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GMA Network
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
From family table to fine dining: Chef Cristina Santiago continues father's legacy at this Makati steakhouse
Chef Cristina Santiago is keeping the memories of her late father alive at the new location of Carmelo's Steakhouse in Makati City. The Filipina restaurateur is the daughter of the late Carmelo "Melo" Santiago, a name that became synonymous with premium steak in Manila. In 1987, Melo's Steakhouse, a restaurant founded by Carmelo, broke ground as the first restaurant to offer Certified Angus Beef in the Philippines. Decades later, his legacy lives on, this time through Cristina's vision of a modern steakhouse rooted in family, nostalgia, and elevated dining. Cristina retained her father's recipe for the steak for Carmelo's, but her love for food presentation elevates the dishes. It's her way of injecting her personality into her dad's food legacy. "When I opened Carmelo's, I had to cook whatever my dad was cooking because these are all his recipes," Cristina told GMA News Online. "I don't want to touch anything that's already good," she added. "I'm just lucky because I have his taste buds." The main highlight of Carmelo's is, of course, the steak selection. True to her father's standards, Cristina ensures top-tier quality, sourcing Certified Angus Beef and Australian Wagyu and offering a range of cuts. Whether it's a solo lunch or a celebratory feast, there's a steak for every appetite, from personal-sized portions to shareable centerpieces like the Grilled Wagyu Ribeye (P609/oz.), Tomahawk (P329/oz.), and Tenderloin (P4,220). Cristina also added dishes inspired by her travels into the menu, like the Moules Marinieres (P850) inspired by Parisian meals with her dad, the Octopus Ala Plancha (P850) over cauliflower purée and gremolata, and the Tuna Tataki (P400) with homemade white miso. For pastsa, there's the Spinach Spaghetti Alle Vongole (P1,200), which features a briny depth with green noodles, and the Truffle Burrata Pasta (P1,200). Carmelo's Steakhouse is located at 2/F, Retail Row Proscenium Residences, Rockwell, Makati City. —CDC, GMA Integrated News
France 24
2 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
'Argentina with Cristina': Thousands rally for convicted ex-president
In a recorded speech played for supporters amassed on Buenos Aires's Plaza de Mayo square, Kirchner said: "We will be back with more wisdom, more unity, more strength." Backers of the polarizing leftist massed on the square and spilled into surrounding streets for a demonstration called by the 72-year-old's Justicialist Party. Under the slogan "Argentina with Cristina," protesters sang and beat drums, waving national flags and banners with messages such as "The motherland is not for sale." "We came because it's an attack on democracy to outlaw someone like Cristina who the people want to vote for," Rocio Gavino, a 29-year-old public employee, told AFP. Kirchner supporters had been holding a vigil outside her home in Buenos Aires since the Supreme Court last week upheld her conviction and sentence for "fraudulent administration" while president, along with a lifelong ban on her holding public office. On Tuesday, a court ruled she could serve her sentence at home under electronic surveillance. She will be allowed limited visits, principally from family members, lawyers and doctors. In 2022, Kirchner's conviction sparked demonstrations in several cities, some of which ended in clashes with police. 'Justice. End.' Kirchner rose to prominence as one half of a political power couple with her late husband Nestor Kirchner, who preceded her as president. Both are associated with the center-left Peronist movement founded by post-war president Juan Peron. After two terms at the helm herself between 2007 and 2015, Kirchner served as vice president from 2019 to 2023 in the last center-left administration before the presidency of libertarian Javier Milei, whose austerity policies she has criticized. Milei had welcomed the court's dismissal of her appeal, writing on X: "Justice. End." Kirchner and her backers claim the case was a plot to end her career and unravel her legacy of protectionist economics and social programs. "We are here because the national government, together with the judiciary, made the decision to ban Cristina from elections," protester Federico Mochi, a Peronist youth leader, told AFP. Lara Goyburu, a political scientist from the University of Buenos Aires, told AFP that Wednesday's protest "demonstrates that the broader Peronist movement still retains some capacity for street mobilization" in a time of deep political polarization. 'Harassment' In preparation for the protests, police set up checkpoints on major roads to the capital, searching cars and buses -- much to the annoyance of citizens. Under a special protocol adopted Tuesday, they also erected barriers at the main train station and performed identity checks on anyone carrying pro-Kirchner placards or other political paraphernalia. The protocol allows police to detain any citizen without an ID document for up to 10 hours without a court order. "It's harassment that makes no sense," Daniel Catalano, a leader of the state workers' union, told Radio El Destape. Correpi, an NGO fighting police repression, said the measures amounted to the "destruction of the country's democratic freedoms." Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni defended the operation. © 2025 AFP
Int'l Business Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
'Argentina With Cristina': Thousands Rally For Convicted Ex-president
Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets Wednesday in support of former president Cristina Kirchner, who vowed to make a comeback as she serves a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest. In a recorded speech played for supporters amassed on Buenos Aires's Plaza de Mayo square, Kirchner said: "We will be back with more wisdom, more unity, more strength." Backers of the polarizing leftist massed on the square and spilled into surrounding streets for a demonstration called by the 72-year-old's Justicialist Party. Under the slogan "Argentina with Cristina," protesters sang and beat drums, waving national flags and banners with messages such as "The motherland is not for sale." "We came because it's an attack on democracy to outlaw someone like Cristina who the people want to vote for," Rocio Gavino, a 29-year-old public employee, told AFP. Kirchner supporters had been holding a vigil outside her home in Buenos Aires since the Supreme Court last week upheld her conviction and sentence for "fraudulent administration" while president, along with a lifelong ban on her holding public office. On Tuesday, a court ruled she could serve her sentence at home under electronic surveillance. She will be allowed limited visits, principally from family members, lawyers and doctors. In 2022, Kirchner's conviction sparked demonstrations in several cities, some of which ended in clashes with police. Kirchner rose to prominence as one half of a political power couple with her late husband Nestor Kirchner, who preceded her as president. Both are associated with the center-left Peronist movement founded by post-war president Juan Peron. After two terms at the helm herself between 2007 and 2015, Kirchner served as vice president from 2019 to 2023 in the last center-left administration before the presidency of libertarian Javier Milei, whose austerity policies she has criticized. Milei had welcomed the court's dismissal of her appeal, writing on X: "Justice. End." Kirchner and her backers claim the case was a plot to end her career and unravel her legacy of protectionist economics and social programs. "We are here because the national government, together with the judiciary, made the decision to ban Cristina from elections," protester Federico Mochi, a Peronist youth leader, told AFP. Lara Goyburu, a political scientist from the University of Buenos Aires, told AFP that Wednesday's protest "demonstrates that the broader Peronist movement still retains some capacity for street mobilization" in a time of deep political polarization. In preparation for the protests, police set up checkpoints on major roads to the capital, searching cars and buses -- much to the annoyance of citizens. Under a special protocol adopted Tuesday, they also erected barriers at the main train station and performed identity checks on anyone carrying pro-Kirchner placards or other political paraphernalia. The protocol allows police to detain any citizen without an ID document for up to 10 hours without a court order. "It's harassment that makes no sense," Daniel Catalano, a leader of the state workers' union, told Radio El Destape. Correpi, an NGO fighting police repression, said the measures amounted to the "destruction of the country's democratic freedoms." Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni defended the operation. "When you detect there might be some additional danger to society, you try to neutralize it. And that doesn't go against the Constitution or the rule of law," he told reporters. Supporters of Cristina Kirchner have been holding a vigil outside her home in Buenos Aires since Argentina's Supreme Court upheld her conviction and sentence for 'fraudulent administration' while president AFP Cristina Kirchner has been convicted for fraud committed when she was Argentina's president AFP Cristina Kirchner is a divisive figure in Argentina, inspiring love and loathing in equal measure AFP
Buzz Feed
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh Admits She Was Demanding On Set
In 2005, Sandra Oh was cast in the career-changing role of Cristina Yang in the ABC medical series Grey's Anatomy, which, as you may know, became a pretty huge hit. Sandra remained on the show until 2014, and in that time, she earned a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and several Emmy nominations. And the star has opened up about just how dedicated she was to her onscreen character of Cristina while speaking to Dartmouth College's graduating class of 2025 on Sunday. Sandra received an honorary doctorate of the arts from the college, and took the opportunity to try and inspire the students."Nothing has taught me more than being with discomfort," Sandra said in her commencement speech. "It can be our greatest learning opportunity, and it is also inevitable. So if you can train yourself not to turn away but to learn how to be with your discomfort and trust that it might be telling you something you don't yet know, it can help you develop an inner strength that will enable you to face the challenges life presents you without losing your values or your sense of self along the way." She went on to say that being cast in Grey's in her early 30s brought her "financial stability, fame, and privilege," but despite this, her time on the show was "one of the most challenging decades' of her life. Sandra admitted to being demanding of both herself and the show's writers, which 'caused grief' for everybody and led to calls with the 'big boss,' Shonda Rhimes, who tried to encourage the star to let the staff do their job. "I learned profound lessons during this time because so much of it was so uncomfortable," Sandra told the graduates. "When I started Grey's, I was in my early 30s, so I had an idea of who I was and what the work entailed, but I had no idea what was coming.' 