Friday, August 5, 2016

PINOY BIG BROTHER LUCKY SEASON 7 : 3 MORE TEEN HOUSEMATES REVEALED PLUS CELEBRITY HOUSEMATES CHOICE NAMED, 2 LUCKY STARS ANNOUNCED

In an eventful day for Pinoy Big Brother, 3 more housemates has been revealed, the teen housemate that the celebrity housemate chose to enter the house was named and the 2 lucky stars were announced.

After Jinri Park was awarded one of the 2 stars last night, the public voted on who they want the 2nd star be awarded to. After the vote that was closed tonight during the episode, 2-in-1 housemates Nikko and McCoy was awarded the 2nd star after getting more than 40% of the public vote. After the announcement, the other housemates - JK, Hideo, Nonong, Yassi and Elisse - left the house, leaving the 2 lucky stars inside.

The celebrity housemates previously chose 1 teen to be a housemate, which they earned as a reward after they successfully completed 5 of the 7 tasks in Vietnam. They chose MayMay from Cagayan de Oro.
MayMay also entered the PBB house during the show - ahead of the other housemates who will enter the house tomorrow.

Three new male teen housemates were also revealed in It's Showtime, TV Patrol and Tonight with Boy Abunda. One is a basketball player who cooks from Zamboanga, one teen housemate grew up in Italy and a former bully teen from Batangas will also enter the house.

The new batch of teen housemates will enter the house tomorrow night. Hope this will be a very good season.
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2016 RIO OLYMPICS : SPORTS 5 REPORTERS LIA CRUZ AND MAGOO MARJON ROBBED AT THE MEDIA VILLAGE

Reporters of official Olympic partner network TV 5 / Sports 5 has been burglarized while covering the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Filipino broadcasters Lia Cruz and Magoo Marjon has been robbed of cash from their rooms at the official media village while covering the sports meet. The rooms were said to be controlled by biometrics and only the room occupants should have access to each room.

Unfortunately, it was revealed that housekeeping also has access to the rooms - according to the village management.

Cruz reportedly lost 400 euros (approx. PhP21,000) while Marjon lost 600 euros (approx. PhP32,000).

In her Twitter account, Cruz confirmed the reports :
This is not the first time that robbery was reported in the Olympic village. The Australian team was robbed of laptops and shirts during a fire evacuation in their assigned village. A Chinese athlete and cameraman was robbed of their luggages and camera equipments. The Denmark team was also reported to lost laptops, gadgets, bed sheets and clothes in the village.

I hope the Rio organizing committee steps up and improve the security in the village. No one - especially the athletes - wants to be distracted and stressed during the games.

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PINOY BIG BROTHER LUCKY SEASON 7 : FOUR FEMALE TEEN HOUSEMATES REVEALED

After revealing 3 housemates last Wednesday, four new female teen housemates was revealed yesterday in 3 Kapamilya shows - one in It's Showtime, 2 in TV Patrol and 1 more in Tonight with Boy Abunda.

Some of the current celebrity housemates that are in the PBB House will be exiting from the house tonight. Only Jinri Park, who won the Lucky Star thru two challenges and the one that will be voted by the public will be left inside the house when these new set of housemates enter the house tomorrow.

The new teen housemates revealed yesterday includes a ballroom dancer from Bohol, teens who went viral - Badjao girl and Yakult girl and a local Bicolana beauty queen.

The new teen housemates as posted in the Pinoy Big Brother official Twitter account are :

Good luck girls! Hope this will be a good season.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

PINOY BIG BROTHER LUCKY SEASON 7 : 3 TEEN HOUSEMATES REVEALED

After the celebrity housemates entered the Pinoy Big Brother house last Saturday, it was revealed that the next batch of housemates that will enter will be the new teen housemates. The teen housemates will enter the PBB house on Saturday, August 6, 2016.

Three new teen housemates were revealed today - one in It's Showtime, one in TV Patrol and the last one in Today with Boy Abunda. The first 2 revealed teen housemates also guested in the PBB Online show hosted by Bianca Gonzales, Robi Domingo and Darla Sauler.

Here are the three teen housemates that was revealed, pictures posted in the official Twitter account of Pinoy Big Brother



Really excited this season. Can't wait for Saturday to meet all the housemates.
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2016 RIO OLYMPICS : JUDOKA KODO NAKANO BECOMES THE PHILIPPINES' LUCKY 13TH ATHLETE

Filipino - Japanese judoka Kodo Nakano becomes the lucky 13th athlete of Team Philippines in the 2016.

