Inday Ruping is in our hearts

Clockwise from top-left: Your VRS with Rizalino Torralba, aka Inday Ruping in 2007, and with Kien Alphe Garsuta, Stella Ranario-Marquez, Clement Ingking, Dr. Grace Ramada and friends, Arnel Libot and friends and Fiel Angeli Araoarao-Gabin. Contributed Photos

Comedian Inday Ruping, whose real names was Rizalino Torralba, drifted into an eternal sleep last Saturday night (March 27). He was 45. 

Simply Titon to his the family, friends and the entertainment industry, the famous DJ loved for his hearty laughter. 

In 2006, when a radio program "Bisaya" was vacated in by Inday Cristala (who's in Taiwan now), Titon tried to apply just for fun. He chose the screen name DJ Ruffa, but the name wasn't a click and was changed into Inday Rufing/Ruping.  As manghuhula would say, he was destined to become a star who carved a name in the airwaves; it was written in the stars.

And the rest was history. Inday Ruping became an household name who tickled our funny bones. 

Titon was fun to be with...witty, well-read and without any air or superiority complex.

In the entertainment industry, he was the real "Mother." With his passion and knowledge, he made sure that the industry was constantly improving. He made sure other talents were given an oportunity to shine and earn. He was admired and respected in the industry. As a person, he was very thoughtful, generous and compassionate.

My most unforgettable interview with Titon was in May 2008 while writing for the defunct Bohol Sunday Post. Among the biggest bombshells: He was raped by a woman, and, he had a son! And that explosive revelations that shocked the world are still the talk of the town 13 years later. 

Titon was an open book, an exciting interviewee who fielded every question you threw at him, even the most personal ones, and did it with wit and humor. Maybe that’s one thing the new breed of entertainers can learn from Titon — not to be over-protective of themselves, not to be onion-skinned and not to flaunt any symptoms of star complex. Until the very end, Titon remained accessible, humble and lovable.

Titon will be greatly missed.

Deo Guden- Rest well our dearest Inday. You are a great loss to Bohol and its people. You'll be missed by so many. Boholanos will never have another Inday Rufing, yet you succumbed to sudden death hence, so heartbreaking.  Working with you for various Panglao events were all good memories and fun-filled stories.  True to your nifty vlog intro spiel "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow", yes! You were-are-will always be loved and remembered. Rest in peace my dear, rest well with the Lord. 

Arnel Libot-Salamat kaayo Sir/Inday Ruping....Sa imong Suporta sa Bohol Stars....Sa mga shows nga ikaw ang nag host..dili malimtan,..You gave smile and joy kanamong tanan....Rest in Peace....

Kien Alphe Garsuta- Rest in Eternal Peace Inday Ruping! Nanghina ko nakadungog sa news today. Makahuot sa dughan.  Nag message pako nimo last March 19 for event hosting karong May puhon.  Daghang Salamat Inday sa mga katawa, kalipay, ug kalingawan nga imong gipabati nimo kanamo!  You will always be remembered Inday. 

Pier Giorgio Salamat- Rest in peace, Inday Ruping! Mingawon jud mi nimo. Ikaw ang tigtabang pod og wagtang sa among stress karong pandemic.

JP Maslog- You are in our hearts forever Titon.  Daghang Salamat sa tabang ug suporta. 

Fiel Angeli Araoarao-Gabin- March 28, 2021... My final tribute to one of the very talented graduates of Bohol National High School (Class of 1993)... Because I want to remember you this way... Inday Ruffing, as I like to call you, I am truly saddened with the news. Let me thank YOU for the friendship, for the many times you catered to my requests for public service announcements for the promotion of our activities in your Kiss FM radio program, and most of all, for the laughters and cheers you have given to the Boholano people.... Truly, you will be greatly missed... Requiescat in pace (RIP), Rizalino “Inday Ruffing” Torralba.  So unbelievable. So sudden. So tragic for someone who has brought so much laughter to so many people. 

Clement Ingking-There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone the lights remains. Farewell, my friend, till we meet again someday, somewhere. 

