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PRINCESS NG UNIVERSESINALUDUHAN ng mga DisneyPrincess si Miss Universe firstrunner up Janine Togonon ngPilipinas sa isang bahagi ng Disneyon Ice sa Smart Araneta kahapon.

AUGUST DELA CRUZ

Lord, maramingsalamat sa napakaganda kong

pamilya, sa mababait kong kaibi-gan, sa masasarap na pagkain, samga reunion, sa mga nakakaaliwna text at special na phone calls

ngayong Pasko. Pero habang natu-tuwa kami sa aming mga biyaya,ipinagdarasal din namin ang mgaOFW, ang may mga karamdaman

o kaya’y nalulungkot. Isinasamarin namin ang mga walang

natanggap ngayong Pasko at patiang mga hindi nakapagbigay.

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Bigyan ng lugarang Panginoonsa buhay natinV ATICAN CITY — Ginunita ni Pope Benedict XVI

ang Bisperas ng Pasko sa isang Misa at saisang tanong: Sa buhay ng mga tao na abala at

pinatatakbo ng teknolohiya, mabibigyang puwang paba ang mga bata, ang mahihirap, at ang Diyos?

Nanalangin din ang Papa nasana ay mamuhay na sa kapaya-paan at kalayaan ang mga Is-raelita at Palestino, at humilingsiya na ipagdasal ang mga taosa Syria, Lebanon at Iraq na tig-mak ng kaguluhan.

Nagsimula ang Misa alas-10ng gabi, Lunes, dito sa Pilipinas,sa gitna ng tunog ng mga trum-peta, sagisag ng kaligayahangKristiyano dahil sa pagsilangkay Kristo sa Bethlehem. Sapagsapit ng hatinggabi, tumu-nog ang mga kampana sa mgasimbahan sa buong Roma, ha-bang sa loob ng Vatican ayumalingawngaw ang masayangtinig ng choir ng mga batanglalaki.

Pangkaraniwang sinisimulanang Misang pang-Bisperas sahatinggabi, ngunit pinaaga itoupang makapagpahinga pa nangmatagal ang 85-taong-gulang na

Papa bago ang kanyangtalumpati sa araw ng Pasko.Ibinigay ang talumpati sa hating-gabi ng Martes mula sa balkona-he ng Basilica ni San Pedro.

Sa kanyang homiliya,tinukoy ng Papa ang Ebanghel-yo kung paano walang maki-tang silid sina Maria at Josekaya nauwi sila sa silungan ngmga hayop kung saan isinilangang batang Hesus. Hinimokniya ang mga tao na magnilaykung saan nila ginugugol angkanilang oras sa buhay nilangabala at pinatatakbo ngteknolohiya.

“The great moral question ofour attitude toward the home-less, toward refugees and mi-grants takes on a deeper dimen-sion: Do we really have roomfor God when he seeks to enterunder our roof? Do we havetime and space for him?” aniya.

PNP nagbabala sa mga iligal na labintadorNAGBABALA ang Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) kahapon sapubiko na huwag bumili o gu-m a m i t n g m g a i l i g a l n apaputok.

Inatasan din ng PNP ang mgalokal na yunit ng pulisya namatyagan ang mga nagbebentang paputok.

Upang itampok ang kampa-nyang pangkaligtasan ng pama-halaan, pinangunahan ng hepeng PNP, si Director General AlanPurisima, ang pagsisiyasat sa in-dustriya ng paputok sa Bocaue,Bulacan, kahapon.

Sa isang news briefing saCamp Crame, sinabi ni Purisimana inatasan ang mga puwersang lokal na pulisya sa buongbansa na tulungan ang Depart-ment of Health (DOH) na ipa-batid ang panganib ng paggamitng paputok.

Sinabi niyang magiging na-pakahigpit ng pulisya sa pagpa-patupad sa mga batas at ibangalituntuning kaugnay ng paputok.

“[T]he DOH will [handle the]information drive [and] we inthe PNP will focus on the en-forcement of laws that will help

in reducing [firecracker-relatedinjuries] to the lowest level,” aniPurisima.

Sinabi niyang maparurusa-han at mananagot sa kanya angmga kumander ng pulisya namabibigong pigilan ang pag-bebenta at paggawa ng mga ili-gal na paputok. Marlon Ramos

INAALALAYAN ngdalawang obispo si PopeBenedict XVI nangmagmisa siya sa bisperasng Pasko sa St. Peter’sBasilica. AFP

Bagyong ‘Quinta’ nakahabol paGUMISING ang mga taga-Visa-yas at Mindanao sa isang mau-lan at mahanging Araw ng Pas-ko kahapon matapos mabuo saPasipiko at nagbanta ang isa nanamang masamang panahonkasunod ng Bagyong “Pablo.”

