Photo: MRT Malfunctions; Passengers Walk on Tracks

Just before 3:00pm Tuesday, MRT administrators at the Ayala station announced that all operations across the entire system were suspended due to "technical difficulties" at the Taft MRT station.

Authorities declined to elaborate, but said that there would be "provisional" trips from North station to Shaw station and vice versa.

MRT Northbound operations are limited due to technical problems.

— DOTC(@DOTCPhilippines) March 19, 2013

MRT malfunction between Magallanes to Taft? Commuters walking on tracks:yfrog.com/od1lfojj yfrog.com/h7p6qusj

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) March 19, 2013

Just once i'd like to get on mrt and then have the train malfunction in the middle of the bridge beside guadalupe station 😆

— Airah Enconado (@ayaxtina) March 19, 2013

I've always wanted to do this. RT @inquirerdotnet: MRT malfunction, passengers walking on the tracks between Taft & Magallanes

— Mick (@ymstallion) March 19, 2013

MRT suspends operations amid "technical difficulties" between Taft & Magallanes stations. There will be provisional trips bet. North & Shaw

— Paolo Montecillo (@paolomontecillo) March 19, 2013

7 ang dulo ng plaka mo! Pano k naging coding ngayon! Commute na lang sabi mo! Ngayon sira MRT! Hanggang Taft lalakarin ntin! Puro k reklamo!

— Ronilo Paña (@pataygutomsiron) March 19, 2013

Hanggang Shaw lang ang mrt tpos pabalik na ng north, amazing :D

— Mikel (@HeyyJM) March 19, 2013

Problem with Meralco power lines hamper MRT operations. Trains only operational from North Ave to Shaw Blvd and back @interaksyon

— Abi Kwok (@abikwok) March 19, 2013

So nasira yung mrt.. Awesome. Had no choice but to ride the bus instead. :))

— Ava Alcantara (@avaalcantara) March 19, 2013

LOL MRT. Thank God I didnt take it a while ago hahaha.

— Gab de la Torre (@heyyygabriel) March 19, 2013

Heat + EDSA traffic (mrt operations suspended) = death!!!

— Maria Angelica Perez (@iamanjperez) March 19, 2013

MRT GM Al Vitangcol- Meralco power line falls onto MRT Taft power station. Operation between Shaw Blvd & taft suspended as safety precaution

— jay dones (@jaydones) March 19, 2013

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Tony & Jackey Photo Promo

Get a new look this new year at Tony & Jackey for a chance to win 1 of 3 Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Just visit any Tony & Jackey salon and avail any of their hair promo - Hair Color Festival, Korean Magic Perm and Rebond. Once you have your new hairdo, take a photo with the hairstylist and upload it on the Share your Story Part 2 promo page. Besides the Galaxy note winners, there will also be winners of Tony & Jackey GCs and Keratin Treatment voucher.

Promo Requirements:

• Avail of Tony & Jackey hair promo - Hair Color Festival, Korean Magic Perm and Rebond

Promo Mechanics:

1. Visit Tony & Jackey salon and avail any of the hair promo - Hair Color Festival, Korean Magic Perm and Rebond
2. Take photos with your hairstylist
3. Go to the Share your Story Part 2 promo page and submit your photo with a short writeup about your experience.
4. View complete promo mechanics
   

Promo Period: Submission is until March 10, 2013

Promo Prize:

• 3 winners of a Samsung Galaxy note 2
• 9 winners will each get 10 Tony & Jackey GC (1 GC is equivalent to P1,000)
• 300 winners will win a Keratin Treatment voucher
  

Upside:

• Online submission
• Great prizes
• High chance of winning
  

Downside:

• Purchase required

For more information, log on to bangstnj.cafe24.com

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Photo: Lasting Romance Between James & Lauretta

Less than 24 hours after the photos appeared on Reddit last year, more than one million people had viewed them.

Touching details tell a story that the original poster says is "almost like 'The Notebook'" -- a popular book-turned-film synonymous with love untarnished by age or disease. "They were in the deepest kind of love," Colleen Muldoon, 23, told The Huffington Post. She proudly identified the couple as her grandparents, James and Lauretta Burke.

They met just after World War II, when James Burke served in the 8th Army Air Corps in 35 successful missions over Europe as a tail gunner on a B-17, Muldoon said. In 1945, he returned home to Illinois and a neighbor introduced him to Lauretta, who he immediately wanted to make his wife.

But she stubbornly insisted on graduating from Mt. Mary College in Milwaukee, Wis., before getting married. "She graduated college on a Tuesday and got married to him that Saturday," Muldoon said. And they would stay married for 64 years.

The Burkes moved to Akron, Ohio, to settle down, eventually raising nine kids who went on to graduate college and get married themselves, Muldoon said. None of the five daughters and four sons have been divorced, either, which is a feat she credits to the loving relationship they had as a model.

"On each of his daughters' wedding days, he [James Burke] would say the greatest thing you can do is to never stop loving your children's mother," she said.

