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Cheryl Favila camp: "It's not sexual harassment, Gretchen just does not meet journalistic standards."

“All I can say is these are public records now. The public can do their research and verify. Please just pray for me in these difficult times.” —Gretchen Fullido, October 7, 2018

“She’s lying, and we have the documents to prove it. Sabi niya, ‘Pray for me.’ Talagang I will pray for her. Anyway, mahal naman talaga tayo ng Diyos, kasama yung mga sinungaling.” —Cheryl Favila, October 7, 2018



Cheryl Favila, the person Gretchen Fullido has accused of “sexual harassment in the workplace,” agreed

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Filipino farmer's son gets U.S. university scholarship worth PHP16.4M

The 18-year-old student from Isabela, Cagayan Valley got a full scholarship at the prestigious Duke University in North Carolina in the United States.

Duke University is reputed for producing five recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize in chemistry, medicine, and physics.

Some prominent leaders who graduated from the university include philanthropist Melinda Gates, Apple CEO Timothy Cook, and former U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Edrian chose Duke University over the equally reputable Jacob's Uni

PEP.ph • 12th October 2021

Former U.P. Collegian editor and poet dies in NPA clash with military

Poet, activist, and former managing editor of the University of the Philippines student publication, Kerima Tariman was slain on Friday, August, 20, 2021.

She died in a clash between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion.

The exchange of fire took place in Silay City, Negros Occidental.

Kerima, a.k.a. Ka Ella, 42, is survived by her husband, Ericson Acosta, a poet, musician, and activist and their 18-year-old son Emmanuel.

August 20, at around six in t

PEP.ph • 12th October 2021

Gretchen Fullido and Cheryl Favila face off on sexual-harassment complaint

Gretchen Fullido, ABS-CBN TV Patrol entertainment news anchor and reporter, claims she was sexually harassed by colleagues Cheryl Favila and Maricar Asprec from 2015 to 2017, or a period of roughly three years.

The 34-year-old Gretchen—a TV personality who is also under ABS-CBN's talent-management arm, Star Magic—says that the two women bosses gave her the “feeling” that she needed to be “close” to them beyond the “Boss-Colleague level” if she were to get ahead in the newsroom.

In a Complaint

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Gretchen Fullido called a "clever user"; Cheryl Favila "abused authority" in sexual-harassment complaint

In her sexual harassment complaint against ABS-CBN newsroom colleagues Cheryl Favila and Maricar Asprec, Gretchen cites the incident of October 12, 2017, when she said she sent a text message to segment producer Maricar. It was to ask if Cheryl, Maricar’s partner and TV Patrol’s supervising producer, was mad at her.

Gretchen says she “was extremely surprised” when Maricar answered that both she and Cheryl were angry at her “because they found out that my boyfriend blocked them on Instagram.” [i

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Gretchen Fullido claims implicit sexual favor asked; Cheryl Favila says texts distorted maliciously

The ongoing war between two personalities associated with ABS-CBN’s primetime newscast, TV Patrol, is playing out, not in the courts, but on social media and in mainstream publications.

Everything seems to be out there.

Gretchen Fullido, entertainment news anchor and reporter, has accused Cheryl Favila, former supervising producer of TV Patrol, and Maricar Asprec, segment producer for the same show, of “sexual harassment in the workplace.”

Gretchen says she was a victim from 2015 to 2018.

In

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Katrina Dimaranan: a titleholder in the U.S. whose wish is to wear Miss Philippines sash

Katrina Dimaranan, 28, is a pageant veteran currently making waves as one of the best bets in the ongoing Miss Universe Philippines 2021 pageant.

However, her venture into beauty queen pageantry is quite complicated.

Holding dual citizenship, she also represented the United States in an international pageant in 2018.

And wherever her aspiration to become a beauty queen has taken her, Katrina has consistently shown her pride in being Filipino.

Katrina Jayne Rivera Dimaranan was born on June 6

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Maureen Wroblewitz: A steel magnolia that blooms

This inner strength is evident in the ventures she undertakes.

When Maureen joined Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 5 in 2017, she was new to the modeling industry.

Although she was intimidated by her fellow candidates, she didn't let their verbal insults get to her. She maintained her focus and did her best in every challenge, until she was eventually declared the grand winner of the modeling competition.

This made her the first Filipina to bag the title of Asia's Next Top Model.

Most recently,

PEP.ph • 12th October 2021

Remember Ivana Alawi's 8-carat diamond ring? It is worth PHP12M!

When Ivana Alawi turned 24 last December 25, 2020, she bought an 8-carat gold diamond ring.

Nine months later, PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) learned from Drake Dustin Ibay, the 29-year-old jeweler behind the brand LVNA (pronounced as Luna) by Drake Dustin, the cost of Ivana's gift to herself.

He revealed, "It cost around PHP12 something million."

In Ivana's YouTube video last January 6, 2021, Ivana flashed the diamond-studded ring to the camera.

“Ayan, so nakapalibot siya ng diamo

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Sanya Lopez: Destined for stardom

Sanya Lopez seemed destined for stardom, considering an offer to be an artista just dropped on her lap when she didn't even set her sight on becoming one.

On the other hand, her brother, Kapuso actor Jak Roberto, had to hurdle endless auditions and rejections before he was given a break in showbiz.

But all it took for Sanya was just one studio visit to get noticed by none other than the incomparable star builder himself, the late German “Kuya Germs” Moreno (1933-2016).

And the rest, as they s