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The best things in life are Libre VOL. 7 NO. 90 • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009

EAST VS WEST

Buhay pa mga hostage

NAGHARAP kahapon sina Manny Pacquiao at Ricky Hatton ng Britanya sa red carpet ng Roosevelt Hotel sa Hollywood, Los Angeles para sa press conference ng kanilang nalalapit na
bakbakan na binansagang ‘The Battle of East and West.’ Gaganapin ito sa Las Vegas sa Mayo 2 (Mayo 3 sa Maynila). AFP PHOTO

Buong isla ng Sulu nasa ilalim ng state of emergency; malaki pag-asa para sa 3 taga-Red Cross

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Ni Julie S. Alipala Naghayag ang gobernador ng “They were not beheaded. ing this sitting down.”
state of emergency sa lalawigan, There’s a possibility that they Nauna nang nagbanta si Al-
AMBOANGA City—Ipinagpaliban kahapon ng kung saan muling kinalat ang would come out alive,” ani Tan, bader Parad, hepe ng Abu Say-
mga bandido ang bantang pamumugot sa tat- mga sundalo upang palibutan sinabing tutol siya sa pag- yaf kidnap gang, na pupugutan
long manggagawa ng International Committee of ang kuta ng mga nandukot na babayad ng ransom. ang isang bihag kung hindi tu-
Abu Sayyaf sa kagubatan ng In- “There were some last-ditch luyang lilisanin ng mga sundalo
the Red Cross (ICRC), at sinabi ni Sulu Gov. Abdusakur danan, Jolo. efforts by some religious leaders ang Jolo.
Tan na maaaring mapalaya na rin ang mga bihag. Kaugnay ng deklarasyon ni to save the lives of the hostages Dinukot sina Andreas Notter
“I have information that the ilang oras makaraang lumipas Tan, maaari nang arestuhin ang and, perhaps, the rebels listened ng Switzerland, Eugenio Vagni
three are OK,” ani Tan sa INQUIR- ang tinakdang pamumugot ng mga kasapi at taga-suporta ng to them,” aniya. “We’re prepar- ng Italya at Pilpinang si Mary
ER sa pamamagitan ng telepono alas-2 ng hapon. mga bumihag. ing for the worst. We’re not tak- Jean Lacaba noong Enero 15.

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SHO
Charice makes Muhammad Ali smile Charice, who turns 17
By Pocholo Concepcion could possibly catch
on May 10. Just a the attention of “The
JETLAGGED and Charice, dressed in week ago, she fin- Greatest,” who’s now
sleepless after flying jeans splattered with ished shooting for her afflicted with Parkin-
in from the United bright colors and first Hollywood son’s Syndrome.
States, Filipino matched by high-cut movie, Alvin and the She proceeded to
singing sensation sneakers, said in an Chipmunks Part 2: sing the first of her
Charice Pempengco endearing mix of Fil- The Squeakquel. three numbers, Bey-
visited the main office ipino and English. Her role in the ani- once’s Listen. On her
of the INQUIRER in The breaks seem to mation film—as a second song, Michael
Makati City yesterday come from the most contestant in a high Jackson’s Billy Jean,
and gladly talked unexpected places for school musical con- she did the famous
about her ongoing ad- test—was specially “Ali Shuffle.”
venture with world- created after she The night’s hono-
wide fame. passed the audition. ree reportedly
She’s actually stay- ‘The Greatest’ smiled—something he
ing in Manila for only And just three days rarely does nowadays.
two days. Tomorrow, ago, she sang in a When she followed

The e
she flies to Italy to star-studded trib- it up with Gloria
appear as a special ute for the Gaynor’s I Will Sur-
guest in a TV talent legendary vive, Ali was teary-
show—on the re- boxing eyed.
quest of young cham- “His wife was also
viewers themselves. pion CHARICE holding Inquirer’s Guyito crying,” said Charice.
“I’m singing Muhammad toric because lately, it Charice recalled “I approached them
duets with Italian Ali. was only I who had that before her per- and stood on the
superstars,” the “They said managed to make formance, she was table. Ali embraced Review by Vives Anunciacion
petite it was his- him smile,” she said. thinking about what me, and kissed me!”
Monsters vs. Aliens

