(UPDATE) Willie donates 150K to two-headed baby

Posted at 07/31/2009 2:15 PM | Updated as of 07/31/2009 4:12 PM

MANILA - Game show host Willie Revillame on Friday pledged P150,000 for baby girl Arciaga, who was born with two heads and two hearts in Manila last Tuesday.

Revillame announced on Friday the P150,000 donation over his noontime program, Wowowee.

"Ang P100,000 ibibigay ko sa conjoined twins," he said. The baby is currently confined at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City.

The Wowowee host, however, changed his mind and said that he would add P50,000 for the twins.

The conjoined twins, who has a jobless mother and a tricycle boy for a father, was born at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Medical Center.

Doctors at the Fabella hospital said the baby has two hearts, which gives her a better chance of survival. The baby, however, has to be remained confined at the Philippine Heart Center because her other heart is not fully developed.

Dr. Ruben Flores, Fabella hospital director, said the baby has a very slim chance of survival because, except for having two hearts, the conjoined twins share a single liver, lungs and kidneys.

The baby's father, Salvador Arganda, has pleaded for help to keep girl Arciaga alive through prayers and financial assistance.

Revillame did not disclose the money will be given to the baby's parents.

The host of the most popular noontime game show in the country said the money was part of a P2-million cash package delivered to his home Thursday night.

He said he does not know who sent him the box containing envelopes filled with bundles of P500 bills.

Since he says he does not need the money, Revillame said he decided to giving it away.

He alloted P500,000 each for ABS-CBN Foundation's Bantay Bata 163 and 71 Dreams. He said he will donate another P500,000 to overseas Filipino workers stranded in Dubai.

The remaining P350,000 will go to Wowowee's charity fund for indigent Filipinos.


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To Willie yabang...ang

To Willie yabang...ang pagtulong sa kapwa at sa ibang tao ay hindi na dapat pang ipaalam sa publiko, kung tunay pagtulong mo, hindi mo kailangan ng press o ibalita sa buong mundo.sobra yabang mo sa katawan...manyak ka naman.



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