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Ellen Adarna will never stay out of the limelight, not by any stretch of the imagination. The rising Kapamilya actress has everything going smoothly for her. After moving to ABS-CBN from the Kapuso network, Ellen began having more screen time. She proved her acting mettle as Sari in the afternoon romantic drama, Pasion de Amor. She’s also funny as Tanya in Home Sweetie Home, who may or may not have a crush on Romeo, played by John Lloyd Cruz. But before becoming an artista, Ellen has captured the Internet with her mestiza beauty and voluptuous figure. She remains one of the sexiest celebrities in the Philippines, according to a men’s magazine. The Cebuana boasts of a massive following, largely comprised of men, in her social media that led to her discovery as a celebrity, even before anyone could become #Instafamous. To keep her fans satisfied, Ellen loves to post photos and videos on her Instagram, plus points if she’s in a bikini and double points if she’s in her birthd...

According to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum ,a deal is very close to being struck for a rematch between Jeff Horn and Manny Pacquiao that will take place in the month of November in Australia. Back on July 1st, Horn scored a major upset by defeating the Filipino icon and taking the WBO welterweight title at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Pacquiao's long-time trainer, Freddie Roach, reflected on that loss by telling BoxingScene.com - "I think the biggest mistake the last camp was that we didn't get sparring partners that were big enough or strong enough for a guy like Horn. They get 130-pounders and that's doesn't work when you're getting ready for a guy who weighs like 170(pounds) when he gets into the ring. Horn's a big, strong kid and we've got to get ready for that." And with that, Roach, says there will be one major change in how this training camp will be conducted. He says Pacquiao's longime adviser, Mike Koncz, was regulating the sparri...

Celebrities are public personalities, and they are constantly under the limelight. Being famous, they are more vulnerable to a lot of people’s hate, judgements and criticisms, and they tend to face certain issues and controversies that are being thrown their way. Marian Rivera, for instance, is one of the most famous Kapuso actresses in GMA at present. She continues to thrive as a talented and versatile artist, and she is constantly gaining a lot of opportunities and success in both her personal life and showbiz career. Of course, her fame also comes with rumors and other negativities that she has to deal with. In fact, there has been a rumor that she is not in good terms with Andrea Torres. Marian is allegedly jealous of Andrea, who is Dingdong Dantes’ leading lady in “Alyas Robin Hood,” but both actresses have already denied the issue. Triple A is a talent management headed by Mr. Tony Tuviera, and it manages the two actresses, but Andrea recently left. Marian is rumored to b...

Raids near Manila latest in campaign that has killed thousands and follow claim US has toned down criticism of rights abuses Police in the Philippines have killed more than 30 people in a series of raids near Manila, in the bloodiest night yet of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Supt Romeo Caramat said 67 police operations in various parts of Bulacan, a province north of the capital, had left 32 “drug personalities” dead and more than 100 others arrested. Human rights groups have repeatedly warned that Duterte, nicknamed “the Punisher” by his supporters for his approach to policing, may be overseeing crimes against humanity in his brutal anti-drugs campaign, which has left thousands dead. Duterte was elected president last year on a quick-fix, populist platform of wiping out crime and pledging to put drug pushers in funeral parlours, not prisons. He has said he is “happy to slaughter”millions of of drug users and dismissed the deaths of children as “collateral damage...

What would you do if you saw an old woman in the streets? Most of us would probably ignore her or at the least, walk by and continue to go on with our lives. But what if you saw an old woman who’s pushing a “kariton” with her husband on it? This was what the Facebook page of ‘All about the Philippines‘ encountered. According to them, people should read and share those kinds of posts on social media because the old woman needed help. As of this writing, their status has been liked 1.7 thousand times, shared on other people’s timelines around 5,655 times, and commented on 152 times. Their post was accompanied by pictures and a video to show the old woman’s plight. She was traveling with her husband with two dogs. According to them, she wanted to take her husband to the nearest hospital so he could be cured or treated. However, she only has a “kariton” with her to act as their means of transportation. The one who personally encountered her got to interview her, to which she said...