Lucy Torres timid no more

A
Directed by Rob Letterman, Conra

S of this writing, I'v

the eight burger m
By Marinel R. Cruz ence. with dancing for puts her at ease. I
franchise, but that
“During school them,” she recalled. request for the same find the characters cute. Dr
AS a college presentations, I Aside from ap- mation’s latest family carto
make-up artists and
student, Lucy would hide behind pearing in the daily Aliens is big on extravagan
assistant director.
Torres was so my classmates,” re- magazine show
LUCY Torres shy, she would counted the TV host, Sweet Life with
How do you vance. Come to think of it,
shake when who is also the wife Wilma Doesnt on
cope with being in other plastic toy.
the public eye?
asked to speak of actor Richard QTV 11, Lucy hosts Fun enough and safe Miss
People were curi-
before an audi- Gomez. the weekly dance for the family, MvsA has nett)
ous about the wom-
She added that fest Shall We Dance all the ingredients of typ- Bica
an Richard chose to
she sees her former on TV 5. ical computer animations Benz
self in her seven- marry. There’s con-
How do you en- like cute and quirky char- Roge
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year-old daughter courage Juliana to stant interest in the
things he does. acters and comical spoofs pere
Juliana. come out of her
(40) TRAILER DRIVERS But Lucy exuded shell? Nasasama lang kami of other movies, but
overall, MvsA isn’t even
tosa
only confidence dur- I tell her, “Juliana, ni Juliana. There’s a
as fun as DreamWorks’
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No more oil rigs Sarver, 27, said he

had written hun-

for ousted ‘Idol’

dreds of songs and
that after spending
time with his wife
and children and do-
LOS ANGELES— abandoning his job ing the summer Top
Ousted American as a Texas oil rig 10 American Idol
Idol contestant worker to focus on tour, he hoped to
Michael Sarver said making a career in make a solo album.
on Friday he was the music business. Reuters

eaglet has landed callsign Ginormica. normica is from Attack of ters of the Third Kind, the
SARVER

