Vote for FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women of 2008

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FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women 2008 poll opens this April, and gives you the chance to vote for your favorite female celebrities. It’s time for you to cast your vote for the one hundred sexiest and hottest stars both in the Philippines and worldwide.

There are two ways to vote for the FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2008 in the Philippines. First is to vote as many as you want via SMS or text messaging. Simply key in FHM100 [space] name of your choice and send to 2948 for all cellular networks. The second option is to log on to FHM.com.ph to cast your ballot once a day.

Remember… every vote counts, so if you think your favorite female celebrity got what it takes to be on top, then keep those votes coming! Voting period is from April 1 to June 15 only.

Decide who will be the next FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women of 2008… Will it be Marian Rivera? Katrina Halili? Christine Reyes? Precious Adona? Anne Curtis? Angel Locsin?… It’s up to you. You decide then vote and it will be counted ;0

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FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008

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Here’s the list of FHM picks for the 100 sexiest women in world for 2008 wherein there were 9.7 million votes for one hundred women… but only the one who got the highest vote was the winner… Who is the sexiest woman in the world for the year 2008? Check it out below and the other 99 sexy girls all over the world…

And the sexiest woman, who topped the voting poll is no other than…

1. Megan Fox - an American actress and model, known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith and in the 2007 film Transformers.

2. Jessica Alba - an American television and film actress. She has received many awards and notations for her acting and physical appearance.

3. Keeley Hazell - an English Page 3 Girl and glamour model noted for her large, natural breasts (UK bra size 32E).

4. Eisha Cuthbert - A 25-year-old Canadian model and actress once topped a poll for Sexiest Hair In The World, her feathery blonde bob deemed the most desirable of all female barnets.

5. Hayden Panettiere - an American actress, singer, and Grammy Award nominee. She is perhaps best known for her role on the NBC series Heroes as Claire Bennet.

6. Scarlett Johansson - an American actress and singer. She rose to fame with her role in 1998’s The Horse Whisperer and subsequently gained critical acclaim for her roles in Ghost World, Lost in Translation, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, the latter two earning her Golden Globe Award nominations in 2003.

7. Cheryl Cole - an English singer and member of the girl group Girls Aloud. She is the wife of Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole.

8. Hillary Duff - an American actress, pop singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

9. Angelina Jolie - an American film actress and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as one of the world’s most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported.

10. Keira Knightley - a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Academy Award-nominated English[2] film and television actress.

11. Rihanna
12. Kate Beckinsale
13. Jessica Biel
14. Eva Longoria
15. Alessandra Ambrosio
16. Rachel Bilson
17. Beyonce Knowles
18. Gemma Atkinson
19. Jennifer Love Hewitt
20. Christina Aguilera
21. Adriana Lima
22. Gisele Bundchen
23. Ana Ivanovic
24. Sophia Bush
25. Salam Hayek
26. Jessica Simpson
27. Jennifer Aniston
28. Charlize Theron
29. Rachel Stevens
30. Maria Sharapova
31. Britney Spears
32. Sarah Michelle Gellar
33. Emma Watson
34. Kelly Brook
35. Eva Mendes
36. Sarah Hardins
37. Avril Lavigne
38. Olga Kurylenko
39. Natalie Portman
40. Heidi Klum
41. Lindsay Lohan
42. Bar Rafaeli
43. Nadine Coyle
44. Alesha Dixon
45. Katherine Heigl
46. Halle Berry
47. Monica Bellucci
48. Kristin Kreuk
49. Nicole Scherzinger
50. Rachel McAdams
51. Emma Griffiths
52. Carmen Electra
53. Shakira
54. Evangeline Lilly
55. Abbey Clancy
56. Mischa Barton
57. Jennifer Garner
58. Marisa Miller
59. Charlotte McKenna
60. Cameron Diaz
61. Vanessa Hudgens
62. Holly Valance
63. Alexa Chung
64. Ali Larter
65. Emily Scott
66. Kimberly Walsh
67. Milla Jovovich
68. Nadine Velazquez
69. Mandy Moore
70. Sienna Miller
71. Fearne Cotton
72. Eva Green
73. Tricia Helfer
74. Stacy Keibler
75. Petra Nemcova
76. Chelsea Davy
77. Denise Richards
78. Gwen Stefani
79. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
80. Agyness Deyn
81. Anna Kournikova
82. Michelle Ryan
83. Katherine Jenkins
84. Katie Holmes
85. Gloria De Piero
86. Ellen Page
87. Hannah Spearritt
88. Odette Yustman
89. Kristen Bell
90. Amber Heard
91. Kirstie Allsopp
92. April Scott
93. Kylie Minogue
94. Billie Piper
95. Dannii Minogue
96. Nicola Roberts
97. Roxanne Mckee
98. Victoria Beckham
99. Marion Cotillard
100. Holly Willoughby

