance from her mentors—her former and her current bosses. “They continue to inspire me to become a better leader. Both are generous to share their knowledge, gave their full trust to me… Sometimes, when I decide on something, I would ask myself, ‘What would these two do?’”
As a leader, she believes that it is a must to constantly learn and evolve in all aspects. “The constant balance to continuously reinvent yourself and inspire and train the people under our wing is challenging. I constantly remind myself to have that growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset, to embrace challenges and accept criticism, and to focus on learning.”
Pia Wurtzbach is no doubt one of today’s most successful career women, having worked hard to achieve all of her dreams, including being crowned as Miss Universe 2015. But just like the rest of us, the 31-year-old model, actress, and beauty queen has had her fair share of struggles that made her question herself. In fact, she recently recalled a grim point in her life when she only had a measly one-hundred pesos in her wallet after going through a crazy breakup.
In a podcast episode of Between Us Queens last March 12 wherein they were asked to share their “crazy breakup story,” Pia talked about how she once went through a regrettable relationship that made her give up her career, family, and friends.
“Before this whole pageant thing, before Miss Universe, before Binibini, I was a very different person. Under ako noon sa lalaki. Yung parang kung ano yung sabihin niya, ‘yon ang masusunod. Hindi ako lalaban kahit alam kong mali. I didn’t really have a voice. So, I was that kind of girl. I was very submissive,” Pia opened up. “Mas pinili ko siya kesa hanging out with friends. Mas pinili ko siya kesa sa spending time with family. I gave up my career, I stopped doing the jobs that I was doing, which also meant I didn’t have an income. So, I had nothing.”
While she didn’t name the ex-boyfriend in her story, Pia recalled feeling so lost in the relationship to the point that she had no sense of her identity anymore. Thankfully, reality struck and she realized that she needed to earn back her own voice and take back control in her life. “One day, I just woke up and I realized I didn’t want this anymore,” said the beauty queen.
Pia, who was then staying with her boyfriend, packed up her bags and left. Having no money and nowhere to go, she asked a close friend if she could sleep over for a few weeks until she’s back on her feet.
“I just remember packing whatever I could, getting into my friend’s car, and just having only 100 pesos in my wallet,” she recalled. “Wala akong pera. Wala akong trabaho. As in wala lahat. And I had to rebuild myself again from zero.”
Not letting this curveball dishearten her, Pia took it as a valuable lesson on self-love and the courage to start again from scratch, which eventually became a turning point in her life. “May mali din ako for sure kasi I let it happen,” she admitted. “After that, that was a big learning experience for me, na hindi pwedeng Yes Girl tayo palagi.”
We all know what happened after that—Pia bounced back, trained for Binibining Pilipinas, and competed three times before eventually taking home the Miss Universe crown. She is now happily coupled with Scottish travel entrepreneur Jeremy Jauncey.
True enough, it takes an empowered woman to take control of her own destiny and let go of toxic relationships. Keep inspiring, Queen P!
For only P649 with no monthly fees, watch TV on-the-go for free and enjoy interactive features with GMA Now!
Philippine media giant GMA Network is innovating Filipinos’ TV viewing experience anew as it officially unveils its mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) receiver ‘GMA Now’ – a plug-and-play dongle that allows users to watch TV on the go for free and enjoy exclusive interactive features.
“As the country’s leading broadcast network, it is only fitting that we continue to improve our content and innovate our digital TV products. This is our way of expressing gratitude to our loyal Kapuso for their unceasing support. We are proud to say that GMA Now is the first mobile DTT receiver to combine traditional TV with the advantages of interactivity via the internet. This product was developed by our digital media and technology arm GMA New Media, Inc. with the Filipino viewers in mind as we adapt to their evolving needs and interests,” shared by GMA Network, Inc. Chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon.
GMA Now enables Android smartphones to receive clear and live digital TV broadcast of the Kapuso channels GMA, GMA News TV, Heart of Asia, Hallypop, and soon, DepEd TV, as well as other free-to-air channels available in their area.
Aside from this, the Kapuso Network’s newest digital TV product also has the following bonus interactive features that GMA Now users can get to enjoy while connected to the internet.
Through the GMA Videos-On-Demand tab, GMA Now users can likewise get access to exclusive Kapuso content whenever they want.
GMA Now’s exclusive messaging service Groupee Chat allows viewers to create groups and chat with family and friends while watching GMA programs. And soon, they can also get the latest updates on their favorite Kapuso shows via this feature.
Bringing entertainment to a whole new level are GMA Now’s Interactive Promos where users can join fun quizzes and polls for a chance to win prizes.
“We are very proud of this opportunity given to us by GMA to evolve the business further and use technology as a way to navigate ever-changing viewing preferences. With GMA Now, viewers can watch their favorite programs, and more importantly, engage more fully with the shows. It is a new experience that we are happy to have helped create,” GMA New Media, Inc. President and COO Dennis Augusto L. Caharian said.
GMA Now is available in portions of Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna, Baguio City, Pangasinan, Batangas, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, and Cagayan de Oro.
It works with any Android smartphone that runs on Android OS Marshmallow (Android 6.0) or higher, Dual Core 1Ghz CPU, and USB OTG support. GMA Now is also set to be available soon for iPhone users.
Simply download the GMA Now app from the Google Play Store to register for free and attach the GMA Now dongle on the smartphone.
