2010 Elections Fast Turning Out To Be a House-Selling CampaignBy ROBERT R. REQUINTINA
September 23, 2009, 6:25pm
Television host Boy Abunda, who used to endorse Nacionalista Party presidential bet Senator Manny Villar, virtually defected to the camp of Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy†Aquino III after he expressed willingness to sell his houses, including the family ancestral home in Samar, to help raise funds for the LP bet.
TV personality Kris Aquino shared this information as she disclosed that she and her husband, basketball star James Yap, are willing to sell the house they built to fund the campaign of her brother.
Kris thanked Abunda who offered to sell his properties to help raise funds for Noynoy’s campaign.
“Nag-papasalamat talaga ako kay Boy at sa mama n’ya sa pag-mamagandang loob nila. Doble kayod talaga ako ngayon para makatulong ako sa kampanya ni Noynoy.’’
Apart from these, there is also the P1 fund drive for Aquino’s presidential bid.
Kris said that she and husband James have discussed about selling their property, located somewhere in Metro Manila. “Sabi ko, madali naman kitain ang pambili ng bahay dahil pareho naman kaming kumikita, so I told Noynoy na ‘yung sale amount will go to his campaign,’’ Kris said, in an emotional interview aired over “Bandila’’ and “The Correspondents†on ABS-CBN Tuesday night.
A source refused to give details about the property “but it is worth a lot.’’
But Kris said that her brother refused her offer. “Nag-pasalamat s’ya pero sabi n’ya ‘wag na lang daw. Kasi hindi naman daw siya pinalaki na umaasa na lang sa ibang tao.’’
Kris insisted that she would help his brother and promised that parts of her earnings from her endorsements would go to Noynoy’s campaign fund. Earlier, Kris has promised to take care of his only brother Noynoy, even announcing that she would help him fund his future wedding.
“I told him (Noynoy) may mga pending pa akong endorsements, at ‘yung kikitain ko dun, ibibigay ko rin sa kanya. So, mula ngayon hanggang next year, ‘yung earnings from my endorsements, 1/3 nun mapupunta kay Noynoy, 1/3 kay Josh, and 1/3 para kay Baby James,’’ Kris also said.
Kris is the country’s second most powerful celebrity in Yes! Magazine’s list of 50 Most Powerful in Showbiz for 2008, according to its April 2009 issue.
Next to Willie Revillame, Kris is a contract star of ABS-CBN who receives a P3.3 million salary every month. The same magazine said that Kris is set to earn P200 million in one year.
Kris, also known as “Commercial Princess of the Philippines,†is one of the most sought after celebrity endorsers in the country. One of her multi-million endorsement deals was the commercial she made for San Miguel in which she reportedly earned P20 million. Reports said that the San Miguel commercial was one of the most memorable in the industry with 99 percent audience recall.
Last year, the magazine also named Kris the country’s top celebrity endorser with 22 tri-media endorsements. She topped the same list in 2007.
Political observers believe that a presidential candidate would need at least R10 billion to campaign in the elections.
Other celebrities who offered to help campaign Noynoy for free include Claudine Barretto, Bea Alonzo, Mariel Rodriguez, Martin Nievera, and Ogie Alcasid.
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