The 23 year old judoka was only invited last Tuesday after an Iranian player withdrew from the competition. Being the player next on the reserve list, the slot was given to Nakano.

The last time that the Philippines sent a judoka in the summer Olympic Games was in the last edition - 2012 London Games where Tomohiko Hoshina competed in the men's +100kg division.

He will be competing in the Men's 81kg division. He will be flying to Rio as the only judoka and will be 1 of only 2 martial arts athletes, the other one is Kristine Alora of taekwondo.

He will be arriving there by Friday, August 5 - the same day as the opening ceremonies. He will compete starting August 9.



Good Luck Kodo! Laban Pilipinas!

Image is from Kodo Nakano's profile in JudoInside.com website
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VIRAL VIDEO : THE IRATE UNIT OWNER CONFRONTS CONDO TENANTS

This is a viral video that has been doing popping up in my Facebook feed this week. I do not usually share such videos in my blog, especially since it is exudes negative vibes - which I try to avoid. But what made me post this is that it occurred in one of the nearby condominiums where I live.


Based on what happened, here is my 2 cents worth:

1. I also live in a condominium managed by the same company as where this occurred - as a tenant for 7 years already. As I remembered, tenants are oriented on the rules and regulations of the condominium. Though we are not given a copy of the book, we know the rules and we do abide by the rules. I have observed several unit owners violating the rules aswell - so I do not see the point why he needed to discriminate the tenants.

2. I was quite offended by the fact that he said, "... anytimepwede kayo umalis, pwede kayo tumakbo..." As a tenant, we are required by the management to have a written, signed and notarized contract. This is law binding and for me, I follow the contract to the last detail. My unit owner and I have a good relationship - for 7 years and counting. I do not even provide post dated checks to her, I just deposit my rent to her account mothly - and I seldom fail to do so. It is unfair to generalize that all tenants run away from their unit owners.

3. As far as I know, in the common areas - the lobby, pool area, the gym and the function hall; you are free to take pictures since these are common and public areas. I do not remember any rule that prohibits anybody to take pictures on these areas, unless you intentionally take pictures of the units that are in the proximity or close to these areas.

4. There is a guard that was present during the confrontation (the guy in the black uniform that is trying to pacify the unit owner) but actually failed to control the situation. He should have brought the argument to the admin office and not in a public place. I think the guards still needs traning on situation control and management.

5. No one has a right to publicly humiliate someone irregardless of race, sex, social status or anything - period.
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2016 RIO OLYMPICS - GOOD LUCK TO THE FILIPINO ATHLETES

As the games officially start today and the games officially open in a few days, I would like to extend my good luck to the 12 hero Filipino Olympians this year who braved the risk of Zika virus and will carry our flag in this year's competition.


Hope this is the year we end our 20 year medal drought. Do your best and may you take home a medal, what ever color it is.

Laban Pilipinas!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

AFF SUZUKI CUP 2016 : GROUPING KNOWN AFTER THE DRAW

The groupings for the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup was known after the draw was finished tonight. This year's group stage will be co-hosted by Myanmar and the Philippines. The draw was made in Myanmar tonight.

The participants were drawn from 4 pots. Pot 1 contain the 2 host countries - Myanmar and the Philippines. This will also determine where the groups will play their group stage games. The other pot pairings are based on their performance in the past AFF Suzuki Cup championships. Pot 2 contains Malaysia and defending champions Thailand. Pot 3 contains Singapore and Vietnam. Pot 4 contains Indonesia and the winner from the qualifier (either Brunei, Cambodia, Laos or Timor Leste). Each country will be drawn either to group A or B so the countries in the same pot will not be drawn together in a group.

The grouping is as follows as posted in the AFF Suzuki Cup official Twitter page :


I think the Philippines has been drawn into the harder group - with defending champs Thailand, former champions Singapore and Indonesia.

The group matches will be played in Yangon and in Bocaue / Manila on November 19 - 26, 2016.

UPDATE :

Here is the schedule of games for the Philippine Azkals, all games will be played at the Philippine Stadium in Bulacan :

November 19 - vs Singapore
November 22 - vs Indonesia
November 25 - vs Thailand
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EMERGENCY AND COMPLAINTS HOTLINEs NOW ONLINE

The current administration launched the emergency hotline 911 and complaints 8888 hotline and these hotline went live starting yesterday, August 1, 2016.