Isang low-pressure area angnabuo bilang tropical depres-sion at ngayon ay bagyong ti-natawag na “Quinta,” ang su-mira sa pagtataya ng mga ban-tay ng panahon.

Taglay ng Quinta ang ha-nging 70 kph malapit sa gitnaat bugso na 90 kph, na nag-udyok sa Pagasa upang itaasang mga babala sa bagyo.

“Davao region is not expect-ed to feel the impact of Quintamuch because the storm isheading toward the Visayas,unlike Typhoon Pablo, which

moved lower south,” ani Pa-gasa forecaster Vic Manalo III.

Ang bagyo, ang ika-17 na tu-mama sa bansa ngayong 2012,ay tinatayang tatahak pakanlu-ran sa bilis na 24 kph. Nakitaang mata nito 90 km sa timog-silangan ng Guiuan, EasternSamar, ayon sa ulat ng Pagasaalas-5 ng hapon.

Itinaas ang Signal No. 2 saEastern Samar, Western Samar,Leyte, Southern Leyte, hilagangCebu, Camotes Island, Bohol atBiliran sa Kabisayaan; at salalawigan ng Dinagat, SiargaoIsland at Surigao del Norte saMindanao.

Signal No. 1 sa NorthernSamar, Masbate, Ticao Island, Ak-lan, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, Gui-maras, Negros, Siquijor at ibangbahagi ng Cebu. DJY, ND

Holiday on ash: Sunog San Juan, KyusiPITO ang nasawi sa sunog ngmadaling-araw sa Quezon Cityat San Juan, habang isa pa angnasawi sa kaguluhang sumiklabnang pag-initan ng mga mama-mayan ang mga bumbero.

Hindi bababa sa 19 katao angnasugatan at l ibu- l ibo angnawalan ng tirahan pagkataposng dalawang sunog, na naunangsinisi ng mga opisyal sa linya ngkuryente na malamang na nag-overloaded dahil sa malakas napaggamit bunsod ng mga pigingsa bisperas ng Pasko.

Makaraang bunuin ang isang-oras na sunog na nagsimulaMartes ng madaling-araw, nakuhang mga bumbero ang pitongsunog na bangkay—na pinanini-walaang kabilang sa iisang mag-anak—mula sa isang nasunog nadalawang-palapag na apartment

complex sa Rest Haven Street,Barangay Bungad, Quezon City.

Sa San Juan, isa ang nasawiat 19 ang nasaktan, kabilangang tatlong bumberong nasuga-tan sa kaguluhan, sa sunog natumama noong Araw ng Pasko.

Ayon kay BFP-NCR head ChiefSupt. Santiago Laguna: “They(residents) started grabbinghoses from our firefighters, whocould not do anything as theyfeared for their own safety.”

Isang lalaki ang binugbog atkapagdaka ay nasawi sa gitna ngkaguluhan. “They mistook himfor a fireman,” aniya, dinagdagna nagalit ang mga mamamayandahil hindi umano agad naka-responde ang mga bumbero.

Ngunit ayon kay Laguna, naka-harang ang mga mamamayan, atari-arian nila. JMA, KFM

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SHOWBUZZ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 20124ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

Controversial celebs’child throws a tantrum

blown hissy fit, screaming atBefuddled Parent: “I hate you!You don’t give me aguinaldo(Christmas gift)!”

Is that the reason why BP isupset with Estranged Partner?Does BP blame EP for PC’s in-termittent outbursts?

Are there parents on Santa’slist? Seems someone’s beennaughty this year.

Ballroommeltdown

By now, a lot of ink has beenspilled about the reported con-frontation between BaronGeisler and several TV5 talentsduring the MVP ball last week.

Filmmaker Jose Javier Reyestold Rushes that he was chat-ting with Geisler about the ac-tor’s desire to turn a new leaf—barely an hour before the sup-posed encounter with Edgar Al-lan Guzman. Geisler had report-edly taken offense because Guz-man didn’t say hi, and threat-ened to slap the latter.

Noel Ferrer, Guzman’smanager, issued this statement:“It’s an unfortunate incident.Edgar has always looked up toBaron… I hope this doesn’t hap-pen again.”

