Nikki Valdez comforts ABS-CBN employees who’ll lose their jobs: Hold on, evil cannot prevail
Actress Nikki Valdez sent out a seemingly painful goodbye to those employees who will be retrenched by ABS-CBN after the shutdown.
Actress Nikki Valdez sent out a seemingly painful goodbye to those employees who will be retrenched by ABS-CBN after the shutdown.
A year ago, on Oct. 5, Joker Arroyo left us. All too characteristic of him, he had left strict instructions that he did not want any public announcements, no memorial ceremonies from Congress and the Senate, or the usual ninth-day or 40th-day commemorations, not even the traditional farewell ceremony of his fraternity, the Upsilon Sigma Phi.
SOMETIME in 2013, I had the chance to spend an afternoon with Leni Robredo and daughters Aika and Jillian, most of it in a van driving around Naga, then in the airport, waiting for President Aquino to finish his tour of the province and take off for Manila.
Malacañang on Saturday said it is up to Congress to tackle the issue on legalizing same-sex marriage in the Philippines after the United States had legalized gay unions.
What is the pork barrel? In the Philippines, it is the budgetary allocation given members of the Congress and the Senate. In 2006, the amount was P70 million for each member of Congress, and P200 million for each member of the Senate.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she could not stand watching legislators and their spouses took turns displaying “bling” clothes and jewelry during President Benigno Aquino’s fourth state of the nation address (SONA) Monday.
Vice President Jejomar Binay and his “political dynasty” all but floated on the red carpet. Neophyte Sen. Bam Aquino came wearing his “lucky barong,” while veteran Sen. Loren Legarda showed up in a hand-me-down.
MANILA, Philippines—At the end of the day or, to be more precise, at the end of the red carpet, everything about Monday’s much-awaited annual fashion event that heralded President
Living up to 100 years old in the Philippines will soon be rewarding in a hundred thousand ways.
They wore their hearts on their sleeves and carried their politics on their backs, their bodices and their shirts.
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