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Ejay, Ellen Adarna to heat up new soap

Dec 052014

Ejay Falcon (MNS PHOTO) Actor Ejay Falcon has already started working on his upcomimng series “Pasion de Amor,” which also stars Coleen Garcia, Arci Muñoz, Ellen Adarna and Jake Cuenca. “Nakapag-taping na po kami matagal na. Hinintay lang po namin si Jake Cuenca nakabalik na siya,” Falcon told reporters. In the series, a remake of the Colombian telenovela, Falcon will have Adarna as his leading lady. “Ito ang pinakabago sa akin masasabi ko na grey charater siya pero ito ibang iba. Napanood niyo naman siguro. Napanood ko dati hindi pa ako artista noon, alam ko na din ang kwento,” Falcon said. Falcon said he really prepared for the new series and admitted that one of the requirements of the show is to have a sexy body. “Matagal na pong pinaghandaan ito at ngayon ay tuloy-tuloy na. Paglabas ko pa lang ng ‘PBB ‘na cast na ako dito, 2009. Pinaghandaan namin, hindi lang ako, lahat kami pinaghandaan namin at yun ang unang requirement sa show na kailangan maganda po talaga ang katawan,” he said. Falcon said they are hoping to air ‘Pasion de Amor’ early next year.(MNS)

Holiday Make-up by Colina Salon

Entertainment

Dec 042014

Marlou Colina of Colina Salo The holiday season gets busy with parties and events. Let your beauty stand out, and let the “celebrity make-up artist to the stars” Marlou Colina of Colina Salon take care of it. From conventional make-up technique to the high definition coverage airbrush make-up, Colina Salon offers top-notch hair and make-up design that made celebrities trust its expertise over the years. “Fashion is not complete without the total look. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Colina believes. Colina Salon now offers killer-deal promo of $80 hairstyling and conventional make-up for the holiday. They also offer lots of promos on all services from hair, skincare, nails and MC beauty products. To schedule your appointment, call 5629883101 or visit www.colinasaloninc.com. Colina Salon is located at 3505 Long Beach Blvd. Suite 2E Long Beach CA 90807. Open Mon-Sat 10AM-7PM.

Binibining Pilipinas USA seeks licensees for U.S. regional pageants

Entertainment

Dec 042014

Binibining Pilipinas USA seeks licensees for U.S. regional pageants

Los Angeles – In preparation for its upcoming 3rd annual BINIBINING PILIPINAS USA 2015 Pageant (“Your Destiny Awaits!”), scheduled for August 2015, in Los Angeles, CA, the Binibining Pilipinas USA organization announced today that it is seeking regional/local pageant directors from various regions around the United States to operate, manage, and conduct official local pageants or candidate searches, with an eye towards finding the next Binibining Pilipinas USA queen. “There isn’t a more effective way to reach every corner of the Filipino community in the U.S. than to partner up with our supporters in other states,” said President/CEO Mildred Deang. “Our future partners outside of Southern California live in large communities where many beautiful Filipinas live, and we look forward to working with them to find our next titleholder,” she added. This prestigious national pageant seeks those special young women in today’s Filipino-American communities who not only have the beauty, grace and elegance to compete on an international level, and who also have the dynamic personalities that set them apart from the rest. Interested parties are urged to contact pageant organizers through Associate Producer, Joey Galon, for further inquiries. He will work closely with regional competitions to find the best candidates to send as representatives to the national pageant in Los Angeles. Regional pageants shall be completed by May 2015 in order to provide candidates sufficient time to prepare for the national pageant. Details of the regional licensee responsibilities will be outlined in writing, so get in touch now. (Soli Read More …

PNoy signs law increasing burial aid for veterans

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Dec 042014

PNoy signs law increasing burial aid for veterans

President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 kick-off ceremony at The Eye Ballroom of the Green Sun Hotel in Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City on Monday night (December 01). (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law increasing the burial assistance for Filipino war veterans. Through Republic Act (R.A.) 10649, signed by Aquino last November 27, Filipino veterans are now entitled to P20,000 in burial assistance, from the previous P10,000. The new law amended Section 20 of Republic Act 6948, which standardizes benefits for military veterans. The budget for the implementation of this new law will be included and taken from appropriations for the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) under the Department of National Defense. Under R.A. 10649, the increased burial aid shall be given to bereaved family members who applied for the assistance within two years from the veteran’s death. Filipino war veterans who are entitled to a similar benefit from the United States government are not entitled to the higher burial assistance. (MNS)