Wine was said to overflow atthe event.

Arnold Vegafria, Geisler’smanager, told Rushes that hehad a serious talk with the ac-tor’s family. “I required them toassign a chaperone to Baron ev-erywhere, especially social gath-erings.”

Vegafria said Geisler wasmanic-depressive and undergo-ing treatment. “He broke upwith his (nonshow biz) girl-friend.”

Asked if he wasn’t fed upwith Geisler’s public meltdowns,Vegafria said, “Baron and other

people with bipolar disorderneed understanding.”

Somber seasonWhile the entire room was

celebrating to the hilt, MajorStar was spotted in a huddlewith Top Exec in one corner ofa huge party place.

MS looked serious, apparent-ly in no mood to make merry.

Was the somber mood be-cause of a business deal thatwent awry? MS was stuck withthe shorter end of the stick andended up working, gratis.

All MS asked was to be treat-ed fairly.

Wrong sendReality Hunk has always

been perceived as homophobic.Not a few observers have beenturned off by his overbearing,self-righteous ways.

A Production Staffer wasonce shocked to receive an SMSfrom RH, obviously sent mistak-enly. In the wayward message,RH was asking a certain agentto hook him up with a prospec-tive gay client, having “lots ofbills to pay.”

StandoutSeasoned Performer can’t

help upstaging other entertain-ers.

SP was slated to sing withPopular Star and TalentedArtist. Right before the produc-tion number, SP asked an assis-tant to make sure that PS andTA wore black outfits, as the di-rector specified.

However, SP herself slippedinto a red dress. The result was,SP stood out but incurred theire of colleagues.

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Top of BanderaThe top show biz news in the

INQUIRER tabloid Bandera(and why we are moved, ifwe are moved.):

•Na-shock sa ginawangpaghuhubad sa men’s maga-zine; Derek naglaway sa kasek-sihan ng bagong leading lady,nagpigil sa panggigigil. (Confus-ing.)

•Grabe talaga ang “ka-mandag” sa mga lalake; Roccobaliw na baliw na kay Lovi;Jake Cuenca, Ronald Singsonibinasura na. (Uh, her father’sdaughter?)

•Koko Pimentel pinilit dawng nanay na ligawan si Kris. (Ithas come to this?)

•Huwag na huwag langdaw magpapakita sa kanila; JedMadela binantaan ng fans niDaniel, sasampalin at sasaktandaw. (Huh? Why?)

•Eat Bulaga lilipat na saABS-CBN, ayaw na sa GMA?(Different station, same stuff.)

•Charice biglang nalaosdahil sa pagsikat ni JessicaSanchez. (Di naman! Anuvah?)

•Kaya raw nagtatampo atmasama ang loob; Pac-Mannakalimutan na ang mga datingkaibigan, di maabutan kahitbarya-barya lang. (Rememberwho you meet on the way up…same people on the way down.)

•Basketball player hini-walayan si(Valerie dahil tu-mangging magpakasal. (Fairenough.)

•Matagal na palang nag-didiva-divahan kaya maramingnakaaway; Mataray na malesinger pintasero, harapang bin-abastos ang mga katrabaho.(Ah, si ______?)

•Inutusang huwag nangmagsalita tungkol sa ex-GF; Al-bie Casiño ayaw nang patulan si

Andi, tahimik na ang buhay.(Good. Both of you, move onalready.)

•Apl.de.ap umuwi pa ngPinas para suportahan si ER. (ElPresidente e!)

•Kaya raw kailangan niyangpagbayaran agad; halikan ninaBinoe at Kris sa serye ng ABS-CBN, ‘kasalanan’ sa Islam. (Andhe risked that for what?)

•Kinabwisitan hanggang sahuling taping ng kanilang serye;aktor na nalulong sa bisyo, nag-inarte pa rin, pinahirapan angmga katrabaho. (Divaaaah!)

•Pac-Man mas lalong ki-nawawa sa pagkapanalo niDonaire. (Time for new blood.)

•Mariel naghahanda nangmaging Muslim, iwas na rin sababoy. (We mean pork, no?)

•Bukod daw sa mahiligmangalabit ang bagong dyowa;John Lloyd naadik sa kili-kili niAngelica, laging inaamuy-amoy.(Ew. Yun lang.)

•Angel Locsin: Di pa akohandang mabuntis at magingnanay! (Huwag pilitin!)

•Dennis babalik sa ABS-CBN pag natapos ang kontratasa GMA 7. (Ping-pong?)

