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Everyday is a blessing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-15851699906599761452013-01-11T12:55:00.001+04:002019-03-14T05:42:00.016+04:00YEAR OF THE SNAKE 02/10/2013 - 01/30/2014 (Water)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Chinese Zodiac</span><span style="font-size: small;">, the Year of 2013 is the
Year of the Snake, which begins on February 10, 2013 and ends
on January 30, 2014. The Snake, also called Junior Dragon, is the sixth sign
of the </span><span style="font-size: small;">Chinese Zodiac</span><span style="font-size: small;">, which
consists of 12 Animal Signs. It is the enigmatic, intuitive, introspective,
refined and collected of the Animals Signs. Ancient Chinese wisdom says a Snake
in the house is a good omen because it means that your family will not starve.
People born in the Year of the Snake are keen and cunning,
quite intelligent and wise. They are great mediators and good at doing
business. Therefore, you should have good luck if you were born in the
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things will be possible. Saving money and being thrifty should be your top
priorities. Delusion and deception are common in the year of water Snake. Stay
alert! To gain the greatest benefits from this year, you must control spending
and use your talents wisely. If you are planning to get married or to begin a
business partnership, be sure to thoroughly investigate the other person's
finances and background before you legalize the alliance.</em></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sixth animal who arrived was the philosophical Snake</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Horoscope 2013, forecast for the 2013 year of the Snake</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The coming 2013 year of the black Snake is going to be astute in observations and deft in actions. The Snake symbol of the 2013 year is an active, snaky and has a very seductive nature. The 2013 Snake of Kuei Szu year has ability to read complicated situation quickly in a controlled manner which is good for business. But 2013 Snake need to watch for fanatical commitments since Snakes inclination to spend money quickly than earn them may produce tensions in personal relationships. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Snake Personality</b><br /><br />The person born in the year of snake is the wisest and most enigmatic of all. He/she can become a philosopher, a theologian, a political lizard or a wily financier. Such person is a thinker who also likes to live well. The snake - person loves books, music, clothes, and fine food; but with all his fondness for the good things of life, his innate elegance gives him a dislike for frivolities and foolish talk. <br /><br />They like communicating and like interesting conversations, although if the conversation becomes repetitive their attention may soon wander. It is almost impossible to fix their attention for long talking about the weather. They prefer to focus on new interesting unusual ides and intelligent discussion in general. <br /><br />These people have a special feeling that enables them to judge situations correctly and so they are alert to new possibilities and when they have an idea of what to and how to do it, they you pursue it persistently and energetically. These people are self-confident and usually don't bother themselves listening to someone else's opinion. But this side of their character has also a negative load. Refusing to listen to constructive advice, they may get into needless trouble. Although it is difficult for such people to take advice, they are patient with others when it comes to give a hand of help, and their ability to look at a problem from a variety of angles is extremely appreciated. When faced with a dilemma snake people as a rule act with speed and conviction, since they believe intensely in what they are doing and rarely waste time or energy on projects lacking in good potential. <br /><br />It is important to remember that life is not all work and competition. Snake person perfectly knows how to wind down and relax when such opportunity arises. This type of people often makes protective and caring friends. However, their anger can be quickly aroused, and they will soon get back if there is a suspicion that someone has taken advantage of their trust or has hurt those close to them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Snake Love Affairs</b><br /><br />In love, the male snake is romantic and charming. He possesses a sense of humor while the female is usually beautiful and successful. In case person born in the year of the snake chooses a partner, he/she will be jealous and possessive. Even when the relationships are left behind this possessiveness will be clouding the snake's life. Rejection is the worst thing that can ever happen to the snake person. Such people must be received, welcomed, accepted and approved by those with whom they come in contact. Generally they need a lot of security. <br /><br />It often happens that snake people have one set of rules for themselves and one for their partner and this side of their nature can become a basis for misunderstandings in the future. But, when they are really romantically involved these people are also loving and attentive, stimulating and playful, though it takes time for them to get over their fears or discuss their weaknesses. The best partner for a snake type person is someone who would give him freedom, but it is also important for him to feel secure and adored. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Snake Career</b><br /><br />In money matters, people born in the year of snake have good luck; they don't have to worry about money too much, such people will always be able to find couple of banknotes if they need it. The snake person has an ability to read complex situations quickly and then set about resolving them in a quiet, controlled manner. It is much more convenient and useful for this people to work independently, because in this case they have freedom to travel and negotiate on their own terms. The snake people can not stand being limited by others and this is another reason for them to work solo. People born in this year are logical and organized workers and have all the qualities needed to acquire new skills. They also have a very good memory and that enables them to fulfil the projects thoroughly. They are purposeful and getting towards their aim spotting potential troubles and reacting immediately. On the other hand, should they have achieved their goal the snake people usually withdraw to gather their thoughts and rest. But they need not much time to renew their energies and be ready for new challenges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ideal Job for the Snake Include </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Professor, Linguist, Teacher, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Astrologer, Clairvoyant, Personnel officer, Public relations executive, Interior designer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lucky Numbers: 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, 24, 42, 46 <br />Equivalent Western Sign: Taurus <br />Element FIRE <br />Color RED <br />Yin/Yang YANG <br />Direction SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Compatible with : Ox, Rooster, Dragon<br />Less Compatible with : Rat, Rabbit, Snake, Horse, Dog, Ram<br />Least Compatible with : Pig, Monkey, Tiger</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Positive: The Snake can be amiable, compromising, fun-loving, altruistic, honorable, sympathetic, philosophical, charitable, a paragon of fashion, intuitive, discreet, diplomatic, amusing and sexy. <br /><br />Negative: The Snake can also be self-righteous, imperious, judgmental, conniving, mendacious, grabby, clinging, pessimistic, fickle, haughty, ostentatious and a very sore loser.</span> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-69166917477048757672012-09-04T17:57:00.001+04:002012-09-04T17:57:50.834+04:00Isang pagpuna sa isang nilikha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nakakaawa kangnilikha </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nabubuhay sa mundong walang nakakaalala</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Na sa sandaling matapos ang hiram na panahon</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ikaw bay may makakaalala yan ang isang malaking tanong</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wala kang naging kaibigan</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Puro kakilala at mga katrabaho lamang</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">buhay mo'y inalay lamang sa iisang tao, buhay mo'y inikot lamang dito</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ang nakakaawa ni walang naging bunga ang pagmamahalan ninyo</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">nakakaawa ka kaibigan</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ni walang naging bunga ang pag iibigan</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">walang saysay ang buhay</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ang anak lamang ang syang katuparan syang tunay</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Walang silbi ang pagkatao mo</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">wala kang maiiwan sa mundong ito</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Walang iiyak sa iyong pagkawala</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ni pamilya mong inaaruga</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ano pa ang silbi nang buhay</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">kung sa iisang tao lamang naialay</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">pagmamahal panahon at buong pagkatao</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">ganun nalang ba lahat nang ito?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ngayon marahil ay maliwanag na</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">kiung bakit ang tao ay nag aanak</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">pagkat para pagdating nang panahon </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">may taong makakaalala nang nakalipas at magpapatuloy nang itinakda nang Panginoon.</span></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-37175782774582082112012-09-04T17:53:00.001+04:002012-09-04T17:53:27.131+04:00Seychelles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span class="fn org country-name" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Republic of Seychelles</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Seychelles</b> (<span class="nowrap"><sup class="noexcerpt"><span class="IPA" style="color: #0000ee; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 80%; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; padding: 0px 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-Seychelles.ogg" title="File:En-us-Seychelles.ogg">i</a></span></sup><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/</span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/eɪ/ long 'a' in 'base'">eɪ</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ʃ/ 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ɛ/ short 'e' in 'bed'">ɛ</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span><span class="IPA"><span style="border-bottom-color: currentColor; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'z' in 'Zion'">z</span></span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/</span></span> <span class="IPA" title="English pronunciation respelling"><i>say-<b><span class="SMALLCAPS" style="font-variant: small-caps;"><span class="NOCAPS" style="text-transform: lowercase;">SHELZ</span></span></b></i></span>; French: <span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[sɛʃɛl]</span>), officially the <b>Republic of Seychelles</b> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: <i>République des Seychelles</i>; </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creole</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: <i>Repiblik Sesel</i>), is an </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">island country</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> spanning an </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">archipelago</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of 115 islands in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Ocean</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, some 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Africa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, northeast of the island of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madagascar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other nearby island countries and territories include </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zanzibar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the west, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mauritius</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rodrigues</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agalega</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Réunion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the south, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comoros</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayotte</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the southwest. Seychelles, with an estimated population of 86,525, has the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>smallest population of any African state</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It also has the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>highest Human Development Index in Africa</strong></em></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<dl><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Sesel ou menm nou sel patri.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Kot nou viv dan larmoni.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Lazwa, lanmour ek lape.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Nou remersye Bondye.</span></span></dd></dl>
<dl><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Preserv labote nou pei.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Larises nou losean.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">En leritaz byen presye.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Pour boner nou zanfan.</span></span></dd></dl>
<dl><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Reste touzour dan linite.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Fer monte nou paviyon.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Ansanm pou tou leternite.</span></span></dd><dd><span xml:lang="crs"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Koste Seselwa!</span></span></dd></dl>
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<dl><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Seychelles our only motherland</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Where we live in harmony</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Happiness, love and peace</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">We give thanks to God.</span></dd></dl>
<dl><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Preserve the beauty of our country</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">The riches of our oceans</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">A precious heritage</span></dd><dd><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">For the happiness of our children.</span></dd></dl>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scholars assume that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Austronesian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> seafarers, and later </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maldivian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arab</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> traders were the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles. Remains of Maldivian mariner presence from the 12th century were found in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silhouette Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Vasco da Gama</b> (<small>Portuguese pronunciation: </small><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]</span>) (c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524), 1st </span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Count of Vidigueira</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, was a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese explorer</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, one of the most successful in the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Age of Discovery</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Europe</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">India</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese India</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, under the title of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Viceroy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Statue of Vasco da Gama at his birthplace, </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Sines, Portugal</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama was born in either 1460 or 1469 in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sines</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, on the southwest coast of Portugal, probably in a house near the church of Nossa Senhora das Salas. Sines, one of the few seaports on the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alentejo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> coast, consisted of little more than a cluster of whitewashed, red-tiled cottages, tenanted chiefly by fisherfolk.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama's father was </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estêvão da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, who had served in the 1460s as a knight of the household of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and went on to rise in the ranks of the military </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Order of Santiago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Estêvão da Gama was appointed <i>alcaide-mór</i> (civil governor) of Sines in the 1460s, a post he held until 1478, and continued as a receiver of taxes and holder of the Order's commendas in the region.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estêvão da Gama married Isabel Sodré, a daughter of João Sodré (also known as João de Resende), scion of a well-connected family of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">English</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> origin. Her father and her brothers, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vicente Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brás Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, had links to the household of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Infante Diogo, Duke of Viseu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and were prominent figures in the military </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Order of Christ</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama was the third of five sons of Estêvão da Gama and Isabel Sodré - in (probable) order of age: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paulo da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">João Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, Vasco da Gama, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pedro da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Aires da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Vasco also had one known sister, Teresa da Gama (who married </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lopo Mendes de Vasconcelos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Little is known of Vasco da Gama's early life. The Portuguese historian </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Teixeira de Aragão</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> suggests that Vasco da Gama studied at the inland town of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Évora</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which is where he may have learned mathematics and navigation and it has even been claimed (although dubiously) that he studied under the astronomer </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Abraham Zacuto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Around 1480, Vasco da Gama followed his father (rather than the Sodrés) and joined the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Order of Santiago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.The master of Santiago was Prince John, who would ascend to the throne in 1481 as King </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John II of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. John II doted on the Order, and the Gamas prospects rose accordingly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1492, John II dispatched Vasco da Gama on a mission to the port of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Setúbal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Algarve</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to seize </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">French</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> ships in retaliation for peacetime depredations against Portuguese shipping - a task that da Gama rapidly and effectively performed.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From the earlier part of the 15th Century, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese expeditions</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> organized by Prince </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Henry the Navigator</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> had been crawling down the African coastline, principally in search for west African riches (notably, gold). They had greatly extended Portuguese maritime knowledge, but had little profit to show for the effort. After Henry's death in 1460, the Portuguese crown showed little interest in continuing and, in 1469, sold off the neglected African enterprise to a private Lisbon merchant consortium led by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fernão Gomes</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Within a few years, Gomes's captains expanded Portuguese knowledge across the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gulf of Guinea</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, doing business in gold dust, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">melagueta</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> pepper, ivory and slaves. When Gomes charter came up for renewal in 1474, Prince John (future John II), asked his father </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Afonso V of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to pass the African charter to him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Upon becoming king in 1481, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John II of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> set out on many long reforms. To break the monarch's dependence on the feudal nobility, John II needed to build up the royal treasury, and saw royal commerce as the key to it. Under John II's watch, the gold and slave trade in west Africa was greatly expanded. He was eager to break into the highly profitable </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">spice trade</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> between Europe and Asia. At the time, this was virtually monopolized by the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Republic of Venice</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, who operated overland routes via Levantine and Egyptian ports, through the Red Sea across to the spice markets of India. John II set a new objective for his captains: to find a sea route to Asia by sailing around the African continent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By the time Vasco da Gama was in his 20s, these plans were coming to fruition. In 1487, John II dispatched two spies, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pero da Covilhã</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Afonso de Paiva</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, overland via Egypt, to East Africa and India, to scout the details of the spice markets and trade routes. The breakthrough came soon after when John II's captain </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bartolomeu Dias</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> returned from rounding the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cape of Good Hope</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in 1488, having explored as far as the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fish River</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (<i>Rio do Infante</i>) in modern-day </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">South Africa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and having verified that the unknown coast stretched away to the northeast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On 8 July 1497 Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lisbon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than around the equator. The navigators included Portugal's most experienced, Pero de Alenquer, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pedro Escobar</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, João de Coimbra, and Afonso Gonçalves. It is not known for certain how many people were in each ship's crew but approximately 55 returned, and two ships were lost. Two of the vessels were <i>as naus</i> or newly built for the voyage, possibly a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">caravel</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and a supply boat.The four ships were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The <i>São Gabriel</i>, commanded by Vasco da Gama; a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">carrack</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of 178 tons, length 27 m, width 8.5 m, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">draft</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> 2.3 m, sails of 372 m²</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The <i>São Rafael</i>, whose commander was his brother </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paulo da Gama</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">; similar dimensions to the <i>São Gabriel</i></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">caravel</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> <i>Berrio</i>, slightly smaller than the former two (later renamed São Miguel), commanded by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicolau Coelho</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">A storage ship of unknown name, commanded by Gonçalo Nunes, later lost near the Bay of São Brás, along the east coast of Africa</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Journey_to_the_Cape">Journey to the Cape</span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The expedition set sail from Lisbon on 8 July 1497. It followed the route pioneered by earlier explorers along the coast of Africa via </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tenerife</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cape Verde</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Islands. After reaching the coast of present day </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sierra Leone</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, da Gama took a course south into the open ocean, crossing the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Equator</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and seeking the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">South Atlantic</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">westerlies</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> that </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bartolomeu Dias</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> had discovered in 1487. This course proved successful and on November 4, 1497, the expedition made landfall on the African coast. For over three months the ships had sailed more than 6,000 miles of open ocean, by far the longest journey out of sight of land made by the time.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Monument to the Cross of Vasco da Gama at the </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Cape of Good Hope</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>, </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>South Africa</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By December 16, the fleet had passed the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Great Fish River</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eastern Cape</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, South Africa) - where Dias had turned back - and sailed into waters previously unknown to Europeans. With Christmas pending, da Gama and his crew gave the coast they were passing the name </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Natal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which carried the connotation of "birth of Christ" in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Arab</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-controlled territory on the East African coast was an integral part of the network of trade in the Indian Ocean. Fearing the local population would be hostile to Christians, da Gama impersonated a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Muslim</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and gained audience with the Sultan of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mozambique</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">. With the paltry trade goods he had to offer, da Gama was unable to provide a suitable gift to the ruler and soon the local populace became suspicious of da Gama and his men. Forced by a hostile crowd to flee Mozambique, da Gama departed the harbor, firing his cannons into the city in retaliation.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Mombasa">Mombasa</span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the vicinity of modern </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kenya</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the expedition resorted to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">piracy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, looting Arab merchant ships - generally unarmed trading vessels without heavy cannons. The Portuguese became the first known Europeans to visit the port of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mombasa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> but were met with hostility and soon departed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Malindi">Malindi</span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In February 1498, Vasco da Gama continued north, landing at the friendlier port of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malindi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> - whose leaders were then in conflict with those of Mombasa - and there the expedition first noted evidence of Indian traders. Da Gama and his crew contracted the services of a pilot whose knowledge of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">monsoon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> winds allowed him to bring the expedition the rest of the way to Calicut (</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kozhikkodu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">), located on the southwest coast of India. Sources differ over the identity of the pilot, calling him variously a Christian, a Muslim, and a Gujarati. One traditional story describes the pilot as the famous Arab navigator </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ibn Majid</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, but other contemporaneous accounts place Majid elsewhere, and he could not have been near the vicinity at the time. Also, none of the Portuguese historians of the time mention Ibn Majid.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Vasco da Gama lands at </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Calicut</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>, May 20, 1498</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The fleet arrived in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kappadu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> near </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Calicut</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">India</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> on 20 May 1498. The King of Calicut, the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Samudiri</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (Zamorin), who was at that time staying in his second capital at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ponnani</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, returned to Calicut on hearing the news of the foreign fleets's arrival. The navigator was received with traditional hospitality, including a grand procession of at least 3,000 armed </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nairs</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, but an interview with the Zamorin failed to produce any concrete results. The presents that da Gama sent to the Zamorin as gifts from Dom Manuel—four cloaks of scarlet cloth, six hats, four branches of corals, twelve <i>almasares</i>, a box with seven brass vessels, a chest of sugar, two barrels of oil and a cask of honey—were trivial, and failed to impress. While Zamorin's officials wondered at why there was no gold or silver, the Muslim merchants who considered da Gama their rival suggested that the latter was only an ordinary pirate and not a royal ambassador. Vasco da Gama's request for permission to leave a factor behind him in charge of the merchandise he could not sell was turned down by the King, who insisted that da Gama pay customs duty—preferably in gold—like any other trader, which strained the relation between the two. Annoyed by this, da Gama carried a few Nairs and sixteen fishermen (mukkuva) off with him by force.Nevertheless, da Gama's expedition was successful beyond all reasonable expectation, bringing in cargo that was worth sixty times the cost of the expedition.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama left Calicut on 29 August 1498. Eager to set sail for home, he ignored the local knowledge of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">monsoon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> wind patterns which were still blowing onshore. The fleet initially inched north along the Indian coast, and then anchored in at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anjediva</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> island for a spell. They finally struck out for their Indian Ocean crossing on 3 October 1498. But with the winter monsoon yet to set in, it was a harrowing journey. On the outgoing journey, sailing with the summer monsoon wind, it had taken Gama's fleet only 23 days to cross the Indian Ocean; now, on the return trip, sailing against the wind, it took 132 days. Vasco da Gama's fleet finally arrived in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malindi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> on 7 January 1499, in a terrible shape - approximately half of the crew had died during the crossing, and many of the rest were afflicted with </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">scurvy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Not having enough crewmen left standing to manage three ships, Vasco da Gama ordered the <i>São Rafael</i> scuttled off the East African coast, and the crew re-distributed to the remaining two ships, the <i>São Gabriel</i> and the <i>Berrio</i>. Thereafter, the sailing was smoother. By early March, they had arrived in Mossel Bay, and crossed the Cape of Good Hope in the opposite direction on March 20. They reached the west African coast by April 25.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Pillar of Vasco da Gama in </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Malindi</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>, erected on the return journey.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The diary record of the expedition ends abruptly here. Reconstructing from other sources, it seems they continued to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cape Verde</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, where Nicolau Coelho's <i>Berrio</i> separated from Vasco da Gama's <i>São Gabriel</i>, and sailed on by itself. The <i>Berrio</i> arrived in Lisbon on July 10, 1499 and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Nicolau Coelho</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> personally delivered the news to King Manuel I and the royal court, then assembled in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sintra</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. In the meantime, back in Cape Verde, Vasco's brother, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paulo da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> had fallen grievously ill. Gama elected to stay by his side on </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Santiago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> island, and handed the <i>São Gabriel</i> over to his clerk, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">João de Sá</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, to take home. The <i>S. Gabriel</i> under Sá arrived in Lisbon sometime in late July or early August. Vasco da Gama and his sickly brother eventually hitched a ride with a Guinea caravel returning to Portugal, but Paulo da Gama died en route. Vasco da Gama got off at the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Azores</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to bury his brother at the monastery of São Francisco in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Angra do Heroismo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and lingered there for a little while in mourning. Vasco da Gama eventually took passage on an Azorean caravel and finally arrived in Lisbon on August 29, 1499 (according to Barros)., or early September (8th or 18th, according to other sources). Despite his melancholic mood, Vasco da Gama was given a hero's welcome, and showered with honors, including a triumphal procession and public festivities. King Manuel wrote two letters in which he described Vasco da Gama's first voyage, in July and August 1499, soon after the return of the ships. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Girolamo Sernigi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> also wrote three letters describing the first voyage of Vasco da Gama soon after the return of the expedition.