Enchong Dee is encouraging people to keep speaking up during these perilous times, even at the risk of appearing "silly," as, he says, "this is the only way we can move forward as a country.
Dee shared a poem on Twitter this Monday, which he described as amateurish but one that he wrote after processing his emotions over some of the latest news, including ABS-CBN being taken off air.
"I came up with this ...sharing to you my love for my country," he wrote as the caption. You can check it out below:
It took me awhile to process my emotions. I came up with this, i was not expecting it would come out as an amateur poem... sharing to you my love for my country. pic.twitter.com/eaNDqTUqT7
His post came days after his fellow ABS-CBN artists where criticized for voicing out their anger towards the government decision to order ABS-CBN to stop its free broadcast operations.
This includes Dee himself, who has been known as a vocal critic of this administration.
When Enchong is drinking Milo with Bear Brand Fortified and eating “Kenny Rogers’ Corn Muffins,” “Copycat Kenny Rogers Rotisserie Chicken,” “Chicksilog,” “Classic Beef Tapa,” “Fried Chicken” using Maggi Magic Sarap, “Max’s-Style Fried Chicken,” “Shakey's Famous Chicken,” “Shakey's-style Mojo Potatoes,” “Meaty Lasagna,” “Jollibee-style Pancit Palabok” and “Jolly Spaghetti Hack”.
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Fried Chicken
Max’s-Style Fried Chicken
Meaty Lasagna
Jollibee-style Pancit Palabok
Jolly Spaghetti Hack
In an excerpt from StarStudio magazine July 2010 issue, "His favorite food as a child was sardines. Since he was into competition, he could never eat meat before a competition."
"Swimmer and 3-time UAAP Swimming Championships MVP Enchong Dee is wearing JINS Airframe U377 (Spider), 2009 Adidas DLSU hoodie (green), 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white), BENCH/ body Hipster Brief - White (BUB2032WH3), BENCH/ Skinny Jeans - Black (LAM6000B), Timex Ironman Triathlon 100-Lap Resin Strap Watch #T5F591 at Timex and DC Shoes Men's AT-3 Mid Sneaker (Royal Blue/Armor) would be exhibited at BENCH/ stores nationwide because he was in Bench Uncut: A Bolder Look at the Future also got wild cheers from the audience and he shows his athletic side with these dance moves, and doing workouts at Bodyworx Spa & Fitness Club instead of Anytime Fitness Dona Hemady and taking a haircut at BENCH Fix Salon Robinsons Magnolia before doing a photo shoot at BENCH/ Tower."
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BRAZIL. The show reached its peak during the Brazil segment.
Pokwang was followed by Kapuso actress Carla Abellana and Kapamilya heartthrob Enchong Dee.
"The colorful Brazil portion was inspired by exotic birds of the Amazon, according to designer Val Taguba. The most action-packed segment featuring accidental porn star Katrina Halili and young heartthrob Enchong Dee." ('Bench Uncut': It's a tradition!', CHUVANESS By Cecile Van Straten, The Philippine Star, July 7, 2010)
“When Enchong Dee made his entrance at this year’s Bench Universe show, he owned the night in no less than an aerial canoe, looking every bit the gladiator with his toned body and feisty stance.” (Metro Magazine, November 2012)
Again, Enchong is wearing JINS Airframe U377 (Spider), 2009 adidas DLSU cap (Unisex, Fairway/White) and hoodie and pant (fairway/white), 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white and green), adidas Originals Socks - Solid Crew 2-pack Ash (Green/White/Green) and Jeans Leather Trainers (White/Green).
Also, Dee wears arena AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6015 DGRN RIMIC nux-F and competing in 100 and 200-meter butterfly, 200 and 400-meter individual medley and 1,500-meter freestyle races, photo by Ronnie Salvacion, styling by Bang Pineda, makeup by Renato Lu, shot on location at Makati Aqua Sports Arena Olympic-size swimming pool.
arena AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type)
arena ARN-6015 DGRN RIMIC nux-F
Again, Enchong uses a Bosu ball to add instability to his core routine. You don’t need a Bosu ball, but we recommend doing your planks and pushups with Enchong’s focus on perfect form and slow, deliberate movements
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Then, Enchong is wearing JINS Airframe U377 MRF-13A-U377 Optical, TIMEX Ironman Triathlon 100-Lap Resin Strap Watch #T5F591 and arena ARN-6007M GRN LONG SPATS nux-K Power Strush, shot on location at the swimming pool of Trace Aquatic Center in Los Banos, Laguna.