Congress to pass 13th month pay exemption hike, 8 other bills, before Christmas break

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Dec 042014

Congress to pass 13th month pay exemption hike, 8 other bills, before Christmas break

Rizal Park Management personnel install colorful native lanterns, or parols, at the park on Wednesday. Less than a month before Christmas, establishments are busy beautifying and adding Christmas decorations for the Yuletide season. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Senate President Franklin Drilon said on Tuesday that Congressional leaders have agreed to tackle and pass a host of key measures before the Christmas break, including laws to purge unfair business practices, and to increase the take-home pay of workers in the private and public sectors. “After our monthly meeting, we reached a consensus with the House of Representatives to enact at least eight or nine proposed measures before Congress takes a break on December 17,” said Drilon. “We resolved to finish the priority measures, in recognition of their immense benefits to the public and the urgency needed to properly effect such legislation,” he added. “For instance, we are bound to enact the bill that will raise the tax exemption ceiling of the 13th-month pay and other benefits from P30,000 to P82,000, so that the President will be able to sign it before the year ends,” said Drilon, noting that the House agreed to adopt the Senate’s version of the bill. In the House version, the limit was pegged at P75,000. Drilon said Congress will pass the Fair Competition Act “in order to promote economic efficiency in trade, industry and commerce through the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, and anti-competitive mergers that distort and restrict competition.” “Having a competition Read More …

UCLA Pilipino Alumni renames its Scholarship Program

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Dec 032014

UCLA Pilipino Alumni renames its Scholarship Program

UCLA Pilipino Alumni Board Members from left to right: JP Schumacher, Rose Lyn Castro, Bobby Rimas, Rex Sampaga, and Steffi Yutan On Tuesday, November 18th, the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association Board of Directors held a dinner at Park’s Finest Restaurant in Los Angeles to celebrate the renaming of their scholarship program to the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Lovell Sevilla Scholarship Program. The dinner is the first event of a renewed scholarship campaign to strengthen the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Endowment and to honor Ms. Lovell Sevilla, who served as the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Scholarship Director from 1995 through 2000 and was instrumental in establishing the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Scholarship Endowment. Ms. Sevilla also served as a UCLA student counselor for more than two decades. In 2010, she was awarded the UCLA Chancellor’s Excellence in Service Award for expanding diversity in the UCLA Honors Programs and in 2011, became the UCLA director of counseling. In August 2014, Ms. Sevilla died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after a 9-month battle to acute myeloid leukemia. Students who were counseled by Ms. Sevilla remember her dedication to help them in any way she could. Bobby T. Rimas, the current UCLA Pilipino Alumni Scholarship Director stated, “Adding Lovell’s name is very fitting for the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Scholarship program as it honors her passion and commitment to helping deserving students. It is our hope that this campaign will take the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Scholarship Endowment to the next level by eventually serving more students and Read More …

Free Christmas carol concert at Christ the King Church in Hollywood Dec. 14

Entertainment

Dec 032014

Free Christmas carol concert at Christ the King Church in Hollywood Dec. 14

Nova Vocal Ensemble together with Christ the King School’s Pueri Cantores choir to perform familiar carols by composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore Nova Vocal Ensemble (photo courtesy of Facebook page) A Christmas tradition comes back to Hollywood as the Nova Vocal Ensemble together with Christ the King School’s Pueri Cantores choir performs dazzling new arrangements of familiar carols by composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore in a free concert entitled Lesson and Carols on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the Christ the King Church in Hollywood. Headed by Founder and Artistic Director, Jonathan Bautista who has appeared as a professional bass vocalist for choral groups and church choirs in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and California., Nova Vocal Ensemble is known to be Los Angeles’ chamber choir devoted to the music and choral works of living composers of all genres. In addition to contemporary classical, Nova also performs various musical arrangements from popular music, jazz, musical theater, film, television series, video games, and animation. Nova aims to not just entertain, but move and educate its audiences about the diversity of musical styles and arrangements. For more information about Lessons and Carols and Nova Vocal Ensemble please visit www.novavocalensemble.org. The Christ the King Church is located at 624 N. Rossmore Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90004. Nova Vocal Ensemble is a professional chamber choir consisting of experienced singers dedicated to performing the a cappella choral works of living composers. Nova singers come from all over Southern California to entertain, move, and educate its audiences about the diversity of musical styles in today’s choral landscape: Read More …