Sources: Fhm.com ,Wikipedia.com and MySassyMind

100 Most Beautiful People of 2008

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Twenty nine year old Hollywood actress Kate Hudson is People Magazine’s 2008 most beautiful people in the world. The complete list of the result is revealed in the most anticipated upcoming issue of People Magazine to be released this month. You can also order your own copy of the said magazine on People Magazine’s official website.

Check out the initial list of People Magazine hot picks below.

1. KATE HUDSON, an American film actress who came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Oscar nomination for her role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, and You, Me, and Dupree.

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2. SALMA HAYEK, an award-winning Lebanese-Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer who appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain.

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3. MARY J. BLIGE, an American R&B, soul, and hip hop soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, record producer, actress, and hip hop icon widely known as the “Queen of Hip Hop Soul”, and has also received over 26 Grammy Award nominations for her work, winning eight, also awarded the World Music Legends Award for combining hip-hop and soul together like no one else during the early ’90s.

4. RUMER WILLIS, the 19-year-old star American actress, who is the daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.

5. SARAH SILVERMAN, an American comedian, writer, and actor sometimes credited by her nickname Big S. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism and religion.

6. CHRISTINA APPLEGATE, a 36-year-old American Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award- and Golden Globe- nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing the very attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted Kelly Bundy on the Fox television network sitcom Married… with Children.

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7. EVA LONGORIA and TONY PARKER, They’re one of PEOPLE’s Most Beautiful couples, but the Desperate Housewife – known for her knockout red-carpet appearances – looks the best when she’s low-key, according to her husband.

8. SLA FISHER, an Australian actress and author best known for her role of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and for her role in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

9. AMANDA BEARD, an American Olympic swimmer and model. Her modeling work has included the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and a n*de pictorial in the July 2007 issue of Playboy.

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10. THE GOSSIP GIRL CAST, onscreen, they are gorgeous, scheming, backstabbing high schoolers. Off-screen, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen are still gorgeous but somewhat kinder to one another.

11. JULIANNE MOORE, a 48-year old four-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actress, who hated her flame-red hair.

12. JASON TAYLOR, an American football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Dolphins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft.

13. VANESSA HUDGENS, the 19-year-old star of the High School Musical movies. She will also be in the upcoming movie Will. Her sophomore album, Identified, will be released June 24, 2008.

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14. TAYLOR SWIFT, a 19-year old Grammy-nominated country singer who made her debut on the U.S. Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single “Tim McGraw”.

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100 Most Influential People of 2008 - Time Magazine

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Time Magazine 100 World’s Most Influential People of 2008: Time Magazine has released its fifth annual “Most Influential” list featuring the couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in the heroes category and controversial teen star Miley Cyrus in entertainment.