Again, Enchong is wearing arena ARN-4091 WHT silicone swimming cap, AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6007M GRN LONG SPATS nux-K Power Strush and 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white-green) and doing a men's 50, 100 and 200-meter butterfly, 200 and 400-meter individual medley and 1,500-meter freestyle races; while Ken Uy dominated the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly and 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke categories and he wears arena ARN-4091 WHT silicone swimming cap, AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-6007M RED LONG SPATS nux-K Power Strush, Johan Aguilar dominated the 50, 100 and 200-meter butterfly, 100 and 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter backstroke and 200 and 400-meter individual medley categories and wears speedo Aqua V Silicone Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and speedo FASTSKIN FS-PRO Men's Legskin - Black (8-008083218) and 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (green-white), Gian Berino dominated the 1,500-meter freestyle event and wearing speedo Aqua V Silicone Swimming Cap - Black (8-087750001), speedsocket Unisex Goggle - Black (8-705895555) and FASTSKIN LZR RACER Men's Legskin - Black (8-018040001) and Miggy Carandang dominated the 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle and 200m and 400m individual medley categories and he wearing arena ARN-4091 BLK silicone swimming cap, AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-8507M BLK LONG SPATS LASCLE nux-W and sister Mariel wears arena ARN-4091 WHT silicone swimming cap, AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-8504W GRN New RIMIC LASCLE nux-W; and Jessie Lacuna, Drew Alvarez, Miggy Arellano, Miguel Barlisan, Kevin Barrios, Aldo Batungbakal, Drei Buhain, Jan Chiu, Jared Mella, Chem Ocampo, Jonas Ramos, Sean Tan, Evan Uy wearing arena ARN-4091 WHT silicone swimming cap, AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type) and ARN-8507M BLU Long Spats LASCLE nux-W.
arena ARN-4091 WHT silicone swimming cap and AGL-1400 EMBL swimming glass (mirror Swedish type)
arena ARN-6007M GRN Long Spats nux-K POWER STRUSH
2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white-green and green-white)
But for Jules Danting, Brian Padua, Christopher Manalo, Bendrhick Co, Johan Aguilar, Angel Jacob Villanueva, Kevin Christopher Ty, Rainier Salonga, Jeremy Ty, Jigs Fonseca, Timothy Vincent Yap, Kenley Wong, Charles Diu, Joshua Desamero, Enchong Dee, Mike Advincula, Donn Almera, Miguel Blaise Ampil, Alfonso Bautista, Nicolo Bengzon, Martin Carandang, Skyler Claveria, Hans Mikael Cruz, Troy Espiritu, Jason Gaviola, Giles Joshua Go, Maurice Ilustre, Yuri Ilustre, Marc Libarnes, Elijah Lizares, Chris Llorente, Zach Maranon, Matt Marzan, Owen Mendoza, Carlo Millan, Kyle Paggabao, Chris Pinto, Mikki Quilala, Marvin Aldrich Relucio, Louie Angelo Ricafrente, Eduardo Santos, Jomai Santos, Rochmond Santos, Christian Sy, Gamaiel Torres, Joshua Benzi Yang and Huxley Yu are they wearing 2009 adidas DLSU jacket (Fairway/White) and 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (white-green), while Ambrose Agustin, Miko Alivia, Fahad Alkhaldi, Arvin Kendrick Ang, Diet Bautista, Pierce Beltran, Hamed Cabrera, Joshua Mishael Casalme, Christian Chan, Jexter Chua, Bervyn Co, Aldrich Cu, Ramon del Prado, Girroh Dones, Jorge Vincent Dy, Jose Ereñeta, Robert Estrellado, Wren Go, Jhonmar Gonzales, Alnair Guevarra, Juan Miguel Guidote, Miguel Ibazeta, Earl Jay Jayme, Patrick Anthony Juen, Sixto Lalanto, Jarvin Li, Michael Lim, Eugene Lin, Charles Geoffrey Lo, Benjo Narciso, Miggy Narciso, Baron Joaquin Ong, Gabe Ong, Matthew Ong, Joey Pronove, Joshua Protasio, Neil Puyo, Ixxi Quilala, Vince Raymundo, Archie Roca, Luigi Roxas, Rainier Salonga, Isaac Santos, Allan San Juan, Leon Red Silvestre, Ron Erich Tan, Hans Velecina, Kenley Wong and Sage Yabut are wearing 2012 Nike De La Salle (DLSU) game jacket and pant (green), 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (green and white) and Nike Air Force 1 25th Low Shoes White Green.