As the Irish Catholic family quickly expanded to 23 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, they stayed as close as ever, Muldoon said. Her grandfather organized several reunions throughout his life, including a notable 1996 gathering in Ireland.

A few years ago, her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. "Once she started being forgetful, he'd step up and remember the birthdays and graduations," Muldoon said. "My grandma was the stubborn one in the beginning but at the end her mind failed her, which was really hard to see."

Shortly after the dementia began to take hold of his wife, who is now 84, James, 87, underwent a surgery to implant a pacemaker in his heart, taking him in and out of the hospital for months earlier this year. "He was basically living for her," Muldoon said. "They were like the same person after being together for so long, and he didn’t want to give up because she knew that he needed him there."

He used his last moments to write instructions into his will that laid out his wife's future, leaving her with the best possible treatment for her Alzheimer's, Muldoon said. When he passed away on November 13, 2012, he had a message for the family surrounding his bed. "He said he was going home, and that he would see us all again," Muldoon said.

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Robin: Hinamon Ko Na Lahat Ang Umapi sa Asawa Ko

via Instgram

• robinhoodpadilla Tama na ang tsismis at satsat Bakbakan na
• cesjohnb Tol alam mo ang depinisyon ko ng katapangan ang pagpapakumbaba kahit alam mong wala kang ginawang mali. At ginawa mo yun dahil sa pagibig @tommylee_007 :)
• robinhoodpadilla Kapatid na @cesjohnb Wag mo na pansinin si @tommylee_007 at puro satsat lang yan. Ni anino ng kahit na sinong magaling na hater dito walang sumipot kahapon sa makati kaya relax na lang pareng tol
• the_ronald_yohann Abangan sa the buzz this Sunday: R.P. hinamon ng sapakan ang mga bashers ng misis nya... Comment: ayaw pala nya ng bashers sa social media eh bkit pati cya gumawa rin ng post para mapagusapan cya? Do they really need this publicity? Sabi nga sa showbiz + or - publicity, publicity pa rin yan! Very predictable! After naman this issue... Magsosorry naman sya sa mga tao! Right?
• robinhoodpadilla Dami mo sinabi @the_ronald_yohann may asawa ka ba?...... Mabuhay mga kapanalig @adam_en salamat sa pagpapaalala sa akin @maymaranga Salamat sa paniniwala sa @mylenegabriel Para sa kabiyak ang lahat ay gagawin @angelica1975
• tommylee_007 @robinhoodpadilla relax lang.. Masyado ka mainit eh para sau naman sinasabi ko brod baka mapasubo ka sa walang kwentang laban.. tausog din kasi mama ko kaya sa inyo ko ni mariel kakampi kapatid. @cesjohnb tol sabi ko nga hndi ko masisisi si robin diba pero wag na yung naghahamon pa gulo peace lang gulo madali yan eh..
• robinhoodpadilla Magkaiba tayo ng paniniwala kaya wala kang lugar sa account ko o ng asawa ko. Sa Amin Ang Asawa ay bigay ng Panginoon at Pag ibig kayat karapat dapat ipaglaban. Sa iyo ang iyo Kabayan at Ang Amin ay amin.tapos na tayo Mabuhay ang mapayapang rebolosyon Salamat sa iyong mungkahi
• juzsaying sna po kasi sa susunod wag din sna idaan ng asawa nyo sa social media ang knyang nararamdaman kasi hindi naman po maiiwasan na magreact ang mga tao dhl kayo ay mga artista. sna pinagusapan nyo nlang dlwa pra walang ganitong issue. hindi nyo nmn po pti kailangan mghanon ng away bagkus humingi ng pasensya na lang kung may hindi nkagusto sa nangyre pra matapos na ang issue.pra hindi na humaba. ang problema kasi ng mgasawa sa bahy pinguusapn ndi rin po sa social
• robinhoodpadilla Fighting for family, especially for the Wife is part of Faith of every Muslim, it is a struggle to do what is Prescribed and obligatory in Islam. Peace be with you @the_ronald_yohann Your opinion is noted but not helpful to our Revolution so This ends our connection.may the Almighty God bless us all.... Kabayab Si @cesjohnb ay kapanalig namin sa katiponan at haligi ng talakayan dito kung ayaw mo sumunod sa kanya kabayan @juzsaying humanap ka ng kautak at pareho mo ng Adhikain .... Tunay po na napakaraming Pagpapala mula sa Panginoon ang idinulot ni @marieltpadilla sa akin @dionskierose
• the_ronald_yohann @robinhoodpadilla pasensya po Sir... Nag comment lng po ako. The industry and people respects you for what you are.
• robinhoodpadilla Fighting for family, especially for the Wife is part of Faith of every Muslim, it is a struggle to do what is Prescribed and obligatory in Islam. Peace be with you @the_ronald_yohann Your opinion is noted but not helpful to our Revolution so This ends our connection.may the Almighty God bless us all.... Kabayab Si @cesjohnb ay kapanalig namin sa katiponan at haligi ng talakayan dito kung ayaw mo sumunod sa kanya kabayan @juzsaying humanap ka ng kautak at pareho mo ng Adhikain .... Tunay po na napakaraming Pagpapala mula sa Panginoon ang idinulot ni @marieltpadilla sa akin @dionskierose

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Photo: Victoria Court's Controversial Billboard in Pasay

Fr. Tony Navarette, parish priest of the San Juan Nepomuceno de Malibay in Pasay City called on the MMDA (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) to dismantle the billboard of Victoria Court which the prelate finds "immoral."

