In the Grand Fiesta Eat Bulaga in Los Angeles Show, it was not only the flop issue that became very much controversial. Recently surfacing in Youtube is a video wherein Joey De Leon in a song referred to Pokwang as Aswang (witch, creature, etc..). Of course this remark did not go unnoticed to Pokwang and her co-stars in Wowowee. Willie Revillame in a televised remark said that everyone should respect Pokwang because she is after all only “tao din” (human too). Pokwang meanwhile said, “ Eh, siguro lab niya ako. Hayaan na lang natin ang lolo niyo, basta ako magta-trabaho na lang ako at magpapaligaya ng mga tao.”

In fairness to Joey De Leon, maybe the reference is meant to be a joke as both of them are comedians but could border on being below the belt, depending on the person who is going to overhear it. Watch the alleged video where Joey De leon referred to Pokwang as Aswang below:

Another Pinay is making waves in the US Music scene esp. in the hard to penetrate Jazz scene, with the likes of Anita Baker and Sarah Vaughan as headliners, the Filipina is Charmaine Clamor.

Charmaine Clamor is the first Filipina jazz singer to find success on American radio, achieving the rare feat of simultaneously making the top-5 on both JazzWeek’s World (#2 ranking) and Traditional Jazz (#4) charts. Her debut album was “Searching for the Soul” (2005) and second album, “Flippin’ Out” (2007), were all critically acclaimed.

Don Heckman said in the LA TIMES, “When Charmaine Clamor’s warm, luscious contralto slips into a seductive rhythm or purrs through tender lyrics, there’s no doubt that a first-rate jazz talent is present. Her debut album Searching for the Soul announced the arrival of an impressive new vocal artist.”

Charmaine Clamor is the first jazz artist to release an album that synthesizes the soul and swing of American jazz with traditional Filipino folk music, languages and instruments — a hybrid she calls jazzipino. She headlined the sold-out and critically acclaimed 2005, 2006 & 2007 Filipino-American Jazz Festivals, at Catalina Bar & Grill, in Hollywood, California.

Originally from Subic, Zambales, Charmaine Clamor began her singing career at age 3, entertaining passengers (whether they liked it or not!) in the back of buses traveling to Manila.