•Kris nag-emote sa Twitter,wasak na naman ang puso. (Ho-hum.)

•Shaina mas kapani-pani-wala raw ang relasyon kay Samkesa sa pagli-link sa kanila niPiolo. (Agree. Spin a win!)

•Bahay ni male singer bak-lang-bakla, pero lalake raw siya.(Tama nga naman, hindi pa na-man kasi siya operada.)

•Mula noong araw nasagutin siya ni Bea Alonzo; “So-brang pumogi raw ako, kayaang suwerte-suwerte ko!”—Zan-joe (Kung girl ka, ang haba nghair!)

•Male star, mayamangcelebrity pineke ang paghihi-walay. (Uh, okay.)

•Magpapaka-martir siMariel kay Robin sa isangkundisyon… “Gusto ko ako lang

ang asawa niya!” (Good luck.)•Ikaanim na anak ni Binoe

nagpa-DNA test. (Kasi naman.)•Regine baka raw masunog

ang vocal cords. (Pahiran ngsunblock.)

•Parang pinagbiyak na“sangkalan” ang kanilangmukha; Nanay ni Female Singeringgitera, ayaw talagang pak-abog sa anak. (Kilala namin itoa.)

•Bukod kina Edgar Allan atDivine Lee, TV reporter, youngstar “nabiktima” rin ni Baron.(Collateral damage.)

•Ipinanganak po siya na bu-tas ang puso, 26 days langsiyang nabuhay!’; Bong, Lanihindi pa rin makalimutan angnamatay na anak dahil sa pills.(Nangyayari din yan kahit samga hindi nagpi-pills.)

•Heart pinakasosyal nababae sa show biz; Rhian,Solenn at Bianca niregaluhanng bonggang alahas. (Nicefriend!)

• Bianca “true love” anggustong regalo ngayong Pasko.(Can’t buy that.)

•Sa wakas, umamin na rinsa tunay nilang relasyon; “Satotoo lang, ayoko nangmakasama si Rayver!”–Cristine.(E di ’wag.)

•Parang baboy na kinakataykapag nalalasing; Aktor bumaliksa pagiging “adik” kaya hini-walayan ng girlfriend. (Hmmm,si ____ pa rin ito.)

•Mas maganda, mas sexy atmas magaling sumagot sa Q&A,Miss Philippines Janine Tu-gonon “dinaya” sa Miss Uni-verse 2012!? (Pag ’di nanalo,dinaya? Baka pinulitika lang)

•Paulo Avelino na-bad tripsa mga tanong ni Boy Abunda.(Nagpa-interview ka e.)

•Marian walang karapatangikumpara kay Ate Guy! (Agree!)

•Rhian nasayang ang kaya-manan sa dating dyowa. (Nowyou’re talking.)

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2012 SPORTS

Plenty of intrigue on NBA Christmas scheduleTHE NBA’s hottest team will beplaying at home in Los Angeles,and it’s the Clippers, not theLakers. There’s a finals rematchin Miami, a holiday matinee inBrooklyn, Kobe vs. the Knicksand the 20th anniversary of oneof Michael Jordan’s most mem-orable games in Chicago.

Welcome to Christmas, NBAstyle.

A five-game slate makes upthe NBA’s Christmas schedule,which this year comes with theadditional bonus of not beingthe first day back after a lock-out forced the cancellation ofthe opening portion of last sea-son.

Schedule-makers set thematchups long ago, and theleague always tries to get somemarquee meetings.

This year, they pretty muchstruck gold.

The Clippers are riding afranchise-record 13-game win-ning streak. The New YorkKnicks will face their formercoach, Mike D’Antoni, whenthey play the Lakers. Miami andOklahoma City will be bringingthe best records in their respec-tive conferences into their firstmatchup since the Heat wonthe title. And Brooklyn andBoston face off, a few weeks af-ter the teams started shoving

one another and firing off someinsults afterward.

“I don’t know how much badblood is still there,” Nets guardDeron Williams told reportersMonday. “We beat them twicethis year. I know they’re awareof that and they’ l l come inready to play.”

On Christmas, that’s the casewith everybody.

“There’s nothing like playingon Christmas,” Knicks starCarmelo Anthony said.

Los Angeles will be the cen-ter of the league’s Christmasbash, with two games at StaplesCenter on the same day, includ-ing an opener that features two

teams which got off to surpris-ing starts in very dif ferentways.