For the complete list of the world’s 100 most influential people, check out below:

Artists and Entertainers:
- Lorne Michaels (producer of Saturday Night Live)
- Robert Downey, Jr. (star of Iron Man)
- Herbie Hancock (Classical musician)
- Joel & Ethan Coen (Creators of No Country for Old Men)
- Bruce Springsteen (rocker)
- Peter Gelb (opera)
- Mariah Carey (America’s songbird)
- Khaled Hosseini (author of The Kite Runner)
- Elizabeth Gilber (author of Eat Pray Love)
- Rem Koolhaas (visionary architect)
- Judd Apatow (writer and director of “Knocked Up”)
- Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy (classic rockers)
- George Clooney (Hollywood actor/director)
- Tim Russert (host of “Meet the Press”)
- Suze Orman (financial advisor)
- Stephanie Meyer (author of “Twilight”)
- Tyler Perry (playwright)
- Miley Cyrus (teen star)
- Tom Stoppard (playwright)
- Chris Rock (comedian)
- Takashi Murakami (fine arts)

Leaders and Revolutionaries:
- Dalai Lama
- Vladimir Putin
- Barack Obama
- Hillary Clinton
- John McCain
- Hu Jintao
- George W. Bush
- Jacob Zuma
- Anwar Ibrahim
- Kevin Rudd
- Bartholomew I
- Ben Bernanke
- Muqtada al-Sadr
- Robert Gates
- Michelle Bachelet
- Sonia Gandhi
- Baitullah Mehsud
- Evo Morales
- Ma Ying-jeou
- Ashfaq Kayani

Heroes & Pioneers:
- Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
- Oprah Winfrey
- Oscar Pistorius
- Mia Farrow
- Andre Agassi
- Lance Armstrong
- Bob and Suzanne Wright
- Peter Gabriel
- Kaká
- Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum
- Yoani Sánchez
- Madeeha Hasan Odhaib
- Randy Pausch
- Lorena Ochoa
- Tony Blair
- Alexis Sinduhije
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- George Mitchell

Scientists & Thinkers:
- Michael Bloomberg
- Craig Venter
- Jill Bolte Taylor
- Larry Brilliant
- Jeff Han
- Mehmet Oz
- Nancy Brinker
- Harold McGee
- Peter Pronovost
- Eric Chivian & Richard Cizik
- Mary Lou Jepsen
- Paul Allen
- Nicholas Schiff
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Wendy Kopp
- Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson
- Michael Griffin
- Susan Solomon
- Isaac Berzin

24th Star Awards for Movies (2008) List of Nominees

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Here’s a list of the nominees for the 24th PMPC Star Awards for Movies organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club. Wait for the list of winners soon. Keep in touch for updates ;0

Nominees for 2008 Movie of the Year
1. A Love Story - Star Cinema
2. Angels: “Daddy’s Angel” episode - Eagle Eye Entertainment 3. Productions
4. Ataul For Rent - Artiste Entertainment Works International
5. Katas ng Saudi - Maverick Films
6. One More Chance - Star Cinema
7. Ouija - GMA Films and Viva Films
8. Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo - Star Cinema

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie of the Year
1. Confessional - Creative Programs, Inc. thru Cinema One Originals and Oddfield Productions
2. Pisay - Solito Arts Productions, Philippine Science Foundation, and Pisay Batch ‘86
3. Selda - Star View Productions
4. Tambolista - Creative Programs, Inc. thru Cinema One Originals and Bicycle Pictures
5. Tribu - 8 Glasses Productions, Inc.