In an interview with Radyo Veritas, the parish priest condemned the placing of the giant billboard of Victoria court motel in the city. "Ang billboard, it's inviting people to commit something bad or immoral," Navarette said, adding that the Pasay City government should have not allowed the structure to be put up in the first place.

The motel billboard shows two teenage couple watching a movie with a text "After the movie, what next?". The billboard also indicates how to make a reservation in the motel.

Here are the other ads as posted in Victoria Court's instagram account.

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Solenn Heussaff Goes Nude in Esquire's February Issue

MANILA, Philippines - The local edition of men's magazine Esquire has named Solenn Heussaff as its "Sexiest Woman Alive."

The French-Filipina model-actress was announced as the cover girl of the February 2013 issue of Esquire Philippines yesterday. The magazine released the image of the cover today, three days after teasing readers with a behind-the-scenes video.

The French-Filipina beauty is the first local celebrity to be awarded the coveted title by the magazine since it premiered in the Philippines in October 2011. That same month, it named journalist Maria Ressa as its contribution to a Sexiest Women Alive global feature curated by Esquire.com with the help of editors from the magazine’s 17 international editions.

The issue hits newsstands and bookstores nationwide this week. A digital edition is available via the Summit Newsstand where all digital subscribers can get an alternate cover of the Sexiest Woman Alive issue.

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Alleged Dirt Found in Healthy & Young's Mango Pudding

I bought this in puregold tejeron, and found this 1 out of 10pcs, Healthy & Young multi food corporation's Mango Pudding, wala kayong quality control?? Maybe i have to post this to BFAD...

Source: Jeonghun Lee

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Massive Reach-Out Op of Street Dwellers at NAIA Road

A rescue operation was conducted by the MMDA Metropolitan Social Services Office, together with the DSWD Pasay City Office to address the problem as regards the street dwellers along NAIA road, Pasay City.

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Photos: Former Bully Still Takes Lunch Money & More!

A friend of mine ran into his old high school bully

Someone's been naughty this year...

So I got you a gift but...

That was pretty cute, kid.

She wanted to play fetch but I had to decline...

I truly hate this game...

So my friend asked her husband to wrap at least one shirt, this is what she got.

Lost a bet, have to wear this bad boy from xmas eve to new years eve.

Apple Maps Ruined Marriage

Pug life

I ran out of Christmas wrapping paper and had to improvise

Source: Reddit

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Photo: Muslim Student's Letter to Santa Claus Goes Viral

A Muslim student facing a uniquely challenging classroom assignment surely received an A for penning what's become a welcome distraction in light of the recent school shooting in Connecticut.

The unidentified Grade 4 student's teacher asked the class to write letters to Santa Claus. That presented a problem for the student, who doesn't celebrate Christmas. Rather than dwell on the injustice of the homework, the student penned a heartfelt letter that started burning up social media sites.

The assignment raised some questions about asking non-Christian students to participate in the assignment. But the woman who posted the letter to Reddit – the teacher's daughter – said the student accepted the task and declined any alternatives. "To my mother's defense I don’t think the assignment was meant to be a religious one, and the student was given other options. However, she chose to write a letter to Santa and did so adorably, so I wanted to share it with you guys," the woman posted on Reddit.

Sources: Reddit and Global Post

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Photos: Oblation Run 2012 (UP Diliman, Manila & More)

The Oblation Run or the 'Ritual Dance of the Brave' is an annual event held by several Filipino chapters of Alpha Phi Omega (APO) in different universities in the Philippines.

OBLATION RUN 2012, UP Diliman Censored 

Ganito kadaming tao sa Oblation Run kanina. Ay, hindi pa pala 'to half. And yes, may mga bata. Parenting at its best.  

Ang mga ibong di marunong lumipat

OBLATION RUN 2012, UP Diliman Censored 

today, during the great oblation run, at the diliman campus.

In other news... Ang kapal ng tao sa Oblation Run, 12-13-12

Oblation run!!

Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity @UPManila Chapter holds Oblation

this is the time of the year when birds are not in the sky :) oblation run. mamaya na! UPVTC

"Why do birds suddenly appear?" Oblation run 2012, UPLB

THE DANCE OF THE BRAVE

Grabbed from a friend's FB page: WHO is the tall hot guy at the back? Pic from last year's Oblation Run in UP Dil

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