Antoinette Taus signs with Viva

 General
May 242014
 
Antoinette Taus signs with Viva

ANTOINETTE Taus is now in the Philippines for a vacation but it looks like she is staying in the country for good after she signed a three-year management contract with Viva Entertainment. “Ang dami kasing nangyari pagbalik ko and sunod sunod ‘yung mga offers. Even the fans, they’ve been very welcoming. Everyone’s been saying na ‘you should stay, it’s a sign,” Taus said. The former child star had a successful career in the entertainment industry before she moved to the United States in 2004 with her family. She worked in Los Angeles, California as a singer-model. When asked for her for her reaction on the issued that she will be pitted against Marian Rivera, the current girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend Dingdong Dantes, Taus said: “Hindi naman dapat. We’re all here to make the entertainment industry better, sa mga shows and programs. So kung may mga magagaling at magagandang artistang lumalabas, we should be happy. So we can uplift each other,” she said. “They’re both very talented and both very good looking. I hope we can all be happy,” she added. Meanwhile, Taus’ younger brother, Tom, who is vacationing in the country clarified his relationship status with ABS-CBN talent Andi Eigenmann. Tom reiterated that he and Eigenmann are just friends. “We’re just good friend. When I first arrived, we saw each other a few times in events and we started hanging out. But we’re friends since we’re kids,” he said. Is there a possibility that he will court Andi? Tom replied: Read More …

Comelec may hold biometric registration for senior citizens, PWDs at malls

 News
May 242014
 
Comelec may hold biometric registration for senior citizens, PWDs at malls

The Commission on Elections is looking at conducting biometric registration at select malls to make it easier for senior citizens and persons with disabilities to register for the 2016 elections. “Currently, voter’s registration and validation for senior citizens and PWDs are done in Comelec offices but we have received many requests that the voter registration be also conducted in malls, especially in SM, for convenience and that is what we are looking at,” poll commissioner Grace Padaca said in a statement. She said the Comelec hopes to register at least a million senior citizens and PWDs. Padaca said the commission is still waiting to see how well senior citizen and PWD registration is going, but added “many PWDs and senior citizens would prefer it at SM malls because of accessibility.” The Comelec is currently conducting a nationwide registration of voters for the 2016 elections until October 31, 2015. — JDS, GMA News

CBCP head pushes rosary campaign for conversion of pork barrel scam ‘culprits’

 News
May 232014
 
CBCP head pushes rosary campaign for conversion of pork barrel scam ‘culprits’

The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines on Saturday urged Filipino faithful to pray an extra rosary from May 31 to August 15 for the “conversion” of personalities involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas also encouraged youths to receive communion frequently during these days to “offer prayers for the culprits.” “I request all our Catholic faithful to pray an extra rosary from May 31, Feast of the Visitation until August 15, Solemnity of the Assumption, and offer it for the conversion of the culprits in the pork barrel scam, for the courage of the witnesses and the healing of our country,” Villegas said on his Facebook page Saturday morning. He also said the youth and children should receive Holy Communion frequently during these days of prayer. They should likewise “offer prayers for the culprits, the witnesses and our government,” he added. “Let us overcome evil by the power of good,” Villegas said. A rosary, which recalls events in the lives of Jesus Christ and his mother Mary, involves meditating on five Mysteries. Praying the rosary usually includes sets of one Lord’s Prayer, 10 Hail Marys, and a Glory Be. The multibillion-peso pork barrel scam involved channeling some lawmakers Priority Development Assistance Fund allocations to fake nongovernment organizations allegedly created by trader Janet Napoles. Lawmakers in the scam would reportedly get kickbacks. So far, at least three senators face plunder charges for the scam – minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile, Read More …

Washington diocese gives $201k for Yolanda victims

 News
May 232014
 
Washington diocese gives $201k for Yolanda victims

The Catholic diocese in Washington D.C. over the weekend turned over some $201,000 (about P8.79 million) for victims of super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Representatives of the diocese turned over the amount to Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle during his visit there, the Philippine Embassy in Washington said. “Diocese of Washington turns over $201,000 to Cardinal Tagle to help typhoon victims in the Philippines,” the embassy said on its Twitter account Sunday night, PHL time. Figures from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council showed that as of April 3, Yolanda left 6,293 people dead, 28,669 injured and 1,061 still missing. It said Yolanda affected 3,424,593 families or 16,078,181 people in 12,139 barangays in 44 provinces, 591 towns and 57 cities. The NDRRMC said Yolanda caused P39,821,497,852.17 in damages, including P19,559,379,136.11 in infrastructure and P20,262,118,716.06 in agriculture. During the weekend, Tagle attended Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle at 1725 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington D.C. He also received an honorary degree from the Catholic University of America. “Cardinal Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, is an alumnus of CUA, having received his licentiate and doctorate degrees in sacred theology.  He is known throughout the Philippines for his strong pro-life advocacy as well as his commitment to spiritual truth and embrace of social media,” the university said. On Sunday, Tagle spent time with Filipino-American children at the Philippine Embassy in DC. “We have a very large Filipino Community in the US but why is it that Read More …

