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Sharon's kids affected by reunion movie with Gabby?

ABS-CBN - Monday, January 10

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Sharon's kids affected by reunion movie with Gabby?

MANILA, Philippines – Megastar Sharon Cuneta has belied rumors that her children with her second husband, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, were affected by her impending reunion project with former husband Gabby Concepcion.

Cuneta told “The Buzz” that she’s still looking for a perfect timing to fully explain the situation to Frankie, Miel, and Miguel, their adopted baby. She added that she doesn’t want them to get shocked.

“[There’s] no problem between me and Kiko. I want to process it very well with Frankie, Miel and Miguel,” she said. “Umpisa pa lang si Frankie, ‘Huh.’ (Laughs).”

Cuneta married Concepcion in 1985 at the height of the popularity of their love team. They have one child, actress KC Concepcion.

She got married for the second time in 1996.

Cuneta also shot down speculations that she is planning to transfer to a new network as she maintained that she has “no reason to leave" ABS-CBN.

“Kapag trato sa’yo, kapamilya ka talaga, you’re very important to them, that means the world to me. I grew up here, I grew more in ABS-CBN,” she said. “As long as I am treated like I’ve been treated in my station, I have no reason to leave.”

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A Repost From KC Santos For Yahoo! Southeast Asia

‘Food truck’ in LA is popular for its Pinoy dishes

By Yahoo! Southeast Asia Editors – January 7th, 2011

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By KC Santos, loQal.ph
For Yahoo! Southeast Asia

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A mobile food joint offering Filipino food has caught the fancy of casual diners and food critics.

Since food bloggers Marvin Gapultos and Nastassia Johnson started the business seven months ago, the Manila Machine never fails to draw crowds whenever it goes around the city.

The huge orange Manila Machine truck has become the first food truck specializing in Filipino food in LA attracting not only Filipinos, but American diners as well with its wide selection of Filipino food including sisig, silogs, pork belly and pineapple adobo, carabao wings, beef tapa, turon, and ube cupcakes, among others.

The Manila Machine has also earned a spot in the 2010 Top Newcomers in Los Angeles, from bloggers, food writers, and critics from all over LA.

Renowned food critic Jonathan Gold even endorsed The Manila Machine to some big food events in the US while fashion designers Monique Lhuillier and Oliver Tolentino are among the high-profile diners to visit the food truck.

The mobile food joint even has its own music video that diners can listen while waiting for their orders.

However, Marvin stresses that The Manila Machine will always cater to the “cravings of the masses.” He adds that the business started when he and his friends decided to specialize in Filipino food that they miss back in the Philippines.

Aside from pioneering the Filipino food truck business, he hopes to be able to bring the mobile food joint to other cities across the US.

Photo courtesy of The Manila Machine

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Philippine boy survives three days at sea

AFP - Friday, January 7

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Map showing the Camotes Sea in the Philippines where a 15-year-old boy was lost at sea for three days

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MANILA (AFP) - – A 15-year-old Philippine schoolboy who was sent alone to sea by his grandmother to fish survived three days adrift after his boat engine failed, local authorities said Friday.

The hungry, thirsty and exhausted boy, sixth-grader Mark Sanico, washed ashore aboard his tiny dugout in the central city of Danao on Thursday, and is recovering at a local hospital, police officer Cherry Panares told AFP.

"He was very weak. He had had no food or drink for three days. He said he had some boiled ground corn, but it spoiled early so he had nothing to eat," Panares told AFP by telephone.

The big waves meant he could not cast his net out to get food, she added.

Clad only in a shirt and shorts, the boy told police the boat had drifted at least 90 kilometres (56 miles) across the Camotes Sea from his coastal hometown of Villaba on Leyte island without any other mariner noticing his plight.

The boy told police he saw only another fishing boat on Wednesday and no other vessels, but the other fisherman apparently did not see him when he waved for help, Panares said.

She praised the boy's resilience, saying a life spent in poverty had probably ensured his survival.

"He's one tough kid. That's probably what saved him," said Panares, head of the Danao police women and children's section.

The boy told police his mother left him to his grandparents a few months after he was born.

He said his grandmother sent him off to sea early on Monday when he should have been at school because they needed fish to eat.

"They are very poor. The municipal government had to give bus fare to his grandmother so she could come here to pick up her grandson," Panares said.

"He looked a lot better today and is laughing again. I told him jokes so he would not feel down. He just wants to go back home."