The service is available nationwide and 24/7. Reminder not to do prank calls to the hotlines, especially on the emergency hotline. Police has said that prank callers will be jailed.
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2016 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : CES MOLINA AND MIKA REYES GETS LAST TWO GOLDEN TICKETS

Petron volleybelle Ces Molina and F2 Logistics and former Green Archer middle blocker Mika Reyes received the last 2 golden tickets and completes the line up of 7 local Pilipinas Super Liga players that will be included in the Philippine Team in the upcoming 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Molina was a surprise addition to the team as her name was not as commomnly included in some of the sportswriters and fans wish list. This spiker from Nueva Ecija and a former San Beda Red Lion from NCAA is a reliable attacker of Petron. She will definitely contribute to the team in this aspect but we still need to see how her skills measure up with much taller blockers that are playing in the tournament. She is also part of the Petron team that competed in the Asian Club championship earlier this year. Her inclusion to the team was announced last July 24.

The last golden ticket recipient was announced last July 28 when the league was in Batangas. The includion of Reyes, who is a reliable middle blocker and has been a consistent block points provider to her team, is no surprise to many. She was also named as the league's ambassador, replacing her F2 Logistics teammate Cha Cruz.

The local players are now complete - Rachel Ann Daquiz, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Kim Fajardo, Jen Reyes, Jaja Santiago, Molina and Reyes. They will be joined by 7 other imports who are still to be named.

The tournament will be held here in the Philippines on October 18 to 23, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Congrats Ces and Mika!


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Thursday, July 28, 2016

AMAZING RACE ASIA SEASON 5 : RACERS REVEALED

The 11 new teams that will be racing in the fifth season of the reality show Amazing Race Asia has been revealed, simultaneous with the show's press conference in Indonesia.

The new season was revealed earlier this year and auditions both on ground and online has been done over the past few months. The last season was already 6 years ago so it is just high time that the new season airs.

The 11 new teams are as follows:

    > Rachel and Vicky, travel hosts from Indonesia
    > Louisa and Treasuri, childhood friends from Indonesia
    > Alex and Will, brothers from Malaysia
    > Brandon and Alphaeus, old schoolmates from Malaysia
    > Chloe and Yvonne, beauty queens from Malaysia
    > Eric and Rona, married couple from the Philippines
    > Parul and Maggie, beauty queens from the Philippines
    > JK and Mike, radio DJ's from Singapore
    > Rei and Kenji, siblings from Singapore
    > Tom and Anita, dating couple from Thailand
    > Lisa and Nicole, life partners from Vietnam


Looking at the teams, this is an exciting group of racers. We have siblings, friends, colleagues and couples in the mix. I was hoping for a parent and child team, after a strong showing from Malaysia's Hussein and Natasha from Season 5. It is also good to note that we have the first team from Vietnam to compete in the show.

I also think that 3 teams from the same country is too much. There are other countries in the region - India, Sri Lanka and Japan has been represented before. We still have Myanmar or Mongolia as well. So picking 3 teams from one country is I think too much.

Let me focus now on the teams from the defending champions - after the Season 4 victory of Richard and Richard - the Philippines.

The first team in the list is married couple Eric Tai and Rona Samson Tai. Eric, more commonly known as Eruption, is not new to the television scene. He was a former host of the noontime show "It's Showtime" in ABS-CBN. He is also a player of the Philippine national rugby team - the Philippine Volcanoes. He has also endorsed several brands, most notably is Kitkat as the lead endorser in the Have A Break campaign in the past few years. He is married to model Rona Samson, whom he married 3 times. Here is Eric and Rona's online audition for the show as posted in Rona's YouTube account :


The second team from the Philippines is the team of the Beauty Queens Parul Shah and Maggie Wilson. Parul is an Indian - Filipino beauty, who won Binibining Pilipinas Tourism 2014 but was not able to compete in Miss Tourism 2014 as the pageant was not held during that year. She was handpicked in 2015 to represent the country in the Miss Grand International 2015 where she won as 3rd runner up. Her partner, Maggie Wilson-Consunji was crowned Binibining Pilipinas World in 2007. She competed in the Miss World 2007 pageant where she was one of the top 16 semi-finalist. Maggie was already in showbiz even before she won the crown, and continued in that line after the pageant. She married in 2010 and now has a son.

I am really looking forward to the show and the race. I hope to get a glimpse of the race live if it passes here in the Philippines - I really hope it does.

