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Friday, October 2, 2009
Smart is the new sexy!
This slogan has been coined by Atty. Adel Tamano, and of course he should know, smart as he is, making him sexy too. “Smart is the New Sexy” is now one of the slogans being used by the Belo Medical Group, Adel being one of its endorsers.
In an intimate meeting with a select group of entertainment writers a few days ago, the bedimpled Adel charmed his way once more into the hearts of the writers even if he was late, because he was busy organizing a group of doctors to give medical assistance to those adversely affected by typhoon Ondoy and he also came from a series of relief operations around Metro Manila. And while he was at it, the Belo Medical Group was also conducting its own medical missions, he said. “Akala natin pang-beauty lang sila but they’re also doing their share of charity work.” On Sunday and Monday, the BMG was in Concepcion, Marikina to distribute about 2,500 goodie bags and medicines. They also gave a donation to the Philippine National Red Cross.
Adel expounded on what the “Smart is the New Sexy!” slogan means to him. “Everyone can be beautiful, and being beautiful is a plus” he said, “but the edge one has over the others comes from inside. It could be intelligence and because intelligence lasts, smart is sexy. It is the new sexy!”
Adel, who has always been described as someone good-looking enough to be in show business, bared that when he was young what he really wanted to be was a singer. In fact, he was a member of the Kundirana group of La Salle. But when he auditioned with Boy Abunda, “I failed,” he laughed. So he went a different way, towards the legal world. Adel first took up A.B. Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University where he also studied Law. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from UP in 2003, and in 2005, he got his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. He was a Graduate Program scholar, an Islamic Legal Studies Program scholar and was the first Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Adel, who is one of the spokesmen of the Nacionalista Party and a strong senatorial contender in the 2010 national elections, said the Filipinas are one of the most beautiful in the whole world, and when asked who among the stars are the sexiest to him, he named Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera among his choices.
And for giving everyone the chance to be beautiful and sexy, Adel commends Dr. Vicki Belo for her efforts in the beauty business. But before he went further, he informed everyone that he has been able to work for the lifting of the travel ban of Dra. Vicki, and actually she was scheduled to travel abroad the day after the press conference.
On her part, Dra. Vicki said Adel will soon be resigning as her lawyer “not because I’m not a good client, or he doesn’t like me anymore, but because he is going to run as senator.” But of course, Adel will continue to avail himself of some of BMG’s services like facial treatments.
“He comes to the clinic at least once a week for skin treatments, like botanical and oxygen facials, and also firm plus,” Dra. Vicki said. As to why she got him as endorser, it’s because “I was looking for a new market to penetrate,” and of course she thought that with his popularity and fame, Adel would be the most perfect endorser to reach that market.
By the way, Atty. Adel Tamano is also the president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the youngest to become head of the PLM and the first Filipino Muslim to become president of a university in Metro Manila.
The position of PLM president was offered to Adel by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim two years ago. Adel declined it at first, but then when Mayor Lim persisted, he accepted knowing deep inside of him that he has always wanted to help the poor. He used to be a professorial lecturer at PLM prior to his appointment as president. He was also a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the Ateneo College of Law, and associate lecturer at FEU’s Institute of Law.
During his tenure as PLM president, the university experienced a lot of improvement.
By the way, Adel, who turns 39 tomorrow, Oct. 2, is the son of the late Sen. Mamintal Tamano and Hadja Putri Zorayda Abbas Tamano. He is married to another lawyer, Atty. Rowena Kapunan-Tamano.
Vicki, Hayden together again?
No, Dra. Vicki said she and Hayden are not together again as a couple, although they’ve been seen together like when they went to see the visionary Emma recently. “We are still friends, mabait naman siya and he’s one of the gentlest persons I’ve ever met,” Dra. Vicki said.
As to the possibility of Hayden’s losing his medical license due to the video sex scandal he got himself into, Dra. Vicki said, “unfair naman siguro na basta ma-revoke ang license niya. He studied for 10 years to be a doctor, sayang naman na he cannot practice anymore his profession…”
She reiterated that she and Hayden are not back into each other’s arms contrary to the perception of some.
