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‘Please don’t let go’: Marlo, Morissette sing for actor’s ailing mom

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl7ousGH05C/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" 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:540px;min-width:326px;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,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);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/Bl7ousGH05C/?utm_source=ig_embed" 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 post shared by Marlo Mortel (@marlomortelmusic)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-01T09:48:55+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 1, 2018 at 2:48am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“We won’t lose hope.” </p><p>These were the words of actor Marlo Mortel on Thursday, a day after he asked for prayers for his cancer-stricken mother, Merlie Pamintuan, who has been transferred under critical care.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PLEASE PRAY FOR MY MOM. WE’RE LOSING HER NOW. LORD PLEASE DON’T TAKE HER AWAY FROM US. PLEASE LORD WORK YOUR MIRACLE ON MY MOM I KNOW SHE CAN SURVIVE THIS!</p>— Marlo Mortel (@marlo_mortel) <a href="https://twitter.com/marlo_mortel/status/1031910568884502529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My mom is still in critical condition. God you are the only one who can heal &amp; revive her ultimately. You can see how hard she’s fighting for her life. We are asking for continuous prayers. Nothing is impossible with you Jesus!</p>— Marlo Mortel (@marlo_mortel) <a href="https://twitter.com/marlo_mortel/status/1032109514923761664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Mortel, 25, shared a glimpse of his mother’s condition through an Instagram video, where he is seen dedicating to her “A Way Back Into Love” with singer Morissette Amon.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmyUS_sHTTm/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" 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:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:28.10185185185185% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);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/BmyUS_sHTTm/?utm_source=ig_embed" 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 post shared by Marlo Mortel (@marlomortelmusic)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-22T15:56:22+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 22, 2018 at 8:56am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>“I hope this cheered you up, mommy,” he wrote.</p><p>A separate photo showing his hand holding his mother’s had a similarly emotional caption: “We’re all holding on, Mommy. Please don’t let go.”</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmxwP68BYK-/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" 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:540px;min-width:326px;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,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);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/BmxwP68BYK-/?utm_source=ig_embed" 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 post shared by Marlo Mortel (@marlomortelmusic)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-22T10:13:37+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 22, 2018 at 3:13am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Mortel has been open about his family grappling with the condition of his mother, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014.</p><p>Last year, he organized a benefit concert to raise funds for Pamintuan&#x27;s medical expenses, and in February composed and shared a song he had written for her.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ZN4fAd7N00?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>“We won’t lose hope.” These were the words of actor Marlo Mortel on Thursday, a day after he asked for prayers for his cancer-stricken mother, Merlie Pamintuan, who has been transferred under critical care.</p>

“We won’t lose hope.” These were the words of actor Marlo Mortel on Thursday, a day after he asked for prayers for his cancer-stricken mother, Merlie Pamintuan, who has been transferred under critical care.