{"id":152980,"date":"2018-02-15T01:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=152980"},"modified":"2018-02-15T01:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:37:01","slug":"gma-network-unveils-first-advoca-serye-via-hindi-ko-kayang-iwan-ka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/15\/gma-network-unveils-first-advoca-serye-via-hindi-ko-kayang-iwan-ka\/","title":{"rendered":"GMA Network unveils first advoca-serye via Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This soap, which tackles one of the most serious and fatal diseases in the world, brings to light the struggles of a woman who is HIV positive and how she battles her own frailties and demons in life. (Supplied Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beginning\u00a0February 26<\/span><\/strong>, GMA Network proudly unveils its first-ever \u201cadvoca-serye\u201d in\u00a0Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka<\/strong>, topbilled by\u00a0Yasmien Kurdi, Martin del Rosario, Jackie Rice,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Mike Tan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This soap, which tackles one of the most serious and fatal diseases in the world, brings to light the struggles of a woman who is HIV positive and how she battles her own frailties and demons in life.<\/p>\n

Yasmien breathes life to\u00a0Thea Balagtas<\/em>, a simple provincial girl with a promising career as a public accountant. She falls in love with Marco and marries him. Eventually, they are blessed with fraternal twins whom they love very much.<\/p>\n

Martin is\u00a0Lawrence De Leon<\/em>, Thea\u2019s college friend from a well-off family. Secretly, he is in love with her even though he dates a lot of women and develops HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) from this.<\/p>\n

Jackie is\u00a0Ava Imperial<\/em>, Marco\u2019s beautiful and socialite ex-girlfriend. She shuffles to and from the United States for pleasure and business. Even though she flirts around, she is still bent on settling with Marco.<\/p>\n

Mike is\u00a0Marco Angeles<\/em>, a handsome and charming lad who falls in love with Thea and marries her despite his mother\u2019s refusal. He remains independent and grounded even though he was born rich.<\/p>\n

Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka follows the life of Thea who, after marrying Marco and raising their fraternal twins together, her blissful life shatters when she tests positive for HIV. Without knowing who she got it from, Marco is led to believe that she cheated on him and files for legal separation, taking their kids with him. Her disease worsens and she loses her will to live. But when she unexpectedly meets her daughter a few years later, she finds it in herself to fight more than just HIV\u2014her greatest opponent, herself.<\/p>\n

Joining them in this ground-breaking project are multi-talented and versatile artists: award-winning film actress and TV director\u00a0Gina Alajar<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Adelaida Angeles<\/em>, Marco\u2019s elitist and territorial mother who always resorts to schemes in order to get what she wants;\u00a0Shamaine Buencamino<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Magda Balagtas<\/em>, Thea\u2019s superstitious mother who will fight with her through and through;\u00a0Charee Pineda<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Anna Balagtas<\/em>, Thea\u2019s older sister who deeply cares for her mother and sibling;\u00a0Ina Feleo\u00a0<\/strong>as\u00a0Sofia Angeles<\/em>, Marco\u2019s older and principled sister who is a doting aunt to the twins;\u00a0Mike \u201cPekto\u201d Nacua<\/strong>as\u00a0Tantoy Cruz<\/em>, Thea\u2019s cousin who will fight for her;\u00a0Catherine Rem<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Olga Cruz<\/em>, Thea\u2019s feisty cousin who works and resides in Manila;\u00a0Caprice Cayetano<\/strong>\u00a0as Angela Angeles<\/em>, the daughter of Thea and Marco who grows up as a daddy\u2019s girl;\u00a0Seth Dela Cruz<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Maurice Angeles<\/em>, Thea and Marco\u2019s son among the fraternal twins.<\/p>\n

The series aims to raise HIV awareness and educate viewers on its effects upon a person\u2019s life through an intriguing drama\u2014that even in our weaknesses, strength can be found if we only rise and have the courage to fight for our loved ones and ourselves.<\/p>\n

Behind this engrossing drama is the creative team composed of Creative Director\u00a0Roy Iglesias<\/strong>; Concept creator\u00a0Zita Garganera<\/strong>; Headwriter\u00a0Suzette Doctolero<\/strong>; Creative Head for Afternoon Prime Block\u00a0Dode Cruz\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Creative Consultant<\/strong>\u00a0Kit Langit.<\/p>\n

The program is another original creation of the GMA Drama group under the supervision of Senior Vice President for Entertainment Content Group\u00a0Lilybeth G. Rasonable<\/strong>; Vice President for Drama\u00a0Redgie Acu\u00f1a-Magno<\/strong>; Assistant Vice President for Drama\u00a0Cheryl Ching-Sy<\/strong>; and Program Manager\u00a0Anthony Pastorpide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Under the direction of\u00a0Neal del Rosario<\/strong>, don\u2019t miss\u00a0Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka<\/em>\u00a0beginning\u00a0February 26<\/span>\u00a0on GMA\u2019s flagship international channel\u00a0GMA Pinoy TV<\/strong>.\u00a0For the program guide, visit\u00a0www.gmapinoytv.com<\/a>. (30)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beginning\u00a0February 26, GMA Network proudly unveils its first-ever \u201cadvoca-serye\u201d in\u00a0Hindi Ko Kayang Iwan Ka, topbilled by\u00a0Yasmien Kurdi, Martin del Rosario, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":152981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[46690,46688,46687,46689,46686],"class_list":["post-152980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-hindi-ko-kayang-iwan-ka","tag-jackie-rice","tag-martin-del-rosario","tag-mike-tan","tag-yasmien-kurdi","mauthors-gma-network-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}