One of the top leading broadcast media network in the Philippines, GMA 7 has brilliantly given a new adaptation to the Philippine National Anthem.

Lupang Hinirang is presented in a major cinematic film performance which starred the biggest names in GMA 7 Artists pool, including Marian Rivera, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Marvin Agustin, Dingdong Dantes, Richard Gutierrez, Dennis Trillo and more.

Watch the history unfold as something every Filipino should be proud of.

Eighty-three beautiful women around the world compete for the Miss Universe 2010 crown. Earlier, Miss Universe 2010 beauties have been revealed at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who is the fairest of them all?

Special Awards

Best In National Costume  and Miss Photogenic:
Thailand – Fonthip Watcharatrakul

Miss Universe 2010 4th Runner Up: Philippines – Maria Venus Raj

Miss Universe 2010 3rd Runner Up: Ukraine – Anna Poslavska

Miss Universe 2010 2nd Runner Up: Australia – Jesinta Campbell
Miss Congeniality

Miss Universe 2010 1st Runner Up: Jamaica – Yendi Phillipps

Miss Universe 2010 Winner: Mexico – Jimena Navarrete

After the heartbreaking 11 hours hostage-taking at Quirino Grandstand yesterday, it’s a welcoming result that our Miss Universe bet Venus Raj was able to make it to the top 5. You made our day a little brighter today. You made the Filipinos proud.

Pictures: Source

SINGAPORE (AFP) – – A devoted Filipina maid inherited six million Singapore dollars (more than four million US) from her late employer after more than 20 years of service, a newspaper report said Wednesday.

“I am the luckiest maid in Singapore, with or without the money,” the 47-year-old single woman — identified only by the pseudonym “Christine” — told the Straits Times in an interview.

The maid refused to be named in public for fear of possible threats to her life in the impoverished Philippines, where wealthy people have been kidnapped for ransom and some killed by their abductors.

The windfall, including cash and a luxury apartment near the Orchard Road shopping belt, came from the estate of her employer Quek Kai Miew, a medical doctor and philanthropist who died last year at 66.

The maid had also taken care of the doctor’s late mother, and was told that she would be a beneficiary of her employer’s will when it was drawn up in 2008.

“There were no secrets between us. I was not surprised at all when she told me how much I was going to get,” the maid recalled.

“Christine” was devastated when Quek died a year ago, as the two were inseparable, and temporarily moved in with the doctor’s nephew for solace.

“It was heartbreaking for me as I saw more years with Doctor Quek than with my own mother. I would break down every time I thought about her. I could not be by myself,” she said.

“I was always beside her. Wherever she went, I was with her.”

The maid, who is now applying for permanent residency in Singapore, said her newfound wealth had not changed her lifestyle.

“I do not really think much about the money I got. I just live my life as I did before, and not as a rich person,” the maid, dressed simply in a blouse and slacks with short-cropped hair, was quoted as saying.

“I am still who I was before. I cannot behave differently because I have money now. Even my Filipino maid friends here still treat me the same.”

Nearly 200,000 foreign maids, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, work in affluent Singapore, which has a population of five million.

Multi-awarded Hollywood star, Leonardo DiCaprio will visit Albay, Philippines early next month. He is about to spearhead an environmental-awareness project with conglomerates from Albay.

It is Joyce Ramirez, Director for International Publicity at PR Asis Worldwide, who invited DiCaprio to the Philippines to help boost the tourism industry in the country particularly in Albay. He will be working with provincial government of Albay led by Gov. Joey Salceda and Bicolano business tycoon Elizaldy “Zaldy”  Co of the Sunwest Group of Companies.

DiCaprio will stay for a week and will check-in at the Misibis Bay, a luxury island resort located in Legazpi City, which is fast becoming a world-class eco-tourism destination.

His upcoming movie, Inception will be shown in theaters soon.

A beautiful wedding in Black and White. The mood emanating from all scenes spell only pure joy and love. True love from family, friends, the bride and groom. As Mayad Studios have worded, it was pure bliss from start to end.

Witness Jerico Placido and Marizel Sarangelo (aka Tuesday Vargas)’s as they exchanged an intimate and lighthearted wedding celebration in Discovery Shores, Boracay.

Photographer : Jill Lejano; Melo Balingit; Chito Cleofas
Coordinator: Amanda Tirol
Videographer: Mayad Studios
Bridal Gown and Groom’s Suit: Frederick Peralta
Bride’s Shoes: Cesar Gaupo
Entourage Dresses: Francis “Tatah” Galias
Bride’s Make-Up: Propaganda’s Ricci Chan