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Four overseas Filipino workers, including a survivor of the Marawi Siege who experienced maltreatment while working abroad, received livelihood assistance from Sen. Cynthia Villar. In a meeting with Villar at the Senate, the OFWs each received a start up kit for a sari-sari store and financial assistance under the senator’s program for repatriated OFWs who were maltreated or victimized by illegal recruitment. “With this assistance, we hope to be able to help our kababayan to start anew as they recover from the physical and emotional abuse their employers inflicted on them while working abroad,” Villar said. “Despite the many cases of maltreatment abroad, nakakalungkot na marami pa rin sa ating mga kababayan ang sumusugal na pumunta sa ibang bansa para lamang magkaroon ng pagkakakitaan,” she added. Among the recipients of Villar’s livelihood assistance was a 27-year-old Marawi siege evacuee who came to Metro Manila and applied to work as a household service worker i...

Will Senator Manny Pacquiao perform at the 2018 Ishin-Denshin International Music Festival at the Mall of Asia Open Grounds on February 10? "That we have to find out but for sure Senator Manny Pacquiao will be there to support the Ishin-Denshin International Music Festival," said Pauline Sofia Laping, who represented  Monde Luce Productions, in the press conference held at the Hops and Brews, I'm Hotel in Makati City recently. Pacquiao ventured into the music in 2006 when he recorded his debut CD called "Laban Nating Lahat Ito" which went Platinum. In 2007, Pacquiao released his sophomore album called "Pac-Man Punch." The Filipino boxing champ has already performed at the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Hollywood and for Fox Sports. To date, his most important recording is "Lalaban Ako Para sa Pilipino" which he plays every time he goes to the right for a fight. The 2018 Ishin-Denshin International Music Festival aims to ma...

Megastar Sharon Cuneta celebrated her 52nd birth anniversary last January 6 as she got sentimental again over her old residence in an upscale neighborhood in Makati City. On the eve of her birth anniversary last Jan. 5, Sharon paid tribute to her late parents -- Pasay City Mayor Pablo Cuneta and Elaine Gamboa. "Pablo and Elaine Gamboa - Cuneta’s girl. Miss you, Daddy and Mommy. I am turning a year older tomorrow, and I wish you both were still here to make my happiness complete. See you again someday," Sharon wrote on Facebook. Then she turned sentimental over their former house in Dasmarinas Village in Makati City where she grew up. "I hope you are proud of me and Kuya and our children. Kuya and I wish we could buy our Dasma house back, but the new owners are already building a completely new structure and our beloved 40 + year old home is gone. Still...someday... Hug me often please. I love you both very much," Sharon said. During an appearance on...