This slogan has been coined by Atty. Adel Tamano, and of course he should know, smart as he is, making him sexy too. “Smart is the New Sexy” is now one of the slogans being used by the Belo Medical Group, Adel being one of its endorsers.
In an intimate meeting with a select group of entertainment writers a few days ago, the bedimpled Adel charmed his way once more into the hearts of the writers even if he was late, because he was busy organizing a group of doctors to give medical assistance to those adversely affected by typhoon Ondoy and he also came from a series of relief operations around Metro Manila. And while he was at it, the Belo Medical Group was also conducting its own medical missions, he said. “Akala natin pang-beauty lang sila but they’re also doing their share of charity work.” On Sunday and Monday, the BMG was in Concepcion, Marikina to distribute about 2,500 goodie bags and medicines. They also gave a donation to the Philippine National Red Cross.
Adel expounded on what the “Smart is the New Sexy!” slogan means to him. “Everyone can be beautiful, and being beautiful is a plus” he said, “but the edge one has over the others comes from inside. It could be intelligence and because intelligence lasts, smart is sexy. It is the new sexy!”
Adel, who has always been described as someone good-looking enough to be in show business, bared that when he was young what he really wanted to be was a singer. In fact, he was a member of the Kundirana group of La Salle. But when he auditioned with Boy Abunda, “I failed,” he laughed. So he went a different way, towards the legal world. Adel first took up A.B. Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University where he also studied Law. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from UP in 2003, and in 2005, he got his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. He was a Graduate Program scholar, an Islamic Legal Studies Program scholar and was the first Filipino Muslim to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Adel, who is one of the spokesmen of the Nacionalista Party and a strong senatorial contender in the 2010 national elections, said the Filipinas are one of the most beautiful in the whole world, and when asked who among the stars are the sexiest to him, he named Angel Locsin and Marian Rivera among his choices.
And for giving everyone the chance to be beautiful and sexy, Adel commends Dr. Vicki Belo for her efforts in the beauty business. But before he went further, he informed everyone that he has been able to work for the lifting of the travel ban of Dra. Vicki, and actually she was scheduled to travel abroad the day after the press conference.
On her part, Dra. Vicki said Adel will soon be resigning as her lawyer “not because I’m not a good client, or he doesn’t like me anymore, but because he is going to run as senator.” But of course, Adel will continue to avail himself of some of BMG’s services like facial treatments.
“He comes to the clinic at least once a week for skin treatments, like botanical and oxygen facials, and also firm plus,” Dra. Vicki said. As to why she got him as endorser, it’s because “I was looking for a new market to penetrate,” and of course she thought that with his popularity and fame, Adel would be the most perfect endorser to reach that market.
By the way, Atty. Adel Tamano is also the president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the youngest to become head of the PLM and the first Filipino Muslim to become president of a university in Metro Manila.
The position of PLM president was offered to Adel by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim two years ago. Adel declined it at first, but then when Mayor Lim persisted, he accepted knowing deep inside of him that he has always wanted to help the poor. He used to be a professorial lecturer at PLM prior to his appointment as president. He was also a lecturer in Constitutional Law at the Ateneo College of Law, and associate lecturer at FEU’s Institute of Law.
During his tenure as PLM president, the university experienced a lot of improvement.
By the way, Adel, who turns 39 tomorrow, Oct. 2, is the son of the late Sen. Mamintal Tamano and Hadja Putri Zorayda Abbas Tamano. He is married to another lawyer, Atty. Rowena Kapunan-Tamano.
Vicki, Hayden together again?
No, Dra. Vicki said she and Hayden are not together again as a couple, although they’ve been seen together like when they went to see the visionary Emma recently. “We are still friends, mabait naman siya and he’s one of the gentlest persons I’ve ever met,” Dra. Vicki said.
