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AFTER all the problems and controversies they’ve been through, Heart Evangelista said being with Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero is all worth it. Heart said in an interview on Monday that Escudero opened her eyes to the world and taught her a lot of things about love and life. “Ibang klase talaga yung nagawa sa akin ni Chiz as a woman, emotionally, in-introduce niya ako to the world. Hindi na ganun nakakatakot yung mundo sa akin dahil alam ko na katabi ko siya. Ang laki talaga ng pagbabago nung dumating siya sa buhay ko,” she said. Heart added she’s happy that they have kept the relationship private even though they are both public figures. “What people should understand is our relationship is not what the public wants it to be. The wedding is not a deadline and we have a lifetime to fix everything,” she said. The Kapuso actress also said she’s looking forward to spending the rest of her life with the senator. “(I’m looking forward to) everything. And yung adjustments because I know hindi siya magiging madali but the only thing that it will do to me is to make me a better person. Ang laki ng pinagbago ko nung dumating siya sa buhay ko and alam kong marami pang magandang pagbabago,” she said. Now that she’s set to marry Escudero on February 15 at the exclusive Balesin Island Club in Quezon, Heart confirmed that her siblings will attend the wedding, but not her parents. The actress said she’s Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – For those about to rock with art, we salute you. In its third edition, Art Fair Philippines has grown from strength to strength with its show-stopping display of contemporary art right at the heart of the financial and business capital, Makati City. For this year, a total of 33 galleries, seven of which are either based in Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta or Taipei, will showcase their respective roster of artists working in a diverse variety of media and embodying a kaleidoscope of artistic temperaments. Attendees will get to familiarize themselves with some of the most important artists working today — from the influential Roberto Feleo with his mythological folkloric art to the London-based Maria Taniguchi with her haunting, conceptual work, from Ronald Ventura with his omnipotent eye sculptures at the Bench pavilion to Tad Ermitaño’s interactive video work, which Erwin Romulo says “is one for the family: it makes nice noises, squiggly lines and live worms.”  Aside from being a platform of new works, the fair is also an avenue of conversation into the nature of art and its vital place in the world. For the Christie’s Art Forum, celebrated gallery owner Sundaram Tagore will drop by to talk about the ever-evolving art environment. At once casual and serious, local and international, contemporary-oriented and forward-looking, Art Fair Philippines has emerged to become the biggest (art) show in town. So, boys and girls, fair thee well. Lifestyle Feature ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: * * * Read More …

Members of the Philippine National Police carry the body of one of the members of the Special Action Force slain in fighting Mamasapano town, Maguindanao on Monday. More than 30 have been reported killed from the government side following a clash with Muslim rebels. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) –The remains of the 42 elite policemen who were killed in what authorities called a “misencounter” in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, last Sunday arrived at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City Thursday morning. Present to honor the slain policemen were former President Fidel V. Ramos, Vice President Jejomar Binay, and top officials of the military and the police. However, there was one man who was conspicuously absent in the event: President Benigno Aquino III. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte clarified that Aquino did not “skip” the arrival honors. “The President did not skip the arrival honors today, it presupposes he was originally scheduled to attend it, which was not the case,” she said. Valte added that Aquino will lead the necrological services on Friday morning at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. Aquino, whose official schedule for Thursday states that he was in Laguna for the inauguration of a Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Plant, addressed the nation Wednesday evening regarding the clash. He is due to visit the wake of the slain policemen – all members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) – on Friday. Two other slain SAF members had already been laid to rest in Mindanao in accordance with Read More …

Former President Fidel V. Ramos delivers his message before foreign dignitaries who attended the wreath laying ceremony on Monday (February 24, 2014) at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on the commemoration of the 28th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Two former presidents have varying opinions on how the Aquino administration should proceed with the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) following Sunday’s encounter in Maguindanao that resulted in the deaths of 44 elite policemen. While former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada is in favor of an all-out war, former President Fidel V. Ramos is appealing for sobriety and cooperation following what authorities described as a “misencounter” between MILF members and operatives from the police’s Special Action Force. “Wala nang dahilan para ipagpatuloy pa ang peace talks diyan. Ilan pang buhay any ibubuwis natin diyan? Ano pang gagawin natin? Pababayaan na lang ba natin? Ano ‘yun, maghihintay tayo ng 40 taon ulit? Wala nang ibang magagawa kung hindi giyerahin na para magkaroon ng tunay na kapayapaan,” Estrada, who was president from 1998 to 2001, said. During Estrada’s all-out war campaign against the MILF in 2000, most of the rebel group’s camps, including the sprawling Camp Abubakar, fell into government’s hands. Hundreds of soldiers and rebels, however, were killed while thousands of civilians were displaced. For his part, Ramos, a former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, said that while the peace Read More …

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