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Posted on November 9, 2011 by filstars
Regine Velasquez, actress-singer and wife of singer-composer, Ogie Alcasid, delivers a baby boy Tuesday night, according to her sister-manager Cacai Velasquez. Regine and Ogie named their first born, Nathaniel James. Nathaniel James, who was not due to come out yet, weighs 4.4lbs only. He was delivered by c-section at around 7:47 p.m. in a private [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by filstars
The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 reports the Philippines to have posted “one of the largest improvements in the year’s global competitiveness rankings”. According to the report, the country is up 10 places to 75 stating that “the vast majority of individual indicators composing the GCI improve, sometimes markedly. Yet the challenges are many, especially in [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2011 by filstars
It was in time for Christmas when Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas launched the new look of the Philippines peso bills. Designed by Design Systemat and Studio 5, the new peso bills were packed with security features that counterfeiters would find it hard to copy. The new features of the Philippines peso bills are as follows: [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2011 by filstars
Richard Gomez is one of the Pinoy celebrities who made his name through hard work and perseverance. A veteran actor, television host, commercial model, athlete and endorser, Richard just turned 45 this year. He is married to television host Lucy Torres, a celebrity turned politician. The actor, fondly called Goma, was charged of tax evasion [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2011 by filstars
Gelli de Belen, the wife of actor/singer Ariel Rivera, is now back to TV5 after 18 long years. The actress just recently signed a two-year contract with the network. Her first project will be to host “Gelli-cious,” a food magazine show that will feature some of the country’s favorite best restaurants, street foods, exotic delicacies [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2011 by filstars
The Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez issue can never stop. The two became the topic of discussion again recently. Late last year, it was reported that the feud between Mariel Rodriguez and Toni Gonzaga started when Mariel, who has long been a friend to Toni, was said to have referred the latter as “duling” or [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2011 by filstars
The Philippines is experiencing both a budget surplus and a budget deficit for 2011. The Aquino Administration posted a budget surplus of P26.26 billion in April 2011, which is recorded to be the biggest in 25 years and more than 10 times the P2.6 billion surplus in 2010. This is according to Finance Secretary Cesar [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2011 by filstars
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas releases a memorandum dated May 4, 2011 entitled, “Revised 2011 Provincial Schedule of Pawnshop Briefings and Anti-Money Laundering Act Seminars.” The May 4, 2011 memorandum supersedes the memorandum of April 15, 2011 and thus revises the schedule of briefings and seminars in the following order: DATE [...]
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