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Vice President Leni Robredo MANILA, Nov 21 (Mabuhay) – Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday said it will be up to President Rodrigo Duterte if he will ask her and other Cabinet members to step down given their opposition to the surprise burial of the late Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The “advice” came from former Senator Rene Saguisag, who urged members of the Cabinet who oppose the burial, particularly those from the Left, to step down from their posts after the secretive interment on Friday. “Kami naman we serve at the pleasure of the President, ‘di ba?” she said. “Kaya… ano naman, na kay Presidente naman ‘yon.” Robredo—who narrowly beat the late dictator’s son, Bongbong, in the May vice presidential race—staunchly opposes the said burial. In her sharpest statement yet on the matter, she called the late Marcos “a thief, a murderer, and a dictator.” She also scored the Marcos family for “deliberately” hiding the burial, and questioned how the interment, with military honors, was carried out in such low-key fashion. Despite her long-standing opposition, she has repeatedly pointed out that Duterte knows about—and respects—her view on the matter, as well as on other issues. She also maintained that she has a “very good working relationship” with the President, who she said has been supportive about her work as chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). Other Cabinet members who oppose the burial include Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and Agrarian Reform Secretary Read More …

Jollibee Logo since 2011(Wikipedia) MANILA, Nov. 21 (PNA) – Fastfood giant Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC) has sealed a deal to make its joint venture company, Superfoods Group, a publicly traded company on the Vietnam Stock Exchange in line with plans to expand its business in Vietnam and other key cities in the world. JFC told the local bourse it entered into an agreement through its subsidiary, JSF Investments Pte. Ltd. (JSF), with its joint venture partner, Viet Thai International Joint Stock Company (VTI), to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of Superfoods on or before July 2019. The Superfoods joint venture owns and operates the brands Highlands Coffee and Pho 24 and is a franchisee of Hard Rock Café. Highlands Coffee has 159 outlets, Pho 24 with 33 stores while Hard Rock Café has three outlets. The Superfoods joint venture, which has annual sales of USD55 million, is one of the fastest growing joint venture businesses of JFC, growing by 36 percent for the first nine months of 2016 with Highlands Coffee growing by about 78 percent over the same period last year. “We are very excited about our planned IPO of Superfoods. Our fastest growing business in terms of country is Vietnam and this reflects the vibrancy and potential of the economy and the strong performance of our joint venture business,” said JFC Chairman Tony Tan Caktiong. Tan Caktiong expressed confidence that with the strong capability of its partner and the support of its organization in the Philippines, “we Read More …

Inigo Pascual (MNS photo) Young actor Iñigo Pascual revealed that going blond is his personal attempt to reinvent and do “something new” with himself. The 19-year-old said he wanted to project a different image, starting with his hair. Pascual changed his hair color ahead of the launch of his self-titled album under Star Music. “Siguro paglabas ng album ko I just wanted to do something new with myself. Siguro this is me showing who I really am. With my album, I wrote my songs and I guess this is my way of expressing my art, this is my way of expressing my music. I guess kung wala akong ibang gagawin, ano pa ang ibang maipapakita ko. I guess this is something different that I want to show,” he said. Pascual admitted that he had to go through a laborious process before he decided to color his hair. “To be honest, it was all my idea. Sobrang takot ako nung sinasabi ko sa management. Sabi ko, ‘Paano ko ba gagawin ito? Sino ba kakausapin ko muna?’ Siyempre I have my managers and my road managers and, of course, the bosses to talk to. Inisa isa ko ‘yan. So I went through a long process of trying to convince them,” he said. Even his father, Piolo Pascual, disagreed with it at first. But later on, the young Pascual said his dad eventually liked his new look. “He got used to it and was like, ‘I like that you’re doing that.’ Siyempre iba Read More …