April, 2026

• 12 April

  Bea Alonzo and Vincent Co’s multiple wedding ceremonies

  

  (Clockwise from top) Bea Alonzo, Vincent Co, Beatriz Saw, Dimples Romana and Boyet Ahmee, Jr. (Photo Credit: Dimples Romana/Facebook); Vincent Co and Bea Alonzo (Photo Credit: Oskee Racabar/Facebook) Once is not enough. Two or more isn’t too much especially if it is an expression of love like getting married. A Filipino hyperbole “…pakakasalan sa lahat ng simbahan (…will marry in all …

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• 12 April

  Wanted: Showbiz community pantry

  

  These days have been seeing frenzied Filipinos over the continuous oil price hike that makes life harder to bear. There are panaceas, though, no matter how short-lived but still curative. Noticeably, each sector has a way of adapting to the current realities of an economic debacle to lighten up. The Catholic Church in its pastoral letter last Easter Sunday had …

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• 12 April

  Art exhibit with Cecil Guidote-Alvarez in defense of West Philippine Sea

  

  If there’s a compelling issue that needs to be settled, count on art to mediate. Arts have the power to inspire people, decide and move them to action, after all. That is what the purpose of the Camp Aquino Station Hospital (CASH) in Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City is all about when it launched the SGD-WPS art exhibit last …

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• 12 April

  Celeste Legaspi and OPM friends roar and soar again and again

  

  Original Pilipino Music (OPM) stalwart and Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (OPM) founder Celeste Legaspi did it again. It’s up her alley, indeed. It wasn’t only to stir the social consciousness of the public through music which is her cup of tea but to offer fun and entertainment as well. “Groovin’ OPM Greatest Hits” was a success at the Newport World …

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• 12 April

  Ian de Leon perplexed about memorial mass for one-year death anniv of Nora Aunor

  

  It’s the cord that binds body and soul between a mother and child. It is more than the love, affection and care of a son to his mom. Kristoffer Ian de Leon, simply called Ian, has been fond of his mother, the eternal Superstar, the National Artist for Film and Broadcast Nora Aunor now and beyond. On the observance of …

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• 12 April

  Why the fuss over urea

  

  BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz THE FUEL crisis triggered by the ongoing war in Iran is definitely affecting the food supply chain and energy programs of the world. Its  negative impact in the Philippines is on food and energy supply which all depend on petrochemicals. Prices of urea—the most used chemical fertilizer in our farms– have skyrocketed to …

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• 12 April

  NDA reports less milk imports in 2025

  

  DAIRY imports in 2025 declined by 3 percent as a result of 3.388 million metric tons in liquid milk equivalent (MMT-LME) down from 3.5 MMT-LME in 2024 because of better milk production, according to the National Dairy Authority (NDA). This is because the country’s milk production surged to a record-high of 43.3 million liters in 2025, according to the Philippine …

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• 12 April

  February export receipts from coco-based products down

  

  RECEIPTS from coconut-based exports declined by 2.1 percent in February because of  lower revenues from coconut oil—the country’s top farm export, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported.  PSA figures showed the value of coconut-based exports declined to $569.25 million from the previous year’s $581.43 million. Coconut oil accounted for the bulk of shipments at $442.97 million, down by 11.6 percent …

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• 12 April

  Tariff from meat import hits P22 billion in 2025

  

  MEAT imports in 2025 gave a record-high of over P22 billion in tariffs and taxes, driven by higher volume as the country continued to depend on foreign supplies to meet its growing animal protein requirement. In a report, the House of Representatives’ Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department (CPBRD) computed the government’s tariff and value added tax (VAT) revenues from …

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• 12 April

  Phl foreign reserves stay strong despite drop

  

  The country’s external financial position remains stable even after a month-on-month decline in foreign reserves, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Latest preliminary data released last week showed that gross international reserves (GIR) stood at $107.5 billion in March, down from $113.3 billion in February. The GIR is composed of foreign-denominated securities, foreign exchange holdings, gold assets, and …

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