Yes indeed! The first declaration was on April 12, 1895, which was a Good Friday, when Andres Bonifacio, founder of the Katipunan declared Philippine Independence inside a cave called Bernardo Carpio in Montalban (now renamed Rodriguez) in Rizal Province. There, Bonifacio wrote on the cave’s wall “Long Live the Philippine Independence.” For the second time, [...]
By BOY VILLASANTA abs-cbnNEWS.com Young Filipina actress Mercedes Cabral has been choses to star in a South Korean film to be directed by 2004 Cannes Grand Prix-winning filmmaker Park Chan-wook. Cabral, a 21 year-old UP Fine Arts student was Park’s personal choice from among several Asian hopefuls to star in “Thirst”, a horror-film now in [...]
By BOY VILLASANTA www.abs-cbnNEWS.com Filipina actress Mercedes Cabral, who went to the 61st Cannes Film Festival as part of the Filipino delegation and castmember of “Serbis”, the Brillante Mendoza film now in competition for the Palm d’Or and other awards, has been included in the roster of most beautiful women to walk the red carpet [...]
What can be considered as the world’s sweetest mango is produced in the island province of Guimaras. While other countries have different varieties of the tropical mango (Mangifera indica), none of them tastes like the superbly delicious Guimaras mango, which is a variety of the popular Carabao Mango (Manginera indica). In 1995, the Guinness Book [...]
Paulino Alcántara Riestrá (born in Iloilo City, Philippines, October 7, 1896; died Barcelona, Spain, February 13, 1964) was a Filipino/Spanish footballer who played for FC Galeno, FC Barcelona, Bohemians of Manila, the Philippines and Spain. Alcántara is still the youngest player to play and score for FC Barcelona in a competitive game. He played for [...]
Filming of the TV series “Survivor” is now going on full blast around Gota beach in Caramoan, Camarines Sur but except for five helicopters hovering daily above the town proper no one knows what is happening within the heavily guarded resort area. Residents said that on one occasion trigger-happy guards fired warning shots when excursionists [...]
Clark international airport authorities said there is no need to panic on the transfer of UPS intra-Asia hub here to Shenzhen in China. Jose Luciano, Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) president and chief executive officer, said the world’s largest air cargo carrier will still maintain its operations here. Luciano said it is just reducing its [...]
Humigit isang bilyong dolyar ang naipasok ng industriya ng turismo sa bansa sa unang quarter ng taong kasalukuyan kung saan mayroong pinakamalaking naiaambag sa nasabing kita ang mga Koreano na may bilang na 175,147 na bumisita sa bansa. Pangalawa naman dito ay ang mga turistang mula sa United States na may 166,128 samantalang pangatlo naman [...]
Join in the unofficial polls for the search for Bea Alonzo’s leading man in the much awaited “Yo Soy Betty la Fea” on ABS-CBN Channel 2. Different online forums are currently posting who deserves the role of Armando, the smart and handsome president of Eco Moda, a fashion design company where Betty works. These are [...]
ABS-CBN – the Philippines Biggest TV station has secured the franchise for the 2006 hit Korean series “My Girl” from South Korea’s SBS, which will be aired starting May 26,2008. This type of collaboration between two giant television networks is a first between the two Asian countries. The role of Yoo Rin, also known as Jasmine [...]