Good luck to the Philippine teams and hope you can retain the title with the Philippines!
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Friday, July 22, 2016

DELAMAR ARIAS ANNOUNCES THAT SHE IS LEAVING THE MORNING RUSH

Delamar Arias announced this morning that she is leaving the radio show "The Morning Rush" which she is co-hosting with Chico Garcia and Gino Quillamor and airs at Monster Radio RX 93.1. The show has been on the air for 20 years already - since 1996, which started just with teh duo of Chico and Delamar.

It was also revealed that she has been thinking about this for almost one and a half year. I personally is not a loyal listener but the show has been a constant companion for me in my morning drive to work for the past year and a half.

Here is Delamar's announcement this morning :


Next week will be Delamar's last week. Rushers will definitely savor this last week.

Good luck in your future endeavours Delamar! We will miss you!
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2016 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : JAJA SANTIAGO EARNS FIFTH GOLDEN TICKET

National University stand out Jaja Santiago has earned the 5th golden ticket to participate and represent the Philippines in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship to be held here in Manila.

This was announced during the press conference introducing the team of Foton Philippines that will participate in the AVC Asian Women's Club Championship in Laguna on September.

Santiago is currently playing under Foton club team in Pilipinas Super Liga and is still playing for National University in the UAAP. She is a reliable middle blocker but has been seen training and playing as a spiker in the past few games. She previously turned down the offer of UCLA and choose to play her collegiate games locally with NU.

It is also rumored that several scouts are in town to watch Jaja in her games and possibly invite her to their foreign clubs. Jaja has also represented the Philippines in the 2014 Asian U23 Championship in Manila and the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.

Here is a post from the Twitter account of Sports5 regarding the announcement :

She now joins Rachel Ann Daquiz, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Kim Fajardo and Jen Reyes in the PSL All Star Team. We are just waiting for 2 more names of local players whch will play together with 7 imports during the FIVB tournament.

Congratulations Jaja!
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

WE LOVE OPM : TRES KANTOS IS DECLARED AS THE FIRST GRAND CHAMPION

The group Tres Kantos, mentored by the first Star in a Million grand winner Eric Santos, was declared as the first grand champion of the reality singing show We Love OPM during its grand sing off at the Resorts World Manila last Sunday.

The team composed of the first Pilipinas Got Talent champion Jovit Baldivino, Pinoy Dream Academy season 2 runner up Bugoy Drilon and It's Showtime Tawag ng Tanghalan Q1 finalist Dominador "Daddy D" Aviola.

In the grand sing off, the group performed their own version of the OPM legend Ryan Cayabyab's "Nais Ko". Here is their performance as posted in ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel :



They got a combined icon and audience score and text votes score of 80.45%. They bested 2nd placer Oh My Girls (Ylona Garcia, Alexa Ilacad and Krissha Viaje; mentored by Yeng Constantino - 58.27%) and 3rd placer O Diva (Liezel Garcia, Emmanuelle de Vera and Klarisse de Guzman; mentored by KZ Tandingan - 57.78%).

Congratulations Tres Kantos!
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BATANG GILAS COMPETES IN THE 2016 FIBA ASIA UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP

After the dismal showing of Gilas Pilipinas in the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifier a few weeks ago, it is their younger counterparts' turn to wear the Pilipinas jersey. The Batang Gilas team will be competing in the 2016 FIBA ASia Under 18 Championship in Tehran, Iran starting tomorrow, July 22.

They earned their ticket to this competition by topping the 2016 SEABA Under-18 Championship early this year.

The team is composed of the following players, mostly are the players who played in the SEABA Championships:

Bahio, JB
Carino, Kenmark
Flores, Theo Joshua
Gallego, John Vincent
Lee, Rendell
Madrigal, Jethro
Mamuyac, Gian
Mendoza, Jolo
Pagsanjan, Harvey
Sinclair, Joshua
Tibayan, Joshua
Yu, Fran

The team is coached by Michael Oliver and Jonas Mendoza. Team photo below is posted in Sports5 Twitter account :


Some familiar names are in the roster - Mendoza and Mamuyac are Ateneo recruits; Sinclair, Flores and Lee participated in the FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championships recently and Tibayan was part of the Gilas Cadets who swept the 2016 SEABE Championship in Thailand.

Philippines was drawn in Group A in the single round robin elimination round - together with defending champions China, 2014 4th placer Chinese Taipei, Iraq, India and Thailand, Group B teams include hosts Iran, 2014 3rd placer South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Lebanon.

The top 4 in each team will advance in the crossover knockout quarterfinal round.