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The expedition had exacted a large cost - one ship and over half the men had been lost. It had also failed in its principal mission of securing a commercial treaty with Calicut. Nonetheless, the spices brought back on the remaining two ships were sold at an enormous profit to the crown. Vasco da Gama was justly celebrated for opening a direct sea route to Asia. His path would be followed up thereafter by yearly </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese India Armadas</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In December 1499, Vasco da Gama was rewarded by King </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Manuel I of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> with the town of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sines</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> as a hereditary fief (the very town which his father, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estêvão</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, had once held as a <i>commenda</i>). This turned out to be a rather complicated affair, for Sines still belonged to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Order of Santiago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. On the face of it, it should not have been a problem for </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jorge de Lencastre</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the master of the Order, to endorse the reward - after all, Gama was a Santiago knight, one of their own, and a close associate of Lencastre himself. But the fact that Sines was awarded by the king's hand, provoked Lencastre to refuse out of principle - lest it encourage the king to make other donations of the Order's properties. Gama would spend the next few years attempting to take hold of Sines - an effort which would estrange him from Lencastre and eventually prompt Gama to abandon his beloved Order of Santiago, switching over to the rival </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Order of Christ</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in 1507.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the meantime, Gama made do with a substantial hereditary royal pension of 300,000 <i>reis</i>, and the award of the noble title of <i>Dom</i> (</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">lord</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">) in perpetuity for himself, his siblings and their descendants. In early 1502 (some say as early as 1500), Vasco da Gama was awarded the title of <i>Almirante dos mares de Arabia, Persia, India e de todo o Oriente</i> ("Admiral of the Seas of Arabia, Persia, India and all the Orient") - an overwrought title reminiscent of the ornate Castilian title borne by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Christopher Columbus</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. (Evidently, Manuel must have reckoned that if </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Castile</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> had an 'Admiral of the Seas' running around, then surely Portugal should have one too.)Another royal letter, dated October 1501, gave Vasco da Gama the personal right to intervene and exercise a determining role on <i>any</i> future </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">India-bound fleet</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Around 1501, Vasco da Gama married </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Catarina de Ataíde</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, daughter of Álvaro de Ataíde, the <i>alcaide-mór</i> of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvor_Parish" title="Alvor Parish"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alvor</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algarve" title="Algarve"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Algarve</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">), and a prominent nobleman connected by kinship with the powerful </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Abrantes" title="Count of Abrantes"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Almeida</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> family (Catarina was a first cousin of D. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Francisco de Almeida</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Malabar Coast</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong> of India, c.1500, showing the path of Vasco da Gama's </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>4th India Armada</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong> in 1502.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The follow-up expedition, the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Second India Armada</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> launched in 1500, was placed under the command </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pedro Álvares Cabral</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, with the mission of making a treaty with the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Zamorin</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Calicut</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and setting up a Portuguese </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_(trading_post)" title="Factory (trading post)"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">factory</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in the city. However, Cabral entered into a conflict with the local Arab merchant guilds, with the result that the Portuguese factory was overrun in a riot and up to 70 Portuguese killed. Cabral blamed the Zamorin for the incident and bombarded the city. Thus war broke out between Portugal and Calicut.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama invoked his royal letter to take command of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">4th India Armada</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, secheduled to set out in 1502, with the explicit aim of taking revenge upon the Zamorin and force him to submit to Portuguese terms. The heavily armed fleet of fifteen ships and eight hundred men left Lisbon on 12 February 1502. One of the squadrons was led by his cousin, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estêvão da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (the son of Aires da Gama), and two of his maternal uncles, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vicente Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brás Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, were pre-designated to command an Indian Ocean naval patrol.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Along the way, on the outgoing voyage, Gama's fleet opened contact with the East African gold port of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sofala</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and reduced the sultanate of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kilwa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to tribute, extracting a substantial sum of gold. On reaching India in October 1502, da Gama started capturing any Arab vessel he came across in Indian waters, most notoriously the <i>Miri</i>, a pilgrim ship from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mecca</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, whose passengers he had massacred in open water.He then appeared before Calicut, demanding redress for the treatment meted out to Cabral. While the Zamorin was willing to sign a new treaty, Gama made a preposterous call to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hindu</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> king to expel all Muslims from Calicut before beginning negotiations, which was naturally turned down. The Portuguese fleet then bombarded the city for nearly two days from the sea shore. He also captured several rice vessels and barbarously cut off the crew's hands, ears and noses, dispatching them with an insulting note to the Zamorin.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The violent treatment meted out by Gama quickly brought trade along the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malabar Coast</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of India, upon which Calicut depended, to a standstill. But the Zamorin nonetheless refused to submit to Portuguese terms, and even ventured to hire a fleet of strong corsair warships to challenge Gama's armada (which Gama managed to defeat in a naval battle before Calicut harbor). Gama loaded up with spices at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cochin</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cannanore</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, small nearby kingdoms, half-vassal and half-at-war with the Zamorin, whose alliances had been secured by prior Portuguese fleets. The 4th armada left India in early 1503. Gama left behind a small squadron of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">caravels</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, under the command of his uncle, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vicente Sodré</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, to patrol the Indian coast, continue harassing Calicut shipping and protect the Portuguese factories at Cochin and Cannanore from the Zamorin's inevitable reprisals.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama arrived back in Portugal in September 1503, effectively having failed in his mission to bring the Zamorin to submission. This failure, and the subsequent more galling failure of his uncle Vicente Sodré to protect the Portuguese factory in Cochin, probably counted against any further rewards. When the Portuguese king </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Manuel I of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> decided to appoint the first </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">governor and viceroy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of Portuguese India in 1505, Vasco da Gama was conspicuously overlooked, and the post given to D. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Francisco de Almeida</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On his second voyage, Vasco da Gama inflicted acts of cruelty upon competing traders and local inhabitants, which sealed his notoriety in India. During his second voyage to Calicut, da Gama intercepted a ship of Muslim pilgrims at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Madayi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> travelling from Calicut to Mecca. Described in detail by eyewitness </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thomé Lopes</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and chronicler </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gaspar Correia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> as one that is unequalled in cold-blooded cruelty, da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board including 50 women, locked in the passengers, the owner and an ambassador from Egypt and burnt them to death. They offered their wealth which 'could ransom all the Christian slaves in the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kingdom of Fez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> and much more' but were not spared. Da Gama looked on through the porthole and saw the women bringing up their gold and jewels and holding up their babies to beg for mercy.'</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After demanding the expulsion of Muslims from Calicut to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hindu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Zamorin, the latter sent the high priest Talappana </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Namboothiri</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> (the very same person who conducted da Gama to the Zamorin's chamber during his much celebrated first visit to Calicut in May 1498) for talks. Da Gama called him a spy, ordered the priests' lips and ears to be cut off and after sewing a pair of dog's ears to his head, sent him away.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>St. Francis CSI Church, in </strong></span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin" title="Cochin"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Kochi</strong></span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong>. Vasco da Gama, died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">For the next two decades, Vasco da Gama lived out a quiet life, unwelcome in the royal court and sidelined from Indian affairs. His attempts to return to the favor of Manuel I (including switching over to the Order of Christ in 1507), yielded little. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Almeida</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the larger-than-life </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Albuquerque</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the efficient </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Albergaria</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> were the king's new point men for India. But after </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong><u>Ferdinand Magellan</u></strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> defected to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Crown of Castile</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in 1518, Vasco da Gama threatened to do the same, prompting the king to undertake steps to retain him in Portugal and avoid the embarrassment of losing his own "Admiral of the Seas of India" to Spain. In 1519, after years of ignoring his petitions, King Manuel I finally hurried to give Vasco da Gama a feudal title, appointing him the first </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Count of Vidigueira</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">count</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">title</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> created by a royal decree issued in Évora on December 29, after a complicated agreement with Dom </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jaime, Duke of Braganza</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, who ceded him on payment the towns of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vidigueira</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> and Vila dos Frades. This decree granted Vasco da Gama and his heirs all the revenues and privileges related, thus establishing da Gama as the first Portuguese count who was not born with royal blood.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After the death of King Manuel I in late 1521, his son and successor, King </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John III of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> set about reviewing the Portuguese government overseas. Turning away from the Albuquerque clique, represented by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Diogo Lopes de Sequeira</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, John III looked for a fresh start. Vasco da Gama re-emerged from his political wilderness as an important advisor to the new king's appointments and strategy. Seeing the new Spanish threat to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Moluccas</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> as the priority, Vasco da Gama advised against the obsession with Arabia that had pervaded much of the Manueline period, and continued to be the dominant concern of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Duarte de Menezes</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, then-</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">governor of Portuguese India</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Menezes also turned out to be incompetent and corrupt, subject to numerous complaints. As a result, John III decided to appoint Vasco da Gama himself to replace Menezes, confident that the magic of his name and memory of his deeds might better impress his authority, and manage the transition to a new government and new strategy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By his appointment letter of February 1524, John III granted Vasco da Gama the privileged title of "</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Viceroy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">", being only the second Portuguese governor to enjoy that title (the first was </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Francisco de Almeida</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in 1505).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama#cite_note-30">[31]</a></sup> His second son, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estêvão da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> was simultaneously appointed <i>Capitão-mor do Mar da Índia</i> ('Captain-major of the Indian Sea', commander of the Indian Ocean naval patrol fleet), to replace Duarte's brother, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luís de Menezes</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. As a final condition, Gama secured from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">John III of Portugal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> the commitment to appoint all his sons successively as Portuguese captains of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malacca</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Tomb of Vasco da Gama in the </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Jerónimos Monastery</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong> in Belém, Lisbon</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Setting out in April 1524, with a fleet of fourteen ships, Vasco da Gama took as his flagship the famous large carrack <i>Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai</i> on her last journey to India, along with two of his sons, Estêvão and Paulo. After a troubled journey (four or five of the ships were lost en route), he arrived in India in September. Vasco da Gama immediately invoked his high viceregent powers to impose a new order in Portuguese India, replacing all the old officials with his own appointments. But Gama contracted </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">malaria</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> not long after arriving, and died in the city of Cochin on Christmas Eve in 1524, three months after his arrival. As per royal </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">instructions, Gama was succeeded as governor of India by one the captains who had come with him, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Henrique de Menezes</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (no relation to Duarte). Vasco's sons Estêvão and Paulo immediately lost their posts and joined the returning fleet of early 1525 (along with the dismissed Duarte de Menezes and Luís de Menezes).It is reported that, on the return journey, Luís de Menezes engineered a mutiny and seized control of the <i>Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai</i>, and proceeded to turn to a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">piratical</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> career.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama's body was first buried at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">St. Francis Church</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which was located at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fort Kochi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in the city of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi_(India)" title="Kochi (India)"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kochi</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, but his remains were returned to Portugal in 1539. The body of Vasco da Gama was re-interred in Vidigueira in a casket decorated with gold and jewels.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Monastery of the Hieronymites</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Belém</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> was erected in honor of his voyage to India.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama and his wife, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Catarina de Ataíde</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">, had six sons and one daughter:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom Francisco da Gama, who inherited his father's titles as 2nd </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Count of Vidigueira</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the 2nd "Admiral of the Seas of India, Arabia and Persia". He remained in Portugal.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Estevão da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, after his abortive 1524 term as Indian patrol captain, he was appointed for a three-year term as captain of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malacca</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, serving from 1534 to 1539 (includes the last two years of his brother Paulo's term). He was subsequently appointed as the 11th </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">governor of India</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> from 1540 to 1542.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom Paulo da Gama, captain of Malacca in 1533-34, killed in a naval action off Malacca.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cristovão da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, captain of Malacca fleet from 1538 to 1540; nominated to succeed in Malacca, but killed in action while leading expedition to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Abyssinia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in 1542.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom Pedro da Silva da Gama, appointed captain of Malacca from 1548 to 1552.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dom Álvaro d'Ataide da Gama appointed captain of Malacca fleet in 1540s, captain of Malacca itself from 1552 to 1554.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dona Isabel d'Ataide da Gama, only daughter, married Ignacio de Noronha, son of the first </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Count of Linhares</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As much as anyone after Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama was responsible for Portugal's success as an early colonising power. Beside the fact of the first voyage itself, it was his astute mix of politics and war on the other side of the world that placed Portugal in a prominent position in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indian Ocean trade</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Following da Gama's initial voyage, the Portuguese crown realized that securing outposts on the eastern coast of Africa would prove vital to maintaining national trade routes to the Far East.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Portuguese </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">national epic</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the <i>Lusíadas</i> of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luís Vaz de Camões</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, largely concerns Vasco da Gama's voyages.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 1865 </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">grand opera</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> <i>L'Africaine: Opéra en Cinq Actes</i>, composed by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Giacomo Meyerbeer</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> from a libretto by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eugène Scribe</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, prominently includes the character of Vasco da Gama. The events depicted, however, are fictitious. Meyerbeer's working title for the opera was <i>Vasco da Gama</i>. A 1989 production of the opera by the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">San Francisco Opera</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> featured noted </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tenor</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Placido Domingo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in the role of da Gama. The 19th century composer </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> composed an eponymous 1872 opera based on da Gama's life and exploits at sea.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The port city of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Goa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is named after him, as is the crater </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> on the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Moon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. There are three football clubs in Brazil (including </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">) and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco Sports Club</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in Goa that were also named after him. There exists a church in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kochi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kerala</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> called </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama Church</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and a private residence on the island of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saint Helena</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. The suburb of Vasco in Cape Town also honours him.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A few places in Lisbon's </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Parque das Nações</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> are named after the explorer, such as the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama Bridge</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vasco da Gama Tower</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the <i>Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama</i> shopping centre.The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oceanário</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> in the Parque das Nações has a mascot of a cartoon diver with the name of "Vasco", who is named after the explorer.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Portuguese Navy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> has a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">class of frigates</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> named after him. There are three <i>Vasco da Gama</i> class frigates in total, of which the first one also </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">bears his name</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">South African musician </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hugh Masekela</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> recorded an anti-colonialist song entitled "Vasco da Gama (The Sailor Man)", which contains the lyrics "Vasco da Gama was no friend of mine". He later recorded another version of this song under the name "Colonial Man".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The earliest recorded sighting by Europeans took place in 1502 by the Portuguese Admiral </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vasco da Gama</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who passed through the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amirantes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The <b>Austronesian-speaking peoples</b>are various populations in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Southeast Asia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oceania</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> that speak languages of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Austronesian</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> family. They include </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Taiwanese aborigines</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; the majority ethnic groups of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">East Timor</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indonesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malaysia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Philippines</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brunei</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Madagascar</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Micronesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polynesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, as well as the Polynesian peoples of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">New Zealand</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hawaii</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and the non-</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Papuan people</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Melanesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. They are also found in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Singapore</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the Pattani region of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thailand</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and the Cham areas of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vietnam</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (remnants of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Champa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> kingdom which covered central and southern Vietnam), </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cambodia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hainan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">China</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. The territories populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples are known collectively as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Austronesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">Archaeological evidence demonstrates a technological connection between the farming cultures of the south (Southeast Asia and Melanesia) and sites that are first known from mainland China, whereas a combination of archaeological and linguistic evidence has been interpreted as supporting a northern (southern China and Taiwan) origin for the Austronesian language family. In a recent treatment, all Austronesian languages were classified into 10 subfamilies, with all the extra-Formosan languages grouped in one subfamily and with representatives of the remaining 9 known only in Taiwan. It has been argued that these patterns are best explained by dispersal of an agricultural people from Taiwan into insular Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and, ultimately, the remote Pacific. Although this model—termed the “express train to Polynesia” – is broadly consistent with available data, concerns have been raised. Alternatives to this model posit an indigenous origin for the Austronesian languages in Melanesia or Southeast Asia.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Out_of_Taiwan_model">Out of Taiwan model</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">An element in the ancestry of Austronesian-speaking peoples, the one which carried their ancestral language, originated on the island of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Taiwan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> following the migration of pre-Austronesian-speaking peoples from continental </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Asia</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> approximately 10,000-6000 BC.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">According to mainstream "out-of-Taiwan model", a large-scale Austronesian expansion began around 5000-2500 BC. Population growth primarily fueled this migration. These first settlers may have landed in northern </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luzon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in the archipelago of the Philippines, intermingling with the earlier Australo-Melanesian population who had inhabited the islands since about 23,000 years earlier. Over the next thousand years, Austronesian peoples migrated southeast to the rest of the Philippines, and into the islands of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Celebes Sea</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">, Borneo, and Indonesia. The Austronesian peoples of Maritime Southeast Asia sailed eastward, and spread to the islands of Melanesia and Micronesia between 1200 BC and 500 AD respectively. The Austronesian inhabitants that spread westward through Maritime Southeast Asia had reached some parts of mainland Southeast Asia, and later on Madagascar.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sailing from Melanesia, and Micronesia, the Austronesian peoples discovered </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polynesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> by 1000 BC. These people settled most of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pacific Islands</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. They had settled Easter Island by 300 AD, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hawaii</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> by 400 AD, and into New Zealand by 800 AD. In the Indian Ocean they sailed west from Maritime Southeast Asia; the Austronesian peoples reached Madagascar by 0-500 AD.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Taiwan hypothesis is mainly based on linguistic and partly archaeological evidence, and says nothing about genes or the oldest migrations to East Asia and the initial colonizing of the area, only about the migration that led to the spread of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Austronesian languages</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Out_of_Sundaland_model">Out of Sundaland model</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This "out of Taiwan model" has been recently challenged by a study from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Leeds University</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and published in <i>Molecular Biology and Evolution</i>. Examination of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">mitochondrial DNA</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> lineages shows that they have been evolving within Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) for a longer period than previously believed. Population dispersals occurred at the same time as sea levels rose, which may have resulted in migrations from the Philippine Islands to as far north as Taiwan within the last 10,000 years. The population migrations were most likely to have been driven by climate change — the effects of the drowning of a huge ancient continent called ‘</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sundaland</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">’ (that extended the Asian landmass as far as Borneo and Java). This happened during the period 15,000 to 7,000 years ago following the last Ice Age. He outlines how rising sea levels in three massive pulses caused flooding and the submergence of the Sunda Continent, creating the Java and South China Seas and the thousands of islands that make up Indonesia and the Philippines today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">See also: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Genomics of domestication</span></div>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Genomic analysis of cultivated coconut (<i>Coco nucifera L</i>.) has shed light on the movements of Austronesian peoples. By examining 10 microsatelite loci, researchers found that there are 2 genetically distinct subpopulations of coconut – one originating in the Indian Ocean, the Other in the Pacific Ocean. However, there is evidence of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">admixture</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the transfer of genetic material, between the two populations. Given that coconuts are ideally suited for ocean dispersal, it seems possible that individuals from one population could have floated to the other. However, the locations of the admixture events are limited to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Madagascar</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and coastal east Africa and exclude the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seychelles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">. This pattern coincides with the known trade routes of Austronesian sailors. Additionally, there is a genetically distinct subpopulation of coconut on the eastern coast of South America which has undergone a genetic bottleneck resulting from a founder effect, however its ancestral population is the pacific coconut which suggests that Austronesian peoples may have sailed as far east as the Americas </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By the beginning of the first millennium AD, most of the Austronesian inhabitants in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Maritime Southeast Asia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> began trading with </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">India</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">China</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> which allowed the creation of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indianized kingdoms</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> such as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Srivijaya</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Melayu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Majapahit</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and the establishment of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hinduism</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Buddhism</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Muslim traders from the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Arabian peninsula</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> were thought to have brought </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Islam</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> by the 10th century. Islam was established as the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">dominant religion in the Indonesian archipelago</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> by the 16th century. The Austronesian inhabitants of Polynesia were unaffected by this cultural trade, and retained their indigenous culture in the Pacific region.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Europeans in search of spices later colonized most of the Austronesian speaking countries of the Asia-Pacific region, beginning from the 16th century with the Portuguese, and Spanish colonization of some parts of Indonesia (present day </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">East Timor</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">), the Philippines, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Palau</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Guam</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mariana Islands</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; the Dutch colonization of the Indonesian archipelago; the British colonization of Malaysia and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oceania</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; the French colonization of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">French Polynesia</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">; and later, the American governance of the Pacific.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Meanwhile, the British, Germans, French, Americans, and Japanese began establishing spheres of influence within the Pacific Islands during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Japanese later invaded most of Southeast Asia and some parts of the Pacific during </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">World War II</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">. The latter half of the 20th century initiated independence of modern-day Malaysia, Philippines, the Indonesia, and many of the Pacific Island nations</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Genetic studies have been done on the people and related groups. The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Haplogroup O1 (Y-DNA)a</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">-M119 </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">genetic marker</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is frequently detected in Austronesians, as well as some </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ethnic minorities in China</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (southern non-</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Han Chinese</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">). Other </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">genetic markers</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> found in native Austronesian populations are </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Haplogroup C (Y-DNA)</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Map showing the distribution of the Austronesian language family (light pink). It roughly corresponds to the distribution of the Austronesian people.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Austronesian peoples consist of the following groupings by name and geographic location.</span><br />