Nominees for 2008 Movie Director of the Year
1. Jose “Dingdong” Dantes III - Angels: “Daddy’s Angel” episode
2. Maryo J. de los Reyes - A Love Story
3. Topel Lee - Ouija
4. Cathy Garcia-Molina - One More Chance
5. Jose Javier Reyes - Katas ng Saudi
6. Jose Javier Reyes - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
7. Neal “Buboy” Tan - Ataul For Rent

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Director of the Year
1. Adolfo Alix Jr. - Tambolista
2. Jim Libiran - Tribu
3. Auraues Solita - Pisay
4. Jerrold Tarog and Ruel Antipuesto - Confessional
5. Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos - Selda

Nominees for 2008 Movie Actor of the Year
1. Paolo Contis - Banal
2. John Lloyd Cruz - One More Chance
3. Ryan Eigenmann - Baliw
4. Side Lucero - Selda
5. Aga Muhlach - A Love Story
6. Piolo Pascual - Paano Kita Iibigin

Nominees for 2008 Movie Actress of the Year
1. Ai-Ai delas Alas - Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo
2. Bea Alonzo - One More Chance
3. Cherry Pie Picache - Foster Child
4. Judy Ann Santos - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
5. Maricel Soriano - A Love Story
6. Lorna Tolentino - Katas Ng Saudi

Nominees for 2008 Movie Supporting Actor of the Year
1. Publio Briones III - Confessional
2. Emilio Garcia - Selda
3. Sid Lucero - Tambolista
4. Jiro Manio - Foster Child
5. Luis Manzano - Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo
6. Allan Paule - Selda

Nominnes for 2008 Movie Supporting Actress of the Year
1. Irma Adlawan - Ataul For Rent
2. Iza Calzado - Ouija
3. Gloria Diaz - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
4. Eugene Domingo - Pisay
5. Ara Mina - Selda
6. Gina Pareno - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
7. Maja Salvador - One More Chance

Nominees for 2008 Movie Child Performer of the Year
1. Nash Aguas - Angels: “Daddy’s Angel” episode
2. Quintin Alianza - Paano Kita Iibigin
3. Paulken Bustillo - Paraiso: “Ang Kapatid Kong Si Elvis” episode
4. Elijah Castillo - Pisay
5. Steven Fermo - Gulong

Nominees for 2008 New Movie Actor of the Year
1. Matt Evans - Shake, Rattle and Roll 9
2. Gammy Lopez - Pisay
3. Zanjoe Marudo - You Got Me
4. Will Sandejas - Sikil
5. Jeroold Tarog - Confessional

Nominees for 2008 New Movie Actress of the Year
1. Ina Feleo - Endo
2. Jennica Garcia - Hide and Seek
3. Lovi Poe - Shake, Rattle and Roll 9
4. Rhian Ramos - Ouija
5. Mayo Suzuki - Telebisyon

Nominees for 2008 Movie Original Screenplay of the Year
1. Aloy Adlawan - Ouija
2. Carmi Raymundo and Vaness Valdez - One More Chance
3. Jose Javier Reyes - Katas Ng Saudi
4. Jose Javier Reyes - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
5. Gina Marissa Tagasa - Angels: Daddy’s Angel episode
6. Vanessa Valdez - A Love Story

Nominees for 2008 Digital Original Screenplay of the Year
1. Romualdo Avellanosa - Sikil
2. Henry Grageda - Pisay
3. Ralston Joel Javier - Tirador
4. Ave Regina Tayag - Tambolista
5. Ramon Ukit - Confessional
6. Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos - Selda

Nominees for 2008 Movie Cinematographer of the Year
1. Rodolfo Aves, Jr. - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
2. Armin Collado and Pao Orendain - Angels: “Daddy’s Angel” episode
3. Neil Daza - Ouija
4. Marissa Floirendo - The Promise
5. Gary Gardoce - A Love Story
6. Jay Linao - Resiklo
7. Manuel Teehankee - One More Chance

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Cinematographer of the Year
1. Ruel Antipuesto - Confessional
2. Rodolfo Aves, Jr. - Kadin
3. Alberto Banzon - Tribu
4. Odyssey Flores - Selda
5. Charlie Peralta - Pisay
6. Dan Villegas - Still Life

Nominees for 2008 Movie Editor of the Year
1. Renewin Alano - Katas ng Saudi
2. Vito Cajili - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
3. Marya Ignacio - One More Chance
4. Marya Ignacio - Ouija