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BIR to prioritize tax evasion cases against Richard Gomez and Royale Era talent agency

PEP - Saturday, January 8

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BIR to prioritize tax evasion cases against Richard Gomez and Royale Era talent agency

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Humingi ng tulong ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) sa Department of Justice (DOJ) para iprayoridad ang ilan sa mga kaso ng tax evasion na matagal nang hindi nareresolba ng korte.

Kasama sa listahang ito ang tax evasion cases laban sa aktor na si Richard Gomez, at sa Royale Artists Management Inc. (dating Royale Era Entertainment) ng pamilyang Gutierrez.

Kinasuhan ng BIR at DOJ ng tax evasion case si Richard Gomez noong Oktubre 2007. Ayon sa dalawang ahensiya, hindi umano nakapagbayad ng tamang buwis ang aktor mula 2000 hanggang 2003. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

Noong Abril 2006 naman isinampa ng BIR ang tax evasion case laban sa Royale Era. Ayon sa BIR, kulang daw ng P3,285,397.29 ang ibinayad na buwis ng talent company noong 2003 at 2004.

Ang mag-asawang Eddie Gutierrez at Annabelle Rama ang namamahala sa Royale Era. Ilan sa mga talents nito ay ang mga anak nina Eddie at Annabelle na sina Ruffa, Richard, at Raymond Gutierrez, pati na sina JC de Vera, Ehra Madrigal, Michelle Madrigal, Bubbles Paraiso, at TJ Trinidad.

Hindi na bago sa BIR ang pagsasampa ng tax evasion cases laban sa mga kilalang personalidad. Ilan sa mga nasampahan na ng ganitong kaso ay sina Judy Ann Santos, John Lloyd Cruz, Regine Velasquez, Claire dela Fuente, at ang fashion director na si Robbie Carmona.

Isa rin sa mga prayoridad ng pamunuan ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ang paghabol sa mga tax evader para madagdagan umano ang pondo ng pamahalaan.

Nauna nang nahatulan ng Court of Tax Appeal na guilty sa tax evasion ang beauty doctor na si Joel Mendez noong Enero 5. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

Sa kasalukuyan ay sinusubukan ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) na kunin ang panig ni Richard Gomez at nina Eddie Gutierrez tungkol sa hakbang na ito ng DOJ at BIR.

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Mayor Herbert Bautista promotes traffic enforcer who apprehended him for beating the red light

SPOT - Thursday, January 6

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Quezon City Mayor Herbert "Bistek" Bautista has promoted traffic enforcer Sol Botilla, who apprehended him for beating the red light on Tomas Morato, reports Inquirer.net.

At around 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Botilla stopped Bautista, who was not accompanied by security escorts at the time. Botilla said he did not recognize the mayor, whom he thought was a Chinese national. Bautista said in the Inquirer.net report, "He only recognized me when I spoke and acknowledged the (traffic) violation."

According to Inquirer.net, Bautista asked Botilla to see him in his office the following day but the latter did not go, afraid of being punished. The Monday after, during the city hall's flag raising ceremony, Bautista commended Botilla, promoting him to supervisor and rewarding him with P10,000.

Botilla, 47, who has been a traffic enforcer of the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety for 10 years, said he will use the money to pay for his children's tuition.

For more on this story, log on to Inquirer.net.

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Dingdong Dantes reveals his life-changing gift to Marian Rivera last Christmas

PEP - Wednesday, January 5

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Dingdong Dantes reveals his life-changing gift to Marian Rivera last Christmas

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Natuloy ang plano ng magkasintahang Dingdong Dantes at Marian Rivera na makapagbakasyon ng ilang araw sa ibang bansa, kasama ang ilang miyembro ng pamilya ng aktor.

Naganap ito ilang araw pagkatapos ng Pasko at bago mag-Bagong Taon.

Ayon kay Dingdong, nang makausap ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) over the phone yesterday, January 3, worth it naman ang naging bakasyon nila.

"Okay naman yung naging Christmas vacation namin ni Marian. May pinuntahan kami na kasama rin namin ang ilang member ng family ko.

"Masaya. It was a much needed vacation," lahad niya.

Pero bago nag-New Year ay bumalik na sila ni Marian at dito sa Pilipinas nila sinalubong ang 2011.

"Nag-New Year's eve kami sa bahay ng tito ko. Then, tumuloy kami sa bahay ko. Doon naman kami nag-celebrate.

"Kinabukasan, nagpunta kami sa bahay nila sa Cavite. Normal. Same din ng celebration last year."

Tinanong namin kay Dingdong kung may "proposal" bang naganap sa naturang bakasyon nila.

