The winners of Binibining Pilipinas were finally crowned in a glittering pageant production at the Araneta Coliseum on April 10, 2011 courtesy of ABS-CBN.
Below is the complete list of winners for the Binibining Pilipinas 2011:
Binibining Pilipinas 2011 Universe – #26 Shamsey Supsup
Binibining Pilipinas 2011 International – #33 Dianne Necio
Binibining Pilipinas 2011 Tourism – #25 Isabella Manjon
Binibining Pilipinas 2011 1st Runner-Up – #27 Janine Tugonon
Binibining Pilipinas 2011 2nd Runner-Up – #34 Mary Jane Lastimosa
Bb. Pilipinas-Universe 2011 Shamcey Supsup
Bb. Pilipinas-International 2011 Dianne Necio
Bb. Pilipinas-Tourism 2011 Isabella Manjon
1st runner-up Janine Tagunon
2nd runner up …

MANILA, Philippines – It can finally be said that Sunshine Corazon will definitely be back soon on US musical TV series “Glee.”
“Look who’s back!! @officialcharice!!! So happy!!!,” actress Lea Michele posted via Twitter on the morning of March 9, Manila time, along with a photo of her and her “rival” Charice on the set of “Glee.” Michele plays New Directions’ resident diva Rachel Berry on the show.
Moments later, Charice retweeted Michele’s post and added, “You’re so sweet. <3”
The international singing sensation then followed up these tweets by putting up a …

Manny Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee, made a brief visit to the White House Tuesday (February 15) and visited with President Obama, the boxer’s publicist said.
Pacquiao, in the midst of a national promotional tour hyping his May 7 world welterweight bout against Pomona’s Shane Mosley, stopped in Washington to first meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for whom Pacquiao campaigned before the senator’s narrow victory in November.
As Pacquiao walked toward the White House, a cluster of cars stopped to watch him and a four-car pileup occurred with no …

State workers’ pension fund manager GSIS has turned over stewardship of the famed “Coconut Palace” to the Office of the Vice-President (OVP), thus providing the country’s incumbent and future vice-presidents with an official residence.
“Today, Vice-Presidents will now have an official residence that gives honour to the second highest seat in the land,” Vice-President Jejomar Binay said during ceremonies marking the transfer of stewardship of the “Coconut Palace” from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to the OVP.
Symbolic seat of power
Although the symbolic seat of authority in the Philippines had traditionally …

Reports say that megastar Sharon Cuneta slams Hayden Kho over a Twitter post!
Base kasi sa mga naunang report, hindi mapigilan ni Hayden na magkomento over an EDSA billboard. He tweeted this kasi:
There’s a billboard ad in Edsa developed by advertisers who think consumers are stupid. Guess.
In fairness, wala naman siyang binabanggit na name or whatever. However, maraming tao kasi ang nag-iisip na ang Marie France billboard ni Sharon Cuneta ang kanyang pinatutungkulan. Kaya, nag-react tuloy ang beauty ng megastar at heto ang kanyang sinabi:
As far as I’m concerned, stupid people …

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Tuesday said it would take long before the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez can prosper, and warned that it might even fail.
For one, she said Gutierrez still has 15 days to appeal her case. If the Supreme Court upholds its decision, the House of Representatives has 3 months to hear it and would need the votes of 1/3 of all its members to transmit the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, she added.
When the case reaches the Senate, which will act as …

Article contributed by: Barbie
Photo credit: Pinoy Weekly
Commuting is very tiring: Squeezing your way through mass transportations, boring your way through the EDSA traffic, contaminating your lungs with smog notwithstanding free unwanted face powder every time smokebelchers pass you by. There are a lot of ways a commuter can describe the stress commuting induces. As for me, it drains me farther after the toxic of school. Look, what will you feel after taking a two-hour exam then when you sardined yourself through MRT the man beside you smells like sinigang. …

The Philippine Azkals did not disappoint the thousands of spectators who packed the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City tonight, defeating a spirited Mongolia squad, 2-0, in their highly anticipated AFC Challenge Cup match.
Left winger Emelio Caligdong sank a picture-perfect goal at the 42-minute mark in the first half, sending the extremely partisan crowd to a frenzy. Caligdong’s goal, which traveled through the legs of the Mongolian goalkeeper, gave the Philippines a 1-0 lead in a game that was hotly contested in the first 20 minutes.
The Azkals banked on a steady …

