Nalalapit na ang Pasko, ano ang inyong plano upang ipagdiwang ang napakasayang holiday na ito? Kasama niyo bang madiriwang ang inyong mga kaibigan sa isang premyadong kainan? Magsaya sa komportable at kaaya-ayang spa kasama ang inyong mahal sa buhay? Imbitahin ang ilang kaibigan sa Journey para sa isang buhos na paglalaro ng golf? O kaya’y subukan ang inyong swerte sa casino floor para sa napaka garbong karanasan sa paglalaro? Ang mga mapag-kaibigan, at masunuring mga empleyado ng Pechanga ay naririto upang handugan kayo ng pinaka-kakaibang serbisyo 24/7, magigiging makabuluhan ang inyong pananatili sa Pechanga Resort & Casino sa isang di-malilimutang kaganapan. Halina na kayo sa Pechanga Resort & Casino kasama ng inyong pamilya at mga kaibigan para sa isang katuwaan ngayong mga darating na pagdiriwang. Ipamimigay na Kotse sa New Year’s Eve Upang walang humpay na dagdagan pa ang nakakaaliw na kapaligiran sa pasilidad, ang Pechanga Resort & Casino ay maglalalgak ng New Year’s Eve Car Giveaway gayundin ang Easy Play sa December 31, 2015. Upang makasali sa bolahan, ikaskas ang inyong club card sa tsansang magwagi. Ang Promototional Period ay mula 9pm-3am. Ang mga Pechanga Club Members ay maaring manalo ng hanggang $500 o $1,000 sa Easy Play. Ang Grand Drawing ay gagawin sa ganap na alas-3 ng umaga, kung saan ang swerteng mananalo ay mag-uuwi ng isang Audi A3. Lumahok sa bolahan upang magkaroon ng tsansang sumunod na maging bigating panalo sa darating na taon! Sa karagdagang impormasyon hinggil sa bolahan, bumisita lamang sa www.pechanga.com Malugod na bumabati sa lahat Read More …
— (ROME, Italy) President Benigno S. Aquino III greets Italian and Filipino officials upon arrival at the Fiumicino Airport on Tuesday (December 1) for the Official Visit to the Italian Republic and Formal Visit to the Holy See. Also in photo are Philippine Ambassador to Italy Domingo Nolasco and Philippine Ambassador to the Vatican Mercedes Tuason. (MNS photo) ROME, Italy, Dec 2 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III arrived here Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning in Manila) to begin the Italian leg of his three-state European trip following a two-day working visit in Paris, France. The Chief Executive and his official delegation took a nearly two-hour Philippine Airlines chartered flight to reach Italy, which hosts the largest Filipino community in the Eurozone area. Highlighting President Aquino’s two-day working visit here are his bilateral meetings with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi scheduled on Wednesday. The President’s discussions with his Italian counterparts will focus on strengthening bilateral ties in honor of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Philippines-Italy diplomatic partnership on 2017. On Thursday, President Aquino is set to meet with the members of the Filipino community at the Ergife Palace Hotel. Italy is home to some 171, 124 Filipino migrants who can be found mostly in the cities of Milan, Florence, Bologna, Turin, and Rome. — (ROME, Italy) President Benigno S. Aquino III greets Italian and Filipino officials upon arrival at the Fiumicino Airport on Tuesday (December 1) for the Official Visit to the Italian Republic Read More …
At 51, Gary V doesn’t shy away from talks about the realities of aging.
Liza Soberano (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — ACTRESS Liza Soberano expressed gratitude to her fans after she received two trophies at the 2015 Push Awards held recently at the Resorts World Manila in Pasay City. “Thank you so much to all my supporters and to all the LizQuen supporters who devotedly gave all their time and effort just to vote for us. You don’t understand how much that means to me to see all your hard work pay off,” Soberano said in an Instagram post. Soberano won the Push Elite Female Celebrity of the Year and Push Play Best Female Celebrity award, defeating big names like Kathryn Bernardo, Sarah Geronimo and Anne Curtis in the online poll. Soberano’s on-screen partner, Enrique Gil, bagged three awards and their tandem LizQuen was nominated in the Most Popular Group or Tandem category. The first ever PUSH awards is a digital media awards organized by ABS-CBN’s entertainment website PUSH.com.ph. (MNS)
(PARIS, France) President Benigno S. Aquino III joins fellow leaders during the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) High Level Event at Le Maroni of the Blue Zone UNFCCC Le Bourget site on Monday (November 30,). Earlier the President delivered his National Statement on the Framework Convention on Climate Change. (MNS photo) PARIS, France, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday called for global solidarity in addressing climate change saying every country must commit to reduce green house gas emissions and build resilient communities. In his keynote address during the Climate Vulnerable Forum High-Level Event, President Aquino said current debates focus on the question on who among the countries should be doing what but now it must shift to the contributions of individual countries. President Aquino attended on Monday the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here in Paris. (PARIS, France) President Benigno S. Aquino III greets United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres upon arrival for the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) High Level Event at Le Maroni of the Blue Zone UNFCCC Le Bourget Site on Monday (November 30, 2015). Earlier the President delivered his National Statement on the Framework Convention on Climate Change. (MNS photo) “It is imperative that all countries do everything, and maximize what can be done to address climate change. Either we all strive and sacrifice, or we all lose to the cycle of destruction and Read More …
