Kamote, Kalabaw

Synopsis Ayesa (Carmina Villaroel) and Garam (Zoren Legaspi) escaped from Saladin, the world of wizardry where only men are allowed to practice magic. The couple decided to live with the mortals thinking that it was far enough to be discovered by the "salamankas" (magicians). But they were wrong. Meanwhile, in Saladin, Markadam, who embraced black magic, tried to escape from the abyss of the ocean. The elders of the magic land presumed that it was Ayesa and Garam who tried to help Markadam to escape. The elders then summoned the "Umbras" (nymphs) to hunt Ayesa and Garam. The Umbras succeeded. In the land of mortals, Garam and his kids, Jimboy and Sara, were forcefully brought back to Saladin by the Umbras leaving his wife Ayesa and elder daughter, Sabina. The kids had no idea that their parents were magicians. Flows of Flaws Congratulations to GMA7! Though he pilot episode of Majika was not that impressive compared to the pilot episode of Mulawin and Encantadia, it...

Majika - the latest tele-fantasy series being offered by GMA7 looks promising with a star-studded cast headed by Angel Locsin (Mulawin, Darna) and Dennis Trillo (Mulawin, Darna, Etheria). Based on teasers, the new series combines storylines from Narnja and Harry Potter. Compared to Encantadia and Etheria, this new series will be less violent for it targets a younger audience. So far, the costumes are good but not as impressive as those of Encantadia/Etheria. The hair make-up of Eddie Garcia and Eddie Gutierrez needs improvement because it's very obvious that they are wearing fake hair. Their long hair should look like its really growing from their head. They should take note of the hair of Legolas (Orlando Bloom) in Lord of the Rings. Legolas' hair looked credible with Orlando Bloom. Let's wait and see how this new TV series will hit the ratings and how it will fair with Encantadia/Etheria.

Marky Cielo and Jackie Rise were declared on March 12, 2006 as the ultimate survivors of the reality-based TV program "Starstruck", each winning P1,000,000 in cash and a P2M-contract from the GMA Network. From the two, Marky Cielo, stood as the sole survivor winning, in addition, a house and lot worth P2.5M, a 1.5M business package from Ink For Less, P300,000 cash from Drs. Pie and Manny Calayan, among others. All in all, Marky won a prize worth P10,000,000 -- the highest prize winning given so far in the history of Philippine television. Marky Cielo, a true-blooded Filipino, hails from the Mountain Province. He's a proud descendant of the Igorot tribe. It's about time that a star is born from a genuine native Filipino race. Jackie, on the other hand, is a Fil-Am hailing from Olongapo. From thousands of aspirants, the two emerged as winners from the Starstruck top 12. Marky received the highest number of votes. Runners-up were Gian of Iloilo and Iwa Moto of Las Pinas....

The "Encantadia" epic continues. As "Etheria" (book 2) ends, "Encantadia - Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas" begins. "Etheria" ended well. It had a combined mood of sadness and joy. "Etheria" as a whole wasn't boring at all. The twists were carefully treated. On the other hand, "Encantadia-Love Till the End" (book 3) started with a storyline that would keep you hooked on it and look forward to the next episodes. Sad to say, the next episodes were disappointing. The story episodes made the characterization of the Sang'gres inconsistent, so therefore, weak. There was no strong justification to make the audience believe why the main characters were suddenly deviating from their true personality. This Book 3 has made the characters of Encantadia stupid. Amihan, who was supposedly gentle and peace loving, suddenly became judgmental and refused to listen to Pirena's own story. Pirena, on the other hand, who was supposed to b...