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Game of Thrones star Milton Yerolemou has sent a message of support and encouragement to the COVID-19 frontliners at The Medical City in Ortigas, Pasig City. “Greetings Medical City oath takers COVID ER. My name is Milton Yerolemou. I am an actor, I’m based in the UK. I’m probably best known for playing Syrio Forel, the First Sword of Braavos and Arya Stark’s dancing master in Game of Thrones,” he began his message in a video shared by the official Facebook page of The Medical City. The actor said that his friend’s father lost his battle to the coronavirus last…

Ethel Booba disowned the Twitter account @IamEthylGabison with 1.6 million followers. The comedienne, whose real name is Ethyl Coyoca Gabison, posted a screenshot of the Twitter account on her Instagram on Wednesday, telling her more than 100,000 IG followers: “BEWARE of this fake Twitter!” The caption came with the hashtags #StopUsingMyName, #fake, #fakenews and #peke. On her Facebook page, she also asked her over 40,000 followers to mass report the account. “(I asked) it (to) be reported di ako yan admin nyan. Matagal na akong ginagamit ng Twitter na yan nakakainis na,” she told a commenter. As of Friday, April…

Amid the enhanced community quarantine due to COVID-19, celebrity couple Vic Sotto and Pauleen Luna continued to practice the Lenten tradition Pabasa ng Pasyon in their home. On Maundy Thursday, Pauleen shared photos of her husband doing the Pabasa in a corner of their home that has been turned into a mini altar. “Continuing family tradition despite the lockdown. Vic and I take turn every 10 to 20 pages. Day 2 tomorrow. Around 60 pages left! #pabasa2020,” the actress-TV host wrote on her social media accounts. As part of the observance of the Holy Week, Filipino Catholic devotees practice the Pabasa…

By Rhodina J. Villanueva Donations amounting to P1.5 million poured into the Bayanihan Musikahan online fundraiser in just an hour during the “live concert from the house” of Broadway superstar Lea Salonga on Thursday night. She began and ended her hour-long stint with songs composed by the project’s principal organizer, National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab. Highlighting citizen action in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lea formed part of a group of artists helping people through own contributions and exercise of talent via the online concert. The amazing spike in donations added to the total amount of P22,373,178 already raised before Lea’s turn in the digital concert…

By Artemio A. Dumlao BAGUIO CITY — Celebrities and influencers were urged to use their influence in helping unite the Filipino nation amid the battle against COVID-19. ACT-CIS partylist lawmaker and House Appropriations committee chairman Eric Go Yap made the appeal, saying, “hindi ito ang panahon ng pulitika.” Yap, also the caretaker congressman of Benguet province, said, “Hindi kulay ang mga magkalaban at hindi din iisang kulay lang ang tumatayo ngayon upang sugpuin ang krisis na kinakaharap natin.”  He called on these popular personalities to use their star power and platforms to encourage Filipinos to come together, especially during these difficult…

As a crisis expert, Dr. Ted Esguerra is used to being in the frontlines of emergency response and rescue. Now, amid the public health emergency brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Doc Ted, who co-anchors DZMM’s disaster preparedness program Red Alert, finds himself in the thick of the crisis. But this time, he is a patient battling the disease. In a series of posts on his Facebook page, Doc Ted has opened up about his COVID-19 journey. He is keeping the faith, turning to humor and just staying “positive” despite his positive COVID-19 diagnosis. “Friends, I am positive for COVID…

Veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez revealed Tuesday that she and her husband Art Atayde have tested positive for COVID-19. She said in an Instagram post that on March 24, they were both brought to the Cardinal Santos hospital after she experienced chills while Art had the symptoms of cough and shortness of breath. “Hi everyone❤️ On March 24, my husband and I were brought to Cardinal Santos as I was having chills and he had cough and shortness of breath. We were made to take the COVID-19 swab test and since then, Art and I have self-isolated,” she wrote. A week…

Iza Calzado is ready to go home after her COVID-19 retest result showed she is now negative for the virus, her talent manager said. The 37-year-old actress’ manager Noel Ferrer announced the good news on Monday in a statement. “It’s an amazing start of the week as we were just told that Iza can go home tomorrow after completing her IV antibiotics!” he said. “Moreover, the good news is — Iza’s retest results came back and she is now negative for COVID.” Ferrer thanked the support and prayers offered for Iza’s healing and recovery, as well as the medical health…

Kristen Ponce-Enrile, the granddaughter of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, shared on Saturday a video showing the “living legend” himself in good health and in high spirits. “Blessing your feed with the legend himself,” she wrote in the caption. “COVID, go away!” the 96-year-old Enrile was caught on cam quipping as he shooed the invisible virus away. The video shared on Facebook has since racked up at least 7,000 reactions and over 3,000 shares from netizens. The nonagenarian former politico has been the subject of viral memes and jokes because of his old age, having been around long enough…

Actress Iza Calzado tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), her talent manager has confirmed in a statement. In a public Facebook post by Noel Ferrer, he said that Iza received her test results yesterday. He also announced that she is recovering well and being aggressively treated for pneumonia, one of the symptoms caused by the infection. Unlike her Instagram post on Wednesday that showed the 37-year-old Kapamilya star’s selfie from a hospital bed, wearing what appeared to be an oxygen mask, Ferrer noted that she can now breathe sans any oxygen assistance. Here is the full statement: “Dear Family…