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Actress-television host Kris Aquino has invited former Davao City Mayor Paolo Duterte for a one-on-one dialogue "to settle too much bad blood that has already been manufactured between our families." "Too much bad blood has already been manufactured between our families. We have the chance to hear each other out. Para sa mga nagtataka kung bakit ko ‘to ginagawa - because i’d rather have tried & reached out & possibly be rejected than regret not making a move when i saw an opportunity to open communication lines," said Aquino on Instagram last February 27. "Kung tanggihan mo ko, Paolo - I shall respect that. Nasa pamilya nyo ang kapangyarihan at ang buong lakas ng gubyerno at kapulisan ng Pilipinas - kaya sino naman nga ba ako?; "Hihiram ako ng linya kay Julia Roberts from Notting Hill (but of course rewriting it to suit our particular situation): I’m just a girl, unfortunately not standing in front of a boy, but doing it via social med...

A photographer who styled the pre-debut photo shoot of the granddaughter of President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to critics to know the whole story first before reacting to the controversial shoot in Malacanan. Top photographer Lito Sy has pointed out that Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte of Davao City, eldest son of President Duterte, has nothing to do with the photo shoot of his daughter Isabelle in the Palace. "People are saying that Paolo Duterte used government funds for the photo shoot of Isabelle. Naaawa ako kay Paolo because he really has no idea about this photo shoot," said Sy, during an exclusive interview at the Christmas party organized by the Mutya ng Pilipinas for members of the beauty pageant press at Aposento in Makati City last Dec. 19. Sy said that the photo shoot was the idea of Lovelie Sangkola Somera, mother of Isabelle, and former wife of Paolo. "Gastos ito ng mother ni Isabelle at hindi nga ito alam ni Paolo. Isabelle's mother is a ri...

Kapuso actor Gabby Concepcion laughed off the mistake committed by President Rodrigo Duterte who made reference to him in one of his speeches recently. "We all make mistakes. Thankyou for watching Ika 6 na Utos sir President. #DU30 #ika6nautos," said Concepcion on Instagram. At the 120th anniversary of the Department of Justice held at the Philippine International Convention Center, Duterte said in his speech: :“Ikaw? Gabby Concepcion, mukha kang pera, p*****ina ka. E, totoo man. E, sus." It turned out that Duterte was referring to Gabby Lopez, chairman and CEO of the giant network ABS-CBN Corporation. But Duterte mentioned the name of the Kapuso actor in his talk. The gaffee became one of the trending topics on social media. "Na ospital bigla dahil sa mistaken identity #mistaken #accident #ikaanimnautos #stray #wrong #wrongtarget #philippines," said Concepcion in a series of posts on Instagram. Concepcion, who just won the Asian Star Pr...

It looks like the Philippines will stage the Miss Universe pageant once again. But it will all depend on the decision of President Rodrigo, according to Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo during an interview on CNN Philippines on June 1. This after the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) offered the Philippines once again to host the prestigious beauty pageant sometime in November. Teo said in the same television interview that MUO President Paula Schugart will arrive in the country to discuss arrangements for the staging of the beauty pageant on June 7 or 8. "We have to ask the permission of the President. I already flowed the idea that they would want Miss Universe to be here. And he said, you know, we're still hosting the ASEAN," she said. The Philippines will be hosting the second Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Pampanga on November 13 to 14. "It will be in November. We're still considering if it's a go or no-go. There are man...