Pemberton sentenced to 6-12 years in slay of transgender in PHL US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was sentenced to 6-12 years imprisonment and ordered to pay the Laude family at least P4.5 million for various damages. The court also ordered his “temporary” detention at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City. OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) – The Olongapo City court on Tuesday found US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton guilty of homicide for the October 2014 death of Filipino transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude. Pemberton was sentenced to 6-12 years imprisonment and ordered to pay the Laude family at least P4.5 million for various damages. The court also ordered his temporary detention at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City. “All circumstances form a chain that leads to reasonable conclusion that Pemberton is responsible for the killing of Laude,” Judge Roline Jinez Jabalde of the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 74 said in her decision as read by Clerk of Court Gerry Gruspe. The prosecution has sought for a murder conviction of Pemberton. The decision, which was read for over three hours with two short breaks, marked the culmination of nearly nine months of marathon trial that started in March 2015. Under the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the US, the local courts have one year to complete judicial proceedings against a US soldier accused of a crime in the Philippines. After that period, he/she shall be relieved of any obligation. Laude was Read More …
http://jfavusa.org/ Los Angeles – Calling All Filipino-American Youth and Student writers in California. The Knights of Rizal-Historic Filipinotown (HFT) announced on November 15, 2015 that will hold the first ever Rizal Memorial Essay Writing Contest for 2015. In California. Knights Commander Arturo Garcia of Historic Filipinotown (HFT) announced that the Rizal Memorial Essay Writing Contest will start accepting entries from November 18 to December 18, 2015. Rules of the Contest: The last day for submission of entries will be on 6:00 PM. December 18, 2015 (must be postmarked on that day) Those who are interested to join the contest must submit their entries at KOR-HFT c/o People’s CORE at 1610 Beverly Blvd. Suite No. 2, Los Angeles .California, 90026. They must submit their entries in two separate envelop and must contain 1,500 words, double spaced with their assumed name or coded number. The theme of the contest is: IF RIZAL WAS IN HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN, HOW WILL HE ENVISION THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA? Another envelop must contain the following: 1) assumed name or coded number. 2) true name, address and telephone number. This process is to maintain the impartiality of the judges. The entries will be safeguarded by the KOR-HFT officials and will be held for safekeeping. Prizes and Winners The prizes for the Rizal Memorial Writing Contest will be: For the first price- $ 500.00 and a plaque. Second Prize- $350.0 and a plaque 3rd prize– $ 150 .00 and a plaque The Board of Judges will be formed and will be Read More …
Marlo Mortel on his bracelet business: “Ako mismo may gusto kasi mahilig ako mag-ganyan…”
— Members of Akbayan Youth troop to the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) at the GMA-Kamuning station in Quezon City on Wednesday wearing safety gear such as helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads to dramatize the dangers posed by riding the poorly maintained MRT 3, which is plagued with problems.(MNS photo) MANILA, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) – Former Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III and five incorporators of the Philippine Trans Rail Management and Services Corporation (PH Trams) were charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan in connection with the MRT3 maintenance contract which was supposedly anomalous. Vitangcol and his co-accused conspired in awarding the MRT3 Maintenance contract to PH Trams and its joint venture Comm Builders and Technology Philippines Corporation (CB&T) in October 2012, according to separate complaints filed before the Sandiganbayan on November 27, according to the Office of the Ombudsman through its Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Copies of the complaint were released to the media on Tuesday. The former MRT3 general manager and his co-accused were charged with violating Sections 3 (e) and 3 (h) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Section 65 of RA 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act. Named as Vitangcol’s co-accused were PH Trams incorporators Wilson de Vera, Marlo dela Cruz, Manolo Maralit, Federico Remo and Vitangcol’s uncle-in-law, Arturo Soriano, presently the provincial accountant of Pangasinan. The joint venture should have been disqualified under government procurement rules, the complaint noted. Under the contract, Read More …

(GSIS logo) MANILA, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) – Former Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Winston Garcia and 10 other former high-ranking officials of the agency have been charged with graft in connection with the alleged anomalous awarding of contract for an electronic membership card (e-card) project in 2004. Named as Garcia’s co-accused in the case were former GSIS vice president Enriqueta Disuanco, former senior vice president Benjamin Vivas Jr., former Board of Trustees chairman Hermogenes Concepcion Jr. and former Board of Trustees members Elmer Bautista, Fulgencio Factoran, Floriño Ibañez, Aida Nocete, Reynaldo Palmiery, Ellenita Tumala-Martinez and Leonora Vasquez-De Jesus. In a case filed before the Sandiganbayan on Friday last week, the Office of the Ombudsman through its Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), charged Garcia and his co-accused with violation of Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. Section 3 (e) of R.A. No. 3019 prohibits a public official, in the discharge of his official functions, from inflicting any undue injury or giving unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference to any person or entity. Based on the information of the case, in May 2004, Garcia and his co-accused awarded the multimillion-peso project to the Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP) allegedly without complying with the requirements and procedures set forth under Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act. Among the irregularities the OSP cited in the complaint was the awarding of the contract to UBP even before the date Read More …