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January 5, 2012
GMA Network announces 2012 first quarter line-up

GMA Network rolls out a bigger and bolder program line-up this New Year as it launches an extensive run-down of innovative programs slated to premiere on the first quarter of 2012.

Produced by the GMA Drama Group, this roster of equally exciting and promising offerings - primetime and afternoon prime dramas - is topbilled by only the brightest and hottest Kapuso actors and actresses in Philippine show business.

GMA Network rolls out a bigger and bolder program line-up this New Year as it launches an extensive run-down of innovative programs slated to premiere on the first quarter of 2012.

Produced by the GMA Drama Group, this roster of equally exciting and promising offerings - primetime and afternoon prime dramas - is topbilled by only the brightest and hottest Kapuso actors and actresses in Philippine show business.

January 5, 2012
Solidarity

“May the Lord grant comfort to the peoples of South-East Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines, who are still enduring grave hardships as a result of the recent floods,” our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Christmas message “Urbi et Orbi.”

“May the Lord grant comfort to the peoples of South-East Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines, who are still enduring grave hardships as a result of the recent floods,” our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Christmas message “Urbi et Orbi.”

The floods in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City and other parts of Mindanao left over a thousand dead and scores of families homeless. We sympathize with the victims as we all send over whatever assistance we could muster.

January 5, 2012
‘Pamilya Bente Uno’ on GMA-7’s Tunay Na Buhay

They say that children are a great comfort in old age. But how about supporting almost two dozens of children and hordes of grandchildren?

Such is life for Nanay Amy after being widowed and left to single-handedly fend for 21 children and grandchildren with her meager salary as a metro aide.

 

They say that children are a great comfort in old age. But how about supporting almost two dozens of children and hordes of grandchildren?

Such is life for Nanay Amy after being widowed and left to single-handedly fend for 21 children and grandchildren with her meager salary as a metro aide.

January 2, 2012
CBCP President: New Year’s Message 2012

My dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ:

Maayong Bag-ong Tuig kaninyong tanan!

As we thank God for the many blessings He bestowed on us last year, we offer Him praise and thanksgiving as He brings us to another year, the New Year 2012.

My dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ:

Maayong Bag-ong Tuig kaninyong tanan!

As we thank God for the many blessings He bestowed on us last year, we offer Him praise and thanksgiving as He brings us to another year, the New Year 2012.

January 2, 2012
Educating young people in justice and peace

Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace, 1 January 2012

Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the
Celebration of the World Day of Peace, 1 January 2012

1. THE beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace.

January 2, 2012
Year-ender report: The crusade for a culture of life

MANILA, Dec. 31, 2011–The crusade for a culture of life is an advocacy of truth, and based on the goings-on in 2011 alone, the pro-life advocacy has covered a lot of ground and, inadvertently, saw much success in promoting the truth.

Though reproductive health (RH) legislation in the Philippines is not new — being proposed, discussed, rejected and resurrected for decades now — 2012 saw significant developments in its promotion as well as in its opposition. The year ended with the RH bill reaching the period of interpellation in both chambers of Congress, heated debates in progress when legislative sessions went on adjournment on the final month of the year. Mass actions such as rallies and prayer vigils to express opposition to the bill happened not just in the country’s capital, but in many other cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Civil society seemed to wake up to the folly of the legislative measure and wanted to be heard loud and clear.

MANILA, Dec. 31, 2011–The crusade for a culture of life is an advocacy of truth, and based on the goings-on in 2011 alone, the pro-life advocacy has covered a lot of ground and, inadvertently, saw much success in promoting the truth.

December 30, 2011
Party Pilipinas presents "HAPPY PP" this Sunday

A grand and loud New Year celebration is in order as Party Pilipinas "Happy PP" welcomes 2012 with a bang!

Prepare for an all-star opening featuring dance mix hits! Wave your hands-up as we welcome the first-ever Protégé Grand Winner, R & B sistah Krizza as she performs with La Diva, Rachelle Ann, and Kyla.

A grand and loud New Year celebration is in order as Party Pilipinas "Happy PP" welcomes 2012 with a bang!

Prepare for an all-star opening featuring dance mix hits! Wave your hands-up as we welcome the first-ever Protégé Grand Winner, R & B sistah Krizza as she performs with La Diva, Rachelle Ann, and Kyla.

Watch out for a Rihanna X-factor performance from her royal fierceness, Rachelle Ann Go. Get ready for a special number from Bamboo as he fires up the stage in another show-stopping production number.

December 29, 2011
SWS survey: 95% of Filipinos hopeful for 2012

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 29,2011) - Four days before the New Year, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released its Fourth Quarter Social Weather Survey, conducted from Dec. 3 to 7, showing that 95 percent of Filipino adults said they would welcome 2012 with hope while only 4% would face the New Year with fear.

