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Jessica Soho Top-rated and award-winning Filipino program Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) continues to bring honor to the country, winning a Bronze Tower Trophy at the 2025 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for its investigative documentary “Minahan sa Homonhon Island” (Nickel and Dime: The Cost of Mining in Homonhon Island). Aired on April 17, 2024, the episode examined the long-term environmental and social consequences of large-scale nickel mining on Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Through compelling storytelling and field reporting, the piece spotlighted the plight of local communities amid extractive industrial activities. “This year’s New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Grand Jury of award-winning producers, writers, journalists, editors, and filmmakers from around the globe judged wide-reaching, complex, innovative, and in-depth content from 43 countries,” said Rose Anderson, Executive Vice President & Executive Director of New York Festivals. “The excepti...

A Book of Directory of Farm Schools, Tourist Farms and Learning Sites in the Philippines was handed down to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. by Senator Cynthia Villar during the Signing of Executive Order for the Moratorium on the Annual Amortization of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Malacanang on Sept. 13, 2022. The directory is a part of Sen Villar’s effort to promote farm tourism and farm schools in the country. This also serves as a reference guide for farm enthusiasts, interested trainees, and tourists.  Senator Imee Marcos and Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella also joined the handover.

Senators Cynthia Villar and Mark Villar, together with Deputy Speaker Camille Villar, led the inauguration of the 676-meter Zapote River Drive along Pasong Baka that transverses Brgy. Talon 1 and Brgy, Talon 5 in Las Piñas City.  The river drive will ease up traffic from Marcos Alvarez Ave. going to Brgy. Pilar, also in Las Pinas.   Also in photo: (1st row) Kag.Tony Ramos, and Kag.  Romy Clavecillas, both of  Brgy. Talon 1; Asst Dist. Engr. Cristina Tacardon, LPMDEO- DPWH; Dist Engr. Isabelo Baleros LPMDEO-DPWH; Kap. Josie Bumanlag, Brgy. Talon 5, Kap. Miling Ramos, Talon 1; Coun. Lord Aguilar; Coun. Ruben Ramos;  Coun. Carlo Aguilar; Kag. Marlon Chua, Brgy. Talon 5. (2nd row) Kag. Ricardo Lucena,  Kag. George Zuniga, Kag. Rommel Serafico, all of Brgy. Talon 1 and Kag. Tyrone Rangel,  Kag. Yolly Tan, Kag. Wilson Tuibeo, all of Brgy. Pilar; Councilor Danny Hernandez and Kag. Ping Nerbes, also of  Brgy. Pilar.  

  GMA Network, Inc.'s Executive Committee has elected Atty. Annette Gozon-Valdes on August 17, 2022 as its new Senior Vice President effective September 1 this year. In this role she will oversee the Talent Management and Development Dept., Program Management Dept., Human Resources Dept., Legal Dept., Worldwide Division, and some subsidiaries in the Kapuso Network.    She has been a director of GMA since 2000 and was part of the team that led GMA's phenomenal rise to the top.    She serves in numerous leadership roles across the Network. Among these was setting up GMA New Media, the Network’s digital media and technology arm and future-proofing agent.  As President of GMA Worldwide, she led the team that distributed GMA's shows to territories in Asia, North America, Middle East, and Africa. Atty. Gozon-Valdes was also instrumental in pushing for new partnerships with new global platforms and in bringing some of the best foreign shows to the Filipinos such a...

  Sen. Cynthia Villar stressed anew the importance of wetlands in providing wildlife habitats, including as sanctuary of migratory birds. On the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day, Villar said the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park (LPWP) located South of Manila Bay, has served as resting and feeding grounds for migratory birds coming from Japan, China, and Siberia. “Wetlands have a unique characteristic and serve a lot of functions that is why these areas are protected and preserved,” Villar said. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, authored Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas Act or E-NIPAS Act, which lists the Las Pinas-Paranaque Wetland Park as a protected area. The park is a 175- hectare nature reserve providing sanctuary to 82 species of wild bird including Philippine ducks, Chinese egret, and the Black-winged stilts.   It has 36 hectares of mangrove forest, the thickest and most diverse among ...

  Kapuso star Derek Ramsay was rushed to the emergency room after he looked straight into the ultraviolet (UV) light he was fixing. Ramsay said that they have a UV light which they use in disinfecting things. In an interview with “Mars Pa More” on GMA 7, Ramsay said that the UV light was flickering when he decided to fix it. His girlfriend Andrea Torres reminded him not to look straight at the UV light. Still Ramsay looked at it quickly. “Around 2 a.m. hindi ko na maidilat ‘yung mata ko. Talagang they were burning, eh ayoko naman siyang gisingin.” (Manila Bulletin) For full details, click:  https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/28/derek-ramsay-rushed-to-hospital-after-looking-straight-into-uv-light/

Senator Cynthia Villar said the growing number of volunteers and partner organizations that take part in the clean-up and mangrove planting activities should be credited for the strides made in the Manila Bay rehabilitation campaign. Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, made this statement as the International Day of Coastal Cleanup was observed over the weekend. Villar said almost 12 years after the issuance of the Supreme Court mandamus compelling government agencies and local government units to clean up and rehabilitate Manila Bay, “we still have a long way to go before we restore the bay to its pristine condition.” “Natutuwa ako dahil mas marami na tayo ngayong volunteers and partners sa ating clean up and mangrove planting activities in Manila Bay. Marami sa kanila ang hindi tumitigil sa paglilinis kahit may pandemya,” Villar said. Five years ago, Villar started a project in Baseco Compound. Together with the Department of Health, she initiat...