{"id":207738,"date":"2019-03-30T05:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T09:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207738"},"modified":"2019-03-30T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T10:00:22","slug":"vice-ganda-gets-birthday-message-from-phs-president-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/30\/vice-ganda-gets-birthday-message-from-phs-president-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Ganda gets birthday message from PH&#8217;s president, vice president"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_207740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207740\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207740\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549.jpg 999w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Vice-Ganda-e1553937003549-20x20.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Yung natawag ka sa recitation tapos kunwari may alam ka. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvOdyWTHS9a\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/praybeytbenjamin\/\">praybeytbenjamin\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is not new for Vice Ganda to receive a surprise from his loved ones on his special day, but his birthday celebration this year takes surprise to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Celebrating his 42nd birthday on <i>It&#8217;s Showtime<\/i>, Vice Ganda was obviously shocked when a video of the vice president of the Republic of the Philippines, Maria Leonor &#8220;Leni&#8221; Robredo, flashed on the screen, greeting the comedian a happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sending her message from &#8220;one vice to another,&#8221; the Vice President told the comedian, <i>&#8220;Dasal ko na mas maging maayos pa ang iyong kalusugan para mas mapasaya mo pa ang mas marami pa nating mga kababayan sa mas mahabang panahon <\/i>(I wish you good health so that you could continue making more of our countrymen happy for a long time)<i>.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The surprise of his<i> It&#8217;s Showtime <\/i>family, however, did not end there. The &#8220;unkabogable&#8221; Kapamilya star was seen even more &#8216;shookdt&#8217; with his eyes widening and jaw-dropping when a video showing President Rodrigo Duterte appeared on screen which also drew loud screams from the audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The country&#8217;s Chief Executive, on his message, described the comedian as &#8220;Vice <i>na walang kasing ganda <\/i>(whose beauty is like no other),&#8221; who has made millions of Filipinos happy every single day by just watching his television programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;I wish you will succeed for more so many years, and that I pray to God that you live for a thousand years,&#8221; he told Vice Ganda, adding, <i>&#8220;Maraming salamat sa tulong mo sa tao, pati sa akin, <\/i>and <i>ang sinasabi ko, sana tatagal ka <\/i>(Thank you so much for helping the people, even me, and I hope that you live a long life)<i>.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reacting to their video messages, Vice Ganda whole-heartedly thanked the two highest-ranking officials in the Philippines who, despite their jam-packed schedules, was able to take out a few minutes of their time to greet him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also quipped, <i>&#8220;Ang ganda ng sinabi niya <\/i>(Duterte), <i>&#8216;sana magtagal ka pa.&#8217; Hindi ko alam kung nagwi<\/i>-wish <i>siya o pinagbabantaan niya ako pero<\/i> (What he said was beautiful, &#8216;I hope you live a long life.&#8217; I&#8217;m not sure if he is wishing or he is threatening me but) I love you, Mr. President.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vice Ganda is turning 42 on Sunday, March 31, three days after the President celebrated his 74th birthday in his hometown, Davao City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not new for Vice Ganda to receive a surprise from his loved ones on his special day, but &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":207740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207738","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=207738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207744,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207738\/revisions\/207744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}