Make Your Valentines Lovelier With Jose Cuervo

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Happy Valentines Compadres! The season of love is upon us and with that, couples all across the country are looking for ways to really make the holiday just a little extra special.

This Valentines, are you considering staying in and making the evening just a little lovelier? Allow your friends at Jose Cuervo to offer you this special shrimp taco recipe that’s sure to sizzle up your evening. Pair it up with a bowl of tortillas and a pitcher of frozen margarita with Jose Cuervo Silver, and you and your lover are in for a pretty good evening.

Shrimp Taco Recipe

Silver Tequila Tacos

Shrimps
3 tablespoons Jose Cuervo Especial Silver
1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon cumin

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 calamansi, freshly squeezed

Cooking Oil (lauric or vegetable)

1 bag, freeze-dried shrimp
¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Pinch of salt and pepper

Spicy Mayo Mix
1 Cup mayonnaise

2 teaspoon lime juice
2 teaspoon Jose Cuervo Especial Silver

1 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon paprika
Pinch of salt

Directions

• Start off with the Spicy Mayo Mix. Combine the ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Time for the shrimp marinade! In a large bowl, mix the tequila, paprika, cumin, and calamansi. Toss in the shrimp and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat the pan to medium and sauté the garlic. As the garlic starts to brown, sauté the shrimp and marinade. Cook the shrimp under a minute, just as it starts to pink. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• For the tacos, store bought soft-shell tacos will work well. In a non-stick pan, warm the tacos for roughly 30 seconds on both sides.  
• With everything all done, it’s time to start assembling your taco. Layer the shrimp and top it off with the spicy mayo mix and cilantro. Serve with a pitcher of Margarita with Jose Cuervo Silver. 

Jose Cuervo Frozen Margarita Recipe

Ingredients from Scratch

90ml Jose Cuervo Especial Silver

30ml triple sec

120ml lime juice (or use strawberry/mango/coconut/lychee in puree or syrup)

80ml simple syrup

2 cups cube ice

Or for something simpler, you can opt to use:

220ml Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix

90ml Jose Cuervo Especial Silver

2 cups cube ice

Directions

• Put all ingredients in a blender and blend.
• Split to 2 glasses for you and your significant other.

Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix is available in S&R, Landmark, Puregold, Cash & Carry, and Unimart.

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Hontiveros Propose Alternative Strategy to Drug Problem

Wazzup Pilipinas!

"We cannot kill our way out of the drug problem."

This was the statement of Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday as she filed a bill that seeks to replace the government’s corrupt and abusive anti-drug campaign with an “alternative health and law enforcement strategy” to address the country’s drug problem.

In a press conference together with different health advocates and community leaders, Hontiveros presented to the public Senate Bill No. 1313 otherwise known as the "Barangay Health and Rehabilitation Strategy Act of 2017”. Hontiveros said that her bill aims to provide a comprehensive public health approach to the country’s drug policy and establish appropriate barangay-based programs and services for drug-related issues and concerns.

“The suspension of Oplan Tokhang is a recognition that a simplistic crime and punishment approach is simply ineffective. There is a need for a new and sustainable strategy that is humane, rehabilitative and less susceptible to abuse. We cannot kill our way out of this problem,” Hontiveros said.

“Offer hope, not death”

Hontiveros said that the mistakes and abuses of Oplan Tokhang must not be repeated. “Even as we seek justice for the innocent victims of the government’s flawed and abusive war on drugs, we will start implementing a new strategy in the barangays, particularly Pasay and Caloocan which were severely ravaged by Oplan Tokhang. We must shift our policy from simple punishment to treatment. We must offer hope not death,” Hontiveros added. 

Citing data from the Dangerous Drugs Board, Hontiveros said that only about nine per cent (9%) of over a million drug users who expressed their willingness to access treatment needed to be committed in rehabilitation centers. Ninety one per cent (91%) did not need institutionalized intervention. “Without any government program to address their needs, they remain in the “Kill List.” The government response is currently limited to criminal prosecution and facility-based rehabilitation. These are clearly inadequate,” she said.  

