REEL DEAL: 5 Girls and a Dad from Net 25

Net 25 (Eagle Broadcasting Corporation) opens 2012 with a brand new show which its first-ever teleserye, “5 Girls And A Dad” on January 23. This new drama series is timely as it mirrors a phenomenon in Filipino society – the growing percentage of single parent families.




Starring respected character actor Richard Quan as the “Dad”, Enzo (Lorenzo Legaspi) who has to take care of five daughters with ages ranging from 17 years old down to a newborn, this new drama series tackles the challenges and joys of being a single father.


Beauty-queen-turned-actress, Lara Quigaman plays the role of Veron, Enzo’s wife. The couple has five daughters, played by NET 25’S new talents - Dixi Nedic as Mimay, their eldest, Kate Nizedel as Anna Lisa, Abby Quilnat as Alex, and child star Chesca “Cruzita” Salcedo who plays Valerie, the child with autism. In the story, Veron dies while giving birth to their fifth child, Angel. With Veron gone, Enzo, a taxi operator/driver, is devastated and is left to take care of their five daughters.


“5 Girls And A Dad” is written by award-winning writer, Lualhati Bautista and directed by Elson S. Montalbo. Co-directors who will also handle episodes during the run of the series are Rolly Palmes, Ray Duvane de Leon and Mike Silva. It will air Monday to Friday, from 7:30 p.m. To 8:30 p.m., starting on January 23. 

ART IS A BANG: PASINAYA 2012 Call For Volunteers

Lets bring art closer to our lives this February! VOLUNTEER FOR PASINAYA 2012! lets enjoy music, dance, film, theater, visual arts, literature, culinary arts and more! Tell your friends, relatives, distant relatives, strangers on the street, everyone! PASINAYA 2012 Open House Festival is on Februrary 26, 2012.

FASHIONISTA: Penshoppe Pre-Summer 2012 Feel Good Fashion With a Casual Edge

Fresh from a stellar 25th anniversary year in which leading fashion brand PENSHOPPE showed every other local apparel group how a leveled up campaign should be, the label now continues its brand-repositioning process, with the goal of reinforcing its position as the top of the mind brand for years to come. 

So what can we expect from PENSHOPPE this 2012? Traditional casual wear with clean nautical touches. Color blocking. Light fabrics that are easy to wear. “The latest campaign is more relaxed and approachable. Definitely feel good fashion with a casual edge,” shares Brand Director Alex Mendoza. “Trends to look forward to over the year are more vivid use of colors, clean silhouettes, acid wash jeans and our highly popular varsity jackets.”

Consequently, PENSHOPPE kicks off its Pre-Summer 2012 campaign with a modern take on cheerful wardrobe fundamentals such as jeans, shirts, jackets and other signature style as fronted by the brand’s strongest brand presenters: Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick, Asian superstar Mario Maurer and local “it” girl Solenn Heussaff.  

CASUAL COOL: The New Kind of HOT

There are many reasons why a smart, sensible guy’s girlfriend would take one long look at Ed Westwick’s latest campaign for PENSHOPPE and run to the store – boyfriend in tow. After his surreal visit to Manila last year much to the amazement of fans and fashion observers alike, it seems apparent that to create a Chuck Bass out of every guy became every girl’s 2012 resolution. 

To start off the new year Ed remains as PENSHOPPE’s biggest level up ammunition and for one very good reason: There is no one out there who can pull it off the way Ed can.

Simply put, there is no other Chuck Bass.

GMA News airs live daily coverage of "The Chief Justice on Trial" on GMA News TV Channel 11

Watch the special live coverage of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona in "The Chief Justice on Trial" airing on GMA News TV Channel 11, Mondays to Thursdays, 2 to 6 pm beginning this Monday, January 16, 2012.   

Viewers may also be able to view the coverage online via livestream on GMA's news website http://www.gmanews.tv/livestream.

Mikey Bustos for OKRA SOUP

The day is indeed near for you to have a taste of OKRA SOUP and as a teaser we have YouTube Sensation Mikey Bustos (Pinoy Accent Tutorials) inviting you to watch and subscribe to the official and only YouTube channel of Manual to Lyf.

January 2012.

Fighting Hunger Together at Sinulog 2012

Photo Credit: WFP/Philipp Herzog

WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries.

WFP Country Director and Representative Stephen L. Anderson and CEO of Julie’sBakeshop Joseph Gandionco at Cebu City jointly raising awareness about hunger. Proceeds from the sales of Julie’s “Bayan Bread" are helping school children in conflict and Sendong-affected areas of Mindanao.

WFP now provides RSS feeds to help journalists keep up with the latest press releases, videos

and photos as they are published on WFP.org. For more details

Follow them on Twitter: @wfp_media

For more information please contact:

Charlene Tordesillas, WFP/Manila, Tel: +63 2 7502561 Mobile:

Email Address: charlene.tordesillas@wfp.org

SM City North EDSA Welcomes The Year of The Water Dragon!

农历新年快乐!

Chinese New Year is Near and SM North EDSA is celebrating the new year with prosperity and happiness. The celebration kicks off at 4PM today at SM North EDSA the Block Atrium. See you there and prepare the celebration of the coming Lunar New Year! 

MUSIC LYF: Yonel's Top 30 - January 14 2012

AKON's "Shine Like A Star" remains No. 1 this week on Yonel TOP 30 HITS 

GMA Network opens 2012 with a loud roar in Golden Dragon-themed trade launch

GMA Network, Inc. (GMA), the country’s leading multimedia company, begins a prosperous new year with a piercing roar in the market.


Come January 17 and 18, the leading Network delivers trade presentations to its partner-advertisers at special gala events to be held at the New World Hotel (Makati).



Themed “Legend of the Golden Dragon,” the event showcases the Network’s key platforms and projects this 2012, with the biggest Kapuso actors and actresses in attendance.


Aside from the being the acknowledged premier free-to-air channel on the nationwide ratings chart, GMA continues its aggressive expansion efforts with upgrades in the programming lineup for regional, national, and international audiences.


The event also celebrates the unprecedented success of television’s leading all-news channel GMA News TV (GNTV), which rose above competing news channels in less than a year from its launch. Likewise, it serves as the launch pad of ad-friendly innovations in GMA’s other platforms, such as leading radio channels Super Radyo DZBB 594khz and Baragay LS 97.1, and the all-in-one media website GMANetwork.com.

Reel Deal: Juggernauts UIP-SOLAR become the country’s biggest film distributor of all time

United International Pictures. together with its local affiliate Solar Entertainment Corp., one of the country’s leading film distributors, recorded its biggest year of all time in 2011 at theatrical grosses of PHP1.600 billion and still counting, announces by Mr. Wilson Tieng President of Solar Entertainment Corp. Surpassing  Warner’s Bros. 2010’s  record of PHP1.3 billion.


Tent-poles films, which were mostly great sequels, such as Fast and Furious 5, Kung Fu Panda 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Marvel’s Thor quickly escalated the gross tallies to 1 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Tent-pole films on the horizon also have all the potential, to reach 1 billion this oncoming year with firestarters left and right such as Universal Pictures’ Battleship, Snow White and the Huntsman, Safe House, Bourne Legacy, American Pie: The Reunion, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, 47 Ronin, and Les Misarables; Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe Retaliation, and the re-envisioning of the classic tale Hansel and Gretel: Witchhunter; and DreamWorks’ 3D animation Madagascar 3 and Rise of the Guardians. 


BATTLESHIP. An epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies, and over land as our planet is forced to fight for survival against a superior armada of unknown origins.