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The Kingdom

The story is set in the Kingdom of Kalayaan in the contemporary era. Kalayaan is an alternate version of the Philippines where the islands were never colonized. Lakan Makisig , the king of Kalayaan is facing a potential succession crisis unsure which among his three children to inherit the throne; Magat Bagwis who is reputed for his short temper, Dayang Matimyas with whom he has strained relations due to her romantic relations with a political enemy, and Dayang Lualhati the closest child to the monarch among the three. Lualhati, who is about to marry a Thai prince, is abducted by men whom Matimyas thinks are from the secessionist group Tiwalag. Makisig tasks Bagwis and the Kalayaan army to rescue Lualhati. However, Makisig and his personnel fail in their mission, oblivious that an outcast Sulo had already rescued the princess. Sulo returns Lualhati to the Palace with the latter beginning to question her father's rule. Meanwhile, Sulo faces accusations which threatens his life. S...

Abot-Kamay na Pangarap

Abot-Kamay na Pangarap (transl. The Dream Within Reach) is a Philippine television drama medical series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on the 1996 film of the same title. Directed by L.A. Madridejos, it stars Carmina Villarroel and Jillian Ward. It premiered on September 5, 2022 on the network's Afternoon Prime and Sabado Star Power sa Hapon line up replacing Apoy sa Langit. This long running afternoon drama series focuses on the lives of both Lyneth and Analyn Santos who is actually the biological daughter of Joselito Robert "RJ" Tanyag, a medical director of APEX medical center. Analyn seeks to alleviate her financial issues and help her illiterate mother, Lyneth. Luckily, she gets a scholarship to medical school due to her brilliant mind and strives for a better life. She later became one of the resident doctors in APEX and becoming a prodigy doctor in neuro surgeon. Throughout the whole season after learning of RJ's infidelity, Moira became mor...

Prima Donnas (Season 1 and 2)

Prima Donnas is a 2019 drama series featuring Jillian Ward, Althea Ablan and Sofia Pablo. It premiered on August 19, 2019 and it concluded on April 30, 2022 with a total of 2 seasons and 311 episodes. This is the story of the lives of Donna Marie, Donna Lyn and Donna Belle. Donna Mae is the daughter of Lilian Madreal and Ruben Escalante while both Donna Lyn and Donna Belle are Lilian's biological daughters from Jaime Antonio Claveria. Their lives are heavily ruined when Kendra Fajardo had masterminded the entire events by ruining the lives of Lilian and her daughters and inserting her and Henry Dimaculangan's daughter Brianna Dimaculangan to become a Claveria which revealed herself as a fake Claveria in order to live a life of luxury. Her real identity was now exposed by both Jaime and his mother Lady Primarosa. As soon as Kendra was caught off by Lilian after she managed to escape from her ex-husband Henry, she exposes Kendra for her various crimes and for tricking them. Bria...

Artikulo 247

Artikulo 247 is a 2022 Philippines television drama legal crime series broadcast by GMA Network. It stars, Rhian Ramos, Benjamin Alves, Mark Herras, Kris Bernal and Mike Tan. This story is about Mary Jane "MJ" Ortega an accountant who later became a frustrated homicide victim with her assailant Klaire Almazan-Gomez who got away due to Article 247 of Revised Penal Code. MJ later encounters Klaire once again after she and her boyfriend and renagade lawyer, Julian Pineda had faked their deaths from a car accident under disguised as Carmen Dela Rama to do the same modus scheme as her late husband Alfred Gomez towards her new husband, Elijah Borromeo, leading her to fight for justice. The story is about Mary Jane "MJ" Ortega, a new accountant being hired by Alfred Gomez in his family business. She also meets Alfred's wife, Klaire Almazan-Gomez who is responsible for bullying her during her work duties. MJ was the one who found out about Klaire's infidelity with...

Asawa Ko, Karibal Ko

Rachel Santiago first meets Nathan Bravante, a gay man and the younger son of both Lorenzo Bravante and Veronica Delos Santos-Bravante. They eventually married and had two children and soon their marriage began to falter when Nathan's family had mistreating Rachel while defending their own son from her accusations to him. The reason Nathan mistreats Rachel during their marriage is because he hides his sexuality from his parents since his father Lorenzo had been threatening him while he was younger due to his wrong interpretation about him and all he has in mind was, he was a woman inside of a man's physicality when he tried to make-up himself and wearing any dresses. He made a disguise from himself under the name of Catriona where he started dating with a foreign man named Daniel Lindberg until Rachel succeeds in convincing David that Nathan is her husband. That rejection caused Nathan to get angered over his wife's actions. Nathan also sets up to faked his own death by kid...

Rosario

Rosario is a 2010 movie directed by Albert Martinez. It is a life story about Manny Pangilinan's grandmother Rosario Pereira. Plot: Manny Pangilinan's uncle, Jesus (Dolphy) writes a letter to the TV5 chairman. Upon reaching to the network station, Jesus tells his nephew a story about Rosario Pereira, Jesus' mother. Rosario (Jennylyn Mercado), is a sophisticated Filipina flapper in the 1920s who has just arrived from New York City, and is spending her vacation in their hacienda. She is the mestiza daughter of Portuguese ship captain Don Enrique (Phillip Salvador) and Filipina Doña Adela (Eula Valdez), Rosario was a passionate woman who lives according to her heart's desires. She was a woman ahead of her time. She meets and falls in love with Vicente Velez (Yul Servo), an older man who manages the tobacco plantation owned by Rosario's family. When Rosario's father finds out about his daughter's scandalous affair, he sends Rosario to a convent. She escape...

Apoy sa Langit

Apoy sa Langit (International title: Broken Promise / transl. Fire on Heaven) is a 2022 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Laurice Guillen, it stars Maricel Laxa. It premiered on May 2, 2022 on the network's Afternoon Prime and Sabado Star Power sa Hapon line up replacing Prima Donnas. The series concluded on September 3, 2022 with a total of 105 episodes. It was replaced by Abot-Kamay na Pangarap in its timeslot. Plot Apoy sa Langit is about the story of the lives of the surviving Hidalgo family following the robbery at the El Fuego Mansion in which the widower, Gemma Hidalgo had married Cesar Monasterial as she believes that he was the good samaritan for comforting her over the loss of her husband. This story also involves on empowering women who became victims of manipulation, concubinage and physical and emotional abuse over their partners. Years ago, the wealthy Hidalgo family lives in the El Fuego Mansion and they celebrated t...