Image courtesy of Fashion PULIS reader
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Hottest of Them All: Xian Lim, Ejay Falcon and Erick Santos
Image courtesy of Instagram: starmagicphils
Fairest of Them All: Cherie Gil, Angel Aquino, Julia Montes and Kim Chiu
.jpg)
Image courtesy of Fashion PULIS reader
Friday, May 30, 2014
Spare Some Change for Her Concert
Image courtesy of www.colourbox.com
Despite warnings, OF dropped her feminine image, and decided to come clean about herself to the detriment of her family. Instead of getting sympathy from her parents, OF got the opposite. Her relatives expressed dismay over her chosen lifestyle, and the media hounded her family to broadcast their sentiments. The public was not kind, either. OF was subjected to ridicule and her fashion statement became the focus of jokes. OF was the compared with another singer who had earlier admitted to her sexuality, and they even had a concert together, which was not as successful as projected.
OF was stubborn. Instead of heeding her elders, who seemed to be protecting their own interests, OF stood her ground and stayed with the person she chose to love. OF challenged the norms, and by doing so resulted in a waning of interest in her career.
While things might not be as lucrative in the local scene, OF still has the international market, which she could take advantage. OF is scheduled to have a concert abroad, but the tickets are not selling as expected. Hence, the producers are selling the tickets in bulk, which translates to a very low price or even just change, for an individual ticket. Even OF has to sell her tickets personally. Well, OF has to work double as she has a partner to support and still some family members who depend on her. However, even if OF might not be financially viable as a performer as she was before, she is still being recognized as a respectable talent in the Filipino community abroad. In a few months, she will be performing with other international Filipino artists in a fund-raising concert for typhoon victims.
Will OF be able to salvage the dwindling interest in her career as she did have a good start in the international music scene? Will she be able to do it or will she be dismissed as a hasbeen even before she turns 30?
When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if somebody asked me how I would sum up my career, I would say I had a unbelievable, fabulous career. - Jim Leyland
Please abide by the GUIDELINES in writing comments if you want them to be posted. Initials and comments that are too explicit will not be accepted.
Follow @FashionPulis on Twitter for the latest update. Please continue to send your juicy stories to michaelsylim@gmail.com. Thank you very much for loving Fashion PULIS!
Disclaimer: The comments of the readers do not reflect the views and opinions of Fashion PULIS.
Rico Blanco Shocks His Fans!
Thanks to one of our loyal FP readers who sent me this video. I found it very heartwarming and admire Rico even more for giving back to the fans this once-in-a-lifetime surprise.
So watch the video, and let Rico know what you think of his surprise by tweeting him @ricoblanco. Kudos, Rico!
Little Asia
Appetizer sampler
Beef tenderloin rolls with cheese in teriyaki sauce
Combination Chow Mien
Emperor's fried rice
Fried green beans
Korean beef stew
Little Asia's crispy chicken
Pineapple fried rice
Pumpkin n Carrot soup
Salt n pepper frog legs
Velvet prawns with caramelized nuts
LITTLE ASIA:
Fort Bonifacio Branch
The Venice Piazza, McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
02-798-0354
* OFFER NOT VALID IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY PROMOS OR DISCOUNTS.
* NO SPLIT BILLS / SPLIT GROUPS ALLOWED.
* For delivery, you may call 8-7878.
* For catering inquiries, pls. call 0917-8334223.
* youtube: mrlittleasia
John Spainhour is Mister World Philippines 2014; Sam Ajdani is Mister World Philippines 2015
Image courtesy of Fashion PULIS reader
Hottest of Them All: Steven Silva, Tom Taus and Enzo Pineda
Image courtesy of Instagram: its_enzopineda
Fairest of Them All: Jasmine Curtis - Smith, Ruffa Gutierrez and Precious Lara Quigaman
Image courtesy of Instagram: iloveruffag
Thursday, May 29, 2014
When Reality Hits
.png)
Image courtesy of www.drawception.com
From the grapevine, CP had been acting strange lately. Many believe it’s an influence of his new habits since he was forced out of the boob tube. Earlier known for being Obsessive Compulsive , CP allegedly often ‘smells’ - personal hygiene sucks – no regular baths and tooth brushing, etc. Add to that are problems which are reportedly giving him sleepless nights. So easy to understand when you know where he’s coming from.
CP is allegedly having financial problems. The end is certainly justified when CP had been on spending spree, incurring very huge losses on his bad habits. With everything out, and nothing coming in, the next best thing is to sell properties to stay afloat. Some were already sold, while the rest (especially the big ones) are awaiting buyers.
