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Actress Gretchen Barretto and her friends took to Instagram to apologize for their behavior while reading a letter from a sender who was seeking help for her mother-in-law last June 6. "Not everybody was pleased, not everybody understood what we were laughing about. And kung meron po kaming kasalanan dun, kung meron po akong kasalanan dun, tawa po ako nang tawa imbis na basahin ko po nang diretso ang letter," said Barretto during a live public apology on Instagram at the Resorts World Manila in Pasay City last Saturday. Joining Baretto were her friends Mimi Que and Patty Pineda. Barreto's partner, business tycoon Tony Boy Cojuangco, joined them for dinner but he did not take part in the IG session. Barretto and friends have been granting the wishes of the poor and the needy since Easter Sunday, April 1 through Instagram. "We all take responsibility for what we did. Yung gabing yun po—I’m not trying to make light of the situation—kung ano pong pagkakamali na...

Megastar Sharon Cuneta has apologized to the public on behalf of her uncle Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III for his distasteful remarks on single mothers. Cuneta was reacting to Sotto's statement when he questioned Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo for having two daughters outside marriage during confirmation hearing last Wednesday. Sotto said: "In the street language, when you have children and you are single, ang tawag doon ay 'na-ano lang.'" Some people laughed at Sotto's remarks while Taguiwalo was quiet. Then Taguiwalo, a former UP professor, told Sotto: "Mr. Sotto, I teach Women's Studies so we respect all kinds of families, and that includes solo parents." Here's the full text of Cuneta's statement which was posted on her Facebook on May 5. "I would have preferred to be quiet about this matter, but because I know the man involved in this issue and consider him my second father, please be kind...