En route to love

MANILA, Philippines - Starting today, viewers will be in the mood for love and swept away by tales of love, friendship and heartbreak from GMA 7’s Lovebug every Sunday afternoon.

The new drama anthology presents stories from comical to melancholic, beautiful to bittersweet and ironic to heart-wrenching about being young and in love.

Each will run for a month (four episodes) and feature new, interesting love pairings. Leading the initial presentation are Dennis Trillo and Carla Abellana who star in the episode The Last Romance.

Shot in the scenic island of Hong Kong onboard Star Cruises Aquarius and Hong Kong Disneyland, Dennis and Carla play Hero and Rackie, who meet, fall in love and live out their dreams in a world full of uncertainties and unexpected romances.

Rackie is a cancer survivor. But the tumor returns and she finds herself battling the same sickness that changed her life. Doctors tell her the cancer has spread to her brain and she only has three months to live.

Against her family’s will, Rackie embarks on a vacation in Hong Kong. On a cruise to reflect on her impending death, she meets Hero, a tour and events organizer, who gets struck by her beauty. They hit it off instantly and fall in love. But Hero is set to marry his long-time girlfriend Remy (Iwa Moto) in a few weeks, while Rackie did not expect to find her last and most real romance in Hero.

The Last Romance also stars Rey `PJ’ Abellana as Abel, Pinky Marquez as Anita, Pinky Amador as Greta, Paolo Paraiso as Phil, Mike Tan as Dado, Renz Valerio as Joshua and Dang Cruz as Rosa Mia.

It is directed by Mark Reyes with Denoy Navarro-Punio as headwriter and Jun Lana as creative director.