Barangay-based rehabilitation centers and programs

Hontiveros, who is the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, said that she wants to create a Health Intervention for Drug Use Bureau (HIDUB) which will establish and implement along with local government units (LGUs) a National Health Intervention for Drug Use Program, absorbing existing drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs of the Department of Health (DoH). 

The senator, who pointed to the success of Barangay Culiat in implementing her proposed strategy, said that her bill also seeks to create barangay-based health intervention and rehabilitation programs and centers for drug dependents to be able to provide intervention programs to respond to the assessed needs of drug dependents, which include consultation, case management, psycho-education, counseling, health and social support, relapse management, and other evidence-based health interventions and strategies.

Alternative drug law enforcement strategy targeting big-time drug syndicates

Meanwhile, Hontiveros said that a public health approach to the drug problem must be complemented by a “rules-based and modern drug law enforcement strategy" targeting big-time drug syndicates.  She said that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) must take the lead, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) taking a coordinative role in the conduct of anti-drug operations. 

"The government must bring the campaign to the drug lords and not to the poor. As such, side by side with a public health approach, our drug law enforcement strategy must shift focus to organized drug syndicates. We must focus on crimes associated with big drug operations, such as money laundering and extortion. We must also strengthen border control in international airports and seaports, and heighten operations against cross-country narco trafficking,” Hontiveros explained. 

Hontiveros said that her alternative law enforcement strategy has five major pillars: 

1.Internal cleansing of law enforcement agencies to ensure that they are not infiltrated by elements corrupted by drug syndicates. 

2. Replenish ranks of law enforcers with new agents who are impervious to police corruption. Salaries and benefits must be increased to attract the “best and brightest”.

3. Mobilization of government resources to fund modern crime-fighting and solving infrastructure and capability enhancement programs, such as a nationwide automated crime reporting system, security-camera command centers in police districts and stations, air assets and modern laboratory equipments which can be used for more thorough and extensive substance analysis.

4.Strengthened community policing as a response to reactive, incident-driven law enforcement work. 

5. Focus law enforcement resources on big-time drug lords and syndicates. 

Hontiveros filed the bill together with advocates from the No Box Transitions Philippines, Sustained Health Initiatives of the Philippines (SHIP) and community leaders from Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. 

Dayanara Torres: ASAP Hails the Dancing Queen of the 90s

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Can I just say, Dayanara Torres is still smashingly beautiful! She is undoubtedly still as beautiful as ever.

My eyes were just glued on the TV as she performed live with back-up dancers. It was surely an emotional flashback for many of her fans. Now, she's back as an instant celebrity in the Philippines!

We got to see her again a few days ago when she judged the Miss Universe 2016 beauty pageant in Manila together with Sushmita Sen, Leila Lopes, Francine LeFrak, Mickey Boardman, and Cynthia Bailey, but her appearance during the anniversary of ASAP on ABS-CBN for their 22nd year was such a throwback moment that you can't stop reminiscing those years when she was hailed as the Dancing Queen of the Philippines.
Dayanara Torres is more than happy to be back in the Philippines, which she once considered her home. We had many memorable moments with the former Miss Universe from the very moment she won her title until she became a familiar face of Philippine showbiz.

Since the Puerto Rican beauty queen flew to Manila to be a judge in Miss Universe, she also took the time to reunite with old friends including her co-hosts at ASAP. She was seen with Gary, Angeli, and Gina Valenciano, Rajo Laurel, Nix Alanon, Tim Yap, Rey Rolla, JM Rodriguez, and fellow beauty queen Ruffa Gutierrez.

Being a former host, together with top OPM performers like Martin Nievera, Ariel Rivera, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Vina Morales and Gary Valenciano, she rightfully deserves to return to the ASAP show for a reunion to celebrate the anniversary.