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Watch: Reynan's The Voice Kids Philippines Audition Video

2015-06-06T12:27:00.000-07:00

Fans of the show are now calling him the next Lyka. Watch Reynan from the Tigwahanon Manobo Tribe of Bukidnon impress the judges during his blind audition:

Vhong Navarro: The Complete CCTV Footage

2014-01-29T19:50:00.000-08:00

Photo: Patric Garcia's Daughter and Girlfriend

2013-10-19T19:26:00.002-07:00

Patrick Garcia with girlfriend Nikka Martinez, and their daughter, Chelsea.

MANILA - Actor Patrick Garcia, known for his portrayals in the acclaimed dramas "Madrasta" and "Separada," admitted that his latest role as a new father -- this time in real life -- took some time getting used to.

In an interview with Smart Parenting magazine in its October 2013 issue, the 32-year-old TV star Garcia said that his newborn daughter, Chelsea, has changed him for the better.

"We were just typical, selfish kids before all this, so it's a total lifestyle change," Garcia said, referring to him and his non-showbiz girlfriend, Nikka Martinez.

The couple welcomed their first child in March. - Source: ABS-CBN

Photo: Freddie Aguilar's Girlfriend

2013-10-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

Source: Twitter

Freddie Aguilar confirms relationship with a 16-year old girl, whom he also plans to marry. Click here for the video report.

Class Suspension for Iglesia ni Cristo Medical Mission

2013-10-13T07:30:00.001-07:00

Most classes in the National Capital Region will be suspended on Monday, October 14, as heavy traffic is anticipated for Iglesia ni Cristo's medical and dental mission in Metro Manila.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro has suspended elementary and high school (public and private) classes in the following areas, as announced by Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino:

Quezon City
Caloocan
Pasig
Pasay
Makati
Mandaluyong
Taguig
Paranaque
Pateros
San Juan
Muntinlupa
Valenzuela

The city of Manila earlier announced suspension of classes in all levels, including college, for the Iglesia activities. Around 1.6 million participants are expected to join Iglesia's "Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko Lingap sa Mamamayan" project.

Meanwhile, classes are NOT suspended in the following cities:

Marikina
Las Pinas
Malabon
Navotas

Source: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/most-classes-suspended-in-ncr-for-iglesia-medical-mission-085117682.html

2014 Philippine Holidays

2013-09-29T22:11:00.007-07:00

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 655

DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS, AND SPECIAL HOLIDAY (FOR ALL SCHOOLS) FOR THE YEAR 2014

WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 9492, dated 24 July 2007, amended Section 26, Chapter 7, Book I of Executive Order (EO) No. 292, also known as the Administrative Code of 1987, by declaring certain days (specific or movable) as special or regular holidays;

WHEREAS, RA No. 9492 provides that holidays, except those which are religious in nature, are moved to the nearest Monday unless otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation;

WHEREAS, RA No. 9849 provides that the Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a national holiday;

WHEREAS, the EDSA People Power Revolution, which restored and ushered political, social and economic reforms in the country, serves as an inspiration to Filipinos everywhere as a nation and as a people;

WHEREAS, on 31 January 2014, the Chinese nationals all over the world will celebrate Spring Festival, popularly known as the Chinese New Year, which is one of the most revered and festive events celebrated not only in China but also in the Philippines by both Chinese-Filipinos and ordinary Filipinos as well; and the joint celebration is a manifestation of our solidarity with our Chinese-Filipino brethren who have been part of our lives in many respects as a country and as a people; 31 January 2014 may be declared as a special (non-working) day without detriment to public interest;

WHEREAS, Saturday, 19 April 2014 falls between Good Friday and Easter Sunday; Black Saturday, falling between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, has been traditionally declared a special (non-working) day throughout the country because the observance of Holy Week is one of our people’s most cherished traditions and they must be given the full and uninterrupted opportunity to ponder the significance of Holy Week and to properly observe its traditions with religious fervor, without prejudice to public interest;

WHEREAS, in order to foster closer family ties and enable our countrymen to observe Christmas more meaningfully, it is but fitting to declare 24 December (Wednesday) and 26 December 2014 (Friday) as additional special (non-working) days throughout the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as President of the Philippines, do hereby declare:

