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Heart Evangelista (MNS Photo) Actress Heart Evangelista is enjoying life as wife of Senator Chiz Escudero. She gladly wakes up “extra early in the morning” to do household chores, including preparing breakfast for her husband who needs to roll out of bed by 4:30 a.m. for work. Apart from that, Heart tries her utmost to fulfill her role as stepmother to his twins, citing how she has started a scrapbook project with them so they would have something to bond over. The 30-year-old actress shares, “Masaya ’yung feeling kasi I could really feel na as a woman, ang laki ng ni-mature ko at ang laki na ng patience ko. (I learned) to be more multi-faceted in a way na you have to make time for everybody and everything in your life and not forget yourself at the same time.” Heart takes inspiration from Chiz, whom she describes as the “perfect husband.” “(His perfection) pushes me to be better and to learn more kasi siyempre he’s older, he’s advanced. So parang 10 steps ahead na siya sa akin pero gusto ko siyang maunahan para ma-surprise naman siya,” she says. Asked if Chiz imposes rules on her, she says, “I’m very lucky na hindi siya ’yung tao na pipilitin ka to be a certain way or dress a certain way. I don’t have to really tailor fit my life to anything. He always tells me to be myself and nothing has to change.” Meanwhile, their plans to have a baby has to Read More …

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III , assisted by Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala, in a tour of the rice milling center during the inauguration of one of the mega projects of the province – the P63.4-million Negros First Rice Processing Center in Bago City in Bacolod City thursday, April 30, 2015. (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – A senator on Friday reiterated her call for an end to age discrimination in the workplace. “Job fairs organized by government agencies and private firms have become staple activities every year on Labor Day. But how many jobseekers above 30 years old actually get hired in these fairs?” Senator Pia Cayetano said in a press statement. Cayetano said the practice of some employers favoring younger applicants or setting preferred age limits for jobs that can generally be performed by any qualified employee, regardless of age, has unduly deprived ‘older’ workers of employment opportunities. “We see age discrimination openly being flaunted in job fairs and classified ads, where companies or employment agencies set specific age requirements for job seekers, such as between 20 to 30 years old. It is also in the employment policies of some industries, although sometimes discreetly,” she said. She added that the Constitution guarantees equal employment opportunities for all, and yet there is no law that prohibits age discrimination at work, not even an aggressive campaign by the labor department to seriously address this unfair practice. Cayetano is pushing for the passage of her proposal, Senate Bill No.29, or the Anti-Age Discrimination Read More …

Mourners take part in a memorial for the victims of the Mamasapano encounter in front of the Philippine National Police Headquarters in Quezon City Tuesday. The groups demand truth and accountability from those involved in the bloody clash, which resulted in the death of 44 PNP-SAF officers, 18 Moro rebels, and 7 civilians. (MNS photo) MANILA, May 3 (Mabuhay) – Filipino bomb-maker Basit Usman, the target of a massive government dragnet since the January 25 Mamasapano mission where he escaped as police commandos were closing in on Malaysian terrorist Marwan, was killed before noon Sunday, according to reliable military intelligence sources. Usman and two comrades were shot dead when his group, along with a unit under a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commander, ran into State forces in Guindolongan town in Maguindanao, the sources said. “Yes, Usman is dead, It’s confirmed,” a high-ranking intelligence officer said, though an official military confirmation has been withheld “pending verification on the ground.” Brigadier General Joselito Kakilala, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman and Civil Relations Service (CRS) chief,  “We’re still getting verification and confirmation on the ground.” The encounter happened at aroun 11:30 a.m. in Barangay Mote near Camp Afdal, according to the intelligence source. There had been reports, since the military launched an offensive to get Usman, that the alleged bomb-maker said to have been trained by Marwan (real name: Zulkifli bin Hir) and his men were being coddled by one Commander Marlboro’s unit, under the 106th Base Command of the Read More …

Victor Basa sports a buzz cut.

Rod Mijares SportsWriter Balita Media Manny Pacquiao throws a punch but doesn’t his target as he fails to beat Floyd Mayweather, Jr. during their welterweight WBO, WBC and WBA (Super) title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. (MNS Photo) May 2, 2015: The fight finally concluded. The result was expected. Boxing analysts were right. Mayweather won by a unanimous decision and still clings to his unblemished record that now stands at 48-0 after defeating Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38KO) in a tactical fashion and unified the world welterweight championship titles and captured WBC’s handcrafted emerald belt. Judge Glenn Feldman and Judge Burt Clements have identical scores of 116-112 in favor of Mayweather winning all rounds except round 4, 6, 9 and 10. Whereas, Judge Dave Moretti scored it 118-110 with Pacquiao only winning round 4 and 6. The fight of the century did not live up to the hype leading to the match. Mayweather did what was expected of him, did what he normally does, jabbing, counter-punching, clinching, dancing and running away when an opponent was getting the upper-hand. “He was moving around too much, it wasn’t easy throwing punches at him. If he would ‘ve stayed in one place then I could’ve thrown punches. I was cutting him and countering. I wanted to fight,” Pacquiao said. Pacquiao’s preparation for three months and strategy formulated with Coach Roach were not enough to win the fight. He was simply out-smarted, out-boxed and out-played by Mayweather. “I knew he was going to push Read More …