LAKBAYAN: Discover the North Pole at SM North EDSA

Experience the North Pole in the city with SM NORTH EDSA!



Christmas is here at SM North EDSA with the majestic display of things found at the North Pole. And this is where we can find Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, the elves and even the reindeers!


Visit their website at www.smnenorthpole.com, take the 360 virtual tour, and also like them on facebook at www.facebook.com/smnedsa.


Northpole Christmas at SM City North Edsa recreates Santa’s life in his home, the place where Christmas began. It is where kids and kids-at-heart can experience the joy and wonders of Santa’s snowy village where dreams come to life and wishes come true!
Santa is so happy you have come to visit his place. He has the North Pole full of fun and exciting things to do for kids this Christmas.

LAKABAYAN: San Juanico Golf Hotel - A Holiday Paradise Beckons

Enjoy Christmas and vacation trips at a holiday paradise with families and friends. The San Juanico Golf Hotel is a 30-room hotel surrounded with breath-taking verdant landscape of flat and gently sloping greens, panorama of endless rolling hills and mountains offers world-class amenities and accommodations to those visiting Eastern Visayas. 

Guests at the hotel get an exquisite view of the San Juanico Bridge, a historic structure and an engineering marvel that spans two kms across the strait that connects Samar and Leyte provinces.  It is considered the most beautiful sea-spanning bridge in the Philippines. 

REEL DEAL Movies and Television: Andy Serkis SPOTLIGHT

Andy Serkis plays Captain Haddock in  Spileberg’s The Adventure of Tintin

To play Haddock, Jackson suggested an actor he knew had what it would take to embody all the dynamics of the role:  Andy Serkis.   “Knowing Andy as well as I did, I knew he’d be absolutely terrific, so I arranged for him to meet Steven, who saw right away what he could bring to it,” he says.  


Spielberg adds: “Andy and Jamie had fantastic chemistry as this iconic pairing of a youthful, moral straight shooter and an old, reprobate sea captain.  They’re complete opposites, yet Captain Haddock brings many lessons to Tintin’s life, and Tintin really gives Haddock a chance to redeem himself.”


Serkis, who has been a fan of the comic since childhood, decided to give his character, whose origins are open to interpretation, a Scottish brogue that sets the tone for his journey.   “It seemed appropriate that Haddock should have a kind of rawness and emotional availability,” Serkis explains.  “He’s a great seaman and has great potential as a human being, but he’s kind of lost in self-pity, and it is Tintin, this boy, who helps him realize that he can connect with other people again.”

REEL DEAL Movies and Television: Jeremy Renner SPOTLIGHT

Jeremy Renner talks about Tom Cruise and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Academy Award winner Jeremy Renner  plays  the enigmatic agent William Brandt Misson Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The character had immediate appeal to Renner.  “Brandt is an analyst, a seemingly tight-wound desk guy who is smart as a whip, and that’s his job.  He’s not very emotional about things.  Then, you slowly start to see the revealing of who he really is – particularly through seeing this physical skill set you would not expect out of a tight, blue shirt-wearing analyst.  He doesn’t really want to be part of the team, but circumstances force him to join the group,” says Renner.

EVENTOLOGY: 0% Fear 100% Love

As part of the World AIDS Sunday you might want to check out this event happening at UST this December 4, 2011. Below is an eposcopal letter to ministers, leaders and the youth. 0% Fear 100% Love


Dear friends,


Greetings in the Lord on this Day 351 of our CBCP Year of the Youth, which is also World AIDS Day!


I trust everyone is still afire with the renewal which our national celebration of the NYD2011 has sparked in us. Our thanks continue to ring to our fellow youth ministers in the FNYO. The ecclesial youth organizations and movements truly are a gift to our Church, and are important partners in the mission.


I write to you now concerning a significant partnership which our commission has made. This is on the issue of HIV-AIDS, something which I believe is not foreign anymore to you, and one that is affecting many of our people, among them young. Our Church, loving Mother that she is, is at the forefront on efforts on this, both internationally and locally. Here in our country, we have the Philippine Catholic HIV-AIDS Network or PhilCHAN: a network of Catholic groups has been formed to be our Church's lead agent in her evangelizing effort on this issue. The Episcopal Commission on Youth is one of those CBCP offices within this network, along with the Episcopal Commissions on Health Care; on Migrants and Itinerant People; and on Social Action, Justice and Peace.

PCIJ Media Killing Series on GMA NEWS TV

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism in partnership with GMA News TV airs The Herson Hinolan Case: See No Evil last Saturday night at 9:55 pm on Channel 11.

Herson Hinolan was a hard-hitting radio broadcaster for Bombo Radyo Kalibo. Hinolan’s bombastic and aggressive commentary earned him the ire of many Aklanon politicians. Colleagues remember that Hinolan even engaged in a heated argument with Lezo Mayor Alfredo Arcenio while on the air, to the point where the two challenged each other to a gunfight.

REEL DEAL Movies and Television: I DO Times Two!! The Jolina Magdangal-Mark Escueta Wedding Special

Newlyweds Jolina Magdangal and Mark Escueta finally divulge exclusive details of their wedding in “I Do”, Times Two! The Jolina Magdangal-Mark Escueta Wedding Special this Sunday on GMA-7’s SNBO.

 The hour-long special brings to television viewers a unique and inspiring love story between an actress who grew up before the public’s eyes, and a musician whose tracks helped define an entire generation

EVENTOLOGY: Vista Land Valenza Homeowners Give Back to The Children of SOS Foundation

Christmas might still be a weeks away but it does not mean the spirit of giving has to wait. Last November 26, 2011 we went to one of the eclusive properties of Crown Asia located in Sta Rosa City, VALENZA. And on the facade of the property you can already see the Christmas decoration with a life-sized nativity scene and of course Christmas lights and poinsettias.  But its not just that we were there for. We came to witness a early Christmas celebration with the residents of Valenza, contractors and the children from SOS Foundation.

Juan Minute Spotlight: Eugene Domingo for MY HOUSE HUSBAND Ikaw Na!

It has been a busy year for Ms. Eugene Domingo as she made several milestones in her life in television and movies. This year, she stars in 3 films in the Metro Manila Film Festival. But it is MY HOUSE HUSBAND IKAW NA that she showcases another wacky yet funny personality that made her loved by many including me.


Here role in the movie is Aida, the neighbor of the young couple who gets involved and very close with House Husband Ryan, and fuels suspicious. She said that this character is a another character that will be loved. She said that she loved doing scene with Judy Ann and Ryan and they have been great friends since 'Ploning'.

EVENTOLOGY: 11th World Bazaar Festival

Kapamilya Stars to join the Grandest Christmas Bazaar this December

What do Kapamilya stars Judy Ann Santos, Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Xian Lim, Matteo Guidicelli and Phoemela Baranda have in common? These household names and more are set to join the Philippines’ grandest Christmas Bazaar - the 11th World Bazaar Festival.

In the tradition of organizing hugely successful bazaars year after year, Wordbex Services International, in partnership with ABS-CBN, brings you this year’s longest and grandest charity bazaar in Manila, the 11th World Bazaar Festival.