“Para naman ma-clear, p’wede bang matanong natin kung ako ay chief of staff, ako ay nag-suwapang, ganid, nag-demand ng pera officially or unofficially?”
This was the last that was heard of former AFP Chief of Staff Angelo Reyes as the Senate blue ribbon committee investigated alleged corruption in the military during its probe into former AFP comptroller Carlos Garcia’s plea bargain deal.
Reyes denied former AFP budget officer George Rabusa’s claims he received P50 million in sendoff money as he retired from the AFP.
Reyes was born in San Miguel, Manila on March …

Hello friendships! Kaya pala dumalang ang appearance sa Barrio ng ating favourite villainess na si Eklat dahil naging busy na pala ang bruha bilang global correspondent ng isang foreign news agency.
Sa kanyang pagbabalik, narito ang kanyang unang pasabog sa 2011. An exclusive one-on-one interview with the president himself, PNoy.
Here is the interview:
Eklat: Hello Mr. President and congratulations. How does it feel to be the president of this country?
PNoy: Hi Eklat, I’ve heard so much about you and Barrio Siete. Anyway, to answer your question, being the president of …

Public Attorney’s Office head Persida Rueda-Acosta on Wednesday said that a “high-profile” personality will intervene in the Vizconde massacre case that is on appeal at the Supreme Court after the acquittal of seven suspects in the killings.
“On Friday, there will be another special and dominant personality who will file his [motion for] intervention,” said Acosta, who declined to name the intervenor.
The PAO chief only left these clues: “He’s one of top of officials of the country, no longer incumbent. He was a public servant and a politician at the same …

Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis “Chavit” Singson insists his son, Ilocos Sur congressman Ronald Singson, is not a drug user.
Singson made the declaration in an interview with “Tapatan” after several representatives called for the expulsion of his son from Congress, following the declaration of family lawyer, John Reading, that the Ilocos Sur congressman will plead guilty to the charge of drug trafficking in a hearing set on Jan. 26.
Singson said the plea was mere “legal strategy.”
“He was supposed to go back to prison. Nalulungkot kami na mag-new New Year siya duon …

A party-list lawmaker on Monday urged House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to initiate moves to expel from Congress Ilocos Sur Rep. Ronald Singson, who is facing a drug-related case in Hong Kong.
Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello, himself facing an ethics complaint at the House of Representatives, said Belmonte should treat the issue with an iron fist to save the chamber’s image.
“It’s the responsibility of the (House) leadership to file charges,” said Bello.
Singson, son of Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson, was arrested at the Chek Lap Kok International Airport in July last …

The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that voided a government order sequestering a Marcos rest-house in Olot, Tolosa in Leyte province.
The 17-room mansion was among the properties seized by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) in 1987. The commission, formed by the late President Corazon Aquino, was tasked to recover the ill-gotten wealth of the family of late President Ferdinand Marcos.
Voting unanimously, the high court upheld the Sandiganbayan’s 2002 decision that ordered the PCGG to return the property to the dictator’s wife, former First Lady …

Jessica Alfaro is gone.
The star witness in the Vizconde massacre case may have fled the area where she works abroad upon learning that the Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s conviction of Hubert Webb and six others, a male relative of Lauro Vizconde said Tuesday night.
“The last time I talked to her was Monday night. She sounded jubilant because we were confident that with all the testimonies, the Supreme Court would support the guilty verdict,” said the relative, who refused to be identified for security concerns.
“We agreed to call each …

A local court on Tuesday junked the criminal and civil cases filed by actress Katrina Halili against her ex-lover, former celebrity doctor Hayden Kho Jr., in connection with their sex video scandal last year.
In a 10-page decision, Judge Rodolfo Bonifacio of the Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 159 dismissed the cases after the prosecution camp failed to present sufficient proof to show Halili was unaware that she was being videotaped while having sex with Kho.
“It is clear that evidence is insufficient to prove that the sex video was taken without …

June 30, 1991 – Night of the murder
Found dead inside their residence along Vinzons Street, BF Homes Subdivision, Parañaque City were Estrellita Vizconde, 47 (who suffered 13 stab wounds); Carmela Vizconde, 18 (17 stab wounds with evidence of rape); and Jennifer Vizconde, 7 (19 stab wounds).
Sept. 27, 1991 – Police invite 5 men for questioning
Southern Police District police invite 5 men for questioning after a witness near the Vizconde residence allegedly saw them before the massacre took place. Among them was Hubert Webb, son of then Congressman Freddie Webb. The …

