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Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid have been one of the most down-to-earth couples in the showbiz industry. Their stature never hindered them from enjoying â€normal’ things such as going for a stroll in the mall or even watching basketball games.

Regine Velasquez gets real about her insecurities

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Singer-songwriter Paolo Sandejas has just released his album, the world is so small, under Sony Music Entertainment. It explores diverse themes related to human connections and features dynamic and evolving sounds.

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Jolina Magdangal portrays Lily Atienza in ABS-CBN’s hit action-drama â€Lavender Fields,’ which is streaming on Netflix and iWantTFC.

Why Jolina still owns the ’90s style icon crown

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â€Quezon,’ set for release later this year, will delve into the life of Manuel L. Quezon, a lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.

TBA Studios begins production of historical film â€Quezon’

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Maris Racal on Perpektong Tao: â€Writing this song healed me in ways I never thought possible.’

Maris Racal breaks social media hiatus with â€healing’ song

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PAL Interclub set in Bacolod

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Sambo and service

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When stress hits you, where do you turn for comfort?

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Local and foreign tourists visit Fort Santiago in Intramuros, Manila yesterday, catching a glimpse of life during the heyday of the former Spanish fort.

DOT: No one left behind in digitalizing Philippine tourism

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A customer buys tomatoes priced at P280 per kilo at Marikina Public Market on January 7, 2025.

DTI approves price hikes for 63 items

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This file photo shows a vote-counting machine used by the Commission on Elections.

6 million printed ballots transferred to Laguna warehouse

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Tiu Laurel warned of the high tribunal decision’s potential adverse effects on the livelihood of small fishers and its impact on marine ecosystems.

DA chief concerned over SC ruling on commercial fishing

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Members of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo gather at Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the National Rally for Peace, opposing the House of Representatives' moves to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte on Jan. 13, 2025.

President Marcos: JPE right on INC rally, but VP impeachment not â€practical’

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Results of the Nov. 10 to 16 survey, released yesterday, showed that 84 percent “support the national government’s efforts to protect and assert the country’s maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea.”

Most Pinoys back government actions in West Philippine Sea – OCTA poll

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President Marcos justifies food emergency declaration

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President Marcos: Government looking to restore cuts in â€suboptimal budget’

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Government rolls out SOP on terrorism cases

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President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on May 23, 2024.

â€President Marcos must match words with action on rights’

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Vice President Sara Duterte faces the media at the headquarters of the Office of the Vice President, hours after holding a thanksgiving lunch with them, Dec. 11, 2024.

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Fourteen-year-old Maria (not her real name) stays at home in Payatas, Quezon City after she stopped attending school due to her pregnancy, in this photo taken yesterday.

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PNP-CSG spokesman Lt. Col. Eudisan Gultiano yesterday said that of the 2,213 identified Type 5 licensed firearms, mostly owned by â??very important personsâ?? or high-profile people, the PNP was able to inspect 406 within the past two months. 

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In this file photo taken on November 9, 2017, US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss trade on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Argentina this month, a senior US official said November 13, 2018.

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The multilateral lenderâ??s Global Economic Prospects January 2025 report showed that the Philippines is expected to expand by 6.1 percent this year from an estimated 5.9 percent growth last year.

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Glen Yang of Eastern is fouled by Stanley Pringle of Terrafirma in the visiting teamâ??s huge win last night.

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Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid have been one of the most down-to-earth couples in the showbiz industry. Their stature never hindered them from enjoying â??normalâ?? things such as going for a stroll in the mall or even watching basketball games.

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Eddie and Dellie Yap, Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP) chairperson Monaco Consul General Dr. Fortune Ledesma and president Olda Martel with Roswitha and husband Austrian Ambassador Johann Brieger

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Auspicious festivities to celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake at City of Dreams Manila

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