FDA warns vs. cracked vials in some batches of anti-cancer drug

 News
May 232014
 
FDA warns vs. cracked vials in some batches of anti-cancer drug

The Food and Drug Administration over the weekend cautioned the public against buying certain batches of Bortezomib, a medicine for a type of cancer,  that it said may have health implications due to cracked vials. In a public health warning, the FDA warned against Velcade 3.5 mg Lyophilized Powder for Injection IV/SC Batches 102424, 102430, 102501, 102502 and 102648 FDA head Kenneth Hartigan-Go said these batches had been reported from US and German markets to have cracked vials. “Consumers and health practitioners are advised to inspect all vials of the subject product for any crack or damage before use,” he said. Those who happened to buy batches of the product that present such defects may report to FDA via report@fda.gov.ph or to Janssen Pharmaceutica via +632 824 8968 or Janssendrugsafety_Phil@its.jnj.com. Suspected adverse reactions experienced from the product should be reported immediately to FDA by visiting www.fda.gov.ph. Velcade’s website said the product is used “for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma (a cancer that starts in the plasma cells in bone marrow).” It is also for relapsed mantle cell lymphoma. — Joel Locsin /LBG, GMA News

Korina’s Statement

 Entertainment
May 232014
 
Korina’s Statement

The Inquirer report, which came out Sunday, listed names of media personalities, including Korina Sanchez of ABS-CBN, who allegedly received payoffs from detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, tagged as the scam’s mastermind. It said Pacheco received P715,000 from Napoles from 2004 to 2008. I only met Ms Janet Napoles and her family in late 2013 after having been assigned to interview the Napoles Family after the news had broken out about the alleged PDAF scam. I had never met Ms Napoles nor had any associations with her, her family, her employees or associates before then, nor after my interview with her and her family. I am astounded to learn that I was supposed to have received a birthday gift from her one-time 10 years ago in 2004. This never happened. I did not receive any such gift, in cash or kind, from Ms. Napoles or her company nor through emissaries then and up to now. I am dismayed that an unsubstantiated lie such as this should be given as much attention. Because how do you prove a negative? I know a Mon Arroyo who is an ex husband of a high school classmate but I have not seen nor spoken nor heard of this person since he and my friend separated more than 10 years ago. But since his name is mentioned I have asked my friend to obtain from her long estranged husband a statement regarding his alleged involvement in this matter.

Philhealth urges private hospitals to continue honoring medical benefits, denies ‘mismanagement’

 Entertainment
May 232014
 
Philhealth urges private hospitals to continue honoring medical benefits, denies ‘mismanagement’

Philhealth says its 600 members nationwide may stop honoring Philhealth benefits because of the delayed release of reimbursements for services rendered but assures that all regional offices have made a commitment to pay claims of all providers faster than the 60 days processing time as mandated by law. Photo shows thousands of PhilHealth cards for General Santos beneficiaries taken last September 13, at Lagao gymnasium. Photo: Russell Delvo/Gensan Info Office MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. on Tuesday called on private hospitals to continue honoring the benefits of their patients and warned that not doing so “constitutes a violation of their Performance Commitment.” Reacting to an earlier report quoting the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. as saying its 600 members nationwide may stop honoring Philhealth benefits because of the delayed release of reimbursements for services rendered, Philhealth president and CEO Alexander Padilla assured that, “All our regional offices have made a commitment to pay claims of all our providers faster than the 60 days processing time as mandated by law.” At the same time, he also denied PHAPI president Dr. Rustico Jimenez’s earlier contention blaming “mismanagement” for the delay in the reimbursements. “PhilHealth is mismanaged and they have the guts to give big bonuses to themselves while they cannot pay us,” Jimenez said. “We want to make it clear that the perceived delays in the payment of claims of PHAPI member-hospitals are not due to ‘possible mismanagement at PhilHealth’. Since we implemented the case-based payment system Read More …

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