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<li><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Formosan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">:</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Taiwan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Amis</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Atayal</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bunun</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Paiwan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malayo-Polynesian</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">:</span></b><ul>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Borneo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> groups: e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kadazan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Iban</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Murut</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dayak</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Central and Southern </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luzon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tagalog</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bicolano</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chamic</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> group: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cambodia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hainan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Vietnam</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chams</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jarai</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Utsuls</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Igorot</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cordilleras</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Balangao</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ibaloi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Isneg</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kankanaey</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lumad</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mindanao</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kamayo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Manobo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tasaday</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">T'boli</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malagasy</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Madagascar</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Betsileo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Merina</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sakalava</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tsimihety</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Melanesians</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Melanesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Fijians</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kanak</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ni-Vanuatu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Solomon Islands</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Micronesians</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Micronesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carolinian</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Chamorros</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Palauan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Moken</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Burma</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thailand</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Moro</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bangsamoro</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mindanao</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sulu archipelago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">). e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Maguindanao</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Maranao</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tausug</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Northern </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Luzon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ilocano</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kapampangan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pangasinan</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polynesians</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polynesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Māori</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Native Hawaiians</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Samoans</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunda</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">–</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sulawesi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> language and ethnic groups including </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malay</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sundanese</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Javanese</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Balinese</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (geographically Includes </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malaysia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brunei</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Pattani</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Singapore</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and much of western and central </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indonesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">).</span></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayan_people" title="Visayan people"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Visayans</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Visayas</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. e.g. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Aklanon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cebuano</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hiligaynon</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Waray</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">According to a recent studies by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Stanford University</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> in the United States, there is wide variety of paternal ancestry among the Austronesian people. Aside from European introgression found in Maritime Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Madagascar. They constitute the dominant ethnic group in Maritime Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. An estimated figure of around 380,000,000 people living in these regions are of Austronesian descent.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They constitute the dominant ethnic groups in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malaysia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indonesia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brunei</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Philippines</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the southernmost part of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thailand</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">East Timor</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which together with </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Singapore</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> make up what is called the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malay archipelago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Outside this area, they inhabit Palau, Guam and the Northern Marianas, most of Madagascar, the Cham areas of Vietnam and Cambodia (the remnants of the Champa kingdom which covered central and southern Vietnam), and all countries in the Micronesian and Polynesian sphere of influence.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>A </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Tagalog</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong> couple of the </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Maginoo</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong> caste depicted in the 16th century Boxer Codex</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The native culture of Austronesia is diverse, varying from region to region.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The early Austronesian peoples considered the sea as the basic tenet of their life. Following their diaspora to </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Southeast Asia</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oceania</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, they used boats to migrate to other islands. Boats of different sizes and shapes have been found in every Austronesian culture, from Madagascar, Maritime Southeast Asia, to Polynesia, and have different names (reference required).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In Southeast Asia, head-hunting was particularly restricted to the highlands as a result of warfare. Mummification is only found among the highland Austronesian Filipinos, and in some Indonesian groups in Celebes and Sumatra.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With the possible exception of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">rongorongo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> on Easter Island, writing among pre-modern Austronesians was limited to the Indianized states and the sultanates of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malay Archipelago</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. These systems included </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">abugidas</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> from the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brahmic family</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, such as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Baybayin</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Javanese script</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Old Kawi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad" title="Abjad"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">abjads</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> derived from the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Arabic script</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> such as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jawi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since the 20th century, new scripts were mostly </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">alphabets</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> adapted from the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Latin alphabet</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, as in the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hawaiian alphabet</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Filipino alphabet</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Malay alphabet</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">; however, several Formosan languages are written in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">zhuyin</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia-Cia_language" title="Cia-Cia language"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cia-Cia</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> off </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sulawesi</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> has experimented with </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hangul</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>An Austronesian abugida known as </strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>Baybayin</strong></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Indigenous religions were initially predominant. Mythologies vary by culture and geographical location, but are generally bound by the belief in an all-powerful divinity. Other beliefs such as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ancestor worship</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">animism</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">shamanism</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> are also practiced. Currently, many of these beliefs have gradually been replaced. Examples of native religions include: </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anito</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gabâ</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kejawen</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Māori religion</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai" title="Moai"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">moai</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Rapa Nui</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is another example since they are built to represent deceased ancestors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Body art among Austronesian peoples is common, especially tattooing. It is particularly prominent in Polynesian cultures, from where the word "</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tattoo</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">" derives. One such example is the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Te moko</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of New Zealand </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Māori</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, but tattooing is also prominent among Austronesian groups in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Borneo. Decorated jars and other forms of pottery are also common.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Austronesian music in Maritime Southeast Asia had a mixture of Chinese, Indian, and Islamic musical styles and sounds that had fused together with the indigenous Austronesian culture and music. In Indonesia, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gamelan</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, a type of orchestra that incorporates Xylophone and Metallophone elements, is widely used in its Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic cultural tradition. In some parts of the southern, and northern Philippines, an Islamic gong-drum known as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kulintang</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and a gong-chime known as </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gangsa</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, is also used. The Austronesian music of Oceania have retained their indigenous Austronesian sounds. The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Slit drums</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> is an indigenous Austronesian musical instrument that were invented and used by the Southeast Asian-Austronesian, and Oceanic-Austronesian ethnic groups.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A transit point for trade between Africa and Asia, the islands were occasionally used by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pirates</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> until the French began to take control starting in 1756 when a Stone of Possession was laid by Captain Nicholas Morphey. The islands were named after </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean Moreau de Séchelles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louis XV</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">’s Minister of Finance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The British contested control over the islands between 1794 and 1810. Jean Baptiste Quéau de Quincy, French administrator of Seychelles during the years of war with the United Kingdom, declined to resist when armed enemy warships arrived. Instead, he successfully negotiated the status of capitulation to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Britain</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which gave the settlers a privileged position of neutrality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Britain eventually assumed full control upon the surrender of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mauritius</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in 1810, formalised in 1814 at the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Treaty of Paris</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Seychelles became a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">crown colony</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> separate from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mauritius</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in 1903. Elections were held in 1966 and 1970. Independence was granted in 1976 as a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">republic</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> within the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commonwealth</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. In 1977, a coup d'état ousted the first president of the republic, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Mancham</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who was replaced by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">France Albert René</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.The 1979 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">constitution</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> declared a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">socialist</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> one-party state, which lasted until 1991. The first draft of a new </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">constitution</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> failed to receive the requisite 60% of voters in 1992, but an amended version was approved in 1993.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Seychelles </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">president</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who is both </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">head of state</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">head of government</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term of office. The previous president, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">France Albert René</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, first came to power after his supporters overthrew the first president in 1977 and installed him as president, one year after independence. He was reelected thereafter during each election cycle. He stepped down in 2004 in favour of his vice-president, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Michel</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, who was re-elected in 2006. Michel was reelected in 2011 in an election declared by over 100 international observers, representing </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern African Development Community</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commonwealth of Nations</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Ocean Commission</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, as being free and fair,although the opposition parties claim that there was vote-buying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cabinet</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is presided over and appointed by the president, subject to the approval of a majority of the legislature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unicameral</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Seychellois </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">parliament</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Assembly</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or <i>Assemblée Nationale</i>, consists of 34 members, of whom 25 are elected directly by popular vote, while the remaining nine seats are appointed proportionally according to the percentage of votes received by each party. All members serve five-year terms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main rival parties are the ruling socialist </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles People's Progressive Front</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (SPPF), as of 2009 the SPPF became the People's Party (PP) or Parti Lepep (LP), and the liberal democrat </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles National Party</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (SNP). Politics has been an integral part of the lives of the Seychellois since its inception in the early sixties. The range of opinion spans socialist and liberal democratic ideology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>President </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>James Michel</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> in his office in </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Victoria, Seychelles</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> in 2009</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles is part of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian Ocean Commission</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (IOC), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Francophonie</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commonwealth of Nations</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles performed excellently on the 2010 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ibrahim Index of African Governance</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, ranking 2nd out of 48 sub-Saharan African countries, with an overall score of 79 out of 100, second only to Mauritius, which received a score of 83. Particularly good were its scores in Safety and Security, Participation and Human Rights, and Human Development. The Ibrahim Index is a comprehensive measure of African governance, based on a number of different variables which reflect the success with which governments deliver essential political goods to its citizens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles is divided into twenty-five administrative regions that comprise all of the inner islands. Eight of the districts make up the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">capital</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of Seychelles and are referred to as Greater </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Another 14 districts are considered the rural part of the main island of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahé</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with two districts on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and one on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Digue</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which also includes respective satellite islands. The rest of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outer Islands</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are not considered part of any district.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until the mid-19th century, little formal education was available in Seychelles; both the Catholic and Anglican churches opened mission schools in 1851. The Catholic mission later operated boys' and girls' secondary schools with religious Brothers and nuns from abroad even after the government became responsible for them in 1944. A teacher training college opened in 1959, when the supply of locally trained teachers began to grow, and in short time many new schools were established. Since 1981 a system of free education has been in effect requiring attendance by all children in grades one to nine, beginning at age five. Ninety percent of all children also attend nursery school at age four.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The literacy rate for school-aged children rose to more than 90% by the late 1980s. Many older Seychellois had not been taught to read or write in their childhood, but adult education classes helped raise adult literacy from 60% to a claimed 85% in 1991.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently the public school system consists of 23 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">crèches</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 25 primary schools and 13 secondary schools. The schools are located on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahé</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Digue</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silhouette</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. There are also three private schools: École Française, International School and the Independent school. All three private schools are located on Mahé, but the International School has a branch on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. There are seven post secondary (non-tertiary) schools. They are the Seychelles Polytechnic, School of Advanced Level Studies, National Institute of Education, Seychelles Institute of Technology, Maritime Training Centre, Seychelles Agricultural and Horticultural Training Centre and the National Institute for Health and Social Studies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The current administration has advanced plans to open a university on the islands in an attempt to slow down the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brain drain</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that has occurred in the past. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">University of Seychelles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, initiated in conjunction with the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">University of London</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, is launching education programmes which will include teaching and lead to the award of the recognised qualifications from the University of London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Dense forests of </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mahé Island</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An island nation, Seychelles is located to the northeast of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madagascar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and about 1,600 km (994 mi) east of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kenya</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The number of islands in the archipelago is often given as 115 but the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles lists 155. The islands as per the Constitution are divided into various groups as follows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 42 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">granitic islands</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, in descending order of size: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahé</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silhouette Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Digue</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Curieuse</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Felicite</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frégate</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Ste-Anne, North, Cerf, Marianne, Grand Sœur, Thérèse, Aride, Conception, Petite Sœur, Cousin, Cousine, Long, Récif, Round (Praslin), Anonyme, Mamelles, Moyenne, Île aux Vaches Marines, L'Islette, Beacon (Île Sèche), Cachée, Cocos, Round (Mahé), L'Ilot Frégate, Booby, Chauve Souris (Mahé), Chauve Souris (Praslin), Île La Fouche, Hodoul, L'Ilot, Rat, Souris, St. Pierre (Praslin), Zavé, Harrison Rocks (Grand Rocher).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The beach of Anse Source d'Argent on </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>La Digue</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two coral sand </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cays</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> north of the granitics: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bird</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coral islands</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> south of the granitics: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coëtivy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Platte</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 29 coral islands in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amirantes group</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, west of the granitics: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desroches</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Poivre Atoll (comprising three islands—Poivre, Florentin and South Island), Alphonse, D'Arros, St. Joseph Atoll (comprising 14 islands—St. Joseph Île aux Fouquets, Resource, Petit Carcassaye, Grand Carcassaye, Benjamin, Bancs Ferrari, Chiens, Pélicans, Vars, Île Paul, Banc de Sable, Banc aux Cocos and Île aux Poules), Marie Louise, Desnoeufs, African Banks (comprising two islands—African Banks and South Island), Rémire, St. François, Boudeuse, Etoile, Bijoutier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 13 coral islands in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farquhar Group</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, south-southwest of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amirantes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farquhar Atoll</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (comprising 10 islands—Bancs de Sable Déposés Île aux Goëlettes Lapins Île du Milieu North Manaha South Manaha Middle Manaha North Island and South Island), Providence Atoll (comprising two islands—Providence and Bancs Providence) and St Pierre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 67 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">raised coral islands</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aldabra Group</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, west of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farquhar Group</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aldabra Atoll</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (comprising 46 islands—Grande Terre, Picard, Polymnie, Malabar, Île Michel, Île Esprit, Île aux Moustiques, Ilot Parc, Ilot Emile, Ilot Yangue, Ilot Magnan, Île Lanier, Champignon des Os, Euphrate, Grand Mentor, Grand Ilot, Gros Ilot Gionnet, Gros Ilot Sésame, Heron Rock, Hide Island, Île aux Aigrettes, Île aux Cèdres, Îles Chalands, Île Fangame, Île Héron, Île Michel, Île Squacco, Île Sylvestre, Île Verte, Ilot Déder, Ilot du Sud, Ilot du Milieu, Ilot du Nord, Ilot Dubois, Ilot Macoa, Ilot Marquoix, Ilots Niçois, Ilot Salade, Middle Row Island, Noddy Rock, North Row Island, Petit Mentor, Petit Mentor Endans, Petits Ilots, Pink Rock and Table Ronde), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assumption Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Astove and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cosmoledo Atoll</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (comprising 19 islands—Menai, Île du Nord (West North), Île Nord-Est (East North), Île du Trou, Goëlettes, Grand Polyte, Petit Polyte, Grand Île (Wizard), Pagode, Île du Sud-Ouest (South), Île aux Moustiques, Île Baleine, Île aux Chauve-Souris, Île aux Macaques, Île aux Rats, Île du Nord-Ouest, Île Observation, Île Sud-Est and Ilot la Croix).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the president of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nauru</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the Seychelles has been ranked the ninth most endangered nation due to flooding from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">climate change</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The climate is equable although quite humid, as the islands are small. The temperature varies little throughout the year. Temperatures on Mahé vary from 24 to 30 °C (75 to 86 °F), and rainfall ranges from 2,900 mm (114 in) annually at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victoria</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to 3,600 mm (142 in) on the mountain slopes. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Precipitation</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is somewhat less on the other islands. During the coolest months, July and August, the average low is about <span style="white-space: nowrap;">24 °C</span> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">(75 °F)</span>. The southeast trade winds blow regularly from May to November, and this is the most pleasant time of the year. The hot months are from December to April, with higher humidity (80%). March and April are the hottest months, but the temperature seldom exceeds <span style="white-space: nowrap;">31 °C</span> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">(88 °F)</span>. Most of the islands lie outside the cyclone belt, so high winds are rare.</span><br />
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<tr><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Month</span></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="January"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="February"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="March"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="April"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr</span></abbr></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May</span></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="June"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jun</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="July"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jul</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="August"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aug</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="September"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sep</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="October"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oct</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="November"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nov</span></abbr></th><th><abbr class="abbr" title="December"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec</span></abbr></th><th style="border-left-width: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Year</span></th></tr>
<tr><th height="16"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average high °C (°F)</span></th><td style="background: rgb(255, 86, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(84)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 86, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(85)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 79, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(86)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 72, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">31</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(88)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 79, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(86)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(83)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(82)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(82)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(83)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 86, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(84)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 86, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(85)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 86, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(85)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 85, 0); border-left-width: medium; color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29.1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(84.4)</span></td></tr>