SECTION 1. The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2014 shall be observed in the country:

A. Regular Holidays
New Year’s Day -	1	January (Wednesday)
Araw ng Kagitingan -	9	April (Wednesday)
Maundy Thursday -	17	April
Good Friday -	18	April
Labor Day -	1	May (Thursday)

Independence Day -	12	June (Thursday)
National Heroes Day -	25	August (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day -	30	November (Sunday)
Christmas Day -	25	December (Thursday)
Rizal Day -	30	December (Tuesday)
B. Special (Non-Working) Days
Chinese New Year -	31	January (Friday)
Black Saturday -	19	April
Ninoy Aquino Day -	21	August (Thursday)
All Saints Day -	1	November (Saturday)
Additional special (non-working) days -	24	December (Wednesday)
-	26	December (Friday)
Last Day of the Year -	31	December (Wednesday)
C. Special Holiday (for all schools)
EDSA Revolution Anniversary	25	February (Tuesday)

SECTION 2. The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient. To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office of the President on which days the holidays shall respectively fall.

SECTION 3. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this Proclamation.

SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall take effect immediately.

SECTION 5. This Proclamation shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.Executive Secretary

Source: http://www.gov.ph/2013/09/25/proclamation-no-655-s-2013/

Mark Solis - Letter of Apology

2013-09-22T15:42:00.003-07:00

After admitting that he plagiarized a photo that made him win the top prize in the Smiles for the World photo contest, Mark Joseph Solis released this letter of apology last Sunday, September 22:

Video: Atty. Lorna Kapunan GGV Guesting

2013-09-22T13:34:00.001-07:00

Watch as Janet Lim Napoles' lawyer, Atty. Lorna Kapunan, shows her softer side on "Gandang Gabi Vice" on Sunday, September 22, 2013.

Watch The Voice Philippines Top 4 Live Performance

2013-09-22T09:06:00.000-07:00

-Photo credit-

Mitoy, Myk, Klarisse and Janice will face it each other in the grand finals. Who's your bet?

Mitoy Yonting "Power of Love" live performance.

Myk Perez "Baby I Love You" live performance.

Klarisse live performance.

Janice Javier "Imagine" live performance.

Mark Joseph Solis and His Plagiarized Winning Photo

2013-09-22T07:04:00.000-07:00

From Rappler.com:

MANILA, Philippines – A graduate student of the country's premier state university admitted to passing off as his own a photograph that recently won a contest sponsored by the Chilean ambassador.

University of the Philippines graduate student Mark Joseph Solis made the confession when Rappler contacted him by phone on Sunday, September 22.

"I'm deeply sorry. I'm in deep remorse. Right now, I already contacted the organizers and I'm about to contact the owner to personally convey to him my deepest and personal apology," Solis said.

It turned out, he had done this at least 5 times since 2011.

The most recent photo that Solis claimed to be his won the top prize in the Smiles for the World photo contest conceptualized by Chilean Ambassador Roberto Mayorga.

It came under intense scrutiny on social networks on Sunday after the real owner of the photograph, Gregory John Smith, revealed how "an impostor...abused my copyright" to the image.

Solis submitted a photo of a boy named Nilo from Zamboanga City. The caption stated that the boy helped his father to farm seaweed.

During Chile's National Day on Wednesday, September 18, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Solis was awarded $1,000 and roundtrip tickets to Chile and Brazil.

Smith, a social entrepreneur, said the photo belongs to the Children at Risk Foundation, which he founded. The child in the photo is from Brazil, not Zamboanga City, he said. - Continue reading

Meanwhile, here are some links to Facebook posts where this has been a hot topic:
Gregory John Smith (owner of the photo):
https://www.facebook.com/carfgregory/posts/420274791418020

Carlos Celdran:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151870486151131&l=c36349cdd0

Narinig ko sa UP:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NarinigKoSaUP/permalink/10151762380613369/

And the link to the original photo on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/83883888/

READ: Gigi Reyes' Full Statement on the Pork Barrel Scam

2013-09-21T15:53:00.000-07:00

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/09/21/13/nothing-can-be-worse-kind-betrayal

I left the country last August 31 to seek some peace and quiet amid the barrage of adverse and downright insulting publicity and commentary against me in the mainstream and social media.