Here is the schedule of Batang Gilas' games in the elimination round. YouTube link to the livestream is also provided and will be updated once all links are available :

July 22 - vs Chinese Taipei (livestream link here)
July 23 - vs Iraq (livestream link here)
July 24 - vs China (livestream link here)
July 26 - vs India
July 27 - vs Thailand

Good luck Batang Gilas!
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

2016 RIO OLYMPICS : IAN LARIBA IS NAMED AS PHILIPPINES' FLAG BEARER

Table tennis qualifier Ian Lariba of the De La Salle University has been names as the Philippines' flag bearer in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lariba is the first ever Filipino table tennis athlete to qualify in the summer Olympic games. The announcement was made during the athletes' orientation today with the Philippine Olympic Committee.

Lariba will be leading 11 other athletes to be fielded by the country - Eric Shaun Cray, Mary Joy Tabal and Maristella Torres of athletics, Rogen Ladon and Charly Suarez of boxing, Kristie Elaine Alora of taekwondo, Hidilyn Diaz and Nestor Colonia of weightlifting, Miguel Tabuena of golf and Jasmine Alkhaldi and Jessie King Lacuna of swimming.

The opening ceremonies where Lariba will be carrying the flag will be on August 5, 2016 at the Maracana Stadium.

Here is Lariba with POC executive Peping Cojuangco and fellow Olympians as posted in the Twitter account of Patricia Hizon :

Congratulations Ian for this achievement and good luck to all athletes that will compete in the Olympic games!
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BASKETBALL : KOBE PARAS COMMITS TO CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

After withdrawing from UCLA and touring some other schools for the past weeks, Filipino cager Kobe Paras finally committed to another school - Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He posted the announcement in his official Twitter page :
Creighton University is a NCAA Division I school that competes in the Big East Conference of the NCAA. Last year, the Bluejays, as the team is called, finished 6th in the Big East conference with a 9-9 win loss record.

Congratulations Kobe!

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

GILAS PILIPINAS : JAYSON CASTRO ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL PLAY

After Ranidel de Ocampo, another Gilas Pilipinas mainstay announced his retirement from international basketball after the Philippines' elimination in the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament here in Manila.

Back to back Asia's best point guard in the 2013 and 2015 FIBA Asia Championship and Gilas veteran playmaker Jayson Castro announced in his Instagram account that he will no longer suit up for Gilas Pilipinas :


Thank you very much Jayson Castro for all the sacrifices and hardwork. When Jimmy Alapag retired, it was definitely a big shoe to fill as point guard and leader of the team but you never disappointed us.

Salamat Jayson Castro for showing us what PUSO means!
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GILAS PILIPINAS : HOW ANDRAY BLATCHE FEEL AFTER PHILIPPINES' ELIMINATION IN THE FIBA OQT

Philippine naturalized player Andrat Blatche posted on Instagram how he felt after the elimination of the Philippines in the FIBA Olympic Qualifier Tournament. He posted on his Instagram account :


Blatche has helped the Philippines in international competiotion since the 2014 FIBA World Cup and has obviously been very close to his teammates in Gilas Pilipinas.

To Andray, we really appreciate your help to the Gilas Pilipinas. You always give your all, truly you have the heart of a Filipino - PUSO!
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SPICE GIRLS WANNABEE VIDEO REMAKE TACKLES WOMEN ISSUES

In celebration of the 20 years anniversary of the girl group Spice Girls' "Wannabee" video, Victoria Beckham posted in her Facebook account a remake of the music video showing different issues women are facing nowadays.

Here is the video as posted in her Facebook account :

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WIMBLEDON : TREAT HUEY BECOMES THE FIRST FILIPINO TO REACH THE SEMIS OF A GRANDSLAM TOURNAMENT

 
While the country is basking on the loss of Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Olympic qualifier Wednesday night, Treat Huey officially becomes the first Filipino to reach the semifinal round of any Grandslam tennis tournament.

This is after Huey and partner Max Mirnyi of Belarus won their quarterfinals match against Jonathan Marray of Great Britain and Adil Shamasdin of Canada in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in the gentleman's doubles tournament in Wimbledon.

Last year, Huey and partner American Scott Lipsky was only able to get into the second round. With a new partner, Huey was able to go farther this year.

Tonight, the 12th seeded duo will attempt to barge into the finals in their semifinals duel against  the 1st seeded French duo of Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.