CP’s one big dream project costing 800 Million is reportedly getting to be more unreachable by the day. Apart from liquidity problems, those in CP’s circle noted that such a project is difficult to mount, especially that he has self-destructed. Reportedly, CP is yet to pay his architect (of past projects) amounting to millions, as he is allegedly trying to confuse loose ends to get off the hook and not pay at all.
The once cheerful CP is reportedly getting paranoid with people around him - his staff, even his long-time Girlfriend GF. Staff and GF are not allowed to mingle together, not allowed to even look happy. GF allegedly prefers to be with the staff, less with CP who can’t seem to move without his bodyguards in tow. She gets tired of his calls, with many unfulfilled promises, treating her like a machine and wanting her only when he needs her – all at his convenience.
The pretty GF loved him, he showered her with expensive gifts, as in pieces of jewelry, bags, watches - but no money, not even gas allowance. CP reportedly gave GF a big house but kept the title to himself. Observers quipped that CP comes close to enslaving GF such that she left him many times but he would win her back. Whenever GF leaves CP, she would tell her friends that CP's big ego does not fit his extra small organ. Eventually, GF decided to leave CP for good and CP is even more depressed than ever.
“ Of all the properties which belong to men, not one is so highly prized as that of character. “ ~ Henry Clay
Follow @FashionPulis on Twitter for the latest update. Please continue to send your juicy stories to michaelsylim@gmail.com. Thank you very much for loving Fashion PULIS!
Disclaimer: The comments of the readers do not reflect the views and opinions of Fashion PULIS.
18 Senators in Final List
Image courtesy of www.philstar.com
Source: www.philstar.com
Most of the senators denied the accusations.
After the hubbub caused by the emergence of several lists of lawmakers linked to the scam, Napoles – though her lawyer Bruce Rivera – submitted yesterday the “expanded” affidavit to the Department of Justice containing the names of more lawmakers who had allegedly connived with her in embezzling their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
Rivera personally handed the affidavit to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima in a closed-door meeting in the afternoon.
A copy of the affidavit was immediately submitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon committee in compliance with a subpoena earlier issued by the panel.
“I am not the most guilty,” Napoles said in Filipino in her 32-page affidavit.
She said she got to know the people in the pork barrel scam through some agents, pointing to them as the ones who had peddled PDAF projects of the affected lawmakers.
“I learned from Cong. Butch Abad that NGOs and cooperatives were needed to negotiate with agencies,” she said.
She said that it was in 2000 when she was introduced by a certain Manuel Jarmin to Abad, then still a congressman of Batanes.
Napoles claimed that Abad told her about a P10-million project and showed her a Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) and explained what it was for.
After their meeting, Napoles claimed that she handed P2 million to Abad and that when the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) was released, another P2 million was allegedly turned over to the then congressman.
She claimed that Abad asked her if she had a non-government organization (NGO) and because she had none, “he told me he would take care of it.”
Napoles said that Abad used the Batanes Electric Cooperative to implement the project.
“After some time, he returned the P4 million I gave him with an added P2 million more. That is when I started to transact using the PDAF,” Napoles said.
DA role
Napoles also linked Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to the scam. She said the Department of Agriculture is one of those in the “shopping list” of the Department of Budget and Management to which lawmakers may allocate their PDAF.
Other DA officials Napoles linked to the scam were Ofelia Agawin, Alan Umali and Kimmy Patocabe.
In her expanded affidavit, Napoles said she wanted to take the opportunity to correct the wrong system still prevailing under the “Tuwid na Daan” of the Aquino administration.
Napoles also identified Ruth ‘Allen’ Ruste as the person who helped her late trusted staffer Niel Tan in getting the deals with the House of Representatives, while Catherine Mae “Maya” Santos was her contact for transactions with the DA and the Senate.
Ruste was a staff of former Rep. Maria Clara Lobregat. Ruste had also worked as chief of staff of Rep. Enrico Fabian and is now working for incumbent Rep. Lilia Macrohon Nuno.
Santos was staff member of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo when she was still a senator until she became vice president and then president.
Santos was with the Office of the President before she was appointed as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the DA.
Napoles maintained that all her PDAF transactions were delivered and implemented since these were double-checked by the inspection teams of the implementing agencies and then verified by the lawmakers and their coordinators.
Napoles also identified former presidential social secretary Ruby Tuason as the point person in her distribution of campaign funds for some senators. These deals had no delivery receipts, she added. It was only later that she learned that the funds – which reports said had reached as much as P900 million – came from the so-called Malampaya Fund. This was contained in her May 12, 2014 affidavit.