Nominees for 2008 Movie Production Designer of the Year
1. Nancy Arcega - Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
2. Danny Cristobas - Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo
3. Rodell Cruz - Resiklo
4. Mark Sabas - Ouija
5. Elren Vibar - One More Chance
6. Willie Urbino - Ataul For Rent

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Editor of the Year
1. Lawrence Ang - Tribu
2. Kanakan Balintagos and Mikael Pestano - Pisay
3. ALEKS Castaneda - Tambolista
4. Soon Lee Mi - Sikil
5. Pats Ranyo - Confessional
6. Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos - Selda

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Production Designer of the Year
1. Armi Cacanindin - Tribu
2. Beans Habal and Harley Alcasid - Tirador
3. Martin Masadao, Regie Regalado, Dante Garcia, and Endi “Hai” Balbuena - Pisay
4. Danny Red - Selda

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Musical Scorer of the Year
1. Vince de Jesus and Jobin Ballesteros - Pisay
2. Francis de Veyra - Tribu
3. Pike Ramirez and Veena Ramirez - Selda
4. Jerrold Tarrog - Confessional

Nominees for 2008 Movie Musical Scorer of the Year
1. Vince de Jesus - Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo
2. Jesse Lasaten - One More Chance
3. Jessie Lucas - A Love Story
4. Raul Mitra - Paano Kita Iibigin
5. Carmina Robles Cuya - Ouija

Nominees for 2008 Movie Sound Engineer of the Year
1. Ditoy Aguila - Resiklo
2. Ditoy Aguila and Rudy Gonzales - Ouija
3. Albert Michael Idioma - A Love Story
4. Addiss Tabong - One More Chance

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Sound Engineer of the Year
1. Ditoy Aguila - Tambolista
2. Ronald de Asis and Addiss Tabong - Pisay
3. Mark Laccay - Tribu
4. Jerrold Tarrog - Confessional
5. Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos - Selda
6. Mark Locsin - Baliw

Nominees for 2008 Movie Original Theme Song of the Year
1. “Chikboy” (Agent X44) Composed by Christian Martinez / Interpreted by Vhong Navarro
2. “Cute ng Ina Mo” (Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo) Composed by Christian Martinez / Interpreted by Makisig Morales
3. “Habambuhay” (Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo) Composed by Annabelle Borja and Rolando Borja / Interpreted by Yeng Constantino
4. “Hanggang Sa Dulo” (Batanes) Composed by Noel Cabangon / Interpreted by Jolina Magdangal
5. “Paano Kita Iibigin” (Paano Kita Iibigin) Composed by Ogie Alcasid / Interpreted by Piolo Padcual and Regine Velasquez
6. “Sa Aking Pag-uwi” (Katas Ng Saudi) Composed and interpreted by Davey Langit

Nominees for 2008 Digital Movie Original Theme Song of the Year
1. “Ang Puso Kong Musmos” (Pisay) Composed by Carina Evangelista / Interpreted by Ebe Dancel
2. “Nais Ko” (Haw-Ang) Composed by Bayang Barrios and Sammy Asuncion / Interpreted by Bayang Barrios
3. “Nandito Ako” (Selda) Composed by Paolo Villaluna and Pike Ramirez / Interpreted by Pike Ramirez and Veena Ramirez
4. “Sundan Mo” (Chopsuey) Composed and interpreted by Ron Jancen Solis
“Tanging Ikaw” (Sikil) Composed and interpreted by Ron Jancen Solis

Doctor presents some inconvenient truths on Baguio’s water

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BAGUIO CITY–“Let us not wait for our river to become one of the most polluted like the (Marilao, Meycauayan and Obando river system) in Bulacan,” Dr. Julie Camdas-Cabato, one of Baguio’s leading physicians and environmentalists, pleaded last Earth Day.

She was pleading for the restoration of the Sagudin-Balili River during a water forum at the
multi-purpose center of city hall. She had with her a list of local “inconvenient truths”, topped by the fact that the water body that forms from Baguio is already polluted.