<tr><th height="16"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daily mean °C (°F)</span></th><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(82)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(82)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 93, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(82)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 106, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(79)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 106, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(79)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 106, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(79)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 106, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(79)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 99, 0); border-left-width: medium; color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(80)</span></td></tr>
<tr><th height="16"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average low °C (°F)</span></th><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 113, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(77)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(75)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(75)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(75)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(75)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(76)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 120, 0); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(76)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(255, 117, 0); border-left-width: medium; color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24.5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(76.2)</span></td></tr>
<tr><th height="16"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Precipitation</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> mm (inches)</span></th><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 48); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">386</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(15.2)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 61); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">274</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(10.8)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 173); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">226</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(8.9)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 228); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">183</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(7.2)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(12, 12, 255); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">163</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(6.4)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(102, 102, 255); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">99</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3.9)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(129, 129, 255); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">84</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3.3)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(141, 141, 255); color: black; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">76</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(3)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(51, 51, 255); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">132</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(5.2)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(12, 12, 255); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">163</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(6.4)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 165); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">224</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(8.8)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 48); color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">338</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(13.3)</span></td><td style="background: rgb(0, 0, 213); border-left-width: medium; color: white; font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,347</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(92.4)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the plantation era, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cinnamon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">vanilla</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">copra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> were the chief exports. In the 1960s, about 33% of the working population worked at plantations, and 20% worked in the public or government sector. In 1971, with the opening of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles International Airport</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, tourism became a serious industry, basically dividing the economy into plantations and tourism. The tourism sector paid better, and the plantation economy could only expand so far. The plantation sector of the economy declined in prominence, and tourism became the primary industry of Seychelles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coconut oil</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> making in the early 1970s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since independence in 1976, per capita output has expanded to roughly seven times the old near-subsistence level. Growth has been led by the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tourist</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sector, which employs about 30% of the labour force, compared to agriculture which today employs about 3% of the labour force. Despite the growth of tourism, farming and fishing continue to employ some people, as do industries that process coconuts and vanilla. The prime agricultural products currently produced in the Seychelles include </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sweet potatoes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">vanilla</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coconuts</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cinnamon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. These products provide much of the economic support of the locals. Frozen and canned fish, copra, cinnamon, and vanilla are the main export commodities of the islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Graphical depiction of Seychelles's product exports in 28 color coded categories</span><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seychelles_Export_Treemap.png"></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In recent years the government has encouraged foreign investment in order to upgrade hotels and other services. These incentives have given rise to an enormous amount of investment in real estate projects and new resort properties, such as project TIME, distributed by the World Bank, along with its predecessor project MAGIC.Despite its growth, the vulnerability of the tourist sector was illustrated by the sharp drop in 1991–1992 due largely to the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gulf War</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Since then the government has moved to reduce the dependence on tourism by promoting the development of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">farming</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fishing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, small-scale </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">manufacturing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and most recently the offshore financial sector, through the establishment of the Seychelles International Business Authority (SIBA) and the enactment of several pieces of legislation (such as the International Corporate Service Providers Act, the International Business Companies Act, the Securities Act, the Mutual Funds and Hedge Fund Act, amongst others).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other issues facing the government are the curbing of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">budget deficit</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, including the containment of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">social welfare</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> costs, and further </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">privatisation</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of public enterprises. The government has a pervasive presence in economic activity, with public enterprises active in petroleum product distribution, insurance (has now been privatized), banking (is being privatized very soon), imports of basic products (now being privatized), telecommunications (four private ISP/telecom companies), and a wide range of other businesses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The national currency of the Seychelles is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychellois rupee</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles Rupee</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Initially tied to a basket of international currencies it was depegged and allowed to be devalued and float freely in 2008 on the presumed hopes of attracting further foreign investment in the Seychelles Economy.</span><br />
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<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th class="mergedtoprow" colspan="2" style="line-height: 1.2em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">roupie seychelloise <small><span class="languageicon" style="color: #555555; font-weight: bold;">(French)</span></small></span></span></span></th></tr>
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<tr><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ISO 4217 code</span></th><td><code><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SCR</span></code></td></tr>
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<tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Website</span></td><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">www.cbs.sc</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">User(s)</span></th><td><span class="flagicon"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><img alt="" class="thumbborder" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Seychelles.svg/22px-Flag_of_Seychelles.svg.png" width="22" /> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seychelles</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Inflation</span></th><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7.5%</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedrow"><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Source</span></td><td><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Central Bank of Seychelles</span></i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, January 2008 est.</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="mergedrow"><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1/100</span></td><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">cent</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Symbol</span></th><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SR or SRe</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Coins</span></th><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1, 5, 10, 25 cents, 1, 5 rupees</span></td></tr>
<tr class="mergedtoprow"><th><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Banknotes</span></th><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">10, 25, 50, 100, 500 rupees</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The <b>rupee</b> is the currency of the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seychelles</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. It is subdivided into 100 <i>cents</i>. In the local </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seychellois Creole</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"> (Seselwa) language, it is called the <i>roupi</i>. The international currency code is SCR. The abbreviations <b>SR</b> and <b>SRe</b> are sometimes used.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Seychellois, or Seychelles Rupee was introduced in 1914, coinciding with the global economic impact of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">World War I</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. Initially in banknote form only, The Seychellois Rupee circulated alongside and was equal to the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mauritian rupee</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which had circulated in the Seychelles since 1877. The Mauritian rupee had replaced </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sterling</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, which had circulated since 1810. Only in 1939 were coins introduced specifically for use in the Seychelles.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Until 2008, the value of the Seychelles rupee was tied to a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">currency basket</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> comprising 59 percent </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Euros</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, 31 percent </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">British Pounds</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and 10 percent </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">U.S. Dollars</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">.The currency was freely floated on November 2, 2008, promptly sinking 43% to 19.97 per euro on the first day of trading.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Coat of arms of Seychelles</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> is depicted on Seychellois rupee coins</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Prior to 1939, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mauritius</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> coinage circulated in the Seychelles, even though the islands had been politically autonomous of Mauritius since 1903 as a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">crown colony</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> of </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Great Britain</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1939, coins in denominations of 10 and 25 cents, ½ and 1 rupee were introduced. The 10 cents was a new denomination minted in </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">cupro-nickel</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> with a scalloped shape, whilst the other three denominations were the same sizes as the Mauritian coins but were minted in a lower fineness of silver (.500). In 1948, bronze 1, 2 and 5 cents coins were introduced. The coins were the same size as the Mauritian coins and nearly identical in design.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1951, cupro-nickel replaced silver in the 25 cents. Further changes were made in 1953 and 1954, when a twelve-sided, nickel-brass 10 cents was introduced, replacing the scalloped cupro-nickel pieces. This was followed by cupro-nickel ½ and 1 rupee pieces. These were also the first Seychelles issues to begin depicting </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Queen Elizabeth II</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1972, round aluminium 1 cents and scalloped 5 cents were introduced (following the last issue of 2 cents in 1968) along with a seven sided cupro-nickel 5 rupees of identical size and weight to the British </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">50 Pence</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and a large, round 10 rupees coin of the same composition. These also became the first coins in the country to depict flora and fauna rather than simple, classic designs. These coins continued to be in use in varying degrees until 1982.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1976, a short lived coin series was introduced celebrating the nation's newly independent status and featuring the first president of Seychelles, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">James Mancham</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. This series was discontinued just after the first year when James Mancham was deposed in a coup d'état by </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">France Albert René</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. However, these coins continued to be circulated along with both earlier and later issues until 1982.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1977, the obverse on all coins was redesigned to feature the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Coat of arms of Seychelles</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and the date was moved to the obverse from the reverse. Although well designed, this coin series was also relatively short lived.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1982 a new, downsized coinage was introduced, consisting of a redesigned brass 1, 5 and 10 cents that were all rounded rather than scalloped. The cupro-nickel 25 cents and, 1 and 5 rupees also saw changes, with a redesign of the 25 cents and a downsizing for the 1 and 5 rupees, the latter being changed from seven equilaterally curved sides to round. The 10 rupee piece was discontinued and withdrawn from circulation due to lack of demand in competing with the more popular notes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1914, the government produced emergency issues of notes for 50 cents, 1, 5 and 10 rupees.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Standard issue notes began to be issued in 1918, with notes for 50 cents and 1 rupee, followed by 5, 10 and 50 rupees in 1928. The 50 cents and 1 rupee notes were issued until 1951 and phased out in favor of the coins. 20 and 100 rupees notes were first introduced in 1968, whilst the 5 rupee note was replaced by a coin in 1972.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1976, the Seychelles Monetary Authority took over the issuance of paper money, issuing notes for 10, 25, 50 and 100 rupees. This series featured the first president of the Seychelles, James Mancham and replaced all colonial notes issued prior to independence.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1979, there was a redesign, featuring a more socialist and modernized theme reminiscent of the René Regime. This series was also issued by the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Central Bank of Seychelles</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> when it took over full responsibility in the same year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1989, a new series was introduced with better security features and colors.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In 1998, another more high tech series was introduced with a more practical, ergonomic design. This series later saw an additional 500 rupees note first introduced in 2005.</span><br />
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<tr><th colspan="2" style="background: rgb(167, 195, 255);"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Current SCR exchange rates</span></th></tr>
<tr><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From </span><a class="external text" href="http://www.google.com/finance" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Google Finance</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">:</span></td><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">AUD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CAD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CHF</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">EUR</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">GBP</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">HKD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">JPY</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">USD</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From </span><a class="external text" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/currency" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yahoo! Finance</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">:</span></td><td><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">AUD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CAD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">CHF</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">EUR</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">GBP</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">HKD</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">JPY</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">USD</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran'bla ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The British administration employed Indians on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">indentured servitude</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the same degree as in Mauritius resulting in a small Indian population. The Indians, like a similar minority of Chinese, were confined to a merchant class. Today the descendents of the Indian, Chinese, and Gran'bla form distinct ethnic communities, although most people are of 'black' African origin, often mixed with 'white' European or Asian heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the islands of Seychelles had no indigenous population, the current Seychellois are composed of people who have emigrated to the island. The largest ethnic groups are those of African, French, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinese</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> descent. French and English are official languages along with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychellois Creole</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, which is primarily based upon French. Turkish, Spanish, and Arabic are spoken by a small part of population as secondary languages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the 2002 census, most Seychellois are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christians</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: 82.3% are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roman Catholic</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, 6.4% are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anglican</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and 4.5% are of other Christian denominations. There are also small minorities that practice </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hinduism</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2.1%) and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Islam</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (1.1%). Other non-Christian faiths account for 1.5% of the population while a further 2.1% were non-religious or did not specify a religion.The total median age of Seychellois is 32 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychellois society is essentially </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">matriarchal</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Mothers tend to be dominant in the household, controlling most current expenditures and looking after the interests of the children.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unwed mothers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are the societal norm, and the law requires fathers to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">support their children</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Men are important for their earning ability, but their domestic role is relatively peripheral. Older women can usually count on financial support from family members living at home or contributions from the earnings of grown children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The district clock tower in the centre of Victoria, capital of Seychelles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">music of Seychelles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is diverse. The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">folk music</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of the islands incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including African rhythms, aesthetic and instrumentation—such as the zez and the bom (known in Brazil as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">berimbau</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), European </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">contredanse</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">polka</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mazurka</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, French folk and pop, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sega</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from Mauritius and Réunion, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">taarab</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">soukous</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and other pan-African genres, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Polynesian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Indian and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arcadian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> music. A complex form of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">percussion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> music called </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">contombley</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is popular, as is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moutya</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, a fusion of native folk rhythms with Kenyan </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">benga</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditionally, despite a greater connection with Great Britain (e.g., in education, which follows the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International General Certificate of Education</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (IGCSE), and on many aspects of the law) many foreign observershave stated that "the culture remains emphatically French" and about 70% of the population have a family name of French origin, compared with only about 20% family names of English origin. The two are often mixed, such that inhabitants receive an English first name and a French family name or vice-versa (e.g., Jean-Pierre Kingsmith).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coco de Mer</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Environmental legislation is very strict, and every tourism project must undergo an environmental review and a lengthy process of consultations with the public and conservationists. The Seychelles is a world leader in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sustainable tourism</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The end result of this </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sustainable development</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an intact and stable natural environment, which attracts financially strong visitors (150,000 in 2007) rather than short-term mass tourism. Since 1993 a law guarantees the citizens the right to a clean environment and at the same time obliges them to protect this environment. The country holds a record for the highest percentage of land under natural conservation—nearly 50% of the total land area of the Seychelles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anse Source d' Argent on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Digue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like many fragile island ecosystems, the Seychelles saw the loss of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">biodiversity</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> during early human history, including the disappearance of most of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">giant tortoises</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from the granitic islands, the felling of coastal and mid-level forests, and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">extinction</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of species such as the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chestnut flanked white eye</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles Parakeet</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles Black Terrapin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">saltwater crocodile</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. However, extinctions were far fewer than on islands such as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mauritius</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hawaii</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, partly due to a shorter period of human occupation (since 1770). The Seychelles today is known for success stories in protecting its flora and fauna. The rare </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles Black Parrot</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the national bird of the country, is now protected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The granitic islands of Seychelles are home to about 75 endemic plant species, with a further 25 or so species in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aldabra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> group. Particularly well-known is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coco de Mer</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, a species of palm that grows only on the islands of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praslin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and neighbouring </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Curieuse</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Sometimes nicknamed the "love nut" because of the shape of its fruit which, with the husk removed, presents a "double" coconut resembling a woman's buttocks, the coco-de-mer produces the world's heaviest seed pods. The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jellyfish tree</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is to be found in only a few locations on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahe</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. This strange and ancient plant in a genus of its own (Medusagynaceae) has resisted all efforts to propagate it. Other unique plant species include the Wright's Gardenia <i>Rothmannia annae</i> found only on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aride</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Island Special Reserve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">freshwater crab</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> genus <i>Seychellum</i> is endemic to the granitic Seychelles, and a further 26 species of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">crabs</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and 5 species of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hermit crabs</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> live on the islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Giant Tortoise (<i>Dipsochelys hololissa</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aldabra Giant Tortoise</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> now populates many of the islands of the Seychelles. The Aldabra population is the largest in the world. These unique reptiles can be found even in captive herds. It has been reported that the granitic islands of Seychelles supported distinct species of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles giant tortoises</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">; the status of the different populations is currently unclear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are several unique varieties of orchids on the Islands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seychelles hosts some of the largest </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seabird colonies</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the world. In the outer islands Aldabra and Cosmoledo are home to the largest numbers. In </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">granitic Seychelles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the largest numbers are on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aride Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> including the world's largest numbers of two species.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The marine life around the islands, especially the more remote coral islands, can be spectacular. More than 1,000 species of fish have been recorded. Since the use of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">spearguns</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dynamite</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for fishing was banned through efforts of local conservationists in the 1960s, the wildlife is unafraid of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">snorkelers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">divers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coral bleaching</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in 1998 has unfortunately damaged most reefs, but some reefs show healthy recovery (e.g. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silhouette Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although multinational oil companies have explored the waters around the islands, no oil or gas has been found. In 2005, a deal was signed with US firm Petroquest, giving it exploration rights to about 30,000 km<sup>2</sup> around Constant, Topaz, Farquhar and Coëtivy islands until 2014. Seychelles imports oil from the Gulf in the form of refined petroleum derivatives at the rate of about 5,700 barrels per day (910 m<sup>3</sup>/d). In recent years oil has been imported from Kuwait and also from Bahrain. Seychelles imports three times more oil than is needed for internal uses because it re-exports the surplus oil in the form of bunker for ships and aircraft calling at Mahé. There are no refining capacities on the islands. Oil and gas imports, distribution and re-export are the responsibility of Seychelles Petroleum (Sepec), while oil exploration is the responsibility of the Seychelles National Oil Company (SNOC).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main natural resources of the Seychelles are fish, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">copra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cinnamon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">coconuts</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, salt and iron</span></div>
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<span class="label"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This was an issue long long time ago but only recently they are being strict in implementing the ID system in the country and being an expat myself me and my husband follow the rules and have applied for the ID and now we dont have to stress ourselves about it, to those other people who doesnt have any clue of what is an emirates card and what is the procedure I hope this steps and procedure can help you with applying its better to be prepared than to face those fines (yikes!) it will do you harm than good.</em></span> </span></span><br />
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Fill in the e-form at any Emirates ID authorized typing centers or online.<br />
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On receiving the SMS, the customer heads for the Service Point stated in the SMS.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Colored passport-size (4.5 x 3.5 cm) photo with white background </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fees of registration and card issuance as of September 29, 2011:</span></div>
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<tr class="odd"><td width="70%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issuance and renewal of ID card for UAE citizens and GCC nationals (five years)</span></td><td width="30%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AED 100</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="even"><td width="70%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issuance and renewal of ID card for residents (for each year of residence)</span></td><td width="30%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AED 100</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="even"><td width="70%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Change of details that require issuing a new card (The updated card expires on the same date as the old one)</span></td><td width="30%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AED 150</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="odd"><td width="70%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Application of a mobile vehicle (for individuals, single family, for one day)</span></td><td width="30%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AED 1000</span></td></tr>
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<tr class="even"><td width="70%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Issuance and Renewal of card (Urgent Service)</span></td><td width="30%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AED 150</span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The residents of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah,with residencies expiring in 2012, will be required to enroll for the ID card along with renewing their residencies</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure the service required at the Typing Center (new registration, renewal of ID Card or replacement for lost or damaged card). </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep the financial receipt which proves that you filled in the e-Form. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Employers in the UAE will have to pay fees for the issuance of national
identity cards for their employees when the ID is linked to residence in the
country, according to the Emirates Identity Authority (EIA).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The national ID, an ambitious project launched by the UAE to ensure
comprehensive data for its people, is expected to be linked to government
services from April, two months ahead of the deadline for registration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The fees for the issuance of the ID card will automatically become the
responsibility of the sponsor once it is linked to residence and after the
enforcement of the unified application form,” EIA director general Ali Alkhouri
