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A once in a lifetime tandem of primed talents—famous multi-awarded King of ballad Martin Nievera, and the ‘Siren of the Las Vegas Strip’ Lani Misalucha, will perform in a live concert at Pechanga Resort & Casino Theater on October 29 and 30. Martin Nievera bagged ‘The Box Office Entertainment Awards’ for Best Male Concert Performer of the Year on April 17, 2016, by GMMSF, Inc. For 33 years now, Nievera has been delighting his audience with not only Original Pinoy Music (OPM) but has interpreted numerous songs made famous by internationally-renowned singers.In late August, Nievera launched a new album—“ The Best of Martin Nievera – Kahapon…. Ngayon “ by Polyeast recording.A Filipino singer, songwriter and actor, Nievera garnered 18 platinum, five double platinum, three triple platinum and 1 quadruple platinum albums in his entire career. Nievera will sing back to back with ‘Asia’s Nightingale’ herself, Lani Misalucha, the first Asian to headline a main showroom of the Las Vegas strip performing with Hawaii’s Society of Seven at the Jubilee Theater of Bally’s. Misalucha is a multi-faceted artist, whose rendition of songs varies from pop, rock, jazz, soul rhythm and blues and operatic arias. Together, Nievera and Misalucha will provide a blockbuster performance that is expected to delight patrons and guests at the famed Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.Tickets are now on sale from $125, $100, $78 and $58 for an 8p.m. and 6p.m. show time, and may be purchased at the Pechanga Box Office, 877-711-2WIN (2946) or www.Pechanga.com. About Pechanga Read More …

2016 OUTSTANDING TEACHERS: Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III with Senators Sherwin Gatchalian, Bam Aquino, Manny Pacquiao, Risa Hontiveros, Leila de Lima, Joel Villanueva, Gregorio Honasan II, Nancy Binay, and Vicente Sotto III commend the recipients of the 2016 Metrobank Foundation’s Search for 10 Outstanding Teachers (SOT) awards. The winners of this year’s SOT are Winona Diola of Muntinlupa City; Rujealyn Cancino of Lingayen, Pangasinan; Josephine Chonie Obseñares of Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; Arnol Rosales of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro; Dr. Roy Basa of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental; Nelson Agoyaoy of Caloocan City; Ma. Regaele Olarte of Muntinlupa City; Dr. Katherine Faith Bustos of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Dr. Ernelea Cao of Quezon City, and Mark Anthony Torres of Iligan City. (MNS photo) MANILA  (Mabuhay) – Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry on the foreign policy direction of the government amid conflicting statements from President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet officials. Aquino, in Senate Resolution 158 filed on September 19, said the investigation should be conducted with the end view of “protecting our national interest.” “Having a clear strategic foreign policy is integral to out development as a nation. Our relations with members of the international community have bearing on our ability to protect our territory and environment, develop our economy, and promote the welfare and well-being of our citizens,” Aquino pointed out. Aquino cited the Philippines’ win against China before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague. The senator pointed out Read More …

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa (3rd from left) leads the laying of the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Region III Bahay Pag-asa Rehabilitation Center facilities in Camp Olivas, Pampanga on Monday (Sept. 5, 2016). (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said Monday he will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as priority the bill allowing wiretapping of drug suspects and other proposals that would help the police in its campaign against illegal drugs. “I will talk to the President and request him to sign these bills, ang tawag nun, priority bills by the President. Sana mapabilis itong mga batas na ito,” Dela Rosa said at a press conference. The bill is now pending in the Senate and being handled by the public order and illegal drugs committee under Senator Panfilo Lacson, a former PNP chief. The PNP chief said he got the idea after his visit to Colombia last week. “Ang exempted lang sa wiretapping law natin na pwedeng i-grant ng court ay yung offenses related to terrorism. Hindi kasama yung drug trafficking at saka yung ibang malalaking heinous crimes. Ngayon gusto nating isama lahat para pag suspected ka na drug trafficker mag-request agad kami ng authority to conduct wiretapping on you,” he said. Dela Rosa said the authority should be granted at the level of prosecutors to expedite the process, just like what is being implemented in Colombia. “Yung Read More …

By Jelly F. Musico President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a message during his visit at the 10th Infantry Division in Compostela Valley on September 20. (MNS photo) MANILA, Sept. 22 (PNA) – President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he will visit China within the year to ask them to return to the Philippines its fishing rights in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS). ”One of the things that I would demand if I go to mainland China is give us back our fishing rights,” Duterte said in his speech during the inauguration of the Filinvest Development Corp. Misamis Power Plant in Misamis Oriental. President Duterte said he has no plan to ignore the UN international arbitral tribunal’s ruling in favor of the Philippines’ arbitration case filed against China’s nine-dash line claim that almost covers the entire South China Sea. ”This piece of paper that we have our award, we do not go out of the four corners of this paper. We cannot go to war. Let’s talk first,” he said. The President said he believes that China will talk to him in good faith. ”It’s not territorial. If territorial, we could have killed each other a long time ago. It’s the sovereign entitlement,” he explained. He said China got angry with the Philippines when former President Benigno Aquino III brought the WPS issue to the international arbitral tribunal in The Hague. President Duterte is scheduled to visit China as well as Japan this year but before going to these countries, he will Read More …

By Jigger J. Jerusalem President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a message during his visit at the 10th Infantry Division in Compostela Valley on September 20. (MNS photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept. 22 (PNA) – Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) “hypocrites.” Duterte made the statement after the ceremonial switch-on of the 405 coal-fired power plant in Misamis Oriental in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. In his speech, Duterte said that the EU and the US, both highly industrialized countries, were trying to regulate the use of non-renewable energy sources in developing nations like the Philippines. “While the EU is hell bent on imposing the lowering of the carbon emissions, they also forget that they were the first to maximize the use of fossil fuels and the first to pollute the planet,” Duterte said. The President said that the EU was playing “double standards” when it wanted to control the carbon footprint when they themselves created the problem in the first place. He said the EU wanted the third-world nations to lower the emission of carbon in such a way that these countries could not move forward with their development agenda due to the energy protocols being set by the international environment-regulating bodies. “Kataw-ana ning mga puti (these Caucasians are ridiculous),” he said, referring to the EU and the US who had released statements condemning Duterte over the rising cases of extrajudicial killings in the country as a result of the government’s Read More …