For only P649 with no monthly fees, watch TV on-the-go for free and enjoy interactive features with GMA Now, available online via the official GMA Store on Lazada and Shopee or visit your nearest tech and gadget stores. For the list of stores and other details, visit www.gmanetwork.com/gmanow or its official social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
If you’ve ever been in love, you know how consuming it can feel like—especially when it’s a new relationship. And even more so when it’s a toxic one. In a new recent of Paano Ba ‘To, Bianca Gonzalez asked Iza Calzado for her opinion on why some people decide to stay in “bad” or “toxic” relationships.
“It is a question of your self-worth,” the actress said. Iza shared that she’s been in a “bad” relationship and she’s been the bad one ’cause “tao lang tayo, ‘di ba?” She said that the more toxic it was, the more attached she became. It felt like a “challenge” at some point because she was eager to prove people wrong when they were noticing the red flags.
Now she’s able to ask herself, “What was I attached to? Was I attached to the love, really? Or was I attached to the drama? You have to figure that out for yourself. For me, that drama was familiar. That is what I grew up with. There was drama in our home.”
Iza continued, “It made me feel alive. It made me feel good. And even during the painful moments, I was so alive, and siguro that’s the artist in me.” She and Bianca also touch on the idea of someone else filling a void in your heart (Read: “You complete me”).
Romantic as it may seem, it’s a dangerous way to approach love because you shouldn’t look to other people to feel whole. Bianca brought up the fact that the content we consume plays a role in the way we view love. For example, many of the movies and teleseryes we enjoy have characters who “change” once they fall for someone. This convinces people that they can change someone-like a player-for the better.
So what are some signs that love isn’t enough to sustain your relationship?
Iza quickly replied, “Lagi kang umiiyak.” This usually means the cons outweigh the pros. You have to ask yourself: Why am I staying? Am I still happy? What makes me happy?
For Bianca, one of the clearest signs is if you are not being listened to: “In a relationship, both of you have a voice. And if it comes to the point na feeling mo wala ka ng boses, sign na ‘yun.” Another one is that both of “you have to be committed to growing individually and together. And if you feel your partner does not support you in either of those, mahirap.”
Hear more from Iza Calzado in this episode of Paano Ba ‘To with Bianca Gonzalez:
Aside from being the editor-in-chief of the university publication, I really had fun putting up the first and only film organization in PLM. I do not know where I got the time, energy and enthusiasm to do a lot of things all at once!
I co-founded PLM Film Society with one of my editors in the school paper. We were what you call movie buffs. From Intramuros, we used to go to EDSA Shang to watch the movies in the French Film Festival. We also spent weekends watching free films at the nearby Spanish cultural center in Kalaw called Instituto Cervantes. Of course, there was #Cinemalaya!
Fast forward 2021 and a member of the UST Thomasian Film Society invited me to speak at their general assembly. I just had a wonderful time sharing my experience and insights. I was once like them – young, ambitious and wanted to just churn out a lot of content. What a great weekend!
I wanted to name my talk “Reel to Real: A Career in Filmmaking” because these students want to know more about the local film industry. Questions like “how to be a filmmaker?”, “Where do I start”, etc were things they wanted to know more about.
Are you also looking for someone to share with you her experience about the TV and film industry in the Philippines? Slide a DM or email me at info@florencerosini.com! Would love to share my experience and insights!
You may have already heard family or friends saying “Huwag sasabihin kay misis/mister” when it comes to buying expensive items or indulging in hobbies. While this is often said in jest (since many couples actually discuss money honestly), there are people who keep purchases—and in extension, finances—from their partners. It is a habit that hurts relationships, as it shakes the foundations of trust.
This is called “financial infidelity.” Medium journalist Kristin Wong writes, “Keeping financial secrets is an abuse of the trust the relationship is built on,” and it’s true—if you can’t trust your partner to level with you when it comes finances, how can you trust him or her with anything else?
Most people who hide purchases and accounts from their significant others often already have deep-seated relationship issues. A Huffington Post article features several reasons, including not trusting one party to handle money, or thinking that the relationship won’t last and they need cash to fall back on, or even not wanting the other to know that they’ve incurred a huge debt for fear that they’ll leave.
“In essence, a healthy relationship generally supports a fully transparent relationship between partners,” clinical psychologist Carla Marie Manly tells Huffington Post. “If a relationship is built on a strong foundation of mutual trust and respect, there is generally no need to ever hide money or finances.”
How to deal with finances as a couple
There’s no clear-cut rule on how to manage finances as a couple, especially if you’re already in a long-term relationship, are living together, or are married. There are those who put in their savings in just one bank account and pull expenses from there, while others go for separate accounts that they can use as they please while having a common one they pitch into for household payables.
It’s really about what works for you, but the most important thing is that you’re both on the same page. If you or your partner feel the need to hide your finances from each other, then that means that you’re not, and that there’s an issue that needs to be addressed. Kristin Wong goes on to write, “Financially speaking, if you’re sharing a life together, you should be sharing money in some way, too—if not in joint accounts, then by being transparent about how much each of you has and working together to tackle expenses.”
When is it okay to hide your finances from your partner?
All of that being said, there’s one extreme case when it’s okay to hide money from your partner, and that’s when in you’re in an abusive relationship. In fact, it’s a must that you hide your resources from abusers, as they tend to manipulate and gaslight you into thinking that you can’t live without them. Having money of your own can help you escape this situation and start anew.
Bottomline: Honesty
Remember that the basis of a good relationship is trust, and as much as possible, money should never be something that should put a chip between the two of you. Open communication is key to finding a system that works for you both; one that doesn’t leave any party feeling as if he or she is getting the short end of the stick. Allow each other financial freedom, because in the end, money is just a tool—it shouldn’t be at the forefront of your companionship.
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