The central business district is the biggest polluter, she said. The Baguio Water District’s deep wells within the Balili tributaries pump up 12,000 cubic meters daily, she added.

She has more:

-The Baguio sewer system has reached its designed capacity for 8,600 to 9,000 cubic meter per day.

-Fifty nine percent of residents do not pay the sewer system fee.

-There is no comprehensive data base on the state of the city’s sewer system and sanitation infrastructure.

“To address these issues is a daunting challenge for all citizens,” she admitted. “They seem insurmountable especially when you go on the ground, but with courage and hope we can face the challenges.”

She noted the renewed efforts of some barangays within the headwaters to clean their portions of the tributaries: Gibraltar under punong barangay Orlando Flores, M. Roxas under Rogelio de Vera, Cabinet Hill-Teachers Camp under Jaime Rillorta, Sto. Nino (Slaughterhouse) under Ramon Ramos, and North Sanitary Camp led by punong barangay Virgilio Orca Jr.

In their reports, some of the barangay officials admitted their initial clean-ups seemed ineffective but will continue. Flores earlier brushed aside a suggestion to tap students for the work, saying residents would be more encouraged not to dump their trash once they experience retrieving their own waste.

Gibraltar is on a survey to pinpoint houses without septic tanks and with sewer lines dumping waste into the tributary straddling the barangay.

Flores hopes the data would revive and support the barangay’s request years back for the city to consider connecting some septic tanks to the main sewer lines. As the treatment plant has already overshot it capacity, he said building satellite plants or cluster septic tanks may be the alternatives.

“The need to put up more treatment plants should already be on the drawing board within the year instead of having it linger like our problem at the Irisan dumpsite,” Cabato said.

Cabato, secretary-general of the Baguio Regreening Movement, an inter-agency group at the forefront of the city’s environmental concerns, recently headed a committee looking into the state of the river, leading to a tie-up with the barangays.

“Let us not wait for epidemics to happen, like it did in other parts of the country,” Cabato appealed.

Her reference to the dubious distinction of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system was based on a listing last year of the most polluted places in the developing world by the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental watchdog based in New York.

Blacksmith said the river “is home to hundreds of thousands of people and numerous industries, most of which pump their wastewater untreated into the river. Carcinogenic hexavalent chromium, lea, and human sewage are just a few components of this toxic stew, which the local population relies on as a source of domestic and agricultural water.”

The institute has teamed up with other agencies to study the extent of pollution, towards coming up with a river rehabilitation plan.

The institute is encouraging nominations for “the most polluted places” this year.

Unlike Marilao, Baguio can’t blame any neighbor for the pollution of the Sagudin-Balili River which begins from its rivulets and creeks. – Ramon Dacawi.

Betty la Fea (ABS-CBN) and Kim Sam Soon (GMA)

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Young actress Bea Alonso will play the lead role in ABS-CBN’s adaptation of the Mexican telenovela “Betty La Fea.”

The confirmation was made by television director Wenn Deramas.

“Yes, gagawin na nga ‘yung Betty La Fea,” said Deramas.

Deramas said he will be meeting today with other network officials to discuss the series.

“May meeting nga ako kasi gusto na nila na simulan ‘yung Betty La Fea. Mayroon pang “Dyosa” kaya pag-iisipin ko din kung paano,” Deramas added.

Betty La Fea is the story of a not-so-pretty but intelligent woman who falls in love with her boss and decides to have a makeover.

Contenders for La Fea

Prior to Deramas’ confirmation that Alonso will play Betty La Fea, there were other actresses being considered for the role.

They were “Lobo” star Angel Locsin and “Maging Sino Ka Man” mainstay Anne Curtis.

Earlier reports had said singer Regine Velasquez was also considered for the series.

