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MANILA – It’s official! Celebrity couple Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo will be welcoming another baby soon. The two shared the good news through their respective Instagram accounts on Wednesday morning when Agoncillo shared a picture of Santos’ ultrasound image. In the caption, Agoncillo just used the hashtag “kuyanasilucho.” Lucho is their youngest son, who was born in 2010. ...

Source: PHOTO BY ROMEO RANOCO, REUTERS A monitor connected to a body temperature scanner shows passengers arriving from South Korea at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday. The WHO said the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea is the largest seen outside the Middle East.

BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia — A man fell eight floors from a condominium and not only survived after crashing through the carpark roof, he then used his mobile phone to call his father. The advertising worker had just bruises on his legs after falling from a condominium block in Taman Bagan Jermal, Bagan Ajam, on Sunday evening. Residents rushed to his aid ...

They all went well-prepared, confident they would bring home the bacon. And they did. Three chefs—Miguel Antonio Lorino, Michael Cheng and Kerwin Mark Funtanilla—brought not only pride to their school, the Center for Culinary Arts (CCA), Manila, but honor to the country as well. They brought home the individual live cooking category top awards from the recent Hong Kong International ...

By: ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA – The month of June has been declared as Philippine Independence Month in Guam. Guam Governor Eddie Calvo signed Proclamation No. 2015-055 on Monday, which also honors Filipino-Guamanians as part of this year’s commemoration of the 117th Anniversary of the Philippine Independence Day. The proclamation highlights the continued historical and cultural connection between the Philippines and Guam ...

By Kathleen Elkins | Business Insider Being likable is entirely under your control. All it takes is the ability to pick up a few key social skills that build emotional intelligence (EQ). To help you out, we sifted through the Quora thread, “What are useful social skills that can be picked up quickly?” and highlighted our favorite answers. Here are ...

By: ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA – The deteriorating political and security situation in Yemen has prompted the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration governing board to declare it as war risk trading area for seafarers. “The POEA, after consultation with its social partners, determines war risk trading areas and ports under warlike operations, and the amount of premium pay to which seafarers shall be ...

By: ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA, Philippines – Petron Corp. on Thursday said all gasoline variants produced at its Bataan refinery are now Euro IV-compliant. In a statement, Petron said it was the first oil company to locally produce a full line-up of gasoline variants that meet Euro IV standards. This is six months ahead of the government mandate to make Euro IV ...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino made a veiled comparison on Wednesday between China’s activities in the South China Sea and Nazi Germany’s expansionism before World War Two, echoing similar remarks he made last year that outraged Beijing. Aquino, who is expected to agree beefed up defence ties with Japan when he meets Prime Minister ...

By Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) has identified rice breeding lines that promises to be heat tolerant and produce higher yields. The rice research arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said screening promising breeding lines would pave the way for the development of new varieties that can withstand very hot weather. ...