told the semi official Arabic language daily Alittihah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said some major private sector firms in the UAE, including Al-Jaber Group,
had already agreed to pay ID fees for their employees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“As from April, government services to the public will be linked to
registration and obtaining the ID card…during that period, we will work to link
the ID electronically with six government establishments including the
ministries of interior, labour, education, health, justice and higher
education,” Khouri said.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking at a seminar organized by Alittihad, Khouri urged citizens from the
other members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to obtain the
national ID card, warning that any delay could block their interests in the
UAE.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He revealed plans to re-design ID registration centres with the aim of
expanding their handling capacity to ensure all people in the UAE are registered
on time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said the project would be completed within the first half of 2011, adding
that the capacity of some centres would be more than doubled</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“For example, the registration lines at Barsha centre in Dubai will be
increased from six to 25 in February,” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span itemprop="summary">5 simple steps to register for an ID
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All residents of the UAE have been asked to register for the National
Identity card, and you may need to show it under certain circumstances. This can
be done by following these steps: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Prepare the necessary documents: your
original passport and residency permit. For children below 15 years old, you’ll
need to bring a colour passport-size photo with light-blue background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. To arrange an appointment, go to one of the 30 authorised typing centres in
Dubai (locations listed on www.emiratesid.ae), and fill in the electronic form.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Pay registration (Dhs100 each year your visa is valid for) and service fees
(Dhs70) at the centre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Wait for an SMS from the Emirates Identity Authority informing you about
the date, time and location of the service centre you need to register at. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Visit the centre carrying your original passport and complete the
registration process, which includes having your photograph taken and
fingerprints recorded. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s it – you’re done. Your National ID card will be sent to
you.</span><br />
<cite class="artdat"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By </span><a href="mailto:Time%20Out%20Dubai%20staff%20%3Cvineetha.menon@itp.com%3E?subject=Time Out Dubai: How to get an Emirates ID card, 5 simple steps to register for an ID card in Dubai" jquery1337583045670="35"><span itemprop="reviewer" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time Out Dubai
staff</span></a></cite><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<cite class="artdat"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time Out Dubai, <time datetime="2011-02-24" itemprop="dtreviewed">24 February 2011</time> </span></cite></div>
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So happy and proud of my beshi Charmaine "Charm" Parker. She just graduated as a Nurse can you imagine that? So proud of her that's why I made this blog entry for her. We have been friends since high school and even if her whole family moved to the states the communication did not stop there before we even try writing each other by snail mail and I still have all of the letters she sends me and love reading them one by one once in a while it reminds me that I am blessed to have and met a person like her, and now with this new generation of emails and Facebook it is not impossible for us not to have communication and just recently she posted these photos of her graduation :)<br />
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Distance would never be an issue for friendship that's what I learned because of our "<strong>distance love affair</strong>" and yes even if I have met lots of people and also she the bond that we have would never ever fade in time, I even have an additional sister from her and that Cams :)<br />
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One day I know we will see each other once more it will not be impossible, nothing is impossible I know! <br />
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Love you beshi !<br />
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FHM Philippines</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 Sexiest Women in the World</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td><br />
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<tr><td rowspan="5"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6th ASAP Pop Viewers Choice Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Loveteam (Shared with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Milby</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Babe, I Love You</span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td rowspan="5"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Female Fashionista</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Cover Girl</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Screen Kiss (Shared with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Milby</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Babe, I Love You</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Celebrity Cameo Role</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful Girl by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christian Bautista</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YAHOO! Year-In Review</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top 10 Searches</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td><br />
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anak TV Seal Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Admired Female Personality</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">24th PMPC Star Awards for Television</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Talent Search Program Hosts (Shared with co-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showtime</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hosts)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showtime</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YES! Magazine</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 Most Beautiful Stars</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="included table-included" style="background: rgb(221, 251, 255); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Included</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="18"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Studio 23's 1st Barkada Choice Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Choice Tweet Idol</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Superstar Award</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yahoo! OMG Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hottest Actress</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27th PMPC Star Awards for Movies</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movie Actress of the Year</span></td><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Your Eyes</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29th Luna Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Supporting Actress</span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People Asia Magazine</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woman of Style and Substance</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anak TV Seal Award</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Admired Female Personality</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5th ASAP 24K Gold Record Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Female Artist Awardee</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annebisyosa</span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25th PMPC Star Awards for Television</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Drama Actress</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Rose</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Talent Search Program Hosts (Shared with co-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showtime</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> hosts)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Showtime</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FHM Philippines</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 Sexiest Women of the World</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td><br />
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<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YES! Magazine</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 Most Beautiful Stars</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="included table-included" style="background: rgb(221, 251, 255); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Included</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top 20 Celebrity Endorsers</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td><br />
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<tr><td rowspan="5"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7th ASAP Pop Viewers' Choice Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Female Artist</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td rowspan="5"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-67"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Celebrity Cameo</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bumuhos Man ang Ulan by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Female Fashionista</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Cover Girl</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cosmopolitan</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop Twittezen</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28th PMPC Star Awards for Movies</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movie Actress of the Year</span></td><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No Other Woman</span></td><td class="no table-no2" style="background: rgb(255, 221, 221); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nominated</span></td><td><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14th Gawad Pasado</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pinakapasadong Aktres (tied with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angel Locsin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GMMF's 43rd Box Office Entertainment Awards</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Popular Female Novelty Singer</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Annebisyosa</span></td><td class="yes table-yes2" style="background: rgb(153, 255, 153); color: black; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won</span></td><td rowspan="2"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></sup></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Box Office Queen (tied with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cristine Reyes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No Other Woman</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 People's Choice Top Entertainer of the Year by the Year-Ender Excellence & People's Choice Seal of Excellence Awards Committee - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 5th USTv Awards "Students'Choice of Actress in a Daily Soap Opera", for Dyosa - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 27th People's Choice Dangal ng Bayan Awards "Best Actress and Commercial Endorser" - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 3rd Star Magic Ball "Most Glamorous Celebrity of the Night"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 US GIRLS August Awards "Most Fashionable"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 FHM Magazine Philippine's Sexiest Women in the World - Rank no. 8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009 Metrowear Magazine's "STYLE ICON OF THE YEAR"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 Yahoo Top searches "Included"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 Philippine Entertainment Portal "The TOP 10 Female Celebrity Endorsers of 2008" "Included" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 34th Metro Manila Film Festival-Philippines(MMFF) "Best Actress" From Movie Baler </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 Anak TV Seal Award "Most Admired Female Personality" "Included" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 Uno Magazine "Hottest Girls" "Rank No.1" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 FHM Magazine "100 Sexiest Woman in the Philippines" "Rank No. 8" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008 Starmometers "Most Beautiful Pinays" "Rank No. 4" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 Uno Magazine "Hottest Girls" "Rank No.1" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 Preview Magazine "Best Dressed" "-Included" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 FHM Magazine "100 Sexiest Woman in the Philippines" "Rank No. 8" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 Box Office Entertainment Awards "Princess of Philippine Movies and Television" -"Nominated" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 Starmometers "Most Beautiful Pinays" "Rank No. 6" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006 Starmometers "Most Beautiful Pinays" "Rank No. 5" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006 Myx Music Awards "Best Celebrity Guest by a Video" "Won" (Song I need You by Mark Bautista)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas</b></i> (lit. <i>I Wish It Would Never End</i>) was a soap aired by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> he was aired On May 18, 2003 and ended April 23, 2004. It is a love story of two star-crossed lovers who suffer for their parents’ long forgotten sins. Christian and Ara battle the odd twists and turns of fate in the hopes of protecting a love that withstands the test of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas is a love story about four people with starcrossed paths Arabella Garcia </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Christian Soriano </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> are two young souls who lives interwine and faith sets them up in an endless love story of their lives but Arabella does not know what harm will bring when she falls for Christian the man who she is fated to love will discover that one part of her family is part of Christian's painful pasts,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this Soap Opera Masterpiece... Two Lives... and One Love story will change everything in a World where love will never end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story concentrates on Arabella "Ara" Garcia </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> who had to forlong, working for a living and gave up her dreams of fulfilling a college education to help her grandmother, Arabella's simple life crosses paths with a passenger on the ship where she works on as a part time tour guide the dashing Christian Sorianno </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> who comes on board on the fateful ride, Christian is the grandson of the Multi-Media Queen Dona Valeria or called by her firm and co workers "DVV" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria Romero (actress)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> who holds a multimedia publishing firm she wants to pull down Christians wings and attempts to hold the business and negotiations held by the company. Christian is smitten by Ara's beauty and after an uncertain accident attempting Ara to fall off the ship to go after her picture Christian saves Ara but are unable to go back on the ship and are left on an isolated beautiful island.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christian and Ara get to know each other better having the moments of their lives, Christian and Ara go back to normal but both cannot hinder their feelings with Ara falling for Christian and offered work by Dona Valeria, Dona Valeria, on the other hand does not like Christian's choice of picking Ara, Ara also catches Christian's mentally-disabled sisters attention with stories also heard by Dona Valeria, Little did they know that their love will not last for long.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a past, so unkind to Ara, and Christian there is also those against their relationship Francine </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desiree del Valle</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the cunning ex, who is also Dona Valera's Assailant in all situations regarding Christian personal, and nonpersonal commitments, and Arabella's trusted friends Newton </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvin Agustin</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Shayne </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kaye Abad</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Newton has always grew fond for Ara growing up although turned down because of Ara's personal beliefs on their friendship and Shayne, the aspiring singer, who wants to make it big and tries to get Newton's personal interests, even though Ara has no feelings for Newton. The duo also help Ara sustain her confidence, and integrity with her and Christian's relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But creeping back are those who will break them apart because of lies, deceit, and even personal vengeance causing harm to Elizabeth </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cherry Pie Picache</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dona Valeria kept her out of the picture causing her to go to jail and manipulate her every move after loving Dona Valeria's son Richard </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gary Estrada</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> long time ago,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Elizabeth comes home the homecoming also brings a toll as Christian finds out the truth about Elizabeth causing Ara to plead for all the sins and mistakes her family has given to their clan. but Christian is out of anger and disbelief thinking Ara is a liar, losing his honesty and trust to her insanity causes panic leading Ara, running away but in a lead of events Ara falls in the hands of someone else. And as for Christian he will be saved by an unknown woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Mary Ann </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angelika de la Cruz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on the other hand saves Christian from a suicidal attempt to kill himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Mary Ann and Christian cross paths an unlikely bond happens with Christian starting to recover from his trauma and insane breakdown he helps Mary-Ann with her dream of becoming an aspiring singer. And so does Leo and Arabella who now enters his world all four fall for their opposites but who will love who?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Christian Soriano-A Man who is all on business but luxury and success is all he wants his fate will define when he meets Arabella and as they intercross he finds out the truth of Arabella's family and what he has been looking for along but after going insane and Arabella is brought into another persons arm and finds out Arabella was caught in an accident, and meets Mary Ann and interfaces a brighter young woman who will change his insights in life but what if Arabella and him face again?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Arabella Grace Garcia-The Young Woman who will be the love of Christian her one true love she met onboard and Leonardo "Leo" the man who offers her and showers her love from all the disaster who will she pick between these two men the one true love or the man she loves now?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angelika dela Cruz</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Mary Ann Santos-The singer who enters in the new chapter of their love story her dreams are what bring her to a happy world but when she encounters Christian a man on the verge of suicide she becomes the fundamental part of his heart will she ever let go of Christian the one who sees her talent even though of her presence and her background and comes from a different world?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marvin Agustin</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Newton</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kaye Abad</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Shane Diwata</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria Romero</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Doña Valeria Valencia/ DVV</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Caridad Sanchez</b> as Choleng †</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Alandy</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ramon Madrigal</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gary Estrada</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Richard Valencia †</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bong Regala</b> as Emilio Soriano †</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bon Vibar</b> as Nicanor Soriano</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nina Ricci Alagao</b> as Bettina</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Minnie Aguilar</b> as Shane's Mother</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Marithez Samson</b> as Lucy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cholo Escaño</b> as Einstein</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Crispin Pineda</b> as Orly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Serena Dalrymple</b> as Rain Soriano</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julia Clarete</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Denise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Karlo Enriquez</b> as Young Nicanor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Troy Martino</b> as Shane's Father</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carla Humphries</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Christian's Secretary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Karlina Bayot</b> as Socorro Soriano</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kris Aquino</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Herself</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teresa Garcia</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jerome Chavez-Pobocan and FM Reyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ricardo Lee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Henry King Quitain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ma. Regina Amigo </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dindo Perez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Aileen Sempio-Viray</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Francis Passion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denise O'Hara</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mel Francis Santos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jarell Serencio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charo Santos-Concio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Malou Santos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anna Goma</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The original theme for the series was Jessa Zaragoza's version of "Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas" from her album <i>Kahit Na Ilang Umaga</i>. It was eventually replaced by a re-recording of the Sharon Cuneta original, performed also by its original singer Sharon Cuneta and used both Versions in the Television Series.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The viewers decided on which ending is going to air through </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">text messaging</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, first in the world's television history.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the comeback project of actress </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angelika dela Cruz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> after being with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GMA 7</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for quite some time.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas was considered as one of the best soap operas in the Philippine TV history by most of the critics and audiences. Its highest rating was 49.3%, while the lowest was 38.7%. Its overall ratings was 39.4%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Dahil May Isang Ikaw</b></i> (lit. <i>Because There is Only You</i>) is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Philippine</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> primetime drama series that aired by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> starring </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lorna Tolentino</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gabby Concepcion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Estrada</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chin Chin Gutierrez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karylle</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sid Lucero</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The show marks the reunion of young actors Kristine Hermosa and Jericho Rosales as a love team after five years, since their previous series, <i>Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas</i>. It's a comeback primetime series of award-winning actress Lorna Tolentino on ABS-CBN after eight years. The first teaser was released on July 22, 2009 after <i>TV Patrol World</i> which shows viewers the powerhouse cast and actors portrayal in the series. Several follow-up trailers were released which gave viewers the debut date of August 24, 2009.</span><div id="bodyContent">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN International Sales and Distribution</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the series will soon air in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malaysia</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and other </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asian</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> countries with the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> title of <i>Destined Hearts</i>. <i>Dahil May Isang Ikaw</i> is nominated in 2010 International </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emmy Awards</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the Telenovela category and Sid Lucero for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as Alfred "Red" Ramirez. The show was nominated as best foreign drama series in the Emmy Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The show premiered on August 24, 2009. <i>Dahil May Isang Ikaw</i> tells the tale of two families whose fates intertwine with one another, creating a rather complicated love story between two brothers and two sisters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tessa Ramirez (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lorna Tolentino</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) is a great and well-respected lawyer who has won every case she took, particularly child abuse cases. However, the agony in searching for her lost daughter is her greatest fight. Before attaining success in life, she was once a faithful and loving partner of Jaime Alferos (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gabby Concepcion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) during college in 1980. Jaime had promised Tessa that they will get married once he comes back from a six-month stay in the States for academics. One day, Jaime's mother (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alicia Alonso</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) told Tessa that Jaime is committed to an affair with another lady. Tessa called Jaime, but the phone call was received by Patricia Aragon (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chin-Chin Gutierrez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), who confirmed the relationship. Tessa was pregnant at that time. Daniel Ramirez (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Estrada</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) is a friend who secretly loves her. He will do anything that will please Tessa and, in fact, he stands as husband and father of the child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an unexpected situation, Tessa's daughter Melissa was kidnapped by a syndicate whose motives is to raise babies to be laborers. Daniel was taking baby Melissa to see her pediatrician, when he was suddenly held at gunpoint by a man demanding he hand over the baby or be killed. Tessa greatly blamed Daniel when she discovered he lost her daughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an effort to make things up to Tessa, Daniel promises to put her through law school, which is her most cherished dream. To support her, he turns to a life of crime. One day while robbing a bank, his heist partner is killed after shooting a bank customer during a scuffle. The customer turns out to be a brother of a government official and, because his killer is already dead, Daniel is detained for his murder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ella (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mika dela Cruz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a girl who has simple dream, to be loved by her mother (later to be </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). She tried to make her dream come true by dropping a bended one peso coin to the river; it was caught by a sailing vessel instead. She saw a boy, Miguel (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul Salas</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, later to be </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) who secretly boarded that ship. She asks him to drop the coin to the water but young Miguel didn't hear it clearly. Both of them were caught, Miguel by a fisherman forcibly asking him to get down immediately and Ella by her mother while punishing her because of stealing the peso.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here comes young Pip (Nash Aguas later to be </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sid Lucero</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) who stole a lady's handbag due to starvation. Pip has been influenced by his biological father before. Young Miguel advised his half brother (not by blood) not to do it anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As all struggle for their dreams fate leads Miguel to Tessa after overhearing Ella's dream about being with her idol who is Tessa the dedicated lawyer Miguel heard in Ella's stories. Tessa decides to provide help to Miguel on getting Pip out of jail. Not only does she do this but finds it in her heart that she is close to young Miguel as if he were her child. In prison meanwhile Pip's life is hardened. Daniel decides to take in Pip so he doesn't be hardened by the inmates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pip seems to be open to Daniel and raises him like a father. As Pip leaves early, Tessa decides to take in the two boys to be her own. On the other hand, Jaime takes in little Ella. Patricia and her daughter little Denise (later on played by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Karylle</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) dislike Angela even concentrate on hurting Ella. Ella and Denise later on become friends. Sister Jaime adopts Ella, but Patricia has a constant dislike against her. As Ella grows into a beautiful young woman, she becomes a successful lawyer — making it her ultimate goal to work with her idol, and become close in general. She becomes ready for her next encounter with her long-lost love Miguel as the two become lawyers who unexpectedly are in the Top Leagues: Miguel is No. 1 on the exam and Ella is No. 2. Ella becomes unaware when she meets Tessa as she decides to apply for the law firm. Tessa gives her a big case after Ella initially tries to get hold of Tessa. When Tessa finds out about her last name the bell rings on her behalf and feels mortified yet shocked that her father is Jaime Alferos. Ella is dedicated a big case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Daniel, gets out of prison he goes back to his evil deeds and so does Patricia as both are scared to lose Jaime and Tessa. The predicament also goes for Denise and Pip his now Alfred "Red" who both are ready to pursue against all odds in exchange for their love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All are struggling as the latter comes to the point that the two families are in a feud. A family torn between love, deception, and all odds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gabby Concepcion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jaime Alferos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinggoy Alonzo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Don Fernando Aragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alicia Alonzo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Donya Victoria Alferos †</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christian Vasquez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ed Aragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angel Jacob</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jill Aragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arron Villaflor</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Marco Aragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lauren Young</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Rachel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maricar de Mesa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Atty. Juliana Serrano</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitkat</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Stephanie "Stef" Miranda</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peewee O'Hara</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Yaya Pining</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minnie Aguilar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Vanessa Javier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kathleen Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Charlie Sibal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EJ Jallorina</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ploniong</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ina Feleo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Nina</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Irene Pheobe Arevalo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Farrah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Railey Valeroso</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Paul Javier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Josh Ivan Morales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Mario</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cynthia Reyes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Nadia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Val Iglesias</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Wilbert</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Efren Reyes, Jr.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Guido</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanya Gomez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Stella Cleofas Remulla</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Archie Adamos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Cong. Eduardo Javier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lauren Novero</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jess Garcia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mika Dela Cruz</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Angel/Young Ella</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul Salas</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Young Miguel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angel Sy as Young Denise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nash Aguas</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Pip/Young Red</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xyriel Manabat</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Nini</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chacha Cañeta as Bulilit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eda Nolan</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Mara Cortez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Erika Padilla</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Janelle Paez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joem Bascon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ryan Fernandez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cherry Lou</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Patty Ancheta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leandro Baldemor as Mayong Ancheta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joyce So as Mika Tantingco</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jazz Angela Cabaccang as Irene</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Nobleza</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Melissa "Kikay" Dela Cruz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amante Pulido as Ricardo "Kadyo" Dela Cruz</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edwin Pamanian as Rafael Acuyong</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Head writer: Arah Jell Badayos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writers: Rose Colindres, Mark Duane Angos, Jerome Co, Amanda Beltran</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creative director: Ricky Lee</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-12797082598085020072012-05-19T16:36:00.002+04:002012-05-19T16:36:56.054+04:00Bcuz of U<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>They were able to make the red beetle a real character, a silent witness, a
narrator of the story even, although how the other owners of that car missed
that the one parked outside the church at the end of the movie, was once theirs,
is a little unbelievable, as the car was supposed to be a catalyst in
bringing the couples together. It wasn't as if it changed it's plate number.
