We sooo love Lea Salonga, and we’re happy to hear this world-class singer and actress is the new face for ICanServe, an advocacy group that empowers women with breast cancer.

This July, Lea will be appearing in ICanServe’s …

Singer Christian Bautista presents two documentaries, “Air Crash Investigation: Panic Over the Pacific,” and “Megamovers: Panama Canal Unlocked,” for National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) Top 30.

Christian is part of NGC’s A-list of Asian celebrities, which includes Daniel Wu, Jaycee Chan, Lisa S, Paul Wong, and Terence Yin of Hong Kong; Allan Wu, Dick Lee, Eunice Olsen, and Tay Ping Hui of Singapore; Atilia, Azharina Azhar, Ida Nerina, Michael Wong, and Sarimah Ibrahim of Malaysia; Donita Rose, Gary Valenciano, and Kim Atienza of the Philippines; Paula Taylor and Tom Jayasvasti of Thailand, and Elva Hsiao of Taiwan, who have been asked to present the documentary channel’s Top 30 works in time for its tenth anniversary.

Says 2008 MYX Music Awards Favorite New Artist Sam Concepcion, 15, on garnering the majority of viewers’ votes: “I am very happy to receive this award, and I know I have to work harder. Thanks to the ‘Samsters’ [his fans] for their time and resources.”

In Howie Severino’s I-Witness anniversary episode, which airs Monday night, March 31, on GMA 7, he goes to New York, the world’s richest city, and encounters an underworld with thousands of homeless people. Their nomadic population is made up of the poorest of the poor, stark evidence that not everyone in America has achieved the American dream.

We featured Kanto, the indie zine published by a group of journalists, in September last year, and while we’re a bit disappointed that the publication hasn’t moved online yet, we’re happy to say its newest issue, “Tag-ulan,” is now available.

“The third issue is tighter and more research-based,” says Paolo Mariano. “We tried to uncover stories about our culture, which readers might not have known. We also allotted more time for the editing of the articles as compared to our previous issues so as to produce a more polished and solid output.”

• Support Earth Hour, a international campaign calling for action on global warming, by turning off the lights for an hour on March 29, at 8 p.m. Read about Earth Hour’s origins here and learn how energy was saved during that one hour of …
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