Who are the celebrities who attended the Tatt Awards 2014?
Aug 092014
Aug 092014
Lorna talks about her “apo” Lyla, two-year-old daughter of her son Raphael.
Aug 082014
Edu Manzano has turned his life around from being a party animal to hardcore health buff.
Aug 082014
Save the date: Penshoppe FanCon 2014 on August 17, 5 p.m. at The Terraces, Ayala Center Cebu.
Aug 072014
A previous FYLPRO delegation with the program’s initiator, Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. FYLPRO PHOTO WASHINGTON, D.C.– What began as a program to reconnect with their Filipino roots ended up becoming a humbling learning experience for 10 Filipino-American youth leaders. Now back in the United States after an immersive program in the Philippines, the delegates to the 3rd Filipino American Youth Leadership Program (FYLPro) said they are ready to make a difference in their respective communities. “I think the FYLPro, in its own Filipino way, was an indirect immersion and an opportunity for the Philippines to reveal herself to us through indelible images and thoughts that will sit with us long beyond the airplanes carrying us have touched down back on American soil,” said Michael Dahilig, Director of the Department of Planning at the County of Kauai in Hawaii. “The past week in the Philippines has placed into context the extreme privilege my family has fought to allow me to live, and that my identity as an American needs to be softened and humbled by knowing the roots of my bloodline come from fighters and survivors,” Dahilig added. “I thank the program for stirring that hunger and thirst and allowing me to reflect on where my place remains.” For some delegates, like Edward Aparis, a consultant from Chula Vista, California, the program provided a firsthand perspective of where the Philippines is now and where it is headed. “I have more to learn about this new and brave Philippines. At the end, Read More …
Aug 072014
A sack of rice gives way as a man salvages rice at a destroyed warehouse after super typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban City, in central Philippines on November 15, 2013. The death toll the powerful typhoon were more than 2,000. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday reported that 65 percent of farmers in areas ravaged by Typhoon Yolanda in November of last year had already harvested their crops even as the agency continues its efforts to help all those affected by the super typhoon. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the crop harvest was due to the joint efforts of the DA and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to distribute sacks of certified seeds and fertilizer to affected farmers in 44 out of our 81 affected provinces barely a month after the passage of the strongest typhoon in history. “The DA is proud to announce that farmers from Leyte and Samar have already harvested crops four months after replanting their farms. They have now planted their second crop for the season,” Alcala said. Additionally, he said the DA had also provided willing farmers with fast-growing crops, among them pechay and mustard, which can be harvested in 20 to 45 days. The DA also has a midterm program for raising ruminants – either goats or sheep – for every five kilometers of the areas damaged by Yolanda. Alcala said the department provided planting materials for the grass that the animals will eat. “Every five kilometers, we will Read More …
Aug 072014
Lorna Tolentino (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Six years since her husband, actor Rudy Fernandez, passed away, actress Lorna Tolentino confessed she does not see herself walking down the aisle again. Tolentino said she is now okay with having her two sons with her, as well as her granddaughter. “I’m happy with my life now,” she said. “I am happy being a lola. I have two men in my life and I don’t need one more.” This despite the fact that Fernandez had told her it’s okay if she falls in love again. “He told me naman that it’s okay lang for me to fall in love again. Kaya lang huwag daw d’un sa kasing-edad ng mga anak namin. But then, okay sana if I were in my 40s. Kaya lang nasa 50s na ako. As it is, as of now, okay lang ako,” she said. Tolentino is currently 52 years old and she will be turning a year older in December. While she tells everyone that she has already moved on from losing Fernandez, Tolentino admits she still has her husband’s things intact in their home. “They are intact, nasa cabinet. Rudy’s things are in order, ayos na ayos, so why touch them?” she said. “Actually, Rap and Renz (her sons) are using some of their dad’s things. They would say, ‘Ay, kelangan ko ng ganito.’ And I would tell them, ‘Ayan, tumingin ka sa cabinet ng Papa n’yo, mayroon dyan.’ It’s a good thing na magkasukat sila…shoes, shirts Read More …
Aug 072014
Bangsamoro (MNS Photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Malacanang on Wednesday admitted the possibility that the passage of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law by Congress may have to wait until the next quarter of 2015 instead of December as earlier announced. However, even with the delay, Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said there would still be enough time to conduct a plebiscite on the creation of the new homeland and put in place the Bangsamoro Transition Authority next year, ahead of the 2016 elections. “We are certainly still hoping for the best … We hope we can expedite the process,” Lacierda said in a briefing aired over state-run Radyo ng Bayan. He said the leaderships of the Senate and House of Representatives were just being “practical” in extending the target period for the passage of the draft BBL. On Monday, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the continued delay in Malacañang’s submission of the draft BBL to Congress made it impossible to commit to the passage of the measure by year’s end. “Time is running out. Moreover there are many congressmen from Mindanao who would be more concerned,” Belmonte said. The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panels are currently in Davao City working to break an impasse over the draft law, which is the result of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed by both parties in March to end decades of fighting in Mindanao. Earlier, the MILF accused Malacañang of substantially diluting the draft BBL submitted for review by the Read More …
Aug 072014
President Benigno S. Aquino III graces the Presentation of Estero de San Miguel Micro Medium-Rise Building (mMRB) Model Unit at the Claro M. Recto High School Auditorium in Barangay 412, Zone 42, Legarda Street, Sampaloc, Manila City on Wednesday (February 19, 2014). The Estero de San Miguel Project is in line with the program goal of providing safe, affordable, decent and humane relocation in accordance with the Relocation Action Plan (RAP) through the People’s Plan mechanism and process for on-site, near-city relocation of affected ISFs in accordance with People’s Plan that contains shelter solutions and finance scheme development, validated and accepted by the ISFs themselves. The MRB model unit started construction in November 2013 and was completed in January 2014. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – The Housing sector has generated 3.5 million jobs and contributed P200 billion to economic growth for the last four years, according to the 2014 mid-year report of the Office of the Vice President. Since the assumption of Vice President Jejomar Binay as chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), the consolidated housing production of the key shelter agencies (KSAs) under HUDCC has reached 581,959 housing units, resulting to 3,534,281 jobs. The figure is computed based on the assumption that a complete house construction will require 8.3 persons working for 3 weeks, while the development of sites for resettlement or improvement of sites will require five persons working per lot. With Binay as the chairman of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) Read More …
Aug 072014
Senator Jinggoy Estrada leaves the residence of his father, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, in Greenhills, San Juan on Monday, June 23, to proceed to Camp Crame to surrender following the issuance of an arrest warrant against him and several others in connection with the alleged pork barrel scam. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito on Wednesday refused to comment on the statement of his brother, detained Senator Jinggoy Estrada, that the counter-State of the Nation Address (SONA) set to be delivered next week does not have the blessing of the minority bloc. Ejercito said he does not want to argue with his brother who is currently detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame over plunder and graft charges in connection with the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam. “I would not like to comment anymore. Bakit naman ako mang-aaway pa kung nasa ganon na ang kalagayan niya di ba? Intindihin ko na lang,” he said. Senator Vicente Sotto III, now the Senate minority leader, said what Estrada “probably meant is that the speech is a point of personal privilege.” On Tuesday, Estrada said the counter-SONA to be delivered week lacks the inputs of other senators belonging to the minority bloc. “I think he is doing it on his own without any authority coming from the minority bloc. Si Minority Floor Leader namin nakakulong din, walang input si Senate Minority Floor Leader Enrile, wala akong input. I don’t think may input si Senator (Vicente III) Read More …