- american idol reunited the family audience in front of the tv. - r-e-s-p-e-c-t find out what it means to me - 9-year-olds to 90-year-olds could root for somebody on american idol. it s not like it hadn t been done before, but the way that the producers of these shows could manipulate drama, the way they could find stories, that was the core of making those shows successful. - this is the weakest romance i ve ever seen. this romance is pathetic. was there a romance? - well, i think we just decided we were meant to be very close friends. - very close friends. that s right. - good. i ve had some very close friends too. - yeah, me too. [laughter] - it s cost me a lot of money. i ll tell you that. [cheers and applause] - the apprentice has its lasting effect even today. donald trump becomes a star. - you re fired. - all of it kind of reality-show fake. people who worked on it have come forward and said, you know, we kind of made the whole thing up. and yet it sells. - and
- the network was saying, we don t think we can put simon on the promos. - no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. - he ll scare little girls and we think that s our audience. - that s one of the worst auditions i ve ever heard in my life. - i m like, well, that s the whole show, so, you know, without him, it s not gonna work, and it was a big fight internally. and of course we got him on, and of course that is what sparked the show. [cheers and applause] - well, here they are. the judges have made their choices. now, america, it s all up to you. - american idol reunited the family audience in front of the tv. - r-e-s-p-e-c-t find out what it means to me - 9-year-olds to 90-year-olds could root for somebody on american idol. it s not like it hadn t been done before, but the way that the producers of these shows could manipulate drama, the way they could find stories, that was the core of making those shows successful. - this is the weakest romance i ve ever seen. thi
TYPHOON AID. Personnel of Bacolod City Police Office affected by Typhoon Odette receive financial aid of PHP4,000 each during the flag-raising rites at the headquarters led by Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, on Monday (March 21, 2022). The financial aid was released by the PNP national office through the Finance Service of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office) BACOLOD CITY - Some 78 personnel of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) affected by Typhoon Odette last December have received financial aid from the Philippine National Police (PNP). Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, public information officer of BCPO, said on Wednesday those given assistance were residents of Bacolod and other parts of Negros Occidental whose houses were destroyed during the onslaught of the typhoon. Each of the recipients was given PHP4,000 each during the flag-raising rites led by Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, at the BCPO headquarters
TYPHOON-HIT. A house damaged by Typhoon Odette in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Dec. 16, 2021. Data released by the Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas on Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2022) showed at least 209,809 houses were damaged, mainly in the southern part of the province, which experienced strong winds, heavy rains, and widespread floods.(Photo courtesy of Sipalay City Councilor Jonathan Eran) BACOLOD CITY - At least 209,809 houses were damaged during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in Negros Occidental last December 16, the latest data released by the Office of Civil Defense in Western Visayas (OCD-6) on Wednesday showed. Of the number, 158,345 were partially damaged while 51,464 were listed as totally damaged. This is based on the report of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center as of Tuesday noon, the OCD-6 said. Data showed Negros Occidental, particularly its southern cities and municipalities, was th
PREPOSITIONED. Boxes of food packs are stored at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte. The DSWD on Friday (Dec. 3, 2021) said it has prepositioned 15,270 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response, especially after calamities.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned 15,270 family food packs (FFPs) in Eastern Visayas for faster response especially during this typhoon season. Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer, said on Friday they are adding up more stocks in strategic locations in anticipation of more requests for assistance from local government units after disasters. Of the 15,270 food packs, some 9,576 are at the DSWD regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte; 3,694 in Northern Samar; 1,000 in Eastern Samar; and 1,000 in Samar. "Recently, the agency's Disaster Respo