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Mario Bautista, has been with the entertainment industry for more than 4 decades. He writes regular columns for People's Journal and Malaya.

Nov 3, 2014

Iya Villania Is Back To Where She Started

IYA VILLANIA returns to GMA where she started. She signed an exclusive contract with GMA on October 29, attended by the top officers of the Network. Present at the contract signing were Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, Senior Vice President for Entertainment TV Lilybeth G. Rasonable, Vice President for Entertainment TV Marivin T. Arayata, Vice President for Drama Redgie A. Magno, Vice President for Corporate Communications Angela Javier-Cruz, Senior Assistant Vice President for Alternative Productions Gigi Santiago-Lara and Iya’s manager Arnold Vegafria.

With the warm welcome from GMA executives, Iya feels excited about this new chapter in her life. “It’s exciting. It is going to be a huge change but I guess change is the only permanent thing in this world kaya nakaka-excite. And of course it’s always nice to make new friends kaya that is what I’m definitely looking forward to.”

Rasonable says she is very pleased and happy that Iya is back as a Kapuso and she says the Network will give Iya good projects in order for her to shine brighter. “She started with GMA in ‘Click’,” she says. “We’re glad she returned to us. It’s a homecoming for her and we welcome her with open arms. We’ll welcome her ng maganda sa SAS (Sunday All Stars) dahil masaya kaming lahat at itutuluy-tuloy natin ‘yun. We’re cooking up a drama for her. Although you don’t see her that much in drama, but we know that she’s a good actress. Even on stage, I watched her and she should continue to hone that.”

Iya will now be part of GMA’s musical-variety program Sunday All Stars. Her husband, Drew Arellano, is also officially a Kapuso. Maybe the two of them can now have a project together.

Meantime, Jolina Magdangal, who originally started with ABS-CBN and moved to GMA 12, years ago, is now back to ABS again to co-star with Marvin Agustin (who, like her, also moved from ABS to GMA and now back to ABS again) in a morning series.

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