The last time I saw Ina Raymundo six years ago, she was engaged to be married to Canadian businessman Brian Paturnak. They were then staying at a rented unit at Oakwood in Makati City which would be the scene of a mutiny in 2003.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133166 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262852 [AuthorName] => Deo Macalma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229469 [Title] => Sugarol na actress,nagbi-bingo na lang dahil wala nang pang-casino [Summary] => ALAM n’yo bang bingo na lamang ang pinaglilibangan ng isang sikat na actress matapos matalo ng malaking halaga sa casino?
Ayon sa aking bubuwit, 28 days na lang at Pasko na.
Happy birthday kay Dr. Henry Chua ng UDMC; Mrs. Lina Melendres, Rey Pacheco ng DZBB; Tony Lopez, Andy Vital, Andy Verde at Myrel Joyce Garcia.
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The tribute will be held on Jan. 7 to coincide with Makati’s celebration of the seventh anniversary of its cityhood.
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Self-explanatory ang sulat at kayo na lang ang bahalang magbasa:
Patuloy na dumarami ang nagiging biktima ng Atlanta Land Corporation, isang home developer ng mga subdivision sa Central Luzon na isa rito ang Grand Victoria Estate sa Cabanatuan City na lingid sa kaalaman ng mga buyer nito.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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