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Bangs Garcia (MNS Photo) What’s the real score between Bangs Garcia and Phil Younghusband? “We’re getting to know each other,” Bangs replied. Asked if she sees Younghusband as a potential boyfriend, Garcia said: “Oo naman.” In August, Garcia clarified that she and the football star are not a couple but admitted that they are “going out,” following months of speculation triggered by public sightings of the two together. She explained that they have known each other for over two years now, saying their respective ex-partners were in the same group of friends. (MNS)

Senator Bong Revilla, shown in photo on his way to be detained on plunder and graft charges, said his lawyer, Sal Panelo, only talked about the rats and roaches in his cell in jest. Revilla’s lawyer has said the senator’s family saw rats “as big as cats” inside the senator’s cell. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Thursday confirmed that he had closed several banks accounts at the time when the pork barrel fund scam was exposed by the media. “I’m not denying that. That is true,” Revilla said in a chance interview with reporters at the sidelines of the hearing of his petition for bail before the Sandiganbayan First Division. “Kung sa inyo man mangyari, marami nag-a-advise sa ‘yo, ‘Pag ‘di mo nilabas ang pera mo sa bangko ifri-freeze ‘yan.’ “Ilalabas mo rin, ‘di ba? That’s a normal reaction ng kahit na sinong tao… dahil pinaghirapan mo ‘yan ng legal, eh,” the detained senator said. Revilla, however, maintained that all the money in his bank accounts were acquired legally, especially from his income as an actor, pointing out that he entered show business at a very young age. “Basta ang masasabi ko lang, we can justify everything. Lahat ‘yan pinaghirapan namin. Bata palang ako artista na ako at mayaman na ako,” Revilla said. From his most recent television series alone, he earned as much as P40 million,” the senator claimed. “Siguro naman sa larangan ng pagkita, bilang Bong Revilla, isa rin naman ako sa Read More …

LOS ANGELES – (Oct. 16, 2013) – Gearing up for the first game of their regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 28, the Los Angeles Lakers made a preseason practice stop at the Pechanga Recreation Center on the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula, Calif. On Thursday, October 16 from 11 a.m. to 12:30, players and coaches participated in a shoot around at the Tribe’s recreation center with tribal youth and members following the action as spectators. The Los Angeles Lakers have been traveling to many points across Southern California for exhibition games during the three-week preseason, and the shoot around in Temecula was a chance for the team to show gratitude for inland Southern California fans’ loyalty. The Lakers’ practice in Temecula was not open to the public, though members of the media were invited to interview coaches and players following the shoot around. “We deeply appreciate our partnership with the Lakers and their commitment to the broader Southern California community,” said Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro.  “Our youth were ecstatic.  Today, they witnessed a focused, structured practice with high intensity, and what it takes to be a champion.” “It’s great to see the support we have all over Southern California, not just in Los Angeles,” said Lakers Head Coach, Byron Scott. “The guys [players] love it and motivates them to even better.” Pechanga has been a longtime donor to the Lakers Youth Foundation and sponsor of the Los Angeles Lakers. The team held a similar practice at Pechanga in 2010 at the newly-built Read More …

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago announces during a press conference on Wednesday (July 2, 2014) that she has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. “God never asks us for an opinion. God just goes ahead and does whatever is in His hands. I just say okay,” Santiago says. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is planning to investigate the murder of a Filipino transgender woman by an alleged US Marine while renewing her call to abolish the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Santiago, who chairs the Senate foreign relations committee, said the case of Jennifer Laude presents an opportunity to reevaluate the agreement. “Paimbestigahan ko nga ‘yan,” she told reporters on Wednesday. “I can open it and I can start the hearing as long as I comply with the three-day notice rule. I have to give them notice in three days’ time.” While the committee does not have the power to invite or subpoena foreign officials, Santiago said she may include witnesses and law enforcers to the probe. She added, however, that she would consult with government agencies first to make sure the Senate’s probe would not hamper their own investigation. Santiago, who has always been against the VFA, believes Laude’s murder and a 2006 rape case involving an American soldier – whom the appellate court later acquitted – are enough reasons to scrap the agreement. “These are no longer temporary but periodic irritants in RP-US relations,” she said. The senator said that in the meantime, the government must Read More …

Mayon Volcano on September 23, 1984: Pyroclastic flows descend the south-eastern flank of Mayon Volcano, Philippines. Then, the maximum height of the eruption column was 15 km above sea level, and volcanic ash fell within about 50 km toward the west. There were no casualties from the 1984 eruption because more than 73,000 people evacuated the danger zones as recommended by scientists of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. (Mayon VolcanoPublic Domain C.G. Newhall, Wikipedia) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Albay Governor Joey Salceda defended the national government over the delivery of rotten food to some Mayon evacuees. Salceda said only 32 of the total 220,000 food packs delivered to the evacuees by a national government caravan had food that were spoiled. “Let’s talk about the 99.9% good! This 0.1% incident only serves to prove that the 99.9% is in order and that Albay camp management protocols are working,” he said. “The errant packs were never in the hands of the evacuees as they were interdicted at the camp management level or 3 steps away before they were distributed to the barangay officials, who then distribute them to the barangay kagawads/purok officers or room official then to an evacuee family.” Salceda blamed the multiple-handling of goods during delivery for the spoilage. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) earlier said the canned goods may have been pierced during delivery, resulting in spoilage. The governor said to prevent a similar incident in the future, the DSWD and Albay authorities have agreed Read More …