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<p>MANILA - Things are looking up for former child star Jiro Manio. Following a six-month stay inside an undisclosed rehabilitation center, the &quot;Magnifico&quot; star is back &quot;home.&quot;</p><p>In a photo posted on the Instagram account of the eldest son of Ai Ai delas Alas on Tuesday, the 23-year-old Manio can be seen outside the facility with the comedienne.</p><p>Sancho Vito, Delas Alas&#x27; son with the late Maltezo dela Cruz, shared the photo with the caption: &quot;Welcome home kapatid!&quot; It was punctuated with a hashtag that read: &quot;Jiro&#x27;s Home.&quot;</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA_UzjBGeGZ/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Sancho Vito De las Alas (@sanchovito)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-01-26T04:50:12+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 25, 2016 at 8:50pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Manio headed to rehab shortly after being found homeless around the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, where he claimed that his grandmother promised to bring him to Japan.</p><p>In an interview on &quot;Aquino &amp; Abunda Tonight,&quot; Manio&#x27;s foster father admitted that he had an altercation with the actor before the incident. He also revealed that his adopted son has been suffering from repeated bouts of depression.</p><p>Among the triggering reasons, according to Manio&#x27;s foster father, were the alleged broken promise of his grandmother to bring him to Japan to meet his biological father, a Japanese national.</p><p>READ: <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/02/15/where-did-jiros-wounds-come/">Where did Jiro&#x27;s wounds come from?</a></strong></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BA_rSj-GePX/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Sancho Vito De las Alas (@sanchovito)</a> on <time dateTime="2016-01-26T08:06:40+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 26, 2016 at 12:06am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>In a <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/18/15/jiros-father-doesnt-want-talk-ai-ai">press conference</a></strong> last September, the 50-year-old Delas Alas shared that Manio&#x27;s bioloigical father, Yusuke Katakura, does not want to talk to his son.</p><p>She explained: &quot;Ayaw naman niya talagang makipag-usap sa mga Pinoy kasi meron siyang sama ng loob. Iyon yatang lola, the mother nung mother ni Jiro, is nagkaroon sila ng difference.&quot;</p><p>This is not the first time Manio entered a rehabilitation center. Back in 2008, he entered a facility for drug addiction.</p>

Things are looking up for former child star Jiro Manio. 

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