Anyway, how they connected the three love stories by that object was pretty
cool--the whole, non-linear concept worked well for the movie. But at the same
time, the three stories can very well stand independently of each other as none
of the people involved actually interacted with the characters from the other
stories. I guess
that's marketing strategy for you as I doubt 3 separate movies would generate as
much profit as one movie with 3 diff. love teams in it, which is a shame really,
because I think I could do without having seen the two others, and just watching
the story of Hero and Sandara.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against
Heart Evangelista. But I do feel an enormous amount of hatred towards her
co-star Geoff Eigenman (sp?). Mostly because he can't act, but I guess also
because I didn't like the character he was "playing". Maybe the writers meant
for his role to be like that, but it annoyed me still. It's so irritating, when
you're trying to have a serious conversation with someone about business matters
(like car insurance), and he keeps changing the subject to the status of your
relationship. And sure, it's a love story, and maybe that makes him romantic,
but people like that never resolve anything.<br /><br />I also didn't get the speech
of Desiree Del Valle's character towards the end of their story. She
starts off by telling Cara (Heart), "I told you so," and then without making a
clear point, suddenly makes a 360-degree turn and encourages her friend to "Go
for it." Maybe they needed that speech for Cara's line at the end, "I'm willing
to take a chance with you," (or something like that) to work, but if you ask me,
I think the story could've done without that line at all. Sometimes, actions
really do speak louder than words, and I think her coming after Roni (Geoff) is
enough of a gesture to show that she's taking a chance because she loves him
too, blah, blah...<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>As for Kristine Hermosa and Diether Ocampo's part, well, I
don't have anything against them either, but really, there wasn't anything
special about their story. And sure, life, as it is, can be complicated enough,
but the whole point of seeing a movie is so you can watch something larger than
life, and their story, was just not that. A girl doing everything she can to get
back her old boyfriend who suddenly gets handsome after a few years--not exactly
new, nor the only one of its kind. There were a number of quotable lines that
made a lot of sense though (and same goes for Cara and Roni's story), so these
parts weren't completely useless/of no value to the film. But
like I said, the part that was really worth my money is the story of Louie (Hero
Angeles) and April (Sandara Park).</em></span><div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><em>Their (Hero and Sandara) performance was definitely suprising.
A big improvement from the episodes of SCQ Reload, which leads me to believe
that their director this time is most probably brilliant. And same goes for the
screenplay writer. This film has one of the best scripts I've encountered (for
the romantic comedy genre). The part where Louie and April were saying the same
things, just in different languages, was hilarious. Nearly all the scenes were
both comedy and "kilig" moments with memorable lines too. And aren't
those just what make a good love story?</em></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Bcuz of U</b></i> is a Filipino romantic film, starring </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diether Ocampo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart Evangelista</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff Eigenmann</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hero Angeles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandara Park</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Bcuz of U is a 3 love story in 1 movie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A runaway bride returns, a woman falls for her worst nightmare and two opposites come together in this trio of romantic tales. In the first story, Ria (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) tries to win back the man (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diether Ocampo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) she left at the altar. In tale two, solitary Cara (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart Evangelista</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) meets Mr. Wrong (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff Eigenmann</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) -- or is he? And in the final yarn, a tour guide (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hero Angeles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) meets a girl (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandara Park</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) who pretends to be a famous actress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ria (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and RJ (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diether Ocampo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) share the perfect relationship until she didn't show up on their wedding. Years after,she decided to win him back. But the indecisive and the new RJ is now the most sought-after model in town. Will their love prevail over the pain they've caused each other?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cara (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart Evangelista</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) never took a chance on falling in love because she believes that it will only break her heart. That was until she meets Roni (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff Eigenmann</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) but only to find out that he is the kind of man she's been trying to avoid. Will she take the risk this time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louie (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hero Angeles</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), a tourist guide, meets April (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandara Park</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), a Korean girl who got lost in the city and is left with no choice but to pretend that she is a famous actress in her hometown only to survive. Will it be possible for two very different individuals find home in one another?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ria</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nikki Valdez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Lee</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desiree Del Valle</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Stella</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ilonah Jean</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Alandy</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joshua Dionisio</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerald Madrid</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aiza Marquez</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pen Medina</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Susan Africa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"Because of You"</strong>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Composed by Keith Martin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Enting Kabisote: Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend</b></i> is the first sequel of Enteng Kabisote films. a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2004</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Philippine</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fantasy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comedy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> film directed by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tony Y. Reyes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which made about PhP 83.6 million. It is also one of the films featured in the 2004 Metro Manila Film Festival. Three sequels of the movie has been made so far including <i>Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko: The Legend Continues</i> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2005</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), <i>Enteng Kabisote 3 : Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend Goes On and On and On</i> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), and <i>Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Beginning of the Legend</i> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enteng Kabisote (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vic Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tagalupa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> married to Faye (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), a lovely fairy and the only daughter of Ina Magenta (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G. Toengi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queen</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of Engkantasya, an enchanted kingdom. The couple has two children, Aiza (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aiza Seguerra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and Benok (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oyo Boy Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). The family is living peacefully and happily until the day Satana (Bing Loyzaga), the evil queen of Kadiliman brings chaos to earth by sending Romero (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeffrey Quizon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), Lucy (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nikki Arriola</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), and Fer (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Levi Inacio</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) to poison the water of the dams. But Venuz (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leila Kuzman</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and Aries (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick Alvarez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), armor </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fairies</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> sent by Ina Magenta stopped them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Satana turns her ire to Enteng’s family. She sends Itim (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael V.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), to spy on Enteng and Faye. But because of the family’s goodness to him, Itim deceived and lied to Satana. In turn, Satana transforms herself into a young girl named Tanny (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nadine Samonte</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), who seduces and possesses Benok but Enteng manages to stop her evil deed in time. Burning with anger, Satana kidnaps Faye. She demands that Ina Magenta surrenders her good powers so she can rule the earth. Instead, Ina sends Enteng and Benok together with Itim (transformed into a talking flying horse) to fight Satana. After a numerous adventures and comic fights, they manage to rescue Faye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The magical world Engkantasya and the man's world welcomes a new addition to the Kabisote family with Ada, Enteng and Faye's new baby girl - a new princess of Engkantasya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the previous film, Satana (Bing Loyzaga), the ruler of Kadiliman (Darkness) lost her powers and was vanquish by Magenta. Reborn through the blood of a traitor, Satana regained her powers and vowed to destroy Enkantasya. This time she has succeeded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the fall of Magenta's kingdom, Faye, the only daughter was given the duty to find the 3 missing amulets that could rebuild Engkantasya. Enteng and his family is once again sucked into the magical world and has to travel through Satana's kingdom to save Engkantasya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the help of new allies, Alyssa(Marian Rivera), Ada's godmother and daughter of Ina Azul (Tony Rose Gayda), Queen of Engkantasya's Azul Kingdom, and Verdana(Jose Manalo), the battered husband turned into Princess Fiona in ogre mode look-a-like, sent by Ina Verde (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melanie Marquez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), Queen of Engkantasya Verde, Enteng and his family has to battle dragons, sea creatures, and sword wielding dark minions to save the fate of Engkantasya.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edward Bautista</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as anak ni Enteng</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Faye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aiza Seguerra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Aiza</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oyo Boy Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Benok</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bing Loyzaga</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Satana/Amarillo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bayani Casimiro II</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Prinsipe K (as Bayani Casimiro Jr.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joey de Leon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Shintaro Gokoyami</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jose Manalo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruby Rodriguez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Amy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Antonio Aquitania</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Zarkov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paolo Ballesteros</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Pao</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ciara Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Sha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BJ Forbes</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Dingding</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pia Guanio</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Darling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cassandra Ponti</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Amazona 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ehra Madrigal</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Amazona 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angelica Jones</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Munitana (From the raise of Munita)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alyssa Alano</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Lukasta (From the raise of Luka)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sugar Mercado</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as May</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JC Parker</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as June</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ella V</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as April</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikylla Ramirez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ada</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Allan K</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ina Magenta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tito Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Nador</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jimmy Santos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Boy ng mga Batang Digmaan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul Salas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka Fairy Ko...The Beginning of the Legend</b></i> is a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comedy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fantasy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> movie. the fourth and last </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sequel</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of Enteng Kabisote films based on the Philippine television series </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay Ka Fairy Ko</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The movie is an official entry for the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007 Metro Manila Film Festival</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vic Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Vicente "Enteng" Kabisote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Chlorotheam "Faye" Kabisote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Giselle Tongi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ina Magenta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aiza Seguerra</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Aiza Kabisote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oyo Boy Sotto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Benok Kabisote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikylla Ramirez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ada Kabisote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ian Veneracion</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Dark Angel / Taong Paniki</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carlos Agassi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Nardong Yakitiyak</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caridad Sanchez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Lola Ina Magenta</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Francine Prieto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Dragon Lady</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael de Mesa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Prinsipe Inok</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Candy Pangilinan</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Loyla</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ruby Rodriguez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Amy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jose Manalo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arthur Solinap</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Blasting Man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joey de Leon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Karimarimar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eunice Lagusad</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Princesa Rosalia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eliza Pineda</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Pilar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robert Villar</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Pitoy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jomari Yllana</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Jose Rizal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ian de Leon</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Leo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>My Big Love</b></i> is a 2008 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drama-romance</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> film from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Cinema</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> starring </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Milby</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni Gonzaga</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Milby</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> stars as Macky, a nice, courteous, well-bred educated culinary chef. He has all the qualities of an ideal man—except that he is overweight. Penchant for food is his constant mindset. Cooking his element, and eating, his pastime!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now meet the two women that affect his life: Nina (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), is the young socialite-columnist who is Macky’s forever crush. To Nina, Macky becomes the secret admirer, showering her with food, flowers, gifts. On the other side of the fence is Aira (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni Gonzaga</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) the ever-vibrant fitness instructor. To Aira Macky becomes a knight-in-distress, she motivates him to lose the weight he wants to lose in order to win Nina over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happens next is a journey of finding one's self, of discovering the best in each of us, and the unveiling of true love that goes beyond the looks—and weight!</span></div>
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Curtis and Luis Manzano paired up, once again on the silver screen via "<b>Who’s
That Girl</b>," Viva Film's opening salvo for 2011. Directed by MMFF 2010 Best
Director Wenn V. Deramas, the man behind hit flicks like "Ang Tanging Ina"
trilogy and "Petrang Kabayo." <br /><br /><b>Anne Curtis</b> play as Bea, a
wallflower, while <b>Luis Manzano</b> is John Eduque, a campus heartthrob who is
Bea’s ultimate crush. John hardly takes notice of Bea. But one day, at her
lowest, John surprisingly gives Bea a pep talk. This becomes life-changing for
her.<br /></em></span><a href="" name="more"></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Bea transforms into a beautiful and successful
career woman and John remains to be her dream man. So when she reads his name in
the obituary, Bea is shattered with grief and goes to the wake in hysterics to
the shock of everyone. It turns out that the deceased is John Eduque Sr., John’s
father. Realizing her mistake, Bea hurriedly leaves, unaware of the damage she
has caused especially on the widow, played by Eugene Domingo. Thinking that Bea
is the mistress of the deceased, Mrs. Eduque succumbs to depression. Seeing his
mother’s misery, John looks for Bea to rectify the situation. But the revenge
ploy backfires as he falls in love with her. Fearing his mother’s reaction
becomes a dilemma.<br /><br />Other cast in this movie includes Dina Bonnevie,
Dennis Padilla, Candy Pangilinan, DJ Durano, Dino Imperial, Abby Bautista,
Nadine Lustre, Bobby Yan, Joy Viado, Ricky Rivero, Mac-Mac, and John Lapus.</em></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Who’s That Girl</b></i> is a 2011 Filipino Comedy/Romance film starring </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Manzano</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eugene Domingo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> produced by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Viva Films</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and SMDC and released by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Cinema</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Who’s That Girl is a story about how a case of mistaken identity can be life-altering, told in such hilarious manner. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> plays Elizabeth Pedrosa, a wallflower who transforms into a gorgeous and successful career woman because of her longtime dream guy, John Eduque, played by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Manzano</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. A collaboration between Director Wenn V. Deramas and writer Ms. Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario, both award-winners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) transforms into a beautiful, intelligent and successful career woman, who has often fantasized about how her dream man John Eduque (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Manzano</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) had turned out to be. Until one day, she reads his name in the obituary. Bea is shattered with grief over a man she was not even romantically involved with. She goes to the wake in hysterics causing eyebrows to raise, especially the deceased’s widow. The John Eduque who died is actually the senior John Eduque, John’s father. Realizing her fumble, Bea hurriedly leaves, unaware of the damage she has caused to John’s family who suspects she is the unknown mistress. Mrs. Eduque succumbs to depression therefore John takes it upon himself to avenge his mother’s misery and hunts for the mystery woman. But instead of seeking revenge on Bea, John starts to fall for her the more he gets to know her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>"</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>In Your Eyes</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>" is a romance-drama film that tries to be different because it has guts to ploy a plot that is different from your typical Filipino love story. The film's basic premise, in our honest opinion, already borders controversial and we are definitely interested in how they will pull this off. Up at bat are the actresses </em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Claudine Barretto</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> who has seen better days on the big screen and </em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Anne Curtis</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> who has had a knack for annoying us every time we watch her. GMA Films has a lot to show since they have been providing lackluster films ever since the Nineties ended. Can they finally pull this off?<br /><br />Ciara (</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Claudine Barretto</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>) and Julia (</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Anne Curtis</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>) lost their mom when Julia was born. Since then, Ciara has been the mother figure for her sister Julia. When their father died too, both sisters vowed that they will strive for a better life in the States. Ciara, as usual, takes responsibility to fulfill that dream and has been working in the States for seven years already. The time has come for Julia to follow suit but before she goes to America, she meets Storm (</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Richard Gutierrez</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>) and falls in love with him. Storm decides to follow Julia but after a while, he realizes that being an illegal alien in US is difficult, so he decides to go back home. Julia decides that a fixed marriage between her sister and Storm is the best way to have him stay as this will give him a working visa after eight months. The unfortunate happens when both Storm and Ciara fall for each other. Will Julia ever know the truth and will they ever fix this complicated love triangle?<br /><br />"</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>In Your Eyes</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>" had us confused. On one hand, we do think it was a competent effort for a drama film which actually brings something new into the table. On the other hand though, we felt it was a frustrating experience of being completely wiped out by weirdness on key scenes. We even wonder if they actually did that on purpose, putting off-key elements that completely destroyed the film's effectiveness. If you were looking fordrama , then we can definitely say this is a film that brings it. Much props to </em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Claudine Barretto</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> and </em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Anne Curtis</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> as they definitely steered the film's tempo and feel - the former showing her old form and the latter proving that she has evolved to a better actress through the years. Much can be said for </em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Richard Gutierrez</em></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> though - what's up with the grunting man? In summary, this is not a bad attempt for adrama film. We just felt it needed more polish on key elements which could have catapulted this to greatness.</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>For the first time, I became Claudine Barretto’s younger sister in GMA Films and Viva Films’ movie In Your Eyes. I played the role of Julia, sister of Ciara who worked as a physical therapist in the USA. Aftre eight years, Ciara and Julia were reunited when the latter acquired a student visa. Julia’s boyfriend Storm, played by Richard Gutierrez, entered in an arranged marriage with Ciara, who was already an American citizen, in order to gain a US visa. While Julia worked hard to finish her schooling, Ciara and Storm ended up in an unexpected love affair. Thus, relationships were broken and feelings were wounded.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>In Your Eyes</b></i> is a 2010 Filipino romantic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drama film</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> produced and released by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Viva Films</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GMA Films</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The film is set to premiere on August 18, 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ciara (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claudine Barretto</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) is a senior physical therapist who works for a rehabilitation center in the United States. She has devoted her entire life to her younger sister Julia (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) who was left in her care after the untimely demise of their parents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After 8 years of separation, Ciara and Julia reunite when the latter acquires her student visa. Storm (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Gutierrez</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">), Julia's boyfriend who earns a living as a freelance photographer, joins Julia despite the lack of a definite plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a desperate move for Storm to gain immigrant status, Julia asks Storm to enter into an arranged marriage with Ciara, who is already an American citizen. As Storm struggles to find his place in a foreign land, Julia works hard to chase after her own dream of finishing school, causing the two of them to drift apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, time spent together led to an unexpected love affair between Ciara and Storm. When Julia learns about this, Ciara decides to break up with Storm and give up her happiness, like she did so many times before.</span></div>
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Concerns an unusual love story of two sisters who fell in love with the same man. The story revolves around sisters Ciara (<b>Claudine Barretto</b>) and Julia (<b>Anne Curtis</b>). Ciara is <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">working abroad</span>, in a <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">rehabilitation</span> facility in the United States as a physical therapist. Julia, on the other hand, is studying here in the Philippines. </div>
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The free-spirited Julia met Storm (<b>Richard Gutierrez</b>), a freelance photographer in a bar. They got interested in each other and gets <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD9">to know</span> each other better.</div>
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And when Julia acquired her student visa to study in the US, Storm, now her boyfriend, joins her even if he didn't know how he <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">will make</span> a living in the US.</div>
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Because Julia is desperate for Storm to have an immigrant visa, she asked Storm to have an <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">arranged marriage</span> with her sister Ciara, who is already an American citizen. That is what happened and the three enjoyed their stay in the US. </div>