"Gaya nga ng sabi ko, kung ano ang celebration years ago, walang pinagkaiba. Smooth lang. Walang mga ganoong kaganapan!" natatawa niyang sagot.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Ayaw namang i-reveal ni Dingdong kung ano ang naging Christmas gift niya kay Marian, bukod sa sinasabi niyang "life-changing gift."

Natawa siya dahil tila iba raw ang naging pakahulugan ng iba sa sinabi niyang "life-changing gift" niya.

"Well, tanungin n'yo siguro si Marian," sabi niya.

"Pero ang life-changing na ibinigay ko sa kanya, ito yung binigyan ko siya ng sponsorship ng isang bata sa Hydrocephalus Foundation. In return, she will change a life of a kid. Yun ang life-changing," paliwanag ni Dingdong.

Ang Hydrocephalus Foundation of the Philippines ay tumutulong sa mga pasyente at pamilya na apektado ng sakit na hydrocephalus.

Ano naman ang regalo sa kanya ni Marian noong Pasko?

"Yung gift niya sa akin, binigyan niya ako ng isang napakagandang relo na masasabi kong gustung-gusto ko," sagot ng aktor.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010. Looking back, maituturing ni Dingdong na isa sa magandang taon para sa kanya ang 2010. Hindi lang sa kanyang showbiz career at personal na buhay, kundi pati na sa kanyang mga advocacy.

"Noong nag-uumpisa ang 2010, hindi sa naniniwala ako sa hula... siguro medyo nagkaroon ng katotohanan ang ilan. May hula noon na never to endorse anybody, especially in terms of politics. May ganoong hula."

Matatandaang isa si Dingdong sa naging malaking supporter ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino noong May 10, 2010 elections.

Dagdag ng aktor, "Pero ako kasi, mas matimbang sa akin yung commitment ko kesa sa hula. And for me, that's one of the greatest highlights siguro na maituturing ko sa taong 2010.

"Puwede kong sabihin na blockbuster movie, teleserye that ended well. Pero tingin ko, pinaka-highlight ng last year yung I campaigned.

"At hindi lang din doon nagtatatapos yun sa 2010. It will last for six years, yung commitment natin for nation-building and onwards na yun. Dapat tuloy-tuloy ang proseso.

"At bago pa magtapos ang taon," patuloy ni Dingdong, "yung pagkakaroon ng recognition in terms of my performance is also one of the highlights of 2010."

Ang tinutukoy niya rito ay ang pagkapanalo niya sa Star Awards for TV at nomination niya sa Asian TV Awards para sa pagganap niya sa Stairway to Heaven.

LOOKING FORWARD. Ngayong Year of the Rabbit, mas marami pa raw aabangan sa kanya ang mga tagasuporta niya.

"Sobrang daming promising na plano sa sarili ko and I hope na magawan ko nang maayos with the help of other people, too."

Samantala, sasalubungin ni Dingdong ang bagong taon ng isa na namang panibagong pagkilala. Isa siya sa napiling Outstanding People of 2010 for entertainment and philantrophy ng People Asia.

Sa TV naman ay mapapanood siya sa romantic-comedy series nila ni Regine Velasquez, ang I ♥ You Pare.

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Willie Revillame and Shalani Soldedad drop by New Year's Eve party in Boracay

SPOT - Saturday, January 1

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Willie Revillame and Shalani Soldedad drop by New Year's Eve party in Boracay

Willie Revillame and Shalani Soledad at the New Year's Eve party of Discovery Shores in Boracay.

TV5's Willing Willie star Willie Revillame, and his co-host, Valenzuela councilor Shalani Soledad were spotted at the New Year's Eve Party of Discovery Shores in Boracay around 1:30 a.m. on January 1, 2011, just after the resort's fireworks show ended. They arrived at the resort together with a group that included Chavit Singson, actor John Estrada and girlfriend Priscilla Meirelles and were seen saying hello to actor Richard Gutierrez, who is a guest at the hotel. The group stayed awhile to have drinks.

Reports say that Revillame, 49, and Soledad, 30, along with several other people arrived in Boracay on December 30 aboard Revillame's yacht, the M/Y Wow Cruiser, which is anchored just off the beach next to Singson's yacht.

A PEP.ph report dated December 8 confirmed that Revillame is "courting" Soledad, but that they were "not an item yet" as of that time. The breakup of Soledad and President Noynoy Aquino was said to have been confirmed in early October.

Revillame and Soledad sing "Ikaw Na Nga" on Willing Willie

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