In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler (which was not yet the capital municipality of Aurora until 1951) against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier (Jericho Rosales) and a Filipina lass (Anne Curtis) who lived at the end of the 19th century.
Ever since Mira (played by Judy Ann Santos) woke up from a car accident, she started seeing things that she could not explain. She felt paranormal activity is occurring inside their house. Although she could not remember anything that happened before the accident, Dave came to her house and explained to her that she was supposed to leave her husband, Paul and elope with him. Dave told her that she loved him and she trusted a secret to him. Mira learned that Paul had had another woman before which caused their relationship to deteriorate. Even her blind child, Sophie seemed aloof and is scared of her. She started to patch things up between her and her family but she could not forget what Dave told her about trusting him her secret. Mira called up Dave to meet him and Dave explained to her the secret she seemed to have forgotten already because of the accident. Dave told her how she had a twin sister named Maria that she left in a mental institute because she had been insane since their mother's death. Mira and Dave went to the mental institute to see Maria but the doctor said that Maria had died a month back and since no one claimed her body, they took it the corpse to a University for study. She told Paul about this which surprised him, all along not knowing that Mira ever had a twin sister. Paul called the university to claim the corpse and then had it cremated.
Mira and Paul's daughter, Sophie, underwent an eye transplant. Sophie was so excited to see the eclipse as this is her first time to see again since she got blind. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a woman standing behind her mother and the people around were wondering who she was seeing since no other people were there.
Paul and Mira could no longer take the paranormal activity so they decided to consult a medium to help them. The old man told Mira and Paul that a powerful black magic is due to acquire a physical body on the eclipse when all spirits become more powerful. The medium found a doll which he called "antigua", a powerful device that the bad spirit used to let itself remain in this world. On the night of the eclipse, Sophie and Paul were watching the phenomenon when Paul caught a glimpse of something white approaching them. It was Maria's body. He took Sophie inside the house and in her room, he found a tape which when he played in Sophie's video cam recorder, he saw it was recorded by Mira for him. The video showed Mira videotaping herself before the car accident she went through. Mira was saying in the tape how Paul could fight Maria. In the room where Mira was, her body became that of Maria. The twist was then revealed. It was Maria who came back from the car accident and it was Mira who died in the asylum and got cremated. Mira had been dead all along and it was Maria who used her body to come back to the world and take vengeance against Mira through her family.
Mira recalled that their mother was a mangkukulam and tried to transfer her powers to the twins when they were young. Being the braver one, Mira tried to contradict their mother's chants as she did not want to learn about her evil doings and voodoo magic. When the twin grew up, Mira decided to run away from home, leaving Maria behind. Their mother died soon after. Mira attended the burial and realized that Maria had gone insane, claiming she could talk to things that Mira could not see. Mira then told her twin that she would bring her with her to Manila. It turned out though that Mira sent her to a mental institute. Maria was left heartbroken. One night, she stayed up late and did a powerful black magic so that her and Mira's body could switch. The chant was effective although when Maria's soul transferred to Mira's body who was on the way to the mental asylum to stop Maria from doing any harm to her family, the car got into a horrible accident. Maria, who woke up in Mira's body could no longer remember anything while Mira who found herself in Maria's body woke up from the trance already in the asylum.
In the present, Paul replayed the video tape that Mira left for him. Mira said that by the time that Paul got to watch the video, she would have been dead. Paul needed to trap Maria into a circle made of Mira's body's dust. Paul did this but Maria discovered the trick. She was pushed though by Sophie from behind and there, she was trapped in the circle of dust. Paul stabbed the "antigua" with a piece of wood and Maria's soul burned and disappeared. Mira's soul showed up to the father and daughter to bid her final farewell.
Twenty seven year old Abby (Ruffa Gutierrez) was extremely shocked when her parents revealed to her that they are not her maternal parents. She was told that her mother — Esmeralda, couldn’t raise her alone in the Philippines and was forced to entrust her own daughter in order to have a better life. Curious and determined to learn more about her mother, Abby flew straight to the Philippines to finally meet her real mother. But all this excitement of a reunion is foiled at the airport upon sight of the loud mouthed -Visayan speaking “Esme” (Annabelle Rama) — Abby’s real mother and worst nightmare.