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However, because Julia has to study, and Storm has to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">look for a job</span>, they were separated. Storm spent most of his time with Ciara and a love affair sparked between the two of them.</div>
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Will Ciara sacrifice for her younger sister? Will Julia ever forgive her sister and her boyfriend? And does Storm have a decision to make?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Claudine Barretto's comeback to the big screen after her last movie, Sukob, in 2006 with Star Cinema Productions and her first time working with VIVA Films and GMA Films.</span></div>
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housemaid, Yna, who falls in love with her senorito, Angelo. Their love story is
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Years before, Yna's mother, Amor was also a
maid in the Buenavista household, where in Angelo's father, Eduardo was Dona
Benita's favored son. When their love affair was discovered, Dona Benita drove
Amor away from the Hacienda. Rejected and oppressed, Amor left the province of
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carrying his child, Yna. Eduardo then married the powerful and influential,
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Amor left two-year old Yna with her mother, Chayong and married
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i><b>Pangako Sa ’Yo</b></i> (lit. <i>My Promise to You</i>) was a primetime </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">soap opera</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> series produced and broadcast by the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Philippine</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> media network </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. It is dubbedthe first "teleserye" on Philippine television. It starred </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. The soap, which ran from 2000 to 2002, spanned 480 episodes at 30 minutes each. The series re-aired on ABS-CBN at midnight from 2006 to 2007 and on its affiliate </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TFC</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story starts with the love story of Amor (Eula Valdez) and Eduardo (Tonton Gutierrez). Eduardo's mother, Benita, opposes the relationship since Amor was a maid and because she wanted Eduardo to marry Claudia (Jean Garcia) for political reasons. Eduardo's brother, Diego (Jestoni Alarcon), who has a crush on Amor, was asked by Benita to separate them. Eduardo, on seeing Diego trying to rape Amor, mistook it as them having a relationship, and is heartbroken and decides to marry Claudia. Amor, now pregnant, is forced to leave the Buenavista hacienda and went back to her mother at a trash dump. She vows to have her revenge on the Buenavista family when she finds out that Eduardo has married Claudia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After giving birth to a girl named Maria Amor, Amor and her friend Lourdes survived by working in clubs. Amor caught the eye of a rich American who brings her to the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America" title="United States of America"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U.S.A</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. She leaves her child and mother at the dump and sends money to them from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The American was abusive to Amor. When a landslide hit the dump site, making Amor think that her mother and daughter had died, he did not allow her to go back to the Philippines. She got revenge by not getting the medical help he needed when he suffered a stroke. He died and she inherits all his money.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eduardo and Claudia had two children: Angelo and Lia. Eduardo is the governor of Punta Verde while Claudia has become the ever-elusive Gambling Queen. Angelo is a rebel who dislikes his father while Lia is the sweet, church-attending teen whose feelings everyone wants to protect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Benita Buenavista regretted forcing Eduardo to marry Claudia as her daughter-in-law turned out to be a bad lady. She tried to explain on her deathbed that she was the one who broke his relationship with Amor but died before explaining. She then haunted the dreams of the grown Yna to make up for her sins.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By accident, Yna and Eduardo meet and Yna dreams Benita showing her that her past lies in the Buenavista family. Intrigued, she gets a job working as a maid for the family in hopes of finding out about her past.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amor, coming back from the US as Amor Powers, has made a name for herself in the business world, all the while planning her revenge on the Buenavista family, whom she blamed for the sufferings she endured before as well as the assumed death of her child. One of the most-awaited parts is the revelation to Amor that Yna is her long lost daughter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dilemma is that, after finding out that Yna's true father is Eduardo, Angelo and Yna are therefore siblings. It is later revealed that Angelo's true dad is not Eduardo. It is at first thought to be Simon (who was a poor lover of Claudia), but it is later revealed to be Diego's with a poor woman who died.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In turns out that Claudia gave birth to a daughter; Claudia's father later switched the babies so a boy would inherit his riches. The daughter's name was Maria Amor, who was raised by an old woman and had her believing she was Amor's daughter (but her real name was revealed to be Clarissa) and was later briefly mistaken to be Amor and Eduardo's daughter by everyone, including Claudia. To seek revenge on Amor, Claudia kills Maria Amor. She later finds out who Maria Amor really is and is deeply crushed. When she reconciles with everyone at Yna and Angelo's wedding, she sees her daughter's spirit and begs forgiveness. At prison, she inherits her daughter's ashes.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Austria</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>Lourdes Magbanua Buenavista</b> - Rescued by Diego from the wayward life, Lourdes' predicament became even worse as they both try to survive a life of poverty after Diego moved out of the Buenavista hacienda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Vanessa Del Bianco</b> as <b>Bea Bianca Bejerrano / Electrika Powers</b> - Balikbayan who is about to wreak havoc in the lives of Angelo and Yna, Bea Bianca will do anything to keep a man right where she wants him.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick Garcia</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>Jonathan</b> - Quietly heeding the call of God, Jonathan is now caught between saving souls and following his heart's desire: Lia Buenavista.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jodi Sta. Maria</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>Lia Buenavista</b> - The kindhearted daughter of Eduardo and Claudia. Lia bears the pain of being unloved by her own mother. She later falls for Jonathan, a young catechist who gives her the strength to go on living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Nikka Valencia</b> as <b>Julieta Macaspac</b> - Isko and Belen's scheming daughter-in-law, Julieta, together with husband Caloy.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jay Manalo</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>Caloy</b> † - a man who operates an illegal "saklaan" and makes Yna's impoverished life a living nightmare.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luis Alandy</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>David</b> - David is not only a friend but also a man who will sacrifice everything for the sake of his one and only love: Yna.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Carlo Muñoz</b> as <b>Mark</b> † - Governor Buenavista's loyal assistant and confidant. Has a secret desire to Amor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Eva Darren</b> as <b>Belen Macaspac</b> - Wife to Isko and mother to Caloy, Belen takes Yna under her wing and treats her as her own.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Cris Daluz†</b> as <b>Francisco "Isko" Macaspac</b> † - Isko is the father of two girls who, in spite of their impoverished state, still had the heart to adopt Yna. He is stricken with the deadly Alzheimer's Disease.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hazel Ann Mendoza</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as <b>Flerida Macaspac</b> - Yna's younger adopted-sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Liza Lorena</b> as <b>Doña Benita Buenavista</b> † - The matriarch of the prominent Buenavista clan who has no consideration for human life and whose only desire is to gain more wealth at the expense of her own family.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dianne dela Fuente</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Maria Amor/Clarisse</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ian Galliguez</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Chinee</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perla Bautista as Chayong de Jesus</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flora Gasser as Pacita</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monina Bagatsing as Rizza</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ernie Zarate as Mayor Enrique Zalameda</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minnie Aguilar as Coring</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Quan as Benjie Gatmaytan</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dennis Trillo</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Ruel</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melissa Mendez as Minerva Capito</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Arcilla as Simon Barcial</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Garcia as Elizabeth</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ilonah Jean as Cherry Barcial</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgina Sandico as Grace Magpantay</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evangeline Pascual as Betty Mae Verseles</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Connie Chua as Panying</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gigette Reyes as Debra</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roi Rodrigo as Miguel</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ramon Christopher as Cris</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ronnie Quizon as Badeo</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gino Paul Guzman as Rebel</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rey Kilay as Cookie</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Lloren as Albert</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toffee Calma as Arman/Eman</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeffrey Hidalgo as Kenneth</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Corrine Mendez as Shiela</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane Zaleta as Julie Anne</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gem Ramos as Lia's Friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rodney Shattara as Lia's Friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paolo Contis</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Vinny</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mico Palanca as Lia's Friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joed Serrano as Joed</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anita Linda as Puring San Juan</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ricky Davao</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Tony Banks</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raquel Villavicencio as Dr. Castillo</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Erwin Tulfo</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Himself (Cameo)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phoemela Baranda</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Queenie Bermudez</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Cooper as James</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leni Rivera as Pinky Lee</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michelle Bayle as Felicity Banks</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alfred Vargas</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Dyno Zuryete</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ina Raymundo</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Eidelwess Guttenberg</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denise Laurel</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Chammy</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jon Achaval as Enrico</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark Acueza as Kit</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Froilan Sales as Rufo Delgado</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maribeth Bichara as Charisma Ledesma</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lucita Soriano as Gaying</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bing Davao as Lorenzo dela Merced</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suzette Ranillo as Fatima dela Merced</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jiro Manio</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Kokoy dela Merced</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Onemig Bondoc</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Errol Garcia</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juan Rodrigo as Fr. Crispin Arenas</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roderick Lindayag as Dolfo</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glen Roy Galili as Ms. Baklita</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rene Pangilinan</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as Rene, Amor Powers' personal driver/bodyguard</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerard Pizzaras</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pocholo Montes</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinggoy Alonzo</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vic Vargas</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Directors:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jerry Lopez-Sineneng</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trina Dayrit</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Rory Quintos</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Screenwriters</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Tammy Bejerano</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Theodore Boborol</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emman de la Cruz</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Dado C. Lumibao </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michiko Yamamoto</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Producers</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Ellen Nicolas Criste </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malou N. Santos</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="mw-headline" id="International_releases">International releases</span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The soap opera was shown (or currently showing) in:</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Malaysia" class="thumbborder" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malaysia</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (as <i>Satu Cinta</i>)</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Cambodia" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cambodia</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Indonesia" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indonesia</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Thailand" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thailand</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Singapore" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/22px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singapore</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Kenya" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kenya</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Ghana" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ghana</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Cameroon" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cameroon</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Tanzania" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanzania</span></div>
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<span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Namibia" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" width="22" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Namibia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Pangako sa ’Yo</i> was a successful hit in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Namibia and Singapore.<span style="font-size: small;"> Its highest rating in Indonesia was 50.8%, beating the highest rating of <i>Full House</i> which was 50.5%.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On August 14, 2006, <i>Pangako Sa'yo</i> had a rerun on ABS-CBN and on the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Filipino Channel</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> until December 2007. The series ran until December 2007.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It reran mostly on the Pinoy Central Network in 2005-2006 and reran in 2007 with half of book two in mid-November</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reruns are currently shown on Cinema One Global an international affiliate of TFC starting October 17, 2011–present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is where the real romance bloomed between Kristine and Jericho. They later separated because Jericho fell in love with Cindy Kurleto while filming <i>Ngayong Nandito Ka</i> (Now that you're here), starring the three of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jericho is currently together with Heart Evangelista while Kristine is now with Diether Ocampo. Kristine and Diether were married last Sept 2005 but had not filed for marriage license. It is rumoured that Kristine filed for an annulment because of endorsement deals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This catapulted Eula Valez to stardom. She used to do supporting roles only and has truly made Amor Powers an icon. The role was first offered to Lorna Tolentino (who later made the equally good and successful </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and subsequently to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snooky Serna</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. But at that time, Snooky was sticking to news anchoring at IBC 13.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claudia kills her real daughter supposedly Amors daughter.She doesnt find out until she learns that Angelo is not her real son and finds out from her dad and Amor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the finale Lia dies of heart problem but her daughter Lia survives the birth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claudia had Ynas dad kidnapped and killed.He got shot whiled Yna and Amor witnessed it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jean Garcia, who has been working in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japan</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as a singer, has equally become popular because of her portrayal as "Madame Claudia".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As with many Filipino shows, the series took its name from a famous song <i>Pangako sa 'Yo</i>. It was composed and recorded by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rey Valera</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, covered by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharon Cuneta</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and was sung by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vina Morales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for the series as its theme song.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On August 14, 2006, ABS-CBN revived the soap for a Rewind run as part of their "Primetime Bida" line-up but did not gain much ratings compared to its counterpart, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jewel in the Palace</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dae Jang Geum</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>PANGAKO SA'YO </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>(My Promise To
You)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Kristine Hermosa & Jericho Rosales</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>(Philipines drama
soundtrack)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Noon akala ko ang wagas na pag-ibig</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ay sa nobela lang
matatagpuan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At para bang kay hirap na paniwalaan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ikaw, ikaw pala ang
hinihintay kong pangarap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ngayong kapiling ka at tayo'y iisa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hindi ko
hahayaan na sa atin ay may hahadlang</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pangako sa 'yo, ipaglalaban ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sa
hirap at ginhawa ang ating pag-ibig</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Upang 'di magkalayo kailan man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pagka't
ang tulad mo ay minsan lang sa buhay ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ikaw, ikaw pala ang hinihintay
kong pangarap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ngayong kapiling ka at tayo'y iisa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hindi ko hahayaan na sa
atin ay may hahadlang</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pangako sa 'yo, ipaglalaban ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sa hirap at
ginhawa ang ating pag-ibig</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Upang 'di magkalayo kailan man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pagka't ang
tulad mo ay minsan lang sa buhay ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For better or for worse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For richer
or for poorer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In sickness and in health</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Till death do us part</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Upang
'di magkalayo kailan man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pagka't ang tulad mo ay minsan lang sa buhay
ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pangako sa 'yo, ipaglalaban ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sa hirap at ginhawa ang ating
pag-ibig</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Upang 'di magkalayo kailan man</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pagka't ang tulad mo ay minsan
lang sa buhay ko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Oh, lalala</span></div>
</span></sup></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-84795205853720239422012-05-19T13:05:00.003+04:002012-05-19T13:31:15.460+04:00Kristine Hermosa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Kristine Hermosa-Sotto</b> (born <b>Kristine Hermosa Orille</b>) on September 9, 1983 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She is well known for portraying the role of Yna Macaspac in the primetime drama series, <i>Pangako sa 'Yo</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is now a former talent of Star Magic and a contract artist of ABS-CBN.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is the second of four children in the family. Her mother is of Spanish descent and her father is Filipino. One of her siblings is actress Kathleen Hermosa. Hermosa went to Batino Elementary School. When her family moved to Laguna, she then enrolled at Colegio de San Pedro, San Pedro, Laguna near Pacita Complex to continue her remaining years in grade school and eventually her first year in high school. She then pursued her studies at ABS-CBN Learning Center after they moved back to Manila.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On September 21, 2004, she had a marriage ceremony with Diether Ocampo, her co-star in <i>Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas</i>; however, the Court of Appeals, on January 30, 2009, upheld a lower court ruling that the marriage was null and void from the very start. Kristine became official part of Sotto family clan when she married Oyo Boy Sotto</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kristine Hermosa was discovered at age 12 when her older sister Kathleen auditioned for a show in ABS-CBN. She was cast in the 1998 weekly drama series, <i>Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako</i>. In 2000, she was cast in the primetime soap opera, <i>Pangako sa 'Yo</i>. She starred in the film <i>Forevermore</i>, released in 2002. In 2003-2004, she starred <i>Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas</i>. The following year she also starred in Ngayon Nandito Ka released in November of 2003 Hermosa starred in the film <i>All My Life</i> where she played a broken-hearted woman who finds love with a dying man. She also played the lead role in the short-lived television series <i>'Til Death Do Us Part</i> in 2005. Hermosa appeared in <i>Gulong ng Palad</i> and <i>Prinsesa ng Banyera</i> in 2006 and 2007 respectively and in 2009 in <i>Dahil May Isang Ikaw</i>. She was Last seen in the TV Project appeared in the action-fantasy series <i>Noah</i> where she played a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">diwata</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, the counterpart of a fairy in Philippine mythology.</span><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Filmography">Filmography</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Television">Television</span></span></h3>
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<tr align="center" bgcolor="#b0c4de"><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Year</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Role</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Network</span></th></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1996</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ang TV</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herself</span></td><td rowspan="28"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gimik</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tin-Tin Fernandez</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1998</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agnes</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Loves Lucy</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tin-Tin</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Drama Theater</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Various</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1999</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ang Munting Paraiso</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rowena</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2000–2002</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pangako Sa 'Yo</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yna/Ynamorata Macaspac</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2003</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK Fine Whatever</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris/Kris (Guest)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ASAP</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herself/Host/Performer</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2003–2004</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arabella Grace Garcia/Ara/Gracie</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2005</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Til Death Do Us Part</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ysabel</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="7"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gulong ng Palad</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luisa Santos-Medel</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Magic Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: Windows to the Heart</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Susan</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Song</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Sabihin Mo Na"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Song</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Ilalim Ng Ulan"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Komiks Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Bampy"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bampirela</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Komiks Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Bahay ng Lagim"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aalog-Alog</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herself (Guest)</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sineserye Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palimos ng Pag-ibig</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ditas</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Song</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Himala"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cindy</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love Spell</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Click na Click"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wena Eugenio</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Song</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Christmas Is"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brei</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007–2008</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prinsesa ng Banyera</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maningning Burgos</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maalaala Mo Kaya</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: "Gayuma"</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aida</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Banana Split</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Herself</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Komiks Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nasaan Ka Maruja?</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maruja Isabella Sevilla/Cristy Mondes Rivera</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dahil May Isang Ikaw</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melissa/Angel/Angela 'Ella' Alferos-Ramirez</span></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Precious Hearts Romances Presents</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lumang Piso Para Sa Puso</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandra</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Midnight DJ</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Berna</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TV5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010–2011</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Noah</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diwatang Eva</span></td><td rowspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ABS-CBN</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walang Hanggan</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young Margaret Montenegro</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Movies">Movies</span></span></h3>
