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Actress Judy Ann Santos reacts to controversial P500 noche buena

Actress-entrepreneur Judy Ann Santos on Dec. 2, 2025 speaks to the press during her launch as a UFC Culinary Ambassador, reacting to the Department of Trade and Industry’s controversial claim that a P500 budget is enough for a basic noche buena (midnight feast). Santos says the amount is insufficient and hopes the agency will be more careful and sensitive in its statements.

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00:00U.F.C.
00:03Oo, diba? Sa dami na produkto ng U.F.C.
00:07Affordable, good world-class quality, hindi lang world-class yung presyo.
00:12But, um, napangka-controversial talaga yan.
00:17Actually, maraming nasaktan, maraming na-offend, maraming hindi nakapreciate,
00:22kasi parang na-degrade naman masyado ang mga tao, diba?
00:25Um, siguran they could be more specific sa 500 na yun.
00:32Kung dalawa lang sila, baka nga hindi pa kasi.
00:35San mahal din talaga ng mga binigay.
00:37Probably more research should have been done before naglabas ng ganong statement.
00:42Kasi sa panahon ng buhay natin ngayon, that everybody's just clinging into a thin thread.
00:50Kahit ano sabihin talaga, mapapansin, lalo usapang pera.
00:53Kasi ayun, marami nang nawalang pera, tapos babalikan, babalik tayo sa 500.
00:58Sana po tayong ibang.
01:00Anyway, sana mas nag-compassionate lang sa mga ganyang klaseng pagbibigay na.
01:11Tumulong ka nga, pero parang, gusto mong tumulong sa Filipino family,
01:16pero parang mas naka-offend ka pa.
01:17Sana mas naging sensitive lang sa part na yun.
01:22Kasi ilan lang ba ang Filipino families na walang anak?
01:28Or lahat tayo, smorgasbord tayo sa pamilya?
01:33So siguro kahit sabihin 500 per person,
01:37baka medyo mas nag-expire.
01:39Kasi kung lima tayo sa pamilya, or they make them five times, kasha yun.
01:45Kasha-kasha, meron ka pang, pangalmosan.
01:48So, nakakalungkot lang isipin that we could have been, you know,
01:52they could have been more sensitive in that part.
01:55Because marami na tayong pinagdadaanan.
01:57Masyado ng durogang Pilipino.
02:00Sana, bilang magpapasko, mas pinag-isipan kung parang siya ay di-deliver.
02:06Any tips na lang po for those family na with limited budget?
02:11Ano yung dapat nilang gawin for the holidays?
02:15Well, lagi naman natin yung sinasabi,
02:18very traditional tayo mga Pilipina, di ba?
02:21We always go home to our families on Christmas Day.
02:26Hindi naman kailangan ng mag-arabong handa.
02:30Ang importante, magkakasama kayo sa Pasko,
02:32nakapagsimba kayo, nakapagpasalamat kayo.
02:35At lahat kayo healthy?
02:38Siguro, simple pagkain,
02:41or probably meron kang fried chicken on the side,
02:46or let's go, manong hindi kailangan lima ang putahe.
02:50Hindi kailangan, kasi hindi naman ito labanan ng putahe.
02:54Hindi naman ito labanan ng dami ng pagkain sa,
02:57kung nakabuffe ka.
02:58Because Christmas time is really spending time with your family
03:03and appreciating the Lord of Jesus Christ.
03:06Kapag, we focus more on being with our loved ones.
03:11Yung pagkain, para lang naman tayo huwag magutom eh.
03:14Sa Aralang Noche Buena.
03:16Yung iba naman, sa limang daan na yan,
03:18malamang mabibili lang yun dyan alak.
03:20Itulog na lang nila yung taso.
03:23Kasi, para,
03:25pagbubili sila na,
03:27jingbilog dyan,
03:28ilang din yun.
03:29O, di hindi na nila mararap na ba yun, no?
03:31Noche Buena.
03:33But,
03:35yan din ang kahusayan sa ating mga Pilipino.
03:38We are so witty
03:39na natatawalan natin yung mga problema natin.
03:43Baha nga,
03:44nagagawa natin mag-swingin yun, di ba?
03:46Kahit alam natin
03:47ang bigat-bigat sa puso
03:49ng mga napapanoon natin.
03:50Nagagawa natin
03:51magpapagtawanan.
03:53Pero sana,
03:55sa pagkakataong ito, di ba?
03:57Na,
03:58ang daming dinadanas ng bansa natin.
04:00Sana seryoso ayaw tayo ng gobyerno.
04:02Yun lang naman.
04:09Yun lang naman.
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