GMA News TV launches Wagas: Mga Totoong Kuwento ng Pag-ibig

Believe in the power of true love all over again this February as GMA News TV launches

Wagas: Mga Totoong Kuwento ng Pag-ibig. 

 

Home of award-winning documentary programs, GMA News TV takes its documentary production to the next level.  The channel produces a groundbreaking series focusing on extraordinary, real life love stories sure to inspire even those who have become cynical about love. WAGAS: MGA TOTOONG KUWENTO NG PAG-IBIG will air Saturdays at 7pm starting February 9,  five days before Valentine’s Day.

 

Combining interviews with real life couples with reenactments of their story’s highlights, WAGAS: MGA TOTOONG KUWENTO NG PAG-IBIG is a docudrama that features visual narration by some of the country’s emerging movie directors and will have in its cast some of the brightest actors of today. 

 

For its first four episodes, watch out for these moving love stories: 

 

The love story of Senator Miriam Defensor and Narciso “Jun” Santiago

Cast: Heart Evangelista and Geoff Eigenmann

Directed by: Rember Gelera

Written by: Danzen Santos   

 

Highly intellectual, strong-willed and possessing an acerbic tongue, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is one of the most powerful stateswomen the nation has ever known. Few realize that the controversial lawmaker is also a devoted wife to Atty. Narciso Jun Santiago for more than forty years. Their unusual love journey that spans decades began in the hallways of the University of the Philippines where the senator, while serving as the first female editor in chief of the Philippine Collegian caught the eye of the rich, campus heartthrob.
 

From being a new lawyer to being a wife and mother to becoming a political icon, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has always had her husband Jun steadily by her side.  

 

The  Love story of Emy Gaite Aka “Nicole Hyala” and Renly Tinana

Cast: Alessandra De Rossi and Mark Anthony Fernandez

Written by: Danzen Santos

Directed by: Lem Lorca    

 

He was a fan. She was a radio star. It took a while before Nicole and Renly’s paths crossed. But when it did, it led to forever. Renly left his girlfriend after he found out that he was being cheated on.   He turned  his affections to the popular disc jockey after falling in love with her voice and her humor. He started anonymously sending coffee to her radio station every morning.  Intrigued by her secret admirer, Nicole one day waits in the reception so she could receive the coffee herself.  Will it be love at first sight for the two? 

 

The love story of Chef Boy Logro and Ermilinda Logro

Cast: Mike “Pekto” Nacua, Isabel Oli, Buboy Villar

Written and Directed by: Paul Sta Ana   

 

The first woman in Chef Boy Logro's life would also be his last, for he married his first love.  As a child, the famous chef was so traumatized by his father's womanizing. He vowed to himself that he would remain faithful once he meets the woman of his dreams.  That woman was Mely whom he meets when he moved to Manila in search of a job.     

Despite having to work abroad in search of greener pastures, Chef Boy remained true to his vow. Even with his newfound fame and fortune, Chef Boy continues to be a loving partner to Mely and parent to their four children. 

 

The love story of a charcoal maker and a little person (Edwin and Jenny Botis)

Cast: Aljur Abrenica, Marilyn Apolinar, Mara Lopez

Written by: Paul Sta Ana

Directed by: Adolfo Alix, Jr.

    

Their love story began with a twenty peso bill. Edwin wrote his phone number on a twenty peso bill, hoping it would lead him to the girl of his dreams.  As fate would have it, the twenty-peso bill falls into the hands of two female best friends.  One of the girls – Jenny – sends Edwin a text message. Soon, they become text mates. What Edwin doesn’t know is that Jenny is a little person.  She would describe her best friend instead of herself every time Edwin asked. After deciding to reveal the truth, Jenny agrees to meet Edwin. Against the odds, they fall in love, get married, and are still together to this day.

 

Watch out for these inspiring stories of true love.

 

WAGAS: MGA TOTOONG KUWENTO NG PAG-IBIG airs on GMA News TV Saturdays at 7 PM starting February 9, 2013.