FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest 2015: The Victory Party

By Neps Firmalan

Photography by Ryan Ong, Jonathan de Jesus, Mark Jesalva

After serving you the first-ever FHM BroCon, we continued the sexiest of our country's traditions and gave those who were invited back to the SMX Convention Center a fitting encore to the manliest event of the year: The 2015 FHM 100 Sexiest Victory Party!

Unlike that annoying friend of yours who brags about the many awesome thing he's seen in his life, we won't spout about how much we "wished you were also there." The fact is, we couldn't possibly accommodate everyone. However, that doesn't mean we CAN'T SHARE THE GOOD TIMES WITH EVERYONE!

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Concrete Road Brings Hope to Badjau Fisherfolk in Tawi-Tawi

By John Unson (philstar.com) 

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A Badjau seaside village in Bongao, capital of Tawi-Tawi, now linked to the municipal center with a concrete feeder road (right) built by the public works department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. John Unson

COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Badjau fisherfolks and seaweed growers in the southern coast of Bongao town in Tawi-Tawi now have a concrete road connecting their village of stilt houses to the mainland.

Ethnic Badjaus in Barangay Simandagit could hardly bring their daily catch of assorted fishes, crabs and lobsters to the town market during the rainy days before the 1-kilometer road was built for them by the executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The road project was a joint initiative of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the autonomous region and the District Engineering Office in Tawi-Tawi, a component province of ARMM.

“We in the regional government are contented with the quality of the road built there by our engineers in the province,” engineer Don Loong, regional secretary of DPWH-ARMM said Tuesday.

Loong, accompanied local officials, inspected last week the newly-built road, constructed as part of the ARMM administration’s confidence-building measures meant to build cordiality with Tawi-Tawi’s Badjau sectors.

Loong said the concrete road was built over what used to be a muddy stretch of a pathway connecting the seaside village to the center of Barangay Simandagit, where there are public transportations that can bring passengers to the town proper.

Heart will stop painting if….

FUNFARE By Ricky Lo (The Philippine Star)

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Heart Evangelista and husband Sen. Chiz Escudero at the opening of the PortrAYAL exhibit where Heart’s displayed work was titled Forgotten

For a while, Heart Evangelista stopped painting when she felt that her style was not improving. But it was her husband, Sen. Chiz Escudero, who rekindled Heart’s interest in painting when he gave her a big canvas as pasalubong from his trip to Europe.

But if…and that’s the BIG IF…Chiz decides to run for whatever position in 2016, sources said that Heart will have no choice but to temporarily quit painting again since she will have to hit the campaign trail with him.

As of now, Chiz is mum about his plan even if it’s easy to tell just by reading his lips and discerning his actions (that speak louder than words).

When Funfare asked Chiz about it during a brief “ambush” interview two Saturdays ago when he fetched Heart at GMA after the airing of Startalk (in which Heart is a co-host), he admitted that he and Sen. Grace Poe have been constantly in touch. “In fact,” said Chiz, “I was with Grace the other night with her mom (Susan Roces).”

Like Grace who, according to surveys, is a popular choice for the presidency, Chiz is an Independent (although they can be “adopted” by any party). Having been friends for years, Grace and Chiz are comfortable with each other. Chiz was the spokesman for Grace’s father FPJ when he ran for president in 2004. FPJ was believed to have won, but…

From Startalk, Heart and Chiz proceeded to SM Megamall A.R.T. Center where Chiz opened PortrAYAL (LAYA), the benefit exhibit of the Actors Guild of the Philippines. As one of the participants, Heart chose a 48”x 72” oil painting called Forgotten. Asked why she called it that, Heart simply smiled.

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The start for the filing of COCs (Certificates Of Candidacy) is in October, barely two months away. If you’ve been following the front pages, you must be wondering why Grace insisted on having Chiz with her on a nationwide sortie with DILG Sec. Mar Roxas (the alleged administration standard bearer) suggested by Pres. Noynoy Aquino. Watch the front pages for the latest development.

Incidentally, could it be true that Grace and Chiz will issue a “joint statement” anytime…soon? Stand by.

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