In her expanded affidavit, Napoles tagged Senators Francis Escudero, Alan Peter Cayetano and former senator Manuel Villar in the misuse of the Malampaya Fund for election purposes.
Napoles painted herself as a victim of the anomalous system in the allocation of pork barrel, which had been called different names – from Countrywide Development Fund in the 1990s to PDAF beginning in 2000.
Transparency
Blue Ribbon chairman Sen. Teofisto Guingona III received copies of Napoles’ initial affidavit and “extended” affidavit. Despite De Lima’s written request that he hold off the release of the latest affidavit, Guingona told reporters he had to release copies of the documents to the media in the spirit of transparency.
“Let the documents speak for themselves,” he said.
Napoles said that in revealing the truth she was aware that she would be stepping on toes.
She said she expects people in high places to get mad at her.
“The possibility that they will get back at me and my family and friends really worries me,” she said.
“I am a mother and a wife foremost. I just wanted to make a living for my family. Thus, as a mother, I am appealing for the exclusion of my children James Christopher Napoles and Jo Christine Napoles in the above-mentioned complaints. My children had no knowledge, participation and involvement whatsoever in the subject cases,” Napoles said in her affidavit.
“I realized that indeed I should tell the whole truth. By telling the truth, which the people have been clamoring and I have been wanting to do for a long time, I intend to help my country and work towards minimizing, if not totally eradicating corruption, so as not to put to waste these revelations,” Napoles said in her affidavit, which she signed last May 12.
Rivera earlier declined to give details of the affidavit, but Napoles’ other lawyer – Stephen David – told reporters earlier yesterday that the affidavit listed 18 senators with questionable dealings with the detained businesswoman.
David represented Napoles during the hearing yesterday on her motion for an extended stay at the Ospital ng Makati (Osmak) at the Makati regional trial court. He also said that more than a hundred congressmen and agents were tagged in her affidavit as having profited unduly from pork-funded projects.
He also stressed that her wish to turn state witness is not the reason for her spilling the beans on the lawmakers.
“Nobody wants to go to jail, that’s why she really wants to turn state witness. But it’s not the main reason why she’s talking now. As I said, this is a contract between her and her creator,” he said.
Rivera said Napoles, in her expanded affidavit, “is not justifying what she has done.” He said that while her affidavit indicates that she is not the least guilty, it also shows that she is “not the most guilty.”
He declined to share more details, citing the confidentiality rule under the witness protection program to which Napoles is applying.
But he confirmed the inclusion of more senators and congressmen whose names were not in the initial affidavit submitted to the DOJ last May 13.
He said the new affidavit – purportedly the final one – explains in greater detail the operations of Napoles’ bogus non-government organizations from 2000 to 2009. An earlier special audit conducted by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the pork barrel scam covered only the period of 2007 to 2008 and implicated Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile.
“We have supporting documents against each one of those named. We cannot be implicating people if we don’t have proofs,” he stressed, adding that the affidavit has narrative on the specific participation of lawmakers linked to the anomaly.
Rivera said that apart from special allotment release orders readily available from the DBM, Napoles also has in her possession other documents to back up her sworn statement.
“We will submit them whenever we will be asked to do so,” he said, reiterating her client’s wish to be taken in as state witness.
He also confirmed that the detained businesswoman had a “mother-to-mother” talk with De Lima during which the businesswoman asked that her children be spared from the controversy.
De Lima submitted to the Senate Blue Ribbon committee last May 15 an initial list from Napoles, but sought more time to submit a complete affidavit.
She asked the panel to withhold the release of the so-called “Napolist” until the completion of the final list and affidavit.
But soon after, committee chair Guingona made the list public.
The 10 incumbent senators in the first list were: Revilla, Estrada, Enrile, Vicente Sotto III, Loren Legarda, Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, Alan Cayetano, Gringo Honasan, Escudero and JV Ejercito.
But the camp of Napoles would later clarify that Ejercito was wrongly included due to “encoding error.” The senator was not included in the new affidavit, Rivera confirmed.
Former senator Villar and the late former senator Robert Barbers were also in the list on which Napoles had affixed her signature and two thumb marks.
Former Batanes congressman and now Budget Secretary Abad, as well as Technical Education and Skills Development Authority head Joel Villanueva, were also included.
The list has the names of 69 incumbent and former congressmen as well as those of alleged conduits for implementing agencies like the Departments of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, National Livelihood Development Corp., Technology Resource Center and National Agribusiness Corp.
The STAR on May 13 published an alleged list from Napoles that included 11 incumbent and former senators: Enrile, Estrada, Revilla, Sotto, Legarda, Pimentel, Villar, Cayetano, Honasan, Escudero and Barbers.
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
LinkWithin
