Actress Sunshine Cruz and embattled gambling lord Atong Ang are still very much in love -- though the former staunchly refuses to talk about it.

Cruz was at the sidelines of the recent preview and media conference for Prime Video’s latest series, The Alibi, held at Cinema 6 of Trinoma Mall. Although it is bannered by the now much talked about tandem of Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino, Cruz’s youngest daughter, Angelina Cruz, has a major role in the series that pairs her up with another newbie actor, Robbie Jaworski. 

Angelina’s dad is the hibernating actor Cesar Montano while that of Robbie is Dodot Jaworski, son of Pinoy basketball superstar Robert Jaworski. Dodot is vice mayor to Vico Sotto in Pasig for a second term now. 

Though Sunshine claims to be sickly these days, she remains a beauty whose presence easily steals attention. Some showbiz journos and vloggers swooped down on her after the media-con. Of course, they are interested not only in her but also her latest partner, Atong Ang, allegedly the prime suspect in the disappearance of at least 30 sabungeros 

(cock fighting aficionados) in 2022 and 2023-- which Ang persistently denies. 

Sunshine sweetly suggested to the journos and vloggers to ask her instead about her daughter Angelina. But no one took the bait about the daughter, so the mother dangled another bait about her being sick these days — and the little crowd had no choice — but to take it. 

“I have an autoimmune disease, myasthenia gravis, [which is] weakening of nerves and muscles,” began 48-year-old mother. 

Her litany went on, thus: “Walang gamot, bawal ma-stress, bawal mapuyat kaya nag-decline ako ng many shows because kahit gustuhin ko, di kaya ng katawan ko for now (There is no medication, and I cannot be stressed or sleep late, which is why I declined many shows even if I wanted to do them. My body cannot cope with it for now).” 

Actually, Sunshine has been reeling from bashers who once even spread that she must be pregnant with possibly her first child with Ang. 

She went on to confide that she has asked her lawyer to study how sue for cyber libel against those who bash her and her daughters. 

Go ahead, Sunshine, sue the bashers. Rain court cases on the tribes of them! 

Less gunfire on pinoy cop films?

Are Pinoy script writers who feature policemen and policewomen as main characters in their narratives aware that giving CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) to persons who have just collapsed due to a heart ailment is among the skills cops these days are encouraged to possess? 

The latest Pinoy cop movie is the upcoming Salvageland, which topbills Richard Gomez and Elijah Canlas as father-and-son cops, and directed by Lino Cayetano. Canlas is a rookie cop in the story, and if there are scenes in the film about his character’s training to be a policeman, we hope there’s a shot of him and other would-be cops learning how to administer CPR--and helping saving lives the most peaceful way. No guns, no bullets, no firing.