Roca said, "last year, after her plane departed from Manila on the way to a provincial show, Kitchie was surprised to have received frantic calls from family and friends checking on her upon arrival. That was more agonizing for her friends and family since they had no means of verifying the wild rumor then as mobile phones are not allowed to be turned on during the flight. Kitchie, of course, was surprised when she realized what was happening but she kept her cool," Roca says.

This time, Roca said they are not want to discuss it any further "to not gratify the person who started it. My partner Tommy Tanchangco has already stated our piece on the matter last week on several television programs and those will be the last of it. Morbid text brigades have happened several times in the past even to big names as Dolphy and Sharon Cuneta but both did not talk about it publicly so we don’t see any reason why we should. Kitchie is very much alive and doing well so the issue should not become bigger than it already is."

The text message stated that Kitchie died in a car accident en route to a show.

Due to the last morbid text brigade, Roca called up Globe Telecoms to either trace the subscriber or user of the phone from which the message first emanated so sanctions could be imposed, or at least to find out how the message became so prevalent and how it could be prevented from happening again. Roca notes that many of those that received and passed on the message were using Globe.

However, she says that the telecommunications company informed her that it "could not do anything" unless they (Kitchie’s camp) could trace the source of the text message themselves.

Kitchie’s manager are mulling over taking up the incident with the National Telecommunications Commission that could have policed such messages.

Meanwhile, Kitchie is wrapping up work on the follow-up to her debut album that produced the hit singles "Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin" and "Same Ground."

She also is promoting the theme song she wrote and performed for the upcoming GMA-7 tele-fantasya, "Majika," that stars Dennis Trillo, Angel Locsin, Eddie Garcia, Eddie Guitierrez, Zoren Legaspi, Carmina Villaruel, Rainier Castillo, Ryza Cenon, Polo Ravales, Jean Garcia, Polo Ravales, Jake Cuenca, Gina Alejar, Bearwin Meilly, and Sheena Halili.

Wilma V. Galvante, GMA-7’s Executive in charge of Production, explains the reason behind choosing Kitchie for the theme song.

"We want ‘Majika’ to be different from the previous tele-fantasyas we’ve done even as far as the music used. Usually, we just use the traditional love song or ballad. For ‘Majika,’ however, we wanted a rock star that even the masses could understand and relate to. We immediately thought of Kitchie and true enough, once we head her song, we knew we made the right choice. Kitchie’s music has magic all its own," says Ms. Galvante.