An evil alien overlord the 50-foot Woman Vulcan hand-sign from

Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson) (1958), Dr. Cockroach is Star Trek, clones from
ad Vernon sends a giant robot to The Fly (1958). B.O.B. is Star Wars EpII: Attack of
Earth to retrieve the a fusion of Attack of the the Clones, some Men In
ve collected 5 of powerful quantonium Killer Tomatoes and The Black and even the war
meal toys of this trapped in Susan's body, Blob (1958), and Link is room from Stanley
only means I and this invasion the Creature from the Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.
reamWorks Ani- prompts the US govern- Black Lagoon (1954). Do No big voice perfor-
oon Monsters vs. ment to activate the people know Mothra, the mance here from the cast
nza, short on rele- monster team, including giant moth that battled of big-named stars, ex-
its newest member Gi- Godzilla at some point in cept maybe Rogen who
I don’t need an- normica, to defeat Gal- the 50s? I think I saw sounds as BOB-ish as
laxhar. this over Channel 9 when B.O.B. can get. He has
sing Link (Will Ar- To make a list of I was young. The tiny the funniest lines. Art-
t), the blue gel-thingy MvsA’s references to oth- twins in their flying car- work and design some-
arbonate Ostylezene er sci-fi movies, off the riage calling out the gi- times look great, some-
zoate or B.O.B. (Seth bat, the movie begins ant Mosura (1961) with times a little sparse. The
en) and the su- with a planet exploding their weird song. Then 3D environment looks
enormous Insec- similar to the opening of there’s the five musical like the film is set in a
aurus. Susan gets the Superman Returns. Gi- notes from Close Encoun- more colorful version of
Japanese Ultraman-type
miniature city, mixed
Monsters vs Aliens’ defies recession with color shadings from
Bob The Builder-type
OS ANGELES—What Canada during its first claymation sets, but I
cession? three days, the studio don’t see here any break-
Hollywood’s over- said. through in the technolo-
owing cash registers The opening was at gy. It’s hard not to refer
ang even louder on the upper end of ana- to Pixar here, but they
unday as the cartoon lysts’ forecasts within a did the monsters before
Monsters vs. Aliens $50 million to $60 mil- and it worked mighty
ared up the biggest lion range. The year’s fine.
pening of the year at previous best start was The bottom-line is still
he North American $55.2 million for characters and story, and
ox office. Watchmen earlier this even if this movie repre-
DreamWorks Anima- month, though that su- sents the beginning of
on SKG Inc's first big perhero film quickly the future in mass visual
D film sold an esti- stalled, and finally entertainment, Monsters
ated $58.2 million crawled across the vs Aliens is just one small
orth of tickets across $100 million mark last step for movies that tries
he United States and Thursday. Reuters to sound like it has made
a giant leap for mankind.
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Wilt inungusan ni Howard
MIAMI—Pinalitan ni Dwight
Howard si Wilt Chamberlain
bilang pinakabatang man-
lalaro sa NBA na nakakuha ng
5,000 o higit pang rebounds
at palamigin ng Orlando Mag-
ic ang Miami Heat, 101-95,
Lunes sa NBA.
Nasayang sa pagbagsak ng
Heat ang 42 puntos na gi-
nawa ni Dwyane Wade.
Kumolekta si Howard, 23,
ng 22 puntos at 18 rebounds
upang makaipon ng kabuuang
SPORTS DENNIS U. EROA, Editor
MAGKATUNGGALI
NAGPAKUHA ng larawan
si Ricky Hatton sa harap ng
malaking litrato ni Manny
Pacquiao sa kanilang press
conference Lunes sa
Hollywood, California.
Magsasagupa bilang mga
junior welterweight (140
libra) sina Pacquiao at
Hatton Mayo 2 sa MGM
Grand Garden Arena sa Las
Vegas. REUTERS
5,007 rebounds.
Kinuha ni Chamberlain ang
marka noong siya ay 25-taon-
gulang. Hawak pa rin ni
Chamberlain ang marka bi-
lang manlalaro na numero sa
NBA kung rebounds ang pag-
uusapan.Humakot si Cham-
berlain ng 23,924 rebounds.
Kumpletong resulta: Orlan-
do 101 Miami 95; Milwaukee
107 New Jersey 78; Utah 112
NY Knicks 104; Memphis 114
Golden State 109.Reuters
ITATAGAL NI HATTON, ANI ROACH
Tatlong rounds
H
OLLYWOOD, California—Maiksi at matamis.
Ito ang diretsong sagot ni trainer Freddie
Roach sa magiging resulta ng East versus
West nina Ricky Hatton at Manny Pacquiao Mayo 2 sa
MGM Grand sa Las Vegas.
“I think it's going to be the
best three rounds you've ever
seen,” sabi ni Roach.‘‘It’s going
to be short and sweet.’’
Humarap ang dalawang kam-
po sa mga mamamahayag Lunes
sa Roosevelt Hotel dito na kung
saan ay sumenyas si Roach sa
pamamagitan ng kanyang daliri
na tatlong rounds lamang ang
itatagal ng bakbakan.
“Ricky is going to force the
action and Manny is going to
respond to it. But Manny is go-
ing to get him early and I be-
lieve he will knock him out in
the early rounds.”
Kung si Roach ay umaapaw
sa tiwala, tahimik lamang si
Pacquiao at sinabing malaki ang
respeto niya kay Hatton.
“He's a strong fighter, a good
RP team
naghahanda
MATAPOS makakuha ng apat na
araw na libreng praktis sa kani-
la-kanilang mga koponan, 13
nasyonal ang sumabak sa prak-
tis kahapon sa The New Arena
sa San Juan.
“As national players, you’re
not only promoting the country
but your careers as well,” sabi ni
national team coach Yeng Guiao
bago simulan ang dibdibang
praktis ng mga nasyonal na lala-
hok sa Jones Cup at FIBA-Asia.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
skills and all his power but I
think he should be a bit more
worried about my power,” wika
ni Hatton.“He's had one fight
about 135 pounds and that was
against Oscar (De La Hoya).
fighter and he's quick,” sabi ni He's a southpaw, he's got his
Pacquiao. hand speed and his footwork so
May marka si Pacquiao na I'm aware of the dangers.’’
48-3-2. talo-panalo-tabla at si Diniin ni Hatton na ang mga
Hatton naman ay 45-1 kabilang napanalunang korona ni Pac-
ang 32 KOs. quiao ay sa mabababang tim-
Itataya ni Hatton ang kanyang bang.
titulong International Boxing Or- ‘‘He has won world titles in
ganization light-welterweight kon- different weight divisions but
tra kay Pacquiao na pinagharian down there,” ani Hatton na
ang apat pandai-digang dibisyon. naniniwalang magiging mahusay
“I respect Manny for his ang kanilang banatan. Reuters
GM Wesley So kinuha titulo
DAPITAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA Pinisak ni So si GM Darwin
del Norte —Mainit ang simula at Laylo tungo sa kabuuang 18
naging mainit ang pagtatapos ni puntos. Napanalunan ni So ang
Grandmaster Wesley So sa 2009 P200,000.
Phoenix Petroleum-Battle of the Pumangalawa si GM Joey An-
Grandmasters kahapon dito. tonio na may 14 puntos.
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