I and my family have been deeply disturbed and hurt by the continuous slanted and patently biased reportage regarding my alleged involvement in the so-called “10-Billion PDAF scam.” Strangers and some elements from the media have attempted to get to our residence pretending to be my relatives.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer, in particular, has been especially cruel. Even as I tried to answer in all candor and honesty the texted questions of its reporter, Norman Bordadora, the PDI maliciously twisted my reply. The next day, due to my protestations over such misrepresentation, all the PDI could do was to issue a tiny “erratum”, claiming that the omission was a “clerical error.”

Among the private individuals apart from Ms. Janet Napoles who are being implicated in the investigation of the PDAF anomalies, it is apparent that the PDI and several other media outlets have trained their focus on me. In fact, in just one newscast, ABS-CBN flashed my photograph four times.

Atty. Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Gonzales Reyes

The PDI evidently has an ax to grind against me. I say so because in a private dinner in Rockwell a few months back where I accompanied my former boss, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, PDI Editor-in-Chief Mrs. Letty Jimenez Magsanoc openly told us about her deep personal hurt over the Senator’s published “Memoirs” which recounted the beginnings of the PDI and what she called the “unfair” portrayal of Ms. Eugenia “Eggie” Apostol.

True enough, THE WORST BLOW HAS JUST BEEN DEALT UPON ME BY NO LESS THAN THE CAMP OF SENATOR JUAN PONCE ENRILE- THE MAN I SERVED WITH FULL DEDICATION, HONESTY AND LOYALTY FOR 25 YEARS.

A certain Atty. Enrique dela Cruz has been doing the media rounds saying that Senator Enrile did not give his blessings to any of the acts I performed on his behalf. He directly accused me of doing things without the Senator's knowledge and going beyond the authority conferred upon me. Not content, Atty. dela Cruz goes on to say that the office of the Senator was investigating me for what he calls “katiwalian”, and that I, NOT THE SENATOR, will be liable.

I have lost contact with Senator Enrile and this very tragic development is beyond my comprehension. Does this Atty. dela Cruz REALLY know whereof he speaks? Really?

The last time I spoke to the Senator from abroad, he maintained that he will stand by the authority he issued to me and that all that I did was faithful and pursuant to his instructions. He even told me to be strong; that we will fight together to prove the accusations against us are false and fabricated.

I never once thought that this day would come. I never stepped on anyone’s toes nor abused my position in all the years I served in the Senate. But I have earned the bitter ire and enmity of some people by and large because and in defense of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile.

IF INDEED THESE STATEMENTS ARE SANCTIONED BY OR COMING FROM MY FORMER BOSS, THEN NOTHING CAN BE WORSE THAN THIS KIND OF TRAVESTY AND BETRAYAL.

Before I left, I had already engaged the services of my legal counsel to prepare for my defense because as things stood, it was a foregone conclusion that I would be included in the complaint long bruited about by Atty. Levito Baligod. Atty. Baligod interestingly hails from Tuao, Cagayan Province- the stronghold of the Enriles’ political adversaries in local politics.

I have yet to confront my accusers and the supposed “evidence” against me. I have every intention to defend myself, my name and my honor and to acquit myself of all the baseless charges and blatant lies being spread about me and those contained in perjured affidavits of so-called whistle-blowers.

I grieve at how all the dirt, harsh judgment, blame and vicious publicity heaped upon me has besmirched my family and the good honor and memory of my late father, Pat H. Gonzales, former editor-in-chief of the Manila Bulletin, and that of my late father-in-law, Ambassador Vicente G. Reyes.

There may be no saints among us and I do not profess to be one. Yet, as it has been in all of human history, it is easy for sinners to cast stones.

I have faith in GOD and my fate rests solely in His Hands and in His Divine Mercy.

Photo: The Voice Philippines Top 8

2013-09-21T15:25:00.002-07:00

Robi Domingo and Alex Gonzaga (5th and 6th from left) are flanked by the show's remaining contestants: (L to R) Thor Dulay, Janice Javier, Paolo Onesa, Myk Perez, Klarisse De Guzman, Morissette Amon, Mitoy Yonting, and Radha Tinsay. Photos by Mark Quimpo-Demayo

Miss World 2013 Live Streaming

2013-09-21T15:14:00.002-07:00

Watch Miss World 2013, live via online streaming on September 28!

