{"id":239147,"date":"2019-12-04T01:57:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239147"},"modified":"2019-12-04T01:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T06:57:53","slug":"mpk-celebrates-anniversary-with-two-part-suspense-drama-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/04\/mpk-celebrates-anniversary-with-two-part-suspense-drama-special\/","title":{"rendered":"#MPK celebrates anniversary with two-part suspense drama special"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GMA Network\u2019s award-winning drama anthology,\u00a0Magpakailanman<\/strong>, hosted by GMA News Pillar and Kapuso Foundation Founder and Ambassador\u00a0Ms.<\/strong>\u00a0Mel Tiangco<\/strong>, celebrates its anniversary with a two-part suspense drama special entitled \u201cOFW Most Wanted<\/em>\u201d airing this\u00a0December 7\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Throughout its run, the show has grown to be a household name among its viewers and a trending topic among netizens every Saturday night. It has brought relevant and real-life inspirational stories that have touched the lives of many Filipinos and promoted good family values to its viewers.<\/p>\n

For its anniversary, Magpakailanman turns over a new leaf as\u00a0#MPK<\/strong>\u00a0to create a fresh and more interactive storyline with the new breed of viewers in today\u2019s digital age. The weekly anthology continually innovates and finds creative ways to showcase uplifting narratives of ordinary and famed personalities while shedding light on existing social issues. And with #MPK, viewers and netizens alike are welcome to instantaneously be part of the narrative by getting involved with their comments and sharing their experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years now, Magpakailanman has always been true to its mission of being a ray of hope to Filipinos. Through these stories of people from different walks of life, the show hopes to ignite values and convey a sense of belongingness among its viewers. We wanted to present real life stories that will not only be relatable to people my age but to younger generation as well,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Mel added.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0\u201cOFW Most Wanted\u201d,\u00a0<\/em>Kapuso Drama King\u00a0Dennis Trillo<\/strong>\u00a0takes on the thrilling yet inspiring travails of\u00a0Rens Tuzon<\/strong>, a DJ, writer, and painter, who decided to work in a furniture company in Saudi Arabia in hopes of building a better future for his wife and son.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to an exciting new life as an OFW, Rens is clueless that a life-threatening experience awaits him as 12 of his fellow OFWs, who have been subjected through years of physical and psychological abuse from their Arab employers, all conspired to escape. Rens gets entangled in the scheme and is accused of being their leader. When he decided to escape as well, the pursuit of their employers and the Arab police for all 13 of them begins.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back home, unbeknownst to Rens, his wife has begun an illicit affair with another man.<\/p>\n

Will Rens end up in jail along with the other OFWs or will he manage to save their lives and return home to his now broken family?<\/em><\/p>\n

Joining Dennis in the suspense-drama episode are:\u00a0<\/em>Lito Pimentel, Ina Feleo, Paolo Paraiso, Lui Manansala, Ricky Pascua, David Remo, Seth dela Cruz,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Karl Medina<\/strong>, and\u00a0Richard Quan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the helm of esteemed director\u00a0Zig Dulay\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>writer\u00a0John Roque<\/strong>, don\u2019t miss #MPK\u2019s two-part anniversary special\u00a0\u2018\u2019OFW Most Wanted\u2019\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0December 7\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a014<\/strong>\u00a0after Daddy\u2019s Gurl.<\/p>\n

Kapuso viewers from across the globe can also catch their favorite Kapuso shows via GMA\u2019s international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International. For the program guide, visit\u00a0www.gmapinoytv.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GMA Network\u2019s award-winning drama anthology,\u00a0Magpakailanman, hosted by GMA News Pillar and Kapuso Foundation Founder and Ambassador\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Mel Tiangco, celebrates its anniversary …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":239148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gma-network-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239147","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239149,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239147\/revisions\/239149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}