Richard Gutierrez, the new host of GMA’s “Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown,” received stern advice from his manager-mother, Annabelle Rama, prior to doing the show: “Sabi ko sa kanya bago siya umalis, ‘Chard, ‘wag kang pumayag sa papagawa sa ‘yo kung ano-ano ha? Basta mag-host ka lang dun.’”

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"Basta ang alam ko lang, I kind of don’t wanna wear white sana.”

This is what Regine Velasquez declared in an interview with Ricky Lo for “Startalk” on Sept. 5, which was done in a room at the Peninsula Hotel in the U.S. “Kasi, kinasal na rin ako nang ilang beses sa movie, at saka hindi na rin naman ako 16,” she explained with a laugh.

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DEAR CHICO AND DELAMAR…

My son has been in a relationship with his girlfriend for more than three years now, and throughout that time she has become close to the family. I personally thought she was going to be the one.

Then they broke up a couple of weeks ago. She did it over the phone, and my son has not taken it well. He’s been “in mourning”, so to speak, since they broke up, and has been inconsolable whatever I do. I’m starting to worry that it might end up affecting his studies.

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Everyone was at AdHoc last weekend. If you were anywhere near Roxas Boulevard on Saturday night, you probably would’ve run out of reasons to try and explain the unusual traffic. If you were in the vicinity of the World Trade Center around an hour before Sunday, you must’ve been wondering about the long lines outside. Was there a concert, maybe? Adam Lambert doesn’t arrive until a month from now. I, for one, was wondering when my sister would come home. She disappeared into the night, along with all her friends and probably the rest of mine.

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Stephen Chbosky wrote a book called “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and people like me (i.e., wallflowers) declared it an easy favorite.

We quote from it on a regular basis, largely to remind (convince?) ourselves that life isn’t so bad. It talks about the perks, after all. Particularly, driving through a tunnel and playing just the right music and feeling infinite.

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Malacañang yesterday said Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje and Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz were all appointed in an acting capacity so they would not have to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA).

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The Philippine Army’s anti-crime Task Force Tugis has sealed all key entry and exit points here after three separate bombings rocked the city and a commercial district in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao over the weekend.

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Filipino-Americans have urged sports bodies and ethnic organizations to censure Floyd Mayweather for his “racist and homophobic rant” against Manny Pacquiao.

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