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<tr align="center" bgcolor="#b0c4de"><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Year</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Role</span></th></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1996</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ang TV: The Movie</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gwen</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1997</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ang Pulubi At Ang Prinsesa</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1998</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nagbibinata</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Willie</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1999</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gimik: The Reunion</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweetiepie</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1999</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mahal na Kung Mahal</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chrissie</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2000</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Minsan, Minahal Kita</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pia</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2000</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pera o Bayong (Not da TV)!</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Julie Anne</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2001</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hostage</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gina</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2001</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trip</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celine</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2002</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forevermore</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marian</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2003</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ngayong Nandito Ka</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Garie/ Margaret</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2004</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All My Life</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Louie/ Luisa</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2004</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bcuz of U</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ria</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2004</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enteng Kabisote: Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faye Kabisote</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2005</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko: The Legend Continues</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faye Kabisote</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wag Kang Lilingon</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Angel</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enteng Kabisote 3 : Okay ka, Fairy Ko: The Legend Goes On and On and On</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faye Kabisote</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2007</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Beginning of the Legend</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faye Kabisote</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2008</span></td><td><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Big Love</span></i></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Niña</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Awards.2FRecognitions_.26_Nominations">Awards/Recognitions & Nominations</span></span></h2>
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<tr align="center" bgcolor="#b0c4de"><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Year</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Award/Recognition/Nomination</span></th><th><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Critics</span></th></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York Festivals Awardee (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dahil May Isang Ikaw</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2011 New York Festivals</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google PH's 20 Most Influential Pinays of 2010 included</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Philippines</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hall of Fame Hot 100 (10 yrs of inclusion in FHM 100 Sexiest List)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FHM Philippines</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Face of the Year Winner</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Us Girls August Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moet and Chandon Sparkling Couple of the Night with actor Oyo Boy Sotto</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star Magic Ball 2010</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Face of the Year Nominee</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Us Girls August Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2009</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YES Magazine's 100 Most beautiful Stars (included)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YES Magazine</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Box-Office Queen of Philippine Movies</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">37th Guillermo Mendoza Scholarship Foundation Memorial Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2006</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anak TV Seal Awardee - Most Admired Female TV Personality</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anak TV Seal Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2005</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Actress Nominee - for </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All My Life</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FAMAS Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2004</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Female Star of the Night</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PMPC Star Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2002</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Popular Loveteam of Philippine Movies (with actor </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33rd Guillermo Mendoza Scholarship Foundation Memorial Awards</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2001</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Young Actress</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parangal ng Bayan</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2001</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parangal ng Bayan Most Promising Female Performer</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parangal ng Bayan</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2001</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Popular Loveteam of Philippine Movies (with actor </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jericho Rosales</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">32nd Guillermo Mendoza Scholarship Foundation Memorial Awards</span></td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-10824938497144974822012-05-19T12:59:00.002+04:002012-05-19T12:59:42.407+04:00Anne Curtis - Movie list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Movies">Movies</span></h3>
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<tr style="background: rgb(176, 196, 222); text-align: center;"><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Company</th></tr>
<tr><td>1997</td><td><i>Magic Kingdom</i></td><td>Princessa Dahlia / Bait</td><td>Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td>1998</td><td><i>Honey, My Love... So Sweet</i></td><td>April</td><td rowspan="6">Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2000</td><td><i>Ika-13 Kapitulo</i></td><td>Angela</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Juan & Ted: Wanted</i></td><td>Hazel</td></tr>
<tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Mahal Kita: Final Answer!</i></td><td>Nanette</td></tr>
<tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Akala Mo</i></td><td>Rhea</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2003</td><td><i>Lastikman</i></td><td>Young Linda</td><td><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Filipinas</i></td><td>Lyra</td><td><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2006</td><td><i>All About Love</i></td><td>Badong</td><td>Star Cinema</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Wag Kang Lilingon</i></td><td>Melissa</td><td rowspan="3">Star Cinema/ Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td>2007</td><td><i>Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo</i></td><td>Christine Outbac</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2008</td><td><i>When Love Begins</i></td><td>Michelle "Mitchie" Valmonte</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Baler</i></td><td>Feliza Reyes</td><td>Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td>2009</td><td><i>Ang Panday</i></td><td>Adora (cameo)</td><td>GMA Films/ Imus Productions</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3">2010</td><td><i></i><i>Working Girls along with Cristine Reyes,Angelica Panganiban</i><br />
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<tr><td><i>In Your Eyes</i></td><td>Julia Medina</td><td>GMA Films/ Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Petrang Kabayo</i></td><td>Kalesa Passenger/ Cameo Role</td><td>Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2011</td><td><i>Who's That Girl?</i></td><td>Elizabeth Pedroza</td><td>Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>No Other Woman</i></td><td>Kara Zalderiaga</td><td>Star Cinema/ Viva Films</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2012</td><td><i>Two and a half Sister</i></td><td>Patricia</td><td>Star Cinema/ Viva Films</td></tr>
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<tr><td>2011</td><td>"Sukob Na "</td><td><i>ABS-CBN Rainy Station ID 2011</i></td></tr>
<tr><td>2011</td><td>"Mouth"</td><td><i>AnneBisyosa</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1995-2001</td><td><i>Nice</i></td><td>Joy</td><td rowspan="1">PTV</td></tr>
<tr><td>1997–2002</td><td><i>Anna Karenina</i></td><td>Ginny</td><td rowspan="4">GMA Network</td></tr>
<tr><td>1997–1999</td><td><i>T.G.I.S.</i></td><td>Emily / Em</td></tr>
<tr><td>1997–1998</td><td><i>Ikaw Na Sana</i></td><td>Jasmin</td></tr>
<tr><td>1999–2003</td><td><i>Beh Bote Nga</i></td><td>Genie Fer</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2000</td><td>H2K: Hati-Hating Kapatid</td><td>Jillian or Jill</td><td>IBC</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>May Bukas Pa</i></td><td>Bea Miguel / Maria Milagros Catacutan</td><td>IBC/RPN</td></tr>
<tr><td>2000–2003</td><td><i>Idol Ko si Kap</i></td><td>Pepper</td><td rowspan="7">GMA Network</td></tr>
<tr><td>2002</td><td><i>Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw</i></td><td>Rosanna Luarca</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="5">2003</td><td><i>Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw Pa Rin</i></td><td>Rosanna Luarca</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>SOP</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Love to Love</i> <i>"Episode "My 1, 2, Love"</i></td><td>Casey de Leon</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Maynila</i></td><td>Various</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Nuts Entertainment</i></td><td>Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td>2004</td><td><i>Hiram</i></td><td>Stephanie Borromeo</td><td rowspan="15">ABS-CBN</td></tr>
<tr><td>2004–present</td><td><i>ASAP</i></td><td>Herself/Performer/Host</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="4">2005</td><td><i>Pinoy Big Brother Buzz</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>The Buzz</i></td><td>Segment Host: Wanna Buzz</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Kampanerang Kuba</i></td><td>Fatima "Imang" De Vera / Bernadette</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Qpids</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="7">2006</td><td><i>Komiks Presents:</i> Episode: <i>Mamayang-Hatinggabi</i></td><td>Beba</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Komiks Presents:</i> <i>Episode: Alpha Omega Girl</i></td><td>Alpha Omega Girl</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Your Song</i> Episode: <i>I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me</i></td><td>Ana</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Maalaala Mo Kaya</i> <i>Episode: Salamin</i></td><td>Moni</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Love Spell</i> <i>Episode: Wanted Mr. Perfect</i></td><td>Rowena</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Star Circle Summer Kid Quest</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Maging Sino Ka Man</i></td><td>Celine Magsaysay</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="4">2007</td><td>Sineserye Presents: <i>May Minamahal</i></td><td>Monica Fernandez</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Your Song</i> <i>Episode: Someone in the Dark</i></td><td>Lalaine</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>MTV TimeOut and Gimme Ten</i></td><td>Herself/VJ</td><td>MTV Philippines</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik</i></td><td>Celine Magsaysay-Berenguer</td><td rowspan="11">ABS-CBN</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2008</td><td><i>Love Spell:</i> <i>Episode: The Face Shop</i></td><td>Pearl</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Banana Split</i></td><td>Guest Artist</td></tr>
<tr><td>2008–2009</td><td><i>Dyosa</i></td><td>Dyosa / Josephine / Takda / Cielo / Agua / Tierra</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">2009</td><td><i>May Bukas Pa</i> <i>Episode: "Truth"</i></td><td>Carla Sandoval</td></tr>
<tr><td><i>The Wedding</i></td><td>Candice De Menes</td></tr>
<tr><td>2009–present</td><td><i>Showtime</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td>2010</td><td><i>Magpasikat</i></td><td>Host/Herself</td></tr>
<tr><td>2011</td><td><i>Green Rose</i></td><td>Angela Tuazon</td></tr>
<tr><td>2011</td><td><i>100 Days to Heaven</i></td><td>Tagabantay</td></tr>
<tr><td>2012</td><td><i>Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw</i></td><td>TBA</td></tr>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-30057692486472573892012-05-19T12:27:00.000+04:002012-05-19T12:27:14.523+04:00Magic Kingdom: Ang Alamat Ng Damortis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Kingdom of Damortis was once ruled by the kind-hearted Empress Sofia (Maricel Laxa) who was ordered to be killed by Basilicus (Mark Gil), her brother who has a great desire for the throne. Princess Dahlia (Anne Curtis), heir to the throne elopes with the blind singer Mico (Ticson Uy). Amain (Jun Urbano) and his warrior trainees, Jobert (Jason Salcedo), Samuel (Junell Hernando), and Oman (Janus del Prado) are tasked to protect the princess and save Damortis from the evil forces of Basilicus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their personalities are poles apart but Lissa, Cecille and Jenny are the best of friends. Traumatized by their experiences with boys they form a manhater’s club and pledge never to look at guys. But everything changes when they meet Gardy, Jigs, and Paco. Sparks soon fly and the three girls find themselves breaking the vows they made. But even the sweetest of young loves has its glitches. Lissa is rejected by Gardy’s snooty mom, Cecille suffocates Jigs with her possessiveness and Jenny discovers that Paco courted her out of a bet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But even the sweetest of loves have its hitches.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lissa is rejected by Gardy's snooty mom. Cecille suffocates Jigs with her
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Antoinette Taus Jenny</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunshine Dizon Lissa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bernardo Bernardo Tito</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dino Guevarra</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Polo Ravales</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katya Santos</span></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-43111598578789986822012-05-19T11:43:00.000+04:002012-05-19T11:43:14.794+04:00IKA-13 KAPITULO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IKA-13 KAPITULO is a Pinoy horror movie released in 2000 starring Anne Curtis, Zsazsa Padilla, Christopher de Leon and Albert Martinez. The film was directed by Michael de Mesa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ika 13 Kapitulo tells about the end of the world as brought on by the unholy union between an earthly woman and Satan Himself. Every child is an angel and a blessing from God. The birth of Angela (Anne Curtis) brought tremendous joy to the couple David (Christopher de Leon) and Sara (Zsazsa Padilla). But as time goes by, Angela turns out to be a curse rather than a blessing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every child is an angel and a blessing from God. The birth of Angela (Anne Curtis) brings tremendous joy to the couple David (Christopher de Leon) and Sara (ZsaZsa Padilla). Angela would complete their union and makes them a complete family. But as Angela grows up she proves to be more of a curse than a blessing. And her grandmother Doña Aurora (Delia Razon) is sure about this but she is still searching for the perfect evidence. Angela herself is confused. What is going on and how can she control it? Angela is only sure of one thing though she does not want her power. Her childhood friend Gabriel (Chubi del Rosario) has always admired Angela. He has long been waiting for a chance to let her know how he feels. The time comes when the forces of evil take human forms in Ceasar (Albert Martinez) and Marge (Cherie Gil). Powered by their love for the young lady David Sara and Gabriel battle against the evil forces to save Angela from doom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis Angela</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Delia Razon Doña Aurora</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pinky Amador Gigi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ernie Zarate Father Francis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rico Miguel Roger</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chari Arespacochaga Joanne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boy Tinio Mark</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jessette Prospero Merla</span></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-82849732822933584372012-05-19T11:36:00.001+04:002012-05-19T11:36:19.794+04:00Lastikman(2003) movie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastikman is a fictional character and superhero created by Filipino comics legend Mars Ravelo. Lastikman appears to have debuted in comics format – certainly in Aliwan Komiks (1964).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young Hilario is near a rubber tree when a meteor strikes it, and somehow gains powers of elasticity. His grandfather inspires him to use his new found powers to do good deeds, and thus honour the memories of his dead parents. Hilario grows up to become a Professor in physics, and also the superhero Lastikman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mars Ravelo's elastic comics superhero stretches his limbs to the silver screen. This timely tale with environmental understones unravels when a meteor strikes a rubber tree, giving the young Hilario (Oyo Boy Sotto) some special powers of elasticity that renders him, among others, immune to bullets. Hilario grows up to be Professor Larry (Vic Sotto), a physics teacher. When fate and duty calls, he transforms as Lastikan who protects people from injustice and oppression. Things become perplexing when Lastikamn was involved with the clash of his two students. His nerdy student Jepoy (Jeffrey Quizon) who used to idolize him turn to a villain called Evil Stryker. To make matters worse, news spread that Lastikaman beats up Jepoy and kills Ryan (Ryan Eigenman). This disheartens Lastikman. He now contemplates if he'll remain to be a superhero or just an ordinary & simple man</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vic Sotto ... Larry / Lastikman </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donita Rose ... Linda </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael V. ... Junie Lee </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michelle Bayle ... Carina </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis ... Young Linda </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ryan Eigenmann ... Ryan </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joonee Gamboa ... Lolo Pablo </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth Oropesa ... Mrs. Orozco </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Evangeline Pascual ... Remedios </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goyong </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dindin Llarena </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maureen Mauricio </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Creator:</span> Mars Ravelo</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1st Appearance:</span> Lastik Man Vol. 1 Aliwan Komiks
#60 (February 1, 1965)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Superhero
Name</span>: Lastikman</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Character Type:</span>
Superhero, Physics professor (2003 movie version)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Species:</span> Mutate (2003 movie
version)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Real Name:</span>
Hilario</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AKA</span> Lastik Man</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aliases:</span> Larry (2003 movie)</span></span><br />
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elasticity (can stretch and distort his body like rubber)</span><br />
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shape shifter (reshapes himself or any body part into any form)</span><br />
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mimicry (camouflage/can appear similar to its surroundings)</span><br />
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invulnerability (impenetrability/immune to gunfire)</span><br />
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healing (regeneration/supernatural ability to heal itself)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastikman
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Father:</span> Elmer</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09734408142851389434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461644848583423403.post-42697883294495340252012-05-19T10:19:00.002+04:002012-05-19T10:19:41.851+04:00FILIPINAS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FILIPINAS tells the story of a family separated by rifts and conflicts. Florencia Filipinas, the matriarch, summons her children in an effort to unite the family once more. The plan backfired, unfortunately, for her children still holds resentment against each other. Past hurts and grievances then surface, a tense atmosphere of conflict hangs in the household. Things get worse when the matriarch’s health fails and she slips in a coma. Now, for the first time, the siblings become one in praying for health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humihina na ang negosyo ng
pamilya Filipinas na pagtatanim ng sibuyas sa kanilang lupa. Habang patanda na
nang patanda ang kanilang ina (Armida Siguion-Reyna), may kani-kaniya namang mga
pangarap at mithiin sa buhay na pinagkakaabalahan ang mga magkakapatid. Tanging
ang panganay na si Flor (Maricel Soriano) lamang na tumatandang dalaga at ang
lubos na kumakalinga sa kanilang ina. Nang dumalaw mula sa Amerika si Samuel
(Richard Gomez), panganay na lalaki, unti-unti nang lumutang sa pamamagitan ng
mga di-mapigilang hidwaan ng magkakapatid ang mga hinanakit ng bawa't isa na
akala nila'y nailibing na sa limot sa pagdaloy ng panahon. Umabot sa sukdulan
ang gulo sa pamilya nang humantong ang di na mabilang na pagkakabungguan ni
Samuel at Eman sa pagbagsak at tuluyang pagkaka-<i>comatose</i> ng kanilang
ina. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May tanging kataga na angkop
na angkop sa <b>Filipinas:</b> malaman. May malamang kuwento na buong-buo ang
pagkakasalarawan, at maaaring mag-akay sa manonood sa higit pang malalalim na
isiping may kinalaman sa pakikipag-ugnayan at buhay ng isang pamilya. Ang
"lakas" ng <b>Filipinas</b> ay nasa napakahusay na pagganap ng mga punong tauhan
(sa papel ng buong pamilya), lalung lalo na ni Maricel Soriano bilang isang
matiising anak at tapat na kasintahan; ang kasaysayan ng pamilya ay sa kanya
ring mga mata matatanaw. Lapat ang musika, sinematograpiya, at lahat pang mga
aspetong teknikal ng pelikula, bagamat litaw na litaw ang ganda ng
<i>dialogue</i> na binigyang diin pa ng akmang <i>focus</i> ng <i>camera</i> sa
makatotohanang pagganap ng mga artista sa kani-kaniyang papel </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makikita ng mga manonood ang
kanilang sarili sa alin man sa mga tauhan ng pamilya Filipinas. Ang mga
ipinapakitang kalagayan at suliranin na karaniwang natatagpuan sa mag-anak—tulad
ng inggitan, paninibugho, pagkikimkim ng galit, paboritismo, pagkasiphayo,
pagkasira ng mga pangako, at iba pa—ay naroon sa pelikula, at nag-aanyayang
pag-isipan ang mga ito bilang daan tungo sa ikabubuti ng pag-uugnayan sa
pamilya. May isang wasto at napapanahong mensahe ang <b>Filipinas</b> sa
manonood: bagama't mahirap nang pagkatiwalaan ang mga institusyon natin tulad
ng militar at simbahan, may isa pang nalalabing institusyon ang masasandigan pa
rin ng isang tao—ang pamilya. Nais sanang bigyan ng CINEMA ng GP <i>rating</i>
ang Flipinas, ngunit may nilalaman itong mga sangkap na kailangang ipaliwanang
nang mabuti sa mga murang isipan, kungdi'y maaaring mag-iwan ito ng mali o
nakaliligaw na impresyon sa isipang salat pa sa pang-unawa. </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cast</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armida Siguion-Reyna Florencia Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maricel Soriano Yolanda Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Gomez Samuel Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aiko Melendez Vicky Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dawn Zulueta Gloria Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victor Neri Emman Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wendell Ramos Narciso Filipinas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raymond Bagatsing Ramesh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel Fernando Dindo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea Del Rosario Jacqueline</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunshine Dizon Diana</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tanya Garcia Dindi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anne Curtis Lyra</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarah Geronimo Kathlyn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Quan Greg</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Fate and Fortitude: The Filipinas
Family</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>A Film Review of FILIPINAS<br />Directed by Joel Lamangan<br />Story
and Script: Roy Iglesias<br />Produced by Viva Films</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Filipinas," the movie, is about Filipinas, our country. The setting is
contemporary; affirmed in the first few seconds — a cellphone-snatching scene.
The movie revolves around the story of the Filipinas family -- upper middle
class, with a residential property and a few hectares of farmland. The siblings
and other characters represent the different facets of Philippine
society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The story is narrated through Yolanda (Maricel Soriano), the eldest, a
fledgling spinster. She manages the household and takes care of the needs of
widowed and aging mother (Armida Siguion Reyna). Samuel (Richard Gomez) is a
U.S. immigrant. Vicky (Aiko Melendez) trades the produce of their farmlot. Her
business is barely surviving as it cannot compete in a market flooded with cheap
imported farm products. Not even a partnership with an Indian financier, her
fiancee, can keep business afloat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Clara (Dawn Zulueta) is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Coming home,
she finds herself alienated from her child and feels indignant over her
husband's dependence and persistence on her being an OFW. Eman (Victor Neri) is
an activist. He has transcended his bourgeois roots and committed himself to
workers' causes. Narciso (Wendell Ramos) is a military officer. Not typical, he
is idealistic, honest and handsome. He squeals on corruption within the
military; gets assigned to Basilan; is killed in action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Their individual stories do not unfold in a straight line. The
scriptwriter and director craftily interweave their lives, revealing it part by
part, little by little, giving it telenovela suspense. But, unlike the usual
telenovelas, the lives of the characters did not move according to chance,
success or failure based solely on individual perseverance or talent. Their
lives are moved too by the nature and events of society of which they are a
part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The different persuasions and orientations of the siblings are enough
reasons for disquiet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mother Filipinas
seeks tranquil repose in church and the calming words of the priest. When the
priest revealed that he was leaving his vocation to take care of his son (a
funky hiphopster, to emphasize the satire), she was dumb-founded. But what
really knocked Mother Filipinas out was the fight between Americanized Samuel
and activist Eman. In the melee, she literally got the fist and dropped to the
ground unconscious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The doctor diagnosed her state as irreversible and left the family to
decide on whether or not to pull the respirator, the only thing keeping her
alive. For a while, the family stood still; until Yolanda asserted that the
family should not lose hope and do everything to keep mother alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is staking the future on fate. This is
the weak point of the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Symbolically, however, it sends the message that no matter how dire the
state of affairs of Filipinas, our country, we should not lose hope and do what
we can to save it. Yolanda, representing the next generation, took the
initiative by taking over the helm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Samuel opted to return to the U.S. Eman chose to join the struggle for
the transformation of society in the countryside. The rest of the family,
showing delight upon reading Eman's letter, implied their support for his cause.
The film, as well as reality, presents these options.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The actors are shoo-ins for best awards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The crying scene during the burial of Narciso was a bit extended; but,
overall, pacing was fast. Sex was nil (if an intimate scene of a bare breasted
male and a lacey night-gowned female is "sexy," then it's almost nil.) There
were sprinklings of contrived dialogues. Drama was abundant. All considered, to
quote Bien Lumbera, film critic and Magsaysay Awardee for Literature, "Seldom
does a movie refer to current events and allows audience to understand society."
Watch "Filipinas," there is reason to hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Reference:
Julie L. Po, Secretary General</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>CONCERNED
ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>No. 65 10th
Ave, Cubao, Quezon City</b></span><tt><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></tt></div>
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