Good luck Treat and Max!
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GILAS PILIPINAS : PHILIPPINES ELIMINATED IN THE GROUP STAGE OF THE FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFIER

After 2 tough losses in as many days, the Philippine national basketball team - the Gilas Pilipinas has been eliminated from the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament being held held in Manila. The team dropped its two assignments in the group stage, ending winless and being eliminated.

World no. 28 ranked Gilas Pilipinas first took on no. 5 France Les Blues, which is led by no less than NBA star Tony Parker. After leading in the first quarter and majority of the 2nd quarter, the more experienced Frech team took the lead at the half and never looked back. Gilas threatened to come back in the 4th quarter, cutting the lead down from 13 to as low as 4 points. But the French team protected the lead and won with a score of 80 - 89.

Yesterday, Gilas went against the world no. 21 New Zealand Tall Blacks. The Kiwis was definitely on its A game and followed their game plan, limiting our naturalized player Andray Blatche to only 4 points in the first half. The Tall Blacks almost led all game long but again, the last quarter surge of the Philippines after curring the lead from 13 down to 5, fell short and eventually bowed down to the Kiwis with a score of 93 - 84.

The loss ended the hopes of the Gilas Pilipinas to qualify to the Olympics.

This might also be the last we see of some of the players wearing the Pilipinas jersey. Rumors has it that players like Jayson Castro, Ranidel de Ocampo and Jeff Chan are planning to give way to younger players to be part of the national team. As of the writing, it is only RDO who has confirmed that he is indeed retiring from the national team with this post from his Twitter account :

Despite the loss, Gilas is undoubtedly the most successful national team in the past 20 years. Theyw ere able to reach the World Cup in 2014 and win back to back silvers in the 2013 and 2015 FIBA Asia Championships.

Eventhough we lost, let the lessons from these games make us stringer and better. Bounce back Gilas. Focus next on the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifier where teams will be playing home and away games. With names such as Terence Romeo, Rayray Parks, June Mar Fajardo, Kobe Paras and Jordan Clarkson still willing to don the country's jersey, the future is still bright.

Heads up, Gilas Pilipinas! You still made us proud! Laban Pilipinas!
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PINOY BIG BROTHER : ALL CELEBRITY HOUSEMATES REVEALED

All the 8 celebrity housemates that will participate in Pinoy Big Brother Lucky Season 7 has been revealed after the remaining housemates was named in TV Patrol last night.

The housemates includes members of a boy group, a young dancer / actress, a Korean star, a teen singer, a hunk model, a comedian, a radio jock and a teen commercial model.

The new celebrities housemates are:

1. Hashtags McCoy de Leon and Nikko Natividad - 2-in-1 housemates  (revealed in It's Showtime - July 2)

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2. The Voice Kids Season 1 finalist JK Labajo (revealed in ASAP on July 3)

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3. Dancer / Actress Yassi Pressman (revealed in TV Patrol on July 4)

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4. Korean celebrity Jinri Park (revealed in TV Patrol on July 4)

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5. Hunk Model Hideo Muraoka (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

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6. It's Showtime My Funny One finalist and comedian Nonong Ballinan

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7. Commercial model Elisse Joson (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

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8. Radio jock DJ Chacha (revealed in TV Patrol on July 6)

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It was also revealed that this set of celebrity housemates will initially stay at the Big Brother house in Vietnam. As of the writing, 5 out of the 8 housemates are already in Vietnam - McCoy & Nikko, Yassi, Jinri, JK and Hideo.


The show will premiere on July 11 in Primetime Bida, replacing Jane the Virgin.

 All images are from the PBB official Instagram account.
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Saturday, July 2, 2016

PINOY BIG BROTHER : FIRST TWIST AND FIRST HOUSEMATES REVEALED IN IT'S SHOWTIME

Pinoy Big Brother Lucky 7 revealed the first twist and the first housemate that will enter the house. During a segment in It's Showtime, the music stopped while the boy group Hashtags was performing and the music of PBB started playing.

Big Brother announced the first twist for this season, celebrities will be the first to enter the house.

And 2 of the members of the group were chosen as housemates. It was then revealed that the 2 chosen housemates were Nikko Natividad and McCoy de Leon. They will be acting as a 2-in-1 housemate.

Before joining the Hashtags, Natividad won the title of Gandang Lalake in the noontime show It's Showtime. De Leon on the other hand appeared in several commercials and shows in ABS-CBN, including the hit noontime drama Be Careful with my Heart.

They also have 48 hours to clear their commitments and other things that they need to do before they enter the house.