In February, Velasquez appeared on the entertainment show “The Buzz.” She said she was the one who broached the idea to “someone” that she wanted to play the role of “Betty La Fea”, or Ugly Betty, in the Philippine edition of the popular TV series. The show was first aired in Mexico and it later had a successful US version.

The singer said that her interest in doing “Betty La Fea” and her excitement over the subsequent offer from ABS-CBN first made her decide to say good-bye to GMA-7.

Velasquez emphasized that she was genuinely interested in doing the series. She pointed out that she would not have risked employment at GMA-7 and her good relations with the station if she was merely creating a ruse to get better terms for her new contract.

In the end, Velasquez decided to stay with GMA-7.

Regine has also started taping for the Pinoy version of the Koreanovela My Name Is Kim Sam Soon and her solo musical show titled Songbird. In My Name Is Kim Sam Soon, the singer-actress will be paired for the first time with Mark Anthony Fernandez and Wendell Ramos.

Earlier this year, Regine almost transferred to ABS-CBN after being considered to play the lead role in the Pinoy version of the Colombian telenovela Betty La Fea. But in the end, the Asia’s Songbird opted to stay in the Kapuso network.

Cristine Reyes as Eva Fonda(ABS-CBN)

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Actress and new ABS-CBN Kapamilya contract star Cristine Reyes admitted that she was “stunned” when she and actor Dennis Trillo bumped into former beauty queen Carlene Aguilar at the Edsa Shangri-La Plaza.

In an interview over The Buzz on Sunday, Reyes admitted to host Boy Abunda that she and Trillo had just finished watching a movie when they bumped into Aguilar.

Aguilar has a son, 19-month-old Calix Aguilar, fathered by Trillo.

“Siyempre naman Tito Boy, of all the people na makikita namin siya pa. Nakakawindang talaga yon. Natawa lang kami, totally, of all people, talagang small world. Sorry nabigla talaga kami, hindi namin alam gagawin namin. Stunned ako,” Reyes told Abunda.

(Of course, Tito Boy, of all people we had to bump into her. It was crazy. We laughed about it afterwards. It’s really a small world. I’m sorry we were really surprised. We didn’t know what to do. I was stunned.)

Reyes was reacting to tabloid reports that said she and Trillo “snubbed” Aguilar when they all met by accident at the mall.

Reyes however was quick to dispel speculations that she and Trillo are back together as lovers.

“Totoo po nag-watch kami ng movie. Walang balikan na nangyari sa amin. Hindi po siya nanliligaw. Pero malapit kami kasi siyempre may past kami,” she said.

(It’s true that we watched a movie. But we never got back together. He’s not courting me. We’re close because of our past.)

The actress also told Abunda that her decision to move to ABS-CBN from her old network GMA-7 does not necessarily mean that she ungrateful to the people who helped her gain some measure of fame.

“Hindi ko nakalimutan magpasalamat sa lahat ng binigay nila sa akin. I’m thankful dahil ginawa nila si Cristine Reyes,” she said.

Regarding GMA-7’s earlier statement that the network let her go because of “unprofessional behavior”, the actress said that others defend her work ethic instead.

“Mas maganda siguro kung tanungin nila yung mga taong nakatrabaho ko na Dumadating ako on-time. Ginagawa ko ang lahat ng pinapagawa nila sa akin. Hindi ako nag iinarte sa work,” she said.

(It’s better for them to ask those whom I have worked with. I arrive to work on time. I do everything I’m asked to do. I’m not fussy about work.)

Reyes also denied rumors linking her romantically to “Wowowee” host Willie Revillame.

“We’re friends. At hanggang doon na lang yon (that’s all there is to it),” she said.

Unfair

Reyes first came under fire when she began appearing in “Wowowee” and other ABS-CBN shows in January, even though she was a GMA-7 talent.

GMA-7’s official statement said that Reyes is ” welcome to leave. The network has a lot more serious artists to assign important projects and develop into fine, professional actors. That being said, GMA network has now closed its doors on Cristine.”