Abby steps in Esme’s house and meets her two half brothers whose ears are already numb with Esme’s nonstop screaming. As days passed, she discovers that she and her mother are polar opposites- from her “baduy” choice of furnitures and clothes to her quaint and mediocre lifestyle, Abby figures that she will have to strain herself with a lot of adjustments in order to know her mother better.
To catch up the 27 years of separation from her baby girl, Esme on the other hand pushes all her efforts to win her daughter’s affection. But the more Esme pursues her daughter the more Abby feels stifled and wants to break away from her mother’s irritating clutches.
But after a calamitous falling out, the mother and daughter travel a bumpy road toward true appreciation for one another. In the end, both will discover that the invisible loving bond that has been keeping them together has been there all along.
Laida Magtalas (Sarah Geronimo) is a modern-day Belle who works hard to provide for her family while believing that someday she will meet her prince charming and they will lie happily ever after together. That prince charming is none other than Miggy Montenegrro (John Lloyd Cruz), the youngest of the Montenegro clan — a well-established family in the business world. Laida dreams of meeting Miggy every day and every night. These dreams led her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at Miggy’s failing men’s magazine.
As Laida and Miggy’s fight to save the magazine become more intense, so is their fight to keep their intentions and emotions at bay. Will Laida and Miggy ever figure out the right combination to solve their problems in business and in their personal lives? Can you still call it a very special love? Or will their mismatching personalities, despite their common interest and goal keep them from ever figuring out their perfect pair?
[endtext]Pastry chef Macky has struggled with his weight for most of his life. It's not easy being fat, especially when you're secretly admiring a young socialite columnist named Ninia who gets the shock of her life when she sees Macky in his 300-pound glory. Macky hires Aira as personal trailer and in the process of losing weight, the two gained love and affection for each other. But soon after Aira agrees to accept an offer to work abroad, being the breadwinner of the family. Two years pass and the Macky who was once laughed at is now one of the most sought-after bachelors in town. Macky now has to choose who really is his big love: the woman he dreamed of all his life or the woman who loved him unconditionally?
DOBOL TROBOL is a hilarious comedy about a passionate cook named Mac (Dolphy) who strikes up a very unlikely and riotous friendship with his happy-go-lucky co-worker Arthur (Vic Sotto). As both hit the bumpy road of their misadventures, the side-splitting companionship theyve found might be what matters the most.
Cupids love arrow struck the most unlikely couple-to-be: Seth Alexander Villaraza (Richard Gutierrez), a notorious talk of the town playboy and Sophia Carmina Sandoval (KC Concepcion), the perfect girlfriend too busy to find love. Their two different personalities disastrously collide when fate serendipitiously entwined their lives in Santorini, Greece. But love has overruled their pained hearts and has proven that opposite truly attracts. Just when true love finally finds them for the first time, the pain of the past and uncertainty of the future challenged them to step back.
Is Seth brave enough to truly love and be hurt for Pias sake or will he run away again? Will Pia find the love that will completely heal her or is Seth just another mistake?
For The First Time is a romantic story of an unexpected love chemistry between Mr. So Wrong and Miss So Perfectly Right….a love story that will magnify the power of love to triumphantly conquer all our indifferences, fears, pain and doubts.
Bong (Vhong Navarro) does nothing but to save Winona (Toni Gonzaga), his best friend, whose family has a curse of not living beyod the age of 25, from her brushes with death. He has always been in love with her, while Winona, on the other hand, has never entertained love in the past knowing she wouldn’t live past 25 anyway.After Winona celebrates her 25th birthday, she and Bong finds a second chance in life and love. However, Bong finds out that Winona’s days are indeed still numbered. He struggles to keep this secret from her while still continuing to give her the best days of her life. Meanwhile, Winona solwly finds herself falling for her best friend. But how much are you willing to liove if you know you will just lose it all in the end?