Good luck Nikko and McCoy!
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Friday, July 1, 2016

PINOY BIG BROTHER : PBB LUCKY 7 PREMIERE DATE REVEALED

The premiere date of the seventh season of the hit reality show Pinoy Big Brother was revealed tonight. Dubbed as Pinoy Big Brother Lucky 7, the show will premiere on July 11. This is the first time that the show will premiere on a weekday - on a Monday to be exact.

It was also revealed that Big Brother will also reveal some twists this weekend - during It's Showtime on Saturday and ASAP on Sunday.

Here is the video as posted on the official Twitter page of Pinoy Big Brother :


I am really excited that PBB will be back soon since it has already been 8 months since the Big Night of PBB 737. This will definitely be a nightly habit again for the PBB fans.
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AMAZING RACE ASIA : ATENEO VOLLEYBELLE AMY AHOMIRO AND COURTSIDE REPORTER LAURA LEHMANN AUDITIONS FOR SEASON 5

Ateneo de Manila University volleybelle Amy Ahomiro and courtside reporter Laura Lehmann posted an online audition video for the season 5 of Amazing Race Asia. They posted their video on the last day of submission - last June 30.

Here is the write up in their video submission :

#LauAmyForAmazingRaceAsia - use the hashtag and share the love guys! :)

 Amy is originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Her family moved here 10 years ago after her mother accepted a job offer. Amy has been here ever since and she has now become one of the most popular professional volleyball players in the Philippines. 

 Laura, meanwhile, has a very different background. She has American, German, Swiss, Spanish and Filipino blood, and has been living in the tropics her whole life. She won Miss Philippines 1st Runner Up in 2014 and has been an active TV Host and model ever since. She currently hosts "Listed", an immersive travel show on Lifestyle Network wherein she explores different islands and takes the road less traveled. She is also the courtside reporter for Amy's volleyball games and the rest is history. 

 Sometimes opposites really do attract. Yin & yang forever.

Here is the audition video as posted in The Game Changers YouTube account :


Hope they get chosen and with Amy's physical strength and Laura's charms, they are definitely a team to watch out for!
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

ADMISSION TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES IS NOW FREE

The National Museum of the Philippines has announced that the admission fee to the museum is now permanently free starting tomorrow, July 1. This was done since they observed a spike in visitor count, especially of younger visitors when entrance fee is free. They hope to attract more visitors to the museum.

Here is the announcement in their official Facebook page :


The admission fee has been free for the past couple of months. I myself visited the museum last month with my sister since the last time I visited was when I was still in grade school - more than 20 years ago. It was really nice to see the history of the country in works of arts and other artifacts.
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2016 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : GONZAGA AND DAQUIZ NAMED TO THE PSL ALL START TEAM

The first 2 local player members of the PSL All Star team has been named during the gap between the 2 games today of the Philippine Super Liga.

No less than PSL president Tats Suzara announced the first 2 names that qualified for the PSL All Star Team.

The first name that was called was 2015 SEA Games volleyball team captain Jovelyn Gonzaga of RC Cola - Army. She is definitely a great addition to the team due to her great attacking skills and her ample experience in international competition.

The second name called was Rachel Ann Daquiz, also of RC Cola - Army team. Daquiz is quite versatile in defense and offense and was also part of the 2015 SEA Games national team.

Here is a picture of the 2 volleybelles with their golden tickets as posted in the official Twitter account of Sports5 :

The other 5 names will be named in the comping playing days of PSL until the 7 local players are complete. Exposure to international level games like this will definitely be a boost to local volleyball.

Congratulations to both Gonzaga and Daquiz! Make the Philippines proud!
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VIRAL PHOTO : FIRST FAMILY PHOTO OF THE DUTERTE FAMILY IN MALACANANG

The new president's eldest son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte posted the Duterte family's first family photo inside the Malacanang Palace in his official Facebook page :


As of the writing, the post already has 56 thousand reactions and has been shared 11 thousand times just a few hours after it was posted.
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PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE AND VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBREDO FORMALLY TAKES THEIR OATH AS THE PHILIPPINES' TOP OFFICIALS

President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo separately took their oath today as the Philippines' top officials.