Nitong Biyernes ng gabi, Disyembre 10, ay nagpaunlak ng panayam si Ben Chan—may-ari ng Pinoy apparel brand na Bench—sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang mga entertainment press na dumalo sa launch ng bago nitong perfume line sa Trinoma, Quezon City.
Ang event ay para sa launch ng Greta, ang bagong pabango ni Gretchen Barretto na kasali sa Celebrity Scents Collection ng Bench.
Naganap ang panayam kay Mr. Ben bago lumabas si Gretchen sa stage.
Tinalakay ni Mr. Ben ang mga lumabas na issue na kaugnay ang Bench, si Willie Revillame, si …

A younger-looking Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made heads turn in Congress and on the world wide web this week.
The former chief executive, known for her short, side-swept do and no-nonsense style, sported on Tuesday her wavy dark brown hair which covered her nape.
The new look complemented her earth-tone makeup and her long bell-sleeved blouse with black buttons.
House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman, a known Arroyo ally, noted that she looks more relaxed after ending her term as president early this year.
“The burden of the highest office of the land is not …

Actress and television host Kris Aquino on Tuesday invited broadcast journalist Ted Failon for a dinner date.
The Queen of All Media caught veteran news anchor Failon flat-footed during a live interview on TV Patrol.
Failon was asking Kris, a younger sister of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, on the status of her annulment case against estranged husband, cager James Yap, and her movie “Dalaw,” which is an entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival set to start late December.
“Kris, may dumadalaw ba sa iyo ngayon?” Failon asked.
“Sa akin? Ted, baka naman …

LOS ANGELES – Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California sued their employer Tuesday alleging they were the sole ethnic group targeted by a rule requiring them to speak only English.
The group of 52 nurses and medical staff filed a complaint accusing Delano Regional Medical Center of banning them from speaking Tagalog and other Filipino languages while letting other workers speak Spanish and Hindi.
The plaintiffs are seeking to join an August complaint filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Kern County federal court over the hospital’s enforcement of …

Miss India Nicole Faria was crowned as Miss Earth 2010 on December 4, 2010 at the Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam. She bested 84 hopefuls for the crown. The 20 year old model from Bangalore was crowned by Miss Earth 2009 Larissa Ramos from Brazil. Photos courtesy of  Missosology.

FINAL RESULTS
Miss Earth 2010: Nicole Faria (India)
Miss Air: Jennifer Pazmino (Ecuador)
Miss Water: Watsaporn Wattanakoon (Thailand)
Miss Fire: Yeidy Bosques (Puerto Rico)

TOP 7
Marina Kishira (Japan)
Nondyebo Dzingwa (South Africa)
Mariangela Bonanni (Venezuela)
TOP 14
Carmen Justova (Czech Republic)
Ilenia Arnolfo (Italy)
Desiree van den Berg (Netherlands)
Victoria Shchukina (Russia)
Valentina Zhytnyk …

This entry is a repost from Inday Espina-Varona’s blog: scaRRed_cat
First the good news: The Department of Tourism has a new website! Yehey!
Then, more good news: The Department of Tourism is bringing nationalism to a whole new level! Using Filipino! And providing a translation and pronunciation guide!
And even more good news: The domain name is going to make every lonely heart (or dirty mind) crawl out of the woodwork and make a beeline for the first plane headed for the land of beautifulpilipinas.com!
Did you say alarm bells rang in the Interpol’s porn …

From ABS-CBN News:
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III on Monday wished Valenzuela City councilor Shalani Soledad well in her new job as co-host of Willie Revillame’s television program, “Willing Willie.”
Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President hopes that Soledad will find fulfillment and happiness in her decision.
Reading the President’s statement, Valte said: “Sana ang hakbang na ito ay magpalapit sa pagtamo niya ng kaganapan kung saan siya tunay na magiging masaya.”
The Palace issued Aquino’s statement after reports came out that Soledad will join Revillame in his TV program …

Miss Venezuela Elizabeth Mosquera was crowned tonight as Miss International 2010 at the Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China . The 19-year-old beauty is a native of Maracaibo and a Civil Engineering student at the University of Zulia.
Here’s the official results:
Miss International 2010: Elizabeth Mosquera (Venezuela)
1st Runner Up: Piyaporn Deejing (Thailand)
2nd Runner Up: Si Yi Yuan (China)
SEMI-FINALISTS
Mariela Aparicio (Costa Rica)
Florima Treiber (France)
Johanna Acs (Germany)
Neha Hinge (India)
Etsuko Kanagae (Japan)
Ko Hyeon-yeong (Korea)
Laura Spoya (Peru)
Krista Arrieta Kleiner (Philippines)
Aideliz Hidalgo (Puerto Rico)
Anja Saranovic (Serbia)
Desiree Panal (Spain)
Dilay Korkmaz (Turkey)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Miss Friendship: Zukhriatul Hafizah (Indonesia)
Miss Photogenic: …