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Good news comes for movie lovers. Cinemas across Indonesia will soon be reopened. Previously cinemas were closed to prevent transmission of the coronavirus (Covid-19). This was announced by the Indonesia Cinema Management Association (GPBSI) which said it would resume cinema operational activities starting Wednesday, July 29, 2020, simultaneously throughout Indonesia. The chairman of GPBSI, Djonny Syafruddin said that mall entrepreneurs …

MAKATI CITY – TV host KC Montero and 100 others were arrested in a bar in Makati City Sunday night for allegedly violating community quarantine guidelines against mass gathering. According to the Makati City Police, they conducted a police raid at the 18th-floor roof deck lounge bar Skye Bar in Barangay Salcedo Village on Sunday afternoon. Atleast 100 individuals were …

MANILA – Former Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr. has passed away, his son Sen. Bong Revilla Jr. confirmed on Friday. Bong said that his father “succumbed to heart failure” at 5:20 p.m., Almost two months after the late senator was confined due to difficulty in breathing. Senator Bong broke the news on his Facebook account this afternoon saying that his father …

MANILA – The Supreme Court en banc on Tuesday dismissed the quo warranto charge by Solgen Jose Calida against the media titan as the franchise already expired in May. Supreme Court spokeman Brian Keith Hosaka confirmed the court’s action on Calida’s request to revoke ABS-CBN’s franchise for alleged violation of condition set by the congress on their approved 25-year franchise …

Metro Manila – Actress Sharon Cuneta has asked the assistance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in dealing with the netizen who threatened to rape her daughter on a social media post. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed the news saying that the actress has brought the matter to their agency and expressed strong desires to file a criminal complaint against …

MANILA – Singer and now former ABS-CBN talent Daryl Ong revealed that he’s no longer part of the network after he and fellow singer Bugoy Drilon were banned from ABS-CBN after talking about the embattled network’s franchise while on a gig in Visayas. In his video on YouTube, Daryl explained why the network banned him and this is due to …

MANILA  – Former model Avi Siwa was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday for the unauthorized selling of COVID-19 rapid test kits worth Php 70,000. Avigail Siwa was nabbed by the Agents of NBI at an entrapment operation in Manila after a businesswoman Jessielyn Fernando reported her for estafa. She allegedly paid Siwa P4.4 million as …

MANILA – Actor and singer Sam Milby revealed on his 36th birthday post last Saturday that he and Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray are in a relationship. On his Instragram, the actor posted a picture of them together with a caption: “Worth every second of the wait. Most special birthday yet.” Sam Milby revealed his relationship Sam celebrated his 36th …

MANILA – Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday raised a slew of franchise issues and violations allegedly committed by ABS-CBN as congress opened its hearing on Tuesday on the new franchise application of the media titan. Referencing artist Kim Chui in her viral video clip, “Bawal Lumabas,” Marcoleta accused the network of not complying with the provisions in expired 25-year …

METRO MANILA – The House of Representatives bill granting ABS-CBN a temporary franchise would require the media titan to cough up 10% of its paid advertisements to the government. In Section 4 on the Responsibility to the Public of House Bill (HB) No. 6732, which was signed by House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and seven other members of the House …