I WANNA BE LIKE THE JULIUS & TINTIN
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Cheers to Julius Babao and his wife Tintin Bersola, together with their artist friends, who made Christmas more meaningful to residents of Gawad Kalinga Village in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. They turned over the first batch of 30 houses to the beneficiaries of Julius’ birthday project, ART 40 art auction and exhibit, last July 20 which raised P2.5-M.
Said Julius, “We are happy because this Christmas, the beneficiaries will start living in their new homes. What makes our Art 40 Village unique is that the houses have artworks painted on them. I invited a group of graffiti artists to spray-paint the houses.”
Eighteen more houses will be turned over to the rest of the beneficiaries in January next year, the target completion of the project. Julius and Tintin have tapped the support of Tesda which will give skills training in preparation for the livelihood projects for the GK families.
Aside from the success of ART 40, the couple has so much to thank for this year. Julius was awarded Best Male News Anchor for the sixth consecutive time by Star Awards for TV organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) and for two straight years now, was voted No. 1 Favorite Male Personality by Anak TV, a yearly top-of-mind nationwide survey being conducted by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children and Television.
On the other hand, Tintin received a special citation from the recent Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) for her book The Story of Christine. She made it again to the list of Top 10 Most Favorite Female Personalities by the Anak TV Awards (her fifth from Anak TV since it was launched five years ago).
They look forward to more blessings in the Year of the Ox.