In an earlier interview with radio dzMM, Reyes’ lawyer Dexter Licuanan said that GMA-7’s statement about her “bad behavior” and being unprofessional gives a wrong impression to viewers.

“I just wanted to correct the impression that the reason they let her go daw was because of her very bad and unprofessional behavior which is very inaccurate, to begin with. Her contract has expired so it’s but right for them to release her,”  Reyes’ lawyer Dexter Licuanan told abs-cbnNEWS.com in an interview before his guesting with dzMM’s entertainment program “Showbiz Mismo.”

“She has gone through the process of observing the rules of courtesy by signifying to them formally her intentions to leave,” Licuanan added.

The lawyer explained that Reyes’ contract with the rival network ended this year. He said that after evaluating the contract, he concluded that the contract is already expired without any mandatory extensions.

“Mayroong usually mandatory extensions sa ganyang mga management contract but what I would want to emphasize [that this] contract na tinuturo nila ay  management contract. So hindi po ito exclusive artist  contract that she signed on sa GMA 7–it’s through Artist Center, iyon lang po ang pinag-uusapan diyan,” he said.

Proper channels

Licuanan criticized the statement, saying it was really unfair for his client to be branded as unprofessional.

“The allegation that Cristine was unprofessional, I think it is unfair bakit po? Kasi we went through the proper channels, in writing. We send them letters signifying her intentions to leave.

“Number two iyong alleged frequent appearance of Cristine referred to her promotion for the movie she made with her ate Ara Mina entitled ‘Ate.’ Hindi ako na-consult about that, but I actually told her to try and for courtesy sake to secure permission and I think she was able to do that,” the lawyer added.

ABS-CBN not managing Reyes

Licuanan made it clear that Reyes’ contract with ABS-CBN is only for specific projects. This does not mean that ABS-CBN will be managing her career.

“Gusto ko lang liwanagin hindi po siya lilipat sa ABS-CBN. Ang gusto lang ni Cristine she wanted to have independence to be able to make appearances in programs not only in channel 7  and on also  to appear on shows of ABS-CBN… she wanted to have an artist’s license  to try on different projects pero wala siyang management contract na pipirmahan so hindi siya pipirma sa Star Magic for management contract.

Reyes signed contract with ABS-CBN on April 9 to star in a remake of the 1970s hit film “Eva Fonda 16.”

The original version of that film was released  in 1976 by Sampaguita Pictures. It was the movie that launched the career of then upcoming star Alma Moreno.

It is also said that the movie also contributed to the popularity of the bomba (sexy) films in the country.

SOURCE: ABS-CBN NEWS

ABS-CBN 7th most admired company in RP - WSJ

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Television giant ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. is the seventh most admired company in the Philippines, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal Asia.

The survey “Asia’s 200 Most Admired Companies” was conducted by research firm Colmar Brunton on behalf of the renowned business paper and covered 2,477 executives and professionals as respondents.

ABS-CBN joins others in the top ten list, including Ayala Land Inc., Jollibee Foods Corp., Ayala Corp., Globe Telecom, San Miguel Corp., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., SM Prime Holdings and Banco de Oro Unibank.

In the innovation award category, the Lopez-owned conglomerate grabbed the third spot for its Internet TV services on TFC Now, a unit of ABS-CBN Interactive which sells video-on-demand in monthly and pay-per-view subscription packages.

ABS-CBN was the only media company that made it in both categories.

SOURCE: abs-cbnneWS

Kapamilya Star Nikki Gil sings Tagalog version of It’s a Small World at HK Disneyland

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Nikki Gil sang the Tagalog version of the popular Disney theme, “It’s a Small World” for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland’s newest attraction of the same name.

She was joined by other pop superstars in Asia who also sang it in their native languages — Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean. Nikki is proud that the Philippines is represented in this global concept.

SOURCE: MUKAMO