Despite gloomy global economic forecasts and a string of natural calamities that hit the country this year, the figure is two points higher than the 93 percent who entered 2011 with hope and matches the all-time high of 95 percent recorded in 2002 who were hopeful entering 2003, the SWS said.

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 29,2011) - Four days before the New Year, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released its Fourth Quarter Social Weather Survey, conducted from Dec. 3 to 7, showing that 95 percent of Filipino adults said they would welcome 2012 with hope while only 4% would face the New Year with fear.

December 29, 2011
The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011

This New Year's Eve, join Jessica Soho as she recounts the year that was in the second installment of The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011. 

Soho sums up the year as she looks back on some of the most interesting fads and most hilarious stories of 2011. Have a second serving of the most sumptuous dishes of the year and witness once more some of the world's biggest events in 2011 such as the Royal Wedding and the Beatification of the world's most beloved pope, Pope John Paul II.

This New Year's Eve, join Jessica Soho as she recounts the year that was in the second installment of The Best of Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 2011. 

Soho sums up the year as she looks back on some of the most interesting fads and most hilarious stories of 2011. Have a second serving of the most sumptuous dishes of the year and witness once more some of the world's biggest events in 2011 such as the Royal Wedding and the Beatification of the world's most beloved pope, Pope John Paul II.

December 22, 2011
Donate fireworks’ funds to typhoon victims—Bishop

MANILA, Dec. 20, 2011—A Catholic bishop has urged the cancellation of pricey fireworks shows for Christmas and the New Year amid tragedy that struck Northern Mindanao provinces.

Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez made the call as number of fatalities from Typhoon Sendong rose to more than 900 as of Tuesday morning.

MANILA, Dec. 20, 2011—A Catholic bishop has urged the cancellation of pricey fireworks shows for Christmas and the New Year amid tragedy that struck Northern Mindanao provinces.

Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez made the call as number of fatalities from Typhoon Sendong rose to more than 900 as of Tuesday morning.

Iñiguez said the funds intended for firework shows can be donated instead to help the flood victims, especially in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City, the areas hardest hit by the typhoon.

February 16, 2011
Naga SMILES

In last Saturday’s morning basketball in our subdivision in Greenwoods-Pasig, a pañero recounted to me his recent New Year’s drive-date to Bikol with his wife.

In last Saturday’s morning basketball in our subdivision in Greenwoods-Pasig, a pañero recounted to me his recent New Year’s drive-date to Bikol with his wife.

“My wife and I just thought of going for an out-of-town adventure,” he said, “and I remembered your stories about Naga, Cam Sur, and Bikol, and how to take the South Road.”

January 3, 2011
Chronicling the Last Day of the Year

It is the last day of the year and even if this terminating of the year is a fairly recent human invention, we are convinced really that the 31st of December of any year is the last day of the year. And, sorrow and regrets are fashionable and smart response to this realization.

I step out of the house while the wind howls like an old man with gout. The weather is appropriate: bleak now, bright now, with just the right amount of sorrow. It is the last day of the year and even if this terminating of the year is a fairly recent human invention, we are convinced really that the 31st of December of any year is the last day of the year. And, sorrow and regrets are fashionable and smart response to this realization.

January 3, 2011
Peace Through Religious Freedom

It’s a New Year! As always, we look to our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI for his traditional message for January 1 – World Day of Peace. This time he focuses on “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace.”

It’s a New Year! As always, we look to our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI for his traditional message for January 1 – World Day of Peace. This time he focuses on “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace.”

December 29, 2010
Archbishop’s Message for Christmas and New Year

 

We will know if He is truly born in us, if we are able to look forward for the coming New Year with great hope. Love is truly powerful for it is “the greatest of them all” (Corinthians 13:13). Let us fill this New Year with the love we learned from Jesus this Christmas.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all!

It is often a spectacular scene to behold how the revered Christmas season lightens up the souls of people, enabling each one of us to sing a happy Christmas tune. For a time it helps us forget the daily grind and complexities of life. But then again the Christmas spirit is not simply a feeling to enjoy. It is an encounter with a person. Love which is the cause of this joyful season ceases to be a vague idea or feeling but is now born in flesh, in the person of Jesus.

December 29, 2010
Namulaan

Some people have New Year’s Resolutions and some people buy round fruits. If I may borrow a classic comment from Cristy Fermin who is consistent with her abhorrence of Kris Aquino, which I share: Kris is someone who, it seems does not have New Year’s resolutions. The punch line is this: kaya si Kris inuulit niya ang sarili na parang kasaysayan.

Some people have New Year’s Resolutions and some people buy round fruits. If I may borrow a classic comment from Cristy Fermin who is consistent with her abhorrence of Kris Aquino, which I share: Kris is someone who, it seems does not have New Year’s resolutions. The punch line is this: kaya si Kris inuulit niya ang sarili na parang kasaysayan.

Now, who says, there is no gem in talk shows. That’s classic. And I love it.