'I demanded a lot from myself and from the writers,' she confessed. 'If something bothered me in a script, I would fight for what I believed what was right for the character of Cristina because I felt responsible for her. And while this contributed to the creation of a memorable character, my desire to make the dialogue fit and my belief that I knew what was best for the character also caused grief for the writers and for me." Sandra said that she ended up becoming so notorious for her demands that production had a 'dedicated Sandra whisperer on staff,' whose sole task was to come to the Grey's set and 'deal with' her. "That doesn't happen anymore. I am my own whisperer," she said. "One time… the writers and I were at an impasse about something in this script, and I had to have a call with the big boss. And Shonda, I'll never forget, she said to me: 'Sandra, we have been here before. You got to trust me. Something will come through if you just say the damn words.' … It has stayed with me. I heard her." Cristina has remained present on Grey's since Sandra left the show more than a decade ago, with the character being included via text messages and other written correspondence. The star has long maintained that she has no interest in ever returning to the character, but recently told Entertainment Weekly that she is starting to question this stance. "For the longest time, it has always been a hard no. And it's just… I don't know. I just don't know," she said. "When you finish something, it's a deep process… I just cannot tell you… I can't stress to you enough how consciously I tried to fully process leaving. I don't feel the need to revisit, but I also profoundly understand the audience's love for this character, because I've seen it for the past 10 years. That's the part that makes me just go, hmmm." Would you like to see Cristina back on Grey's? Let me know in the comments below! You can also watch Sandra's full commencement speech here.
New Straits Times
12-06-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
Cristina Kirchner: divisive left-winger tainted by fraud
DURING two decades at the forefront of Argentine politics, Cristina Kirchner inspired love and loathing in equal measure, but rarely indifference. She has made several comebacks over the years – even escaping unscathed from an assassination attempt – but may now have come to the end of her political tether. On Tuesday, the country's Supreme Court upheld Kirchner's six-year prison sentence for a graft conviction and confirmed a lifetime ban on her holding public office. The 72-year-old has five days to present herself to authorities for arrangements to be made for serving her sentence. Kirchner was born in 1953 in the small town of Tolosa, just outside the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. The daughter of a bus driver and a housewife, she often played up her lower middle-class roots, though she could never hide her love of luxury brands and travel. She first came to prominence as one half of the ultimate political power couple with husband Nestor. The pair met at university when they were both law students passionate about Peronism – a leftist ideology based on the legacy of former ruler Juan Peron. Nestor Kirchner became president in 2003, serving one term, before Cristina was elected in 2007. They expected to continue their term-for-term tango, but he died of a heart attack in 2010. Together, the couple served a collective 12 years in the Casa Rosada, the pink presidential palace, with Cristina exiting the top office for the last time in 2015. She later served as vice-president to her former chief of staff Alberto Fernandez. To their working-class base, the Kirchners were saviours after Argentina's 2001 economic meltdown and the social unrest that followed the largest debt default in history. They were seen as standing up for the little guy against bullies both foreign and domestic. Addressing supporters outside her party headquarters after the Supreme Court ruling, she depicted her tenure as a golden era, when Argentine workers "had the highest salaries in Latin America and pensioners had the highest pensions." Her two terms, during a commodities boom, were characterised by protectionist trade policies and major investments in social programs and subsidies, which caused public spending to spiral. Under her stewardship Argentina became a regional bastion of LGBTQ rights, allowing gay marriage in 2010 and passing a gender identity law in 2012. For her detractors, however, Kirchner is a corrupt, overbearing interventionist who steered the country toward economic ruin and rampant inflation with her debt-fuelled spending sprees. One of her major critics is incumbent President Javier Milei, whose budget-slashing austerity policies Kirchner has in turn slammed as inhumane. In December 2022, Kirchner was found guilty of fraudulently awarding public works contracts during her time as president in her southern Patagonian stronghold of Santa Cruz. Just months earlier, at a pro-Kirchner demonstration, a man pointed a revolver in Kirchner's face and pulled the trigger. The gun did not fire. On Tuesday, after Argentina's Supreme Court upheld Kirchner's conviction on appeal, and confirmed a six-year prison sentence that she may ask to convert to house arrest given her age. Kirchner has been defiant throughout, accusing the justice system of persecuting Peronism. Just a week ago, she announced she would seek election to the government of Buenos Aires province in September elections. A win would have given her immunity for the duration of her term.
