It’s no longer a whisper that Senator-elect Miguel “Migs” Zubiri is the incoming senate president, taking over the post soon to be vacated by Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto, who unsuccessfully ran for vice president.
Earlier reports had it that Senator Cynthia VIllar was interested in being senate president, even on a “sharing” basis. But she decided not to run in the end.
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Mother and son Vilma Santos-Recto and Luis Manzano are in a project together.
The award-winning actress and host are in the new ad of Quaker Oats.
Who between the two gets more talent fee, so to speak, neither of them would say.
Well, anyone is free to guess. If only for the fun of it.
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Iya Villania delivered her fourth baby with husband Drew Arellano on Saturday.
The couple has named their youngest Astro Phoenix. He follows Antonio Primo, 5, Alonzo Leon, 4, and Alana Lauren, 2.
According to Iya, Astro will be their last child.
Iya is 35 and Drew is 42. They wed in 2014.
Iya was born in Australia, while Drew is from Pangasinan.
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‘“Tik to Clock” will be a sing and dance contest and is set to air next month.’
After his bout with COVID-19, Kim Atienza will start work on a variety game show, “Tik to Clock,” with Rabiya Mateo and Pokwang.
This is the first time the trio will be together in a show.
“Tik to Clock” will be a sing and dance contest and is set to air next month. It is set to replace “Mars Pa More,” which features Kim with Camille Prats and Iya Villania.
Kim is known for knowing a lot of trivia and for delivering the weather report in “TV Patrol” on ABS-CBN.
He embraced a variety of formats when he transferred to GMA.
“Tik To Clock” is also the first time Rabiya and Pokwang will work in a variety game show, too.
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Singer Kyla has lost another baby again. It’s her fourth time to miscarriage.
It hurt tremendously, she admitted.
“I can’t even put my feelings into words,” she wrote on Instagram.
If her previous pregnancies reached full term, she and husband Rich Alvarez would have had five kids. AS of now, the couple have a son, Toby.
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A happy and proud father is Senator Bong Revilla.
He credits his wife, Congresswoman Lani Mercado, and his children, including Jolo and Bryan, who will all be with their mother in the lower house. Jolo, outgoing vice governor of Cavite, won a seat in congress. Bryan, meanwhile, is now a partylist representative.
He ran on an anti-poverty platform. Agimat also wants to give job opportunities to those who lost their job during the pandemic.
“Help me, Lord,” Bryan said.
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Actress Tetchie Agbayani knows working with award-winning performers would not be easy, but just having the opportunity to act opposite Ariel Rivera, Sid Lucero and Beauty Gonzalez in “The Fake Life” is already something to be thankful for.
So it was an easy yes for Tetchie to accept the offer.
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Speaking of Beauty, the actress delivers a good performance in the series.
She has promised to retire after six years, so she makes sure her performances are “markado.”
Beauty and husband Norman Crisologo have one child, Olivia. Beauty said she wants to make sure she will be able to care for her family, especially Olivia, so she plans to retire early from the limelight.
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When the new administration is sworn in, Senator Robin Padilla said he will heed the advice of his fellow senators and others who are more knowledgeable than him.
As it is, Robin said that it’s not just his reputation that is at stake, but also the entire chamber.
And the issue being discussed might affect the whole nation.
“As I promised, I will do my homework,” he said. “I’ll hire good advisers.
“I should not forget that I got the most number of votes in the senatorial race. I should prove that the voters did not make a mistake.”