Live Streaming Links: http://www.rcti.tv/streaming and http://missworld.okezone.com/

Wally Bayola Video Scandal

2013-09-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

Wally Bayola and EB Babe Yosh is the newest subject of an alleged video scandal leaked and now circulating online.

Photo: Janet Napoles Mugshot

2013-08-29T03:51:00.001-07:00

Photos: Napoles in Malacanang

2013-08-28T19:57:00.000-07:00

Palace photo of Janet Napoles (seated) in the Palace last night waiting for the President:

Photo credit: Willard Cheng

Photo credit: Ina Andolong ‏

Pork Barrel Scam Probe Live Updates

2013-08-28T19:32:00.001-07:00

The Philippines senate has started its probe on the Pork Barrel Scam. Get live online updates by clicking on any the images below:

ABS-CBN coverage, free live streaming.

Who is Totoy Brown?

2013-08-28T18:14:00.004-07:00

Sino si Totoy Brown? Jessica Soho investigates, watch:

Skip to 2:20 if you do not want to see Nancy Binay.

Photos: Super Sireyna 2013 Winner Photo Scandal

2013-07-27T10:35:00.004-07:00

Francine Garcia won Eat Bulaga's Super Sireyna Queen of Queens title last Saturday. Immediately after her victory, someone created a Facebook account for her with the name Franxa Garcia. The person posted at least eight nude photos which he/she claimed to be that of Francine. The Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=p.1388975394659313&type=1) got deleted only after a few hours.

Do you think she will get dethroned because of this? Let's wait for Eat Bulaga's announcement next week!

Police on heightened alert after CDO bombing | ABS-CBN News

2013-07-27T10:17:00.001-07:00

Police on heightened alert after CDO bombing | ABS-CBN News

A bombing in Cagayan De Oro City left six people dead and nearly 50 others wounded. Pursuit operations are underway for the suspects, and police are confident the case will be solved soon. – ANC World Tonight, July 27, 2013

Video: Deadpool and Alodia Dancing Gentleman

2013-07-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

Gentleman with D-Piddy Deadpool! Also in this video : Danny Choo & Kaname!

Riza Santos is Miss Universe Canada 2013

2013-05-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

Riza's FHM-Philippines' October 2007 cover.

Riza Santos tried her luck in Philippine showbiz shortly after representing Canada at the Miss Earth pageant held in Manila back in 2006. She appeared in some TV shows in ABS-CBN and posed for a men's magazine.

Her official Miss Universe Canada portrait.

She left the Philippines and continued her pageant career in Canada. She was crowned Miss World Canada 2011 and this year, she's ready for the Miss Universe stage in Russia. Watch her winning performance in the video below:

Video: Vice Ganda Spoofs Willie Revillame

2013-03-02T08:12:00.003-08:00

Taking his cue from the recent on-air tirade of Willie Revillame, Vice Ganda on Saturday spoofed the former Kapamilya host's rant during his noontime program "Wowowillie." During "Sine Mo 'To" on "It's Showtime," Vice Ganda repeatedly "cut" parts of the impromptu acting segment as he jokingly re-enacted Revillame's controversial outburst.

Last Thursday, Revillame interrupted a segment on his show "Wowowillie" to address his co-hosts Ethel Booba and Ate Gay, who were no longer seen on stage. Revillame said he had reprimanded both comedians, after Ethel Booba allegedly raised her voice at him backstage. He went on to dare both the sexy comedienne and Ate Gay to resign from the program. -- It's Showtime, ABS-CBN, March 2, 2013

Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/entertainment/03/02/13/vice-ganda-spoofs-willies-air-tirade

Video: Ricky Lo's Controversial Interview with Anne Hathaway

2013-01-20T16:08:00.003-08:00

Some say Ricky Lo was unprofessional and looked very unprepared with his questions. Anne tried so hard to be nice. What do you think?

Miss Universe 2012 Live Streaming

2012-12-15T15:51:00.000-08:00