Lisa Macuja-Elizalde donated her ballet shoes to the World Widlife, which promotes environment conservation.
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John Prats and Isabel Oli (MNS Photo) Two months after they got married in May, John Prats and Isabel Oli’s dream came true when they learned that they are having a baby. The celebrity couple said they really prayed hard for it because they want to start a family while they are still young. “Ang plano talaga namin, after ng kasal, baby na agad,” Prats said. “Pinag-pray na lang namin kasi during the first month, the second month, sobra kaming nag-expect. On the third month, sabi ko, ‘Lord ikaw na ang bahala. Kung para sa amin, ibigay mo na. Ayaw ko na ma-stress kasi siya normal, ako hindi ko pa alam.’ So nung binigay, sobra kaming happy.” Oli reported that she is now having morning sickness. “Nung nalaman na namin, a week after lang ‘yung na-enjoy ko. ‘Yung next week, wala na, [may morning sickness na],” she said. Despite this, Oli is praying she will not have difficulty giving birth. “Kasama sa prayers namin na sana kung puwede painless delivery, pero kung may pain talaga, sana kaya ko and sana healthy ‘yung baby. Pati prayers namin naiba na talaga nung dumating ‘yung baby,” she said. Oli is now three months into her pregnancy and both are already looking forward to knowing the gender of their first child. The two said they will be learning about it either in November or December. (MNS)
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Women activists hold a protest against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) during a meeting in Quezon City on Wednesday. The group slammed what it called as a “grand conspiracy to push the military and political agenda of imperialist domination” over women and poor people in the region.(MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez, one of the convenors of the Movement and Alliance to Resist China’s Aggression, led his colleagues in urging the heads of the economies participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week to speak up regarding the controversial maritime disputes in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. Golez argued that the waterway has been a vital shipping route in the world, which is why ensuring freedom of navigation in the area is not just a security matter but also an economic matter. He added that any disruption in the freedom of navigation will affect trade in the area. APEC has usually stuck to discussing economic matters only while avoiding discussions of thornier political issues. In a manifesto read by Golez before a news forum in Quezon City, the group said China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea threaten the stability of the Asia Pacific, particularly because China forbids vessels from other countries from going near their structures in the disputed waters. Golez also said that China’s construction in the disputed waters has destroyed coral reefs and other marine resources that affect one of the largest ecosystems in the world which in Read More …
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kidnappers ,Western hostages , Islamic militants, Canadians, Norwegian , Brigadier-General Alan Arrojado ,Abu Sayyaf, foreign tourists , Samal,terrorism , John Ridsdel,,Robert Hall, Kjartan Sekkingstad , Antonio Rivera , Samal,Muslim rebel groups , Rodolfo Mendoza MANILA(Mabuhay) – Two suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists were reportedly killed following a clash with government security forces in Patikul, Sulu early Thursday morning, a regional military commander said. Citing field reports, Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, commander of Joint Task Force Group Sulu, said the firefight erupted around 7:30 a.m. when elements of the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion engaged with 20 terrorists in Barangay Latih. The firefight lasted for 30 minutes, Arrojado said, with government troops delivering two rounds of 81-mm mortar toward the Abu Sayyaf position. He said that based on intelligence information they got, two Abu Sayyaf men were killed. The bodies, however, were not recovered. No government casualties were reported in the incident, he added. Arrojado said the terrorist group was headed by Alkam Udjaman, reportedly the chief of the outer security team of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Hatib Sawadjaan. He said Sawadjaan’s group is believed to be holding Dutchman Elwood Horn, one of the two wildlife photographers seized in Tawi-Tawi in February 2012. Authorities, meanwhile, are still verifying earlier reports that two Canadians, a Norweagian and a Filipina abducted from a resort in Samal island in Davao del Norte last Sept. 21 are being held by the terrorist group in Sulu. The Abu Sayyaf earlier demanded a P4-billion ransom for the four kidnap victims. Read More …
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Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle calls on the government to let peace exist and to pull-out military its forces in the communities of Lumad folks, including the disbanding and disarming of paramilitary groups. Manila City – Manila Archbishop +Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle visits the Manilakbayan camp in Liwasang Bonifacio today, in support of over 700 Lumad who held a camp-out for the Manilakbayan ng Mindanao. Arriving at six in the morning, unannounced, Manilakbayanis were very happy and appreciative as Tagle went to walk around the camp, and shook hands with Lumad leaders. The Archbishop had a talk with Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, woman tribal chieftain of Pantaron Manobo. Bai Bibyaon expressed her gratitude for the support of the church leader of the Roman Catholic. “With the intensified militarization in our communities, it’s as if the military and the government wants to eradicate us from the map. As one of the church leaders, we share with you the responsibility to call for the pull-out of military troops from our communities,” Bai Bibyaon said. In a statement, Tagle called for the government to let peace exist, which meant to pull-out military forces in the communities of our Lumad brothers and sisters, and the disbanding and disarming of paramilitary groups. The Archbishop also called for justice to prevail and that perpetrators of lumad killings must be prosecuted. Just like Pope Francis’ statement on the minorities, Tagle recognized the church’s “shortcomings and faults” on what is happening to the indigenous people. Hence Read More …
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Senator Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares waves to her supporters shortly after her speech declaring her candidacy for the presidential election in 2016, at the Bahay Alumni in U.P. Diliman on Wednesday. Poe, running as an independent, finally ended months of speculation on her political plans. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – At least three senator-members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) are mulling the rescheduling of its November 17 voting on the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe. Senator Loren Legarda said she may ask her colleagues to move the date of their voting as she would need more time to study the matter. Legarda said at present, she is swamped with paperwork in connection with the proposed 2016 national budget, being the chairperson of the Senate finance committee. “Ang daming trabaho sa budget,” Legarda told reporters. “Ako, ang point ko itong budget biglang dumating galing sa House [of Representatives]. Nag-aaral ako bilang chair ng budget at ang interpellations buong linggo. Hindi biro ang issue sa SET, I’ll check kung pwedeng i-move para pag-aralan nang husto.” The Senate received the House-approved proposed 2016 General Appropriations Act (GAA) on Monday. In a separate interview, Deputy Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III, another SET member, said he supports the idea of moving the schedule, considering the work they need to do regarding the GAA. “I don’t have enough time to pen my decision sa dami ng schedules namin, so I would support the idea of moving it probably a week or so after the Read More …
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— A student displays a placard protesting the scheduled arrival of US President Obama for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, in Manila on Thursday. The Philippines will be hosting the 2015 APEC Economic Leader’s meeting from November 17-20, wherein 21 world leaders are expected to attend.(MNS photo) MANILA, Nov 11 (Mabuhay) — President Benigno Aquino III and US President Barack Obama will discuss security issues, possibly including the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, when they sit down for bilateral talks at the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting next week, US Ambassador Philip Goldberg told reporters on Wednesday. “Well, I don’t want to preempt the President [Obama], but obviously our security relationship issues that are of mutual interest,” Goldberg said when asked about the scope of the two leaders bilateral meeting. Goldberg met with reporters after attending the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City on Wednesday. Asked if the two leaders would also discuss the South China Sea dispute and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) during the bilateral meeting,” Goldberg said, “I would imagine they will, that when the two presidents get together, those are issues of mutual concern.” The US Navy recently conducted freedom of navigation patrols near China-claimed islands in the South China Sea, a move that the Philippines welcomed. The Philippines has a pending arbitration case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague against China’s claims over most of the South China Read More …