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Daniel Matsunaga (MNS photo) It has been almost six years since Daniel Matsunaga first tried his luck in the country as a model, landing numerous billboards and magazines as well as gracing fashion shows. Daniel tried his hands at acting but it was his stint on “Pinoy Big Brother (PBB)” in 2014 that made him a household name. “Sobrang saya at blessed ako. God has been really great. The most I can do is pray and thank Him. Without Him, I am nothing,” Daniel said in a recent interview. The Brazilian-Japanese actor-model may not have any ounce of Filipino blood in him, but he now considers the Philippines “home.” Note that Daniel already acquired his permanent resident visa last December. “I’m a Filipino na eh, I’m a Filipino by heart so I can say today that Philippines is really my home,” he said, adding, “What I really love about this country is that you believe in Jesus.” Daniel found greater purpose living in the Philippines, saying that inspiring people through entertainment fulfills him. “God said I will find my purpose in the Philippines and I can see it now. With everything that I do, inspiring people, God gave me a great purpose,” he said. Daniel says he wants to stay in the country “forever.” “Only God knows the future but my plan is really to stay here forever, have my own family and business,” he said. Having found his lady love in the country is, of course, another “big blessing” Read More …

— Five of the six female members of the Senate pose for a souvenir photo in their colorful attire before the opening of the 3rd and last Regular Session of the 16th Congress at the Senate Building in Pasay City on Monday (July 27, 2015). They are (from left) Senators Pia Cayetano, Loren Legarda, Cynthia Villar, Grace Poe and Maria Lourdes Binay. Not in photo is Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — Senator Grace Poe will attend on Friday the preliminary conference of the Senate Electoral Tribunal that will hear the quo warranto case questioning her qualification to run for the Senate, the lawmaker’s chief of staff has confirmed. “Yes, she will (attend),” Victorino said when asked about the senator’s attendance. The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has set for September 21 the hearing for the disqualification case filed against Senator Grace Poe. Supreme Court Public Information Office chief and spokesman Theodore Te said SET chair Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio relayed to him that the proceedings would be held at the SC session hall at 2 p.m. Before the hearing, the SET is set convene the parties in a closed-door preliminary conference, also at the SC, on Friday, September 11. The SET is comprised of its chair, Justice Carpio, Supreme Court Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Arturo Brion, Sens. Loren Legarda, Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, Pia Cayetano, Cynthia Villar and Nancy Binay. The quo warranto complaint was filed by Rizalito David, Read More …

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in partnership with SM Malls conduct nationwide jobs fair in celebration of Labor Day (May 1). Over 310,000 jobs are offered to qualified applicants. Photo shows applicants line up at Mall Event Center of SM Manila. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) — More Filipino adults found themselves jobless over the last quarter, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. The survey, conducted June 5 to 8, placed the joblessness rate at 23.2 percent, or equivalent to 10.5 million Filipinos, 4.1 points higher than the 19.1 percent from the first quarter. Out of this, 11 percent (4.7 million adults) voluntarily left their jobs, higher than the seven percent from March. Meanwhile, 10 percent (4.4 million adults) of those surveyed were retrenched, contracts for six percent of them were no longer renewed. The survey was participated in by 1,200 adults nationwide, with sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Results were first published on the BusinessWorld website. Meanwhile, some 36 percent said the number of job openings in the next 12 months will rise. However, the survey showed that net optimism on job availability fell back to “fair” at +17 from last quarter’s “high” +20, as 19 percent of respondents said there would be fewer jobs. The SWS describes a net optimism score of +30 and above as “very high,” +20 to +29 “high,” +10 to +19 “fair,” +1 to Read More …