As to the possibility of Hayden’s losing his medical license due to the video sex scandal he got himself into, Dra. Vicki said, “unfair naman siguro na basta ma-revoke ang license niya. He studied for 10 years to be a doctor, sayang naman na he cannot practice anymore his profession…”
She reiterated that she and Hayden are not back into each other’s arms contrary to the perception of some.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
From Harvard to the Philippine Senate
FROM THE STANDS By Domini M. Torrevillas (The Philippine Star)
There is a saying in Islam that the “ink of a scholar is holier than the blood of a martyr.” At least one of its sons has taken this proverb to heart, and has made academic excellence among his principal advocacies — apart from exemplifying it in his own life.
The first thing that strikes you upon meeting Attorney Adel Fadel Abbas Tamano is how down-to-earth and approachable he is. Indeed, when a group of people came to our table at a dinner in a restaurant to greet him and extend their support for ‘Attorney Tamano,” he shook their hands one by one, clapped them on the shoulders, and politely replied, “Please call me Adel po”. Right then, it was obvious that this line was born out of genuine sincerity rather than months of practice.
So then, if Adel Tamano conveys an air of being just a regular, ordinary guy, what makes him so outstanding? It is precisely because he is anything but regular and ordinary, yet still remains firmly grounded. His credentials could turn almost anyone into an intellectual snob: the first Filipino Muslim who earned a Harvard scholarship to study at the premier law school, the youngest (and consequently most dynamic) university president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), and president of the Association of Local Colleges and Universities (ACLU). Armed with an economics degree from Ateneo, a master’s degree in public administration from the University of the Philippines, his juris doctor from Ateneo, and a master’s in law from Harvard, Adel nonetheless believes that the most impressive qualifications are meaningless unless they are used to benefit others.
True to form, he has taught subjects ranging from economics to human resource development and constitutional law. “It’s quite over-used, but it all goes back to ‘giving a man a fish’ versus ‘teaching a man how to fish.’ The problems facing our society — particularly our youth — are deeply-rooted and multi-faceted, yet education still remains the starting point in finding solutions to these challenges,” Adel told an admiring group of academics.
This talented lawyer and public servant has caught the attention of the public, from his highly successful efforts to transform the PLM into a world-class center for learning, to his high profile clients such as Ruby Rose Jimenez and Dr. Victoria Belo. “So many people have said that the work we have done in PLM is nothing short of amazing. Others have even called it a miracle,” Adel said in reference to the university’s dramatic improvement in modernization, efficiency, and facilities. “There’s an important lesson to be learned here, however. If available funds are used solely for their intended purposes, and administered by a team that is bound by transparency, integrity, and accountability, then even the most difficult task becomes easier,” he explained.
I learned later on that as university president, Adel oversees an annual fund of P300 million for the benefit of nearly 12,000 scholars, staff and faculty. “It all begins with the official budget. The entire amount — and I mean to the very last centavo, in black and white — has to be used for the university, its scholars, and its staff. By doing that consistently, you send a strong message to civic-minded business leaders and organizations: ‘This guy heading the PLM is not on the take. He’s clean. If we support PLM advocacies or make donations, we are assured that 100 percent goes where we want it to go, and not to his pocket.’ That’s how the synergy of the public and private sectors should work,” Adel further emphasized.
On the other hand, most people remember Adel as the be-dimpled and unflappable spokesperson of the United Opposition during the 2007 senatorial elections. Several analysts actually pointed to him as one of the key reasons why the opposition won overwhelmingly in the Senate that year. Indeed, his witty repartee, confident poise, and logical arguments were in stark contrast to the appalling circus antics of his counterpart.
It is not surprising, therefore, that Adel has once again been tapped as a spokesperson, this time for the Nacionalista Party. Likewise, he has been very vocal about his passion to serve the public in a greater capacity as a member of the Senate. Someone asked him what he thought about his chances of winning, and his reply was as candid as it was disarming: “I submit myself to the Filipino people — no pretensions, no agenda — what you see is what you get. It’s entirely up to them to decide. But it sure would be nice to have a Muslim back in the Senate.” As you probably remember, Adel’s father, the late Mamintal Tamano, was a senator.
It sure would be nice to have an honest, intelligent, and upright non-trapo in the Senate.
Source: www.philstar.com
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