Paulo Avelino Takes Lead from Aljur Abrenica ’100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines for 2012′ 4th Update

Paulo Avelino captures no. 1 position overtaking previous leader Aljur Abrenica in our 4th update for the online poll “100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines for 2012.”

Three Kapamilya hunks entered the Top 20 namely: Vhong Navarro, Enchong Dee and Jericho Rosales at the expense of Rocco Nacino, Ahron Villena and Dennis Trillo who left the leaderboard.

 20 as of January 28, 2012, .m

BUBBLING UP:

21. Ahron Villena
22. Rocco Nacino
23. Kevin Fowler
24. John Lloyd Cruz
25. Rodjun Cruz
26. Piolo Pascual
27. Dennis Trillo
28. Tom Rodriguez
29. JC de Vera
30. Richard Gutierrez

Legend:
M – Movement
TR – Today’s Ranking
PR – Previous Ranking
N – New Entry in the Top 20


HOW TO VOTE:
1. Go to Starmometer’s Facebook Album (you must be signed on at Facebook).
2. Like the photo of the male celebrity that you want to vote for. You can like more than one celebrity, there’s no limit!
3. The ranking of the 100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines for 2012 will be based on the number of likes they will receive from the readers.
4. Voting is until 11:59PM of April 8, 2012. The full list and this year’s “Sexiest Man” in the country will be revealed on April 9, 2012.
5. Vote now!



Talk about “100 Sexiest Men in the Philippines” on twitter using the hash tag: #100MenPHL

Goodbye 'Showtime' Welcome ‘Happy Yipee Yehey!’

ABS-CBN has released an official statement about their new noontime show titled “It’s Showtime.”

Here is the official statement from the Kapamilya network:

After two years of being a morning kapamilya favorite, “It’s Showtime” will be ABS-CBN’s newest noontimeprogram effective Monday, February 6, 2012.

The new show will be hosted by Vhong Navarro, Anne Curtis, Billy Crawford, Karylle, ‘Kuya’ Kim Atienza, Teddy Corpuz, Jugs Jugueta and Vice Ganda, whose camaraderie, spontaneity, talents, and shared sense of humor have brought joy to kapamilyas. Joining them in “It’s Showtime” are dance master Jhong Hilario, and favorite “ex hurados” Ryan Bang, and Coleen Garcia.

Together, they will be bringing a new and more exciting show filled with surprises and engaging segments that will make viewers experience MORE FUN IN SHOWTIME.

ABS-CBN thanks the “madlang people, ” here in the Philippines and in The Filipino Channel (TFC) markets worldwide, for being with Showtime and its hosts in their journey of bringing joy and hope every morning the past two years. ABS-CBN invites the viewers to continue their unwavering support for Showtime as it moves to noontime, from Monday to Saturday starting February 6.

–Bong Osorio, Head of ABS-CBN CorporateCommunications

So beginning next Monday, February 6, “It’s Showtime” will go head to head against GMA-7′s longest-running noontime show “Eat Bulaga!”

Puerto Princesa Underground River is 2nd Official Winner of New 7 Wonders of Nature Slot

The Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in Palawan is the second entry to be officially announced as one of the New7Wonders of Nature winners, following Jeju Island of Korea.

No less than New7Wonders (N7WN) President Bernard Webercame here to the Philippines to formally announce the inclusion ofPuerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in the New7Wonders of Nature, as reported by GMA News on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

After the announcement, Mr. Weber congratulated the Filipino people during the press conference held at the Heritage Hotel in Pasay City.

“When your very own President Aquino came out in support of the PPUR campaign, I knew that this country was taking the New7Wonders of Nature seriously,” he said.

“Fans of PPUR all over the world responded to his call for action by voting in record numbers and today’s confirmation is the well-earnedreward for this extraordinary display of enthusiasm,” he added.

Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn, who also graced the event, notably used the new DOT slogan in his speech.

“This confirmation is wonderful news for Puerto Princesa, and a great example of how now its more fun to be in the Philippines. Worldwide exposure of our natural beauty on this level is critical both for tourism and for our image nationally and internationally,” he said.

Here are the Privisional Winners of New7Wonders of Nature in alphabetical order (official winners are in bold letters):

1. Amazon Rainforest – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

2. Halong Bay – Vietnam

3. Iguazu Falls – Argentina, Brazil

4. Jeju Island – South Korea

5. Komodo National Park – Indonesia

6. Puerto Princesa Underground River – Palawan, Philippines

7. Table Mountain – South Africa

When all the New7Wonders of Nature are officially proclaimed, New7Wonders is going to launch the third campaign which is the “New7Wonders Cities” in the world.

Beginning March 7, 2012, the next phase for the selection of “New7Wonders Cities” will begin.

Ibon-Ebon Festival February 2012 (first week) Candaba, Pampanga

One of the more colourful events in Pampanga, the Ibon Ebon Festival (literally means 'bird - egg') features the municipality of Candaba as the home of thousands of migratory birds from different parts of the globe, and at the same time showcases its growing duck-egg industry. Among the activities featured: street-dance performance by Tribung Dumara and other schools' contingents, exhibits and trade fair at the Ms. Earth Park, bird-inspired kite flying exhibition, itik race and boat race along Pampanga river.

Jan. 28 Facebook Threat is a Fake

Word spread this morning that hacktivist group Anonymous had planned a massive onslaught against Facebook, to be carried out on January 28, 12:00 AM EST, as a YouTube claiming to be from the group circulated the Web.

But fear not, Facebookers. A Twitter account reliably associated with Anonymous has claimed that the YouTube, and the accompanying claim of a Facebook attack, are both fake.

"While it is true that Facebook has at least 60,000 servers, it is still possible to bring it down," the threatening video said. Also cited in the video, in the way of reasoning for the supposed Anonymous attack, was the recent controversial legislation, the Stop Online Piract Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), though why these now-defunct bills would prompt the group to attack Facebook is anyone's guess.

Facebook had come out against SOPA/PIPA, though it did not join with Wikipedia, Reddit, and others in the blackout protest of the legislation.

Perhaps these Anonymous pretenders thought Facebook's endorsement wasn't ringing enough? But did they see Mark Zuckerberg's first Tweet since 2009, an anti-SOPA message that linked to a longer message on his own Facebook page? Apparently, they weren't impressed.

No matter. It's all a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing, as the threats have been disavowed by the AnonOps Twitter account, which has been regularly associated as an informal spokesperson for the group. "Again we must say that we will not attack #Facebook! Again the mass media lie," said AnonOps.

Anonymous recently staged its most widespread hacking attack ever, taking down the public websites of the US Justice Department, the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA), the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA), Universal Music Group, the US Copyright Office, EMI Music, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), among others.

The attack was in response to the arrest of four execs and operators of popular file-sharing site MegaUpload.

Similar threats to take down Facebook, supposedly from Anonymous, emerged in 2011, claiming that the social networking site would be attacked on November 5. These threats similarly proved fruitless, as the group eventually claimed that core members of the group were not behind them.

And for their part, Facebook doesn't seem too worried. "We expect Anonymous just like we expect any other attack on any other day," said a Facebook rep in a C-Net report Tuesday. "Facebook has always been committed to protecting our users' information, and we will continue to innovate and work tirelessly to defend this data."

So it looks like your blurry Facebook pics of last week's Maragrita Night are safe from Anonymous for now.( http://vator.tv/news )