It was Robredo who took the oath first in her new office in New Manila, Quezon City. She was with her daughters during the ceremony and it was her youngest daughter who was holding the bible. Here is the video as posted in the official Twitter page of Rappler :

At noon, it was Duterte's turn to take his oath in Malacanang Palace. He was with his children - Paolo, Sara, Sebastian and Veronica, who was holding the bible during the ceremony. Here is the video posted in the official Twitter page of CNN Philippines :

Hope this will be a good start to their terms as our leaders. We are all hoping that indeed, change is coming.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

BASKETBALL : KOBE PARAS WITHDRAWS FROM JOINING UCLA

UCLA announced that Filipino cager Kobe Paras has withdrawn from joining the team after some academic requirements of his admission was not met.

Here is the official statement from UCLA as posted in TJ Manotoc's Twitter page :

I really hope that Kobe will still be able to play college basketball in the US and eventually join Gilas Pilipinas in the future. Having athletes train in US or Europe will definitely help us in conquering the world arena in basketball.
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PINOY BIG BROTHER : PBB LUCKY 7 WILL PREMIERE IN JULY

The seventh season of the hit reality show Pinoy Big Brother is revealed to premiere in July. Now dubbed as Pinoy Big Brother Lucky 7, the premiere date was revealed during a commercial gap during the Primetime Bida show Ang Probinsyano.

 The show will still be hosted by the trio of Toni Gonzaga - Soriano, Bianca Gonzales - Intal and Mariel Rodriguez - Padilla witrh Robi Domingo coming back as well for the new season.

The auditions ended last Sunday, both the on ground and online auditions.

Here are excerpts from the video shown tonight as posted in PBB's official Twitter account :



Here is the longer version uploaded in PBB's official Facebook page :

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2016 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : 8 PARTICIPATING TEAMS NAMED

The 8 teams that will participate in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship has all been named after the last wildcard team was awarded the wildcard ticket.

The competition is slated to be held on October 18 - 23 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. This will be the first time that the Philippines will host the said tournament, and with the country hosting, we were allotted one slot in the competition.

Our team will be composed of 7 imports and 7 local players - which will be from the pool of the invited players currently participating in the Pilipinas Super Liga. The names of the seven local players that will be included will be revealed starting tomorrow during the league's game.

The other teams participating are (posts from the facebook pages of PVR : Philippine Volleyball Republic, and FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship)

1. 2016 European Champions - Pomi Casalmaggiore of Italy

2. 2015 Asian Champions - Bangkok Glass of Thailand


3. 2016 South American champions - Rexona Ades Rio of Brazil


4.  Wildcard - 2015 Champions Eczacıbaşı VitrA Voleybol of Turkey


5. Wildcard - Volero Zurich of Switzerland


6. Wildcard - VakıfBank Spor KulĆ¼bĆ¼ of Turkey


7. Wildcard - Hisamitsu Springs of Japan


8. Hosts - PSL Team (7 locals and 7 imports)

The tournament will be a sure treat to all Filipino volleyball fans. It has been about 16 years since we last hosted a major FIVB tournament and it is about time since the sports is definitely getting a huge boost in popularity.
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BASKETBALL : KOBE BRYANT THANKS FILIPINOS AFTER HIS VISIT HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Nike Philippines posted in its official YouTube channel the thank you video of Kobe Bryant after the cager's 2 day visit here in the Philippines :


This was his first visit to the country after his retirement from basketball. Kobe is definitely very appreciative of how the Filipinos has welcomed him every time he visits here.

Mamba out.
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Monday, June 27, 2016

PINOY BIG BROTHER : NEW LOGO REVEALED FOR SEASON 7

The new logo for the seventh season of reality show Pinoy Big Brother has been revealed in a new post in its official Twitter page :

The new logo is more sophisticated as compared to the previous logo. The yellow color on the word "PINOY" and the house emphasizes that this is a show about a Filipino house and the yellow really pops out on the dark blue background. I also like the red circles on the holes of the "g" and "o". But the black and white eye is quite Caucasian looking.
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GILAS PILIPINAS : THE BEST CLIPS FROM THE NIC EARNSHOW

During Gilas Pilipinas' training camp in Europe, Sports 5 crew has been following them doing stories for the show Kwentong Gilas. But another show has been seen in Facebook that is covering behind the scene stories of the camp - The Nic EarnSHOW.

The Nic EarnSHOW is hosted by Nic Earnshow, a Sports5 producer that is part of the team behind Kuwenting Gilas.It is not an actual show but it provides a lighter look to the team's training camp, contrary to the serious tone that Kwentong Gilas has.

If you have not seen the show, here are some of the best videos of the Nic EarnSHOW posted in Maki Macabagdal's Facebook page :







Looking forward to more episodes of The Nic EarnSHOW in the next Gilas camps!
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