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NAGA CITY (August 27, 2011) - The members of the local Catholic hierarchy have reasons to smile after Naga City Mayor John Bongat recapitulated to their request to prohibit street parties, beer plazas and other activities deemed to hurt tradition and distract devotion to Bicolandia's patron saint whose feast shall be celebrated this coming September.

Naga City (June 17 2011) – Camarines Sur Governor L-Ray Villafuerte has offered a reward money amounting to 0.5 million pesos to anyone who can identify the gunman and mastermind of the ambush-slay of Romeo Olea.

This Sunday night, GMA News TV presents Biography: Brad Pitt.

From his humble birthplace in Oklahoma to high school acting gigs at Kickapoo High School in Missouri, Brad Pitt has traveled the all-American road to Hollywood.

He received his first notice from movie fans in Thelma and Louise, then climbed to superstardom through projects like A River Runs Through It, Interview with a Vampire, Seven, Twelve Monkeys, Meet Joe Black, Fight Club and Oceans Eleven. His recent films The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Inglorious Basterds garnered critical acclaim.

MANILA, Feb. 7, 2012— A Catholic priest has warned Tuesday against Negros Oriental residents’ lack of preparedness to deal with an earthquake.

Fr. Edwin Laude, Diocese of San Carlos’ Social Action director, said yesterday’s quake that hit Negros provinces demonstrated that many people are not sure what to do.

“They do not have any knowledge yet about what to do during earthquakes,” said Laude.

MANILA, Philippines (Feb 6, 2012) - At least 2 Cabinet members have confirmed that Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz has resigned from his post.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said that Cadiz personally tendered his resignation to the President last Friday.

Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda also confirmed Cadiz's resignation.

iBILIB host Chris Tiu together with his wacky gang, Isabel Oli and Moymoy Palaboy finds out how the impossible becomes possible thru mundane things in the next episode of “iBILIB, The Wonders of Horus” on GMA-7.

The gang of curious myth busters figures out how goose feathers can double as an instant water-proof net and stop a person from getting wet in a tank of water. They will also play around with an elliptical billiard table and discover why it always guarantees a sure shot.

This Thursday night, join Arnold Clavio in another action-packed night filled with real-life emergency stories on GMA-7’s Rescue.

A woman in dire need of medical attention finds herself nursing an unusual stomach pain.

After further examinations, the woman was stunned to find out what was causing her severe discomfort—an unborn baby—this, despite her alleged effort to have the child aborted several months earlier.

This Monday night, Howie Severino and his I-Witness team return to one of the most postcard-pretty villages in the Philippines-Batad in the highlands of Ifugao-all for a dog named Escargot.

Escargot is known for guiding tourists as they hike through the village's rice terraces shaped like an amphitheater. But when the documentarians arrive, many of the homes were empty-the entire community was at a wake and the visitors were invited to witness a violent death ritual.

All around care for the senses in this week's episode of GMA-7's Pinoy MD with host Connie Sison and her team of medical experts.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Pinoy MD clue viewers in on the proper and safe ways to clean one's ears. Smell the difference as resident health expert Doc Dave Ampil gives light on the truth behind a study by the Journal of Applied Toxicology exlpaining the health hazards of paraben-an ingredient found in deodorants. Discover a taste for health as alternative medicine experts give a rundown of the various health benefits of one of the country's fruit staples, chico, which include removing gall stones and keeping the skin soft and smooth.

Another blindside occurred in this season’s Survivor Philippines as the island’s resident strategist Gino dela Peña was voted off in the show’s tribal council last Tuesday night.

Gino, who was originally paired with co-GMA Artist Center talent Stef Prescott, was one of the original members of the Bulan tribe and was also part of the so-called “power five” – a strong alliance among fellow Bulan members KC Montero, Arnold Aninion, John Odulio, and Mara Yokohama.

With much anticipation leading up to the finale of GMA Network's first-ever epic series, Amaya, the program landed on Twitter's list of most discussed topic worldwide and even locally last Friday, January 13.

The hashtag #AmayaEpicFinale became the talk of the day on the microblogging website after trending to the No. 1 spot both in the Philippines and worldwide during the finale episode of the Marian Rivera led series.

MANILA, Jan. 10, 2011— Quiapo Church rector Msgr. Clemente Ignacio said there had been a terrorist threat to yesterday’s Black Nazarene procession but nothing stopped them to hold the yearly tradition.

The church official admitted he himself received the threat even before President Benigno Aquino III announced it to the public.

“Even before President Aquino arrived here (at Quiapo Church last Sunday), our security group in contact with the intelligence is already talking about it. There was a text message sent to me with the very concrete names of the bombers,” said Ignacio.