Ruby Tuason has P200-M ‘Malampaya Mansion’ – Jinggoy

Entertainment

Dec 032014

Ruby Tuason has P200-M ‘Malampaya Mansion’ – Jinggoy

State witness Ruby Tuason takes her oath Thursday (Feb. 13, 2014) before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the pork barrel anomaly as Justice Secretary Leila de Lima (right) and whistle-blower Benhur Luy (left) look on. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Detained Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday bared that pork barrel scam suspect turned whistleblower Ruby Tuason was one of those who profited greatly in the alleged anomalies regarding the use of royalties from the Malampaya gas project in Palawan. “Si Ruby Tuason, as far as I know, in my opinion, siya yung nagkamal ng malaking pera sa Malampaya fund scam,” Estrada told reporters after attending his bail hearing at the Sandiganbayan. Tuason, who once admitted bringing bagfuls of money to Estrada’s office, was one of those who implicated the senator in the pork barrel fund scam. Estrada faces graft and plunder charges for allegedly conspiring with businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles in diverting millions in public funds to her bogus non-government organizations. On Monday, Estrada said Tuason has a mansion worth more than P200 million in the posh Dasmariñas Village in Makati City. “My office received reports [of the mansion], and because I know Ruby Tuason personally, kinukwento niya sa akin sa Malampaya galing yung bahay,” Estrada said, adding he has been to the alleged mansion. “Yung mansion na pinatayo ni Mrs. Tuason, and alam ko it’s around P200 plus million. And I’ve been there, malaki talaga yung bahay, kumpleto, may swimming pool, malaki yung bahay,” he said The detained Read More …

Solon seeks mandatory vision screening for preschoolers

Entertainment

Dec 032014

Solon seeks mandatory vision screening for preschoolers

President Benigno S. Aquino III poses with pupils of the newly repaired classrooms of Guiuan East Central School in Barangay 8, Poblacion, Guiuan during the visit to the province of Eastern Samar on Friday (November 07). It was in Guiuan where super Typhoon Yolanda, the strongest typhoon ever recorded, made its first landfall on November 08, 2013. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – A lawmaker is proposing the mandatory vision screening for school entrants for the early treatment of “lazy eye,” which is one of the causes of visual impairment and blindness among children worldwide. Rep. Kimi S. Cojuangco (5th District, Pangasinan) filed House Bill 5190, which seeks to create the National Vision Screening Program (NVSP) to screen the eye vision of kindergarten pupils. Cojuangco said that lazy eye, or amblyopia, is often caused by a high degree of disparity in refractive power between the eyes and that the prevalence figures range from two to five percent of all children. “The condition is treatable, with a high success rate if done before the age of 7. This declines significantly beyond that age. When the opportunity passes, amblyopic children most likely end up with permanent visual impairment. At worst, they can get blind,” she said. Cojuangco said because it is impossible for eye doctors to check every child in the country, the national vision screening is a fast and cost-effective means of checking children’s vision. Among the objectives of the NVSP are to identify early childhood visual problems and to provide immediate Read More …

Sin tax law fails to finance the universal health care program

General

Dec 032014

Sin tax law fails to finance the universal health care program

People line up to get a ride on the Pampanga Eye, the country’s tallest Ferris Wheel, at the Sky Ranch in SM City Pampanga during its ceremonial opening on Wednesday. Retail giant SM inaugurated the park on Wednesday and will be open to the public starting November 30. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Lawmakers have filed a measure calling for a congressional inquiry into the alleged failure of the government to allocate a big part of the revenue collection from Republic Act 10351 or the Sin Tax Law to finance its universal health care program. “After its enactment two years ago, many Filipinos are still not covered by the universal health care program of the government and many cities and provinces are still without public clinics and hospitals,” Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro City) said. In House Resolution 1591, Rodriguez asked the concerned House committee to conduct an inquiry into the matter and invite the officials of the Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to shed light on the issue. According to Rodriguez, the law, which was enacted in December 18, 2012, was expected to produce additional revenue amounting to P34 billion. “The law was enacted to cover millions of Filipinos in the government universal health care program and the promise that the government will construct public clinics and hospital throughout the country,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said the revenues to be collected from the sin tax Read More …

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