Again, Johan would stick to Nike and wearing JINS MMF-15S-U046 (Black Steel), 2012 Nike De La Salle (DLSU) game jacket and pant (green), 2011 Nike exclusive De La Salle Dri-Fit tee (green and white) and Nike Air Force 1 25th Low Shoes White Green for a photo shoot
The Senate on Monday ratified a bicameral conference committee report to establish the National Academy of Sports (NAS).
The measure, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1086 and House Bill No. 6312, eyes the establishment of the academy’s main campus at the existing New Clark City Sports Complex in Capas, Tarlac.
The NAS will be attached to the Department of Education (DepEd), in close coordination with the Philippine Sports Commission PSC).
Students of the academy shall be given priority access to facilities at the New Clark City Sports Complex.
The proposal also mandates the setting up of nationally-funded regional high schools for sports.
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, one of the bill’s co-authors and co-sponsors, lauded the ratification of the measure.
“I firmly believe that with this measure, we will be able to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of sports development,” he said in a manifestation speech.
As chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, he also thanked his colleagues for supporting one of the priority measures that was mentioned by President Rodrigo Duterte in his 2019 State of the Nation Address (SONA).
“I would like to express my gratitude to this august chamber for coming together in support of this measure for the benefit of our youth and for the benefit of Philippine sports,” Go said.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, also lauded the ratification of the measure, saying it would provide a significant boost in Philippine sports development.
“Through the National Academy of Sports, we are institutionalizing mechanisms, fundamentals, and government support to instill excellence among our athletes, who are a source of both national pride and unity for our country. We want to support aspiring athletes at the earliest possible opportunities so we would look for those who have the potential and train them in world-class facilities,” Gatchalian said.
While instilling sports excellence, the chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture said the measure also gives equal importance to how aspiring athletes can achieve academic excellence.
The NAS will be implementing quality and enhanced secondary education program, with a special curriculum on sports.
This program will be geared towards the early recognition and development of talented students, especially those who have shown the potential to excel in sports.
The curriculum’s design will consider the students’ training needs while providing for holistic quality education.
Besides Go and Gatchalian, the measure’s other co-authors and co-sponsors were Senators Sonny Angara and Pia Cayetano.
The UAAP and ABS-CBN failed to come to terms to a contract extension before the television giant was shut down by the government following the expiration of its franchise on Tuesday night.
ABS-CBN has been airing UAAP games on its UHF channel, Studio 23, and later when the channel was rebranded to S and A since 2000, but the latest contract that the collegiate league and the network signed—a five-year extension in 2014—will end on May 31.
“Yes, the contract is up, but the UAAP and ABS-CBN have already met five to six times to discuss the extension,” a reliable source told the Inquirer.
“UAAP and ABS-CBN have promised to negotiate in good faith so entertaining a third party before the expiration of the contract is out of the question.”
The source admitted the uncertainty on the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise had played a part on why the talks have stalled.
Calls and text messages of the Inquirer, seeking a reaction from UAAP executive director Rebo Saguisag, were not answered on Tuesday.
Although UAAP officials have remained tight-lipped on the matter, the deal signed in 2014 reportedly got a significant hike from the P50 million that ABS-CBN was paying the league per season in an earlier agreement.
The Inquirer ran a report on the UAAP’s current package with ABS-CBN, which paid the league the total sum of P400 million for the last five years for the rights to telecast all of its games.
That rounds up to P80 million a year, or P8 million per participating school, and that is before the gate receipts are factored in.
“We are sure that ABS-CBN has made that amount up already, and they have realized some profit after the basketball event,” the source, who was part of the negotiating team for the league five years ago, had told the Inquirer.
But the last five years saw the network giant expand its coverage in other UAAP sports events like baseball and football, which was also made available on live-streaming.
The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic however, forced the league to cancel the remaining events of the UAAP season last month.
The country’s oldest collegiate league, the NCAA, also has an existing contract with the network that will last until 2025.
NCAA mangement committee chair Peter Cayco remains hopeful that the network can resolve its problem.
“We’ve known about the problem for a while,” Cayco said. “We just have to be patient. But of course, we will sit down with ABS-CBN to discuss how we can move forward. We’re ready to stick it out with ABS-CBN.”
ABS-CBN also holds broadcast rights of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and the Premier Volleyball League.
