MANILA, Philippines – After its soft debut at No. 6 last Monday, July 6, GMA’s newest primetime series Rosalinda, starring Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann, is beginning to show what it is truly capable of: dominating the ratings game.
From its debut performance of 26.3 percent, Rosalinda generated a 28.9 percent rating the next two nights – July 7 (Tuesday) and July 8 (Wednesday) – to move to third
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People who work in television produce moving images. But what happens when these images stop moving?
That’s the essence of a new exhibit of photography and art mounted by the people who produce GMA News. “50: Fifty Years of News, Fifty Artists," which opened yesterday in GMA Network’s Timog Avenue building, was organized to mark the half-century anniversary of one of the country’s pioneering news org
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Showbiz is in her genes. Her grandmother is Delia Razon, the still-glamorous LVN actress who played a princess in the ’50s fantasy-adventure flicks. Her father is Rey “PJ” Abellana who, in his own right, was a soap prince in the ’80s. Her mother is Ria Reyes, daughter of Delia.
That’s why even if Carla Abellana kept what she thought was a safe distance from showbiz, politely saying no to tempting offers
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MANILA, Philippines – Prices of flu drugs and vaccine have surged up to three times their normal prices, aggravating the Philippines’ Influenza A(H1N1) crisis as demand from health-conscious buyers is making the product scarce and increasingly expensive.
The Philippines, which is lagging behind other countries in the race for securing ample supplies of anti-swine flu vaccine, has listed 604 confirmed cases and
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MANILA, Philippines – It all began in Bubble Gang’s Ang Spoiled when a pampered only child started terrorizing her nanny, tagging her as the loser yaya. The naughty unica hija enjoyed bullying her nanny to hell. She’s seven-year-old Angelina who continues to create havoc on her yaya with ”Whatever Yaya, you’re such a loser!“ expression.
The scheming Angelina is Ogie Alcasid while the miserable yaya is M
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DILG Sec. Ronaldo “Ronnie” Puno had his showbiz “baptism” yesterday during a close lunch encounter with the “nosey” movie writers at Annabel’s restaurant in Quezon City.
So why was Sec. Ronnie meeting with the movie press? Did it have anything to do with his reported plan to run for vice president (with which running-mate?) in the 2010 elections? Or was he going to make earth-shaking “revelations
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MANILA, Philippines – GMA chooses "not to pass judgment on the truthfulness of the complaint" regarding its star Aljur Abrenica, who was accused of committing lascivious acts by a 13-year-old girl on Tuesday, June 2.
Aljur met Michelle, name of the complainant, in Puerto Galera last Holy Week. Allegedly, on two occasions, April 10 and 11, the 19-year old actor harassed Michelle by touching sensitive p
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MANILA, Philippines – A day after a House of Representatives panel passed a resolution to amend the Constitution, a group supporting President Arroyo called Wednesday for Charter change (Cha-cha) for a shift to parliamentary system.
The “Mahal Ko Bayan Ko" movement placed ads in at least two major Metro Manila newspapers calling for the shift before the Arroyo administration steps down from power in
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MANILA, Philippines – Hayden Kho already apologized to Katrina Halili. But the actress is not convinced and will still slap her erstwhile lover with a criminal case that would place the doctor in a tough legal fight, according to lawyers and government legal experts.
Lawyers interviewed by GMANews.TV on Friday were one in saying that if Kho were to enter a plea of insanity to escape criminal liability, he w
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GMA Network Inc., the Philippines’ leading broadcast company, may exceed growth expectations this year, its president and chief executive said, a day before its Wednesday stockholder’s meeting.
Expansion is expected to come from the continued high ratings of its television programs, subscriber growth in its international TV channels, improved revenues from DZBB, its radio business, and QTV, its sister TV chan
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Coco Martin:
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