A 22-year-old mother gave birth to a baby boy with a parasitic twin at her home in a small village, in Pindwara, northern India. A parasitic twin occurs when a twin embryo develops in utero, but the pair does not fully separate. One embryo, meanwhile, maintains dominant development while its twin weakens. Horrified parents and relatives deemed the child as an evil omen and attempted to throw him in the river. The bizarre news reached its way to Dr. Bharat Pal Danda of the Matra Chhaya Hospital and did not have second thoughts to rescue the boy. “I was very shocked when I heard these relatives, who seem extremely religious and superstitious, were planning to kill the baby by throwing him into the river,” the doctor tells the Daily Mail. “I couldn’t sit back and do nothing.” He sent an ambulance to get the mother and the baby. An urgent surgery was conducted in order for the child to survive as he was in critical condition. “When they arrived I was upset to see the condition of...

Everyone expects couples to be sweet with each other. It’s quite normal to see lovers holding hands and showing their affection to one another especially in public places. However, there are some couples who just can’t help but be too intimate in front of everybody else. This couple was caught on camera doing something rather nasty in public transport. In a recent post by a Chinese Facebook group, a girl can be seen resting her head on her boyfriend’s shoulder while they were on board a train. At first look, it would appear that the girl is sleeping. However, upon closer inspection, you’ll see that the guy’s hand is hidden behind a bag placed on the girl’s lap. Further into the video, the guy’s hand appears to be moving and touching something in between the girl’s legs. True enough, the man appears to have been pleasuring his girl all along. However, just when the girl was enjoying what her boyfriend was doing, he did something totally unexpected. As the guy looked at his partn...

Kelvin Santos, a two-year-old Brazillian boy sat up in his coffin. He asked for a glass of water then went back to laying down. It may be odd and impossible, but a hospital claimed that Kelvin Santos stopped breathing during treatment for pneumonia at Abelardo Santos Hospital at around 7:00 PM. The kid’s grieving family took him home where relatives were about to hold a wake, with the boy’s body laid in an open coffin. But an hour before his funeral was due to take place, the boy apparently sat up in his coffin and said, “Daddy, can I have some water?” This was after he grieved over his son’s dead body and cried “Son, come back to daddy.” What surprised them more was when the boy looked around smiling before laying down again and going back to being dead. Kelvin’s family was in awe and thought they had witnessed a miracle. They thought the young boy miraculously went back to life. However, after a few seconds, the little boy’s body fell back in the coffin and the family couldn’t ...

The Home Development Mutual Fund or more popularly known as “PAG-IBIG” is a government agency that caters to the administration of the national savings program and affordable shelter financing for people employed both locally and internationally. Self-employed people can also be members as well. Being a member entitles you to access to short-term loans and housing programs offered by the government agency. Regularly employed salaried workers get monthly deductions that go to PAG-IBIG. However, do you know how to get your monetary contributions once you decide to withdraw them? Information listed down by Efren Alonso on his website provided a detailed, step-by-step process regarding PAG-IBIG benefits. According to Alonso, your account in the agency is comprised of the following: your monthly savings, your employer’s counterpart share (if you have one), and your total yearly dividend savings. The website noted that you could withdraw all those if you fulfill the following requ...

Raffy Tulfo got a surprise visit from former singer Claire de la Fuente. It turns out that it wasn’t Claire herself who had a problem but her personal assistant. Claire’s personal assistant, Gretchen, needed help to get her child back from a certain man. Raffy asked why the child was with the man and it turns out that he was the one named as the child’s father on the child’s birth certificate. However, Gretchen dropped a bombshell. She reveals that the man is not actually the child’s father! The child’s real father was living with her. Raffy then talked to the man, identified as Antonio Dimaano, about this unconventional situation. Raffy states that there is a law that states that if the parents should end up separated, then the child will go to under the care of the mother. Raffy said that this law states that a child 7 years old and under should be given to the mother following the parents’ separation. This law states: “No child under seven years of age shall be separated f...