Stella Ranario-Marquez- Inday Ruping Torralba Rest easy…you will be missed dearly..wla nay moshout out nko sa kissaw sa kiss

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Get to know Bohol’s ‘who’s who’ whose real names will surprise you

Wake-upper:

Scene: Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto clarified that he never issued a specific statement about having a list of narco-politicians in the province during the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting last Aug. 25.   “And it is not only the responsibility of the intelligence community. In fact the people from intelligence generate their information through the support of the community,” Chatto said. He also reminded the media to faithfully do their work by giving the public the right information. “If there is doubt, ask the source because the source is just there. If our purpose is indeed honest to goodness service in public and not to mislead and not put malice in statement and the truth can always be found for the source of information,” he said. He also appealed to all Boholanos to provide information that would lead to the arrest and identification of drug and criminal personalities in the province.

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The social media was filled with “Buwan ng Wika” photos of our friends’ children donning their favorite barong tagalog and baro’t saya. Indeed, “ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay mas mabaho pa kaysa malansang isda.”

(Right) Inday Rufing (real name: Rizalino Torralba) 

with Bohol’s famous hairdresser and make-up artist 

Tracy Remolador Torres (who protested 

he is not using a stage name). Contributed Photo

Since, we are at it, I want to share some of our favorite Tagalog #hugot lines which I culled from the Internet.  Here are some of them:

1—Mamatay-matay ka sa selos, hindi naman pala kayo. Ano ba ‘yun !

2—Sa LOVE, walang bingi; walang bulag; walang pipi…pero TANGA marami.

3—Kapag sumama ka sa matatalino, tatalino ka rin. Kapag sumama ka sa adik, magiging adik ka rin. Try mong sumama sa akin, baka sakaling maging akin ka rin.

4—Kapag sinabihan ka nang: “Ang ganda mo!”, mag-thank you ka na lang. Minsan ka na  nga lang sabihan, mag-iinarte ka pa.

5—Ang mabuting lalaki, “stick to one”, hindi 3 in 1.

6—Kapag mahal mo, ipaglaban mo. Pero kung pinagmumukha ka nang tanga, iwan mo na.

7—Aanhin mo ang palasyo kung walang internet connection dito. Mabuti pang mag-stay sa bahay kubo, sa Wi-Fi zone nakapuwesto.

8—Aanhin mo ang pera’t mansiyon, kung nagmumura ang iyong bilbil at puson.

9—Aanhin pa ang tiwala, kung ang hinala ay laging tumatama?

10—Kaysa mabuwisit, love your “haters”. Sila ang ebidensiya na hindi ka pa nga artista, may mga fans ka na.

11—Labs, para kang damit na suot ko ngayon. Simple lang pero bagay sa akin.

12—Lagi na lang ninyong sinisisi ang mga taong “paasa”. Hindi kaya, kasalanan mo dahil “assuming” ka lang?

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Real names of Bohol’s ‘who’s who’

Willie Maestrado (real name: Manolito Maestrado)

 a.ka. The RoboCop gives us the latest news 

and updates on Bohol. Contributed Photo

Do you think Rich Asuncion would have been one of the country’s young actress had she used her real name Richell Pacaldo Angalot? Would Maxi been a real designer had he packaged himself as Maximiel Tallo?  We all know the late Yoyoy Villame was an icon, but there’s a good chance he might not had the same level of success had he kept his real name, Roman Tesorio Villame.

Some people (stars, celebrities, who’s who, semi-celebrities) change their names because they don’t like them or they are cultivating a unique persona with the help of a stage name. Others because it doesn’t sound like stars’ names or their real names are hard to memorize and remember.  While some completely wipe the slate clean (we’re looking at you Inday Rufing!), others simply replace a first or last name.

Read on to discover their real names.

Rich Asuncion — Richell Pacaldo Angalot

Inday Rufing—  Rizalino Torralba

Inday Charity—  Edwardo Guyano

Toto Veloso —  Jose Antonio Veloso (Vice Mayor of Tagbilaran)

Baba Yap —  John Geesnell Yap II  (Mayor of Tagbilaran)

Omie Auza—  Rommel Auza

Maxi —  Maximiel Tallo

Pinay Vera—  Vera Gisete Villocido

Toloy—  Leoncio Evasco, Jr. (former Maribojoc Mayor and now Cabinet Secretary)

Tusoy—  Fructuoso Redulla, Jr. (former Vice Mayor of Maribojoc)

Aris Aumentado—  Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Representative, 1^st District of Bohol)

Jerome Sala—  Jerome Ucab

Willie Maestrado- Manolito Maestrado (dyRD’s news reporter)

Jun Gutierrez- Alfredo Gutierrez Jr.  (dyRD’s news reporter)

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