The Knicks — with an East-ern Conference-leading 20 winsso far — venture out to playKobe Bryant and the Los Ange-les Lakers, who reworked theirroster over the summer and re-worked their coaching staff af-ter a slow early start, firingMike Brown and bringing inD’Antoni.

It’s the 48th time playing onChristmas for the Knicks, butonly the eighth time on theroad.

Finish that game, clear thecourt, and basketball fans in

Los Angeles then get a secondpresent — the NBA’s best teamof late.

The Clippers, winners of afranchise-record 13 straight,close the five-pack of gamesagainst the Denver Nuggets. Forthe Clippers, it will be only thefourth Christmas home game infranchise history. For compari-son’s sake, Bryant will be play-ing on the holiday for the 15thtime, and this will be his 12thtime doing so at home.

“It will be a good challengefor us,” Denver forward DaniloGallinari told reporters whenasked about facing the Clippers.“And we’ll be ready for them.”

JARENCIO and UST celebrate their last victory at the PCCL. AUGUST DELA CRUZ

Jarencio steps down as coach of USTBy Musong R. Castillo

AFTER seven seasons, a UAAPtitle and, most recently a nation-al crown, the charismatic PidoJarencio has stepped down asc o a c h o f t h e S a n t o To m a sGrowling Tigers to pursue amore lucrative coaching option.

This was learned by the INQUIR-ER from several personalities closeto the former Barangay Ginebrastar as Jarencio sets out to possi-bly accept an offer to coach oneprofessional squad which had acoaching change recently.

Jarencio, whose battles with

the University of the East’s AllanCaidic in the UAAP in the early1980s have become league leg-end, bade school officials fare-well in a meeting shortly afterwinning the Philippine Colle-giate Champions League title.

The 50-year-old did not re-turn calls from the INQUIRER atpresstime.

Jarencio never won a UAAP ti-tle despite leading the league inscoring several seasons, but hedid win a crown as a coach in2006, the first year of his tenure,with a lineup backstopped by nowPetron Blaze reserve Jojo Duncil.

Painters take lead

And going from his best to oneof his worst, James Yap was re-duced to a mere mortal andcouldn’t stop the bleeding for theMixers.

Rain or Shine took a 2-1 leadover Yap and the Mixers last night,playing with complete commandin a 98-72 victory at Mall of AsiaArena in Pasay to again put theburden of adjustment on fanciedSan Mig.

The Elasto Painters broke awayin the second quarter with an eye-popping 33-point output, taking a19-point lead at the half to cruiseto the lopsided win and bury thememories of a humiliating, 106-82Game 2 loss on Friday.

“I told them (players): ‘Let’sjust give ourselves a nice Christ-mas gift, for our friends, families,our fans and the people who be-lieve in us,” Rain or Shine coach

Yeng Guiao said. “This is just away for us to redeem ourselves,rebound from that embarrassingloss the last time.”

Paul Lee had 15 points and ledfour other in twin digits and sever-al men rotated on the former two-time MVP Yap.

By Musong R. Castillo

A FTER going from its worst performance to itsfinest, Rain or Shine again wrested control ofits PBA Philippine Cup Final Four series with

San Mig Coffee.

Warring NSAs may lose PSC fundsTROUBLED national sports asso-ciations are in for a deeperdilemma in the coming year.

The Philippine Sports Com-mission will cut off financial as-sistance to NSAs hounded byleadership problems, accordingto PSC chair Richie Garcia.

He said the burden of fixingthe squabble between warringfactions falls on the PhilippineOlympic Committee, whichshould look for a common groundto end these leadership disputes.

“They have to fix it,” saidGarcia. “If they cannot ... we

will be forced to take away thefinancial support these NSAshave been getting.”

The local Olympic body head-ed by Jose “Peping” CojuangcoJr., however, has done a goodjob of settling the differences be-tween conflicting camps. JN

THE SCORES:RAIN OR SHINE 98—Lee 15, Cruz14, Chan 13, Rodriguez 12, Tiu 11,Norwood 9, Araña 8, Belga 6,Ibañes 4, Matias 3, Quiñahan 3.SAN MIG COFFEE 72—Simon 22,Barroca 11, Pingris 10, Devance 9,Yap 6, De Ocampo 6, Reavis 4,Gaco 2, Pacana 2, Ramos 0, Pon-ferada 0, intal 0, Villanueva 0, Gon-zales 0.Quarters: 18-17, 51-32, 74-56, 98-72