TV5 may refer to the following television enterprises, networks and stations:

• Associated Broadcasting Company, television network in the Philippines, founded in 1960, which identifies itself as "TV5"
• TV5MONDE, French-language global television channel, founded in 1984, commonly referred to as "TV5" or "Telecinq"
• TV5 Québec Canada, Canada-based French-language television channel, founded in 1988, which partners with TV5MONDE
• TV5 Užice, Serbian television channel, founded in 1994, which broadcasts from the town of Užice
• TV5 Mongolia, Mongolia-based nation-wide broadcasting network, with headquarters in the capital, Ulaanbaatar; relaunched as a commercial enterprise in 1997
• TV5 (India), India-based Telugu-language 24-hour news channel, founded in 2007
• TV5, a cable subscription channel of Boom TV (Macedonia)
• TV5 Riga, a Latvian television channel owned by News Corporation
• Several television stations in North America which broadcast on VHF frequencies covering 77.25-81.75 MHz; see the following:
  • For Canada, see Category: Channel 5 TV stations in Canada
  • For Mexico, see Category: Channel 5 TV stations in Mexico
  • For the United States, see Category: Channel 5 TV stations in the United States

See also[link]

• Channel 5 (disambiguation)

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Robin Padilla
Photo was taken in 2011
Born	Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla (1969-11-23) November 23, 1969 (age 42)[1] Camarines Norte
Nationality	Filipino
Other names	Abdulaziz, Binoe/Binoy
Occupation	Actor, Film Producer/Director, Writer, Martial Artist
Years active	1984-present
Known for	“Bad Boy” of Philippine movies[2]
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Liezl Sicangco (divorced) Mariel Rodriguez (2010-present)
Parents	Carlos Roy Padilla (Father) Lolita Eva Carino (Mother)

Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla (born November 23, 1969)^[1] better known by his stage name Robin Padilla is a Filipino film director, screenwriter, producer, martial artist and actor. Padilla is both a matinee idol and cultural icon; he is sometimes referred to as "James Dean"^[3] and dubbed as "Bad Boy" of the Philippine Cinema; as he portrayed 'protagonist gangster roles' in his films Anak ni Baby Ama, Grease Gun Gang, Bad Boy 1 & Bad Boy 2. Padilla is active in television series program. He played important roles in Asian Treasures, Joaquin Bordado, Totoy Bato, Guns and Roses, and Toda Max.

Both acting and the showbiz industry are not new to Padilla. He came from a brood of talent, performer, and political family. His father Roy Padilla, who was a film director, served as vice-governor of Camarines Norte in 1970s and assemblyman in 1980s;^[4] while his mother was an actress,^[1] and three of his siblings Rustom, Rommel and Royette are actors.

Career[link]

Padilla's movies with Sharon Cuneta in Maging Sino Ka Man, and Vina Morales in Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum series were blockbuster hits.^[5] He figured accidents while filming Tulak ng Bibíg, Kabig ng Dibdíb when he was trapped inside a speeding car that flew into the air, flipped and landed on its roof.^[5] Padilla's worst accident was when a blasting scene for Utol Kong Hoodlum burned him literally, which left scars around his tummy and arms.^[6]

In 2009, Padilla did Sundo of Viva Films, before, he was opted out of his exclusive contract that allows him do movies for other film outfits including Star Cinema Productions, FLT Films, Millennium Cinema and GMA Films. On the same year he also did the title role of "Totoy Bato", which was an adaptation from a novel by Carlo J. Caparas.

Padilla crossed over movie film to television through the ABS-CBN comedy show Pwedeng-Pwede. He starred in the daily action-drama series, Basta't Kasama Kita. In 2005, he did two movies: the horror thriller Kulimlim and the comedy "La Visa Loca". He received Best Actor honors in the 2006 Urian Awards.

Padilla had transferred to GMA Network, after his contract with ABS-CBN, where he starred in the TV series Asian Treasures. He has also signed a two film contract under GMA Network's film outfit GMA Films; first was Till I Met You, the second one was the horror-suspense Sundo.

In 2010, Padilla returns to ABS-CBN, his projects with the network includes the sitcom TodaMax which was launched in November 2011 aired over ABS-CBN 2, this was Padilla's second over-all sitcom his last one with Puwedeng Puwede with his former co-star the late comedian Redford White.

In 2010, due to Willie Revillame's abrupt transfer to TV-5 Padilla temporarily hosted the noontime show Wowowee, and later hosted the show Pilipinas Win na Win which replaced Wowowee together with Kris Aquino.^{[citation needed]}

Advocacy[link]

Padilla is an anti-malaria advocate since 2004; he appealed for media support for his cause against the disease in the press briefing of Department of Health's 'Movement Against Malaria.' As a MAM spokesperson, he engaged television networks in the campaign for the use of mosquito nets.^[7][8]

Padilla flew to Turkey to attend a conference concerning the Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation,^{[when?][citation needed]} a free preschool he built for Muslim children in Quezon City, which opened in 2007. On September 15, 2007 he donated 2.5 million Philippine pesos to the Muay Association of the Philippines.

Personal life[link]

Padilla was born to Carlos Roy Padilla and Eva Carino. He has seven siblings - three brothers and four sisters.^[1]

While serving a 21 year prison term on illegal weapons possession, he converted to Islam and married Liezl Sicangco in a Muslim ceremony at the New Bilibid Prison social hall.^[9] He was pardoned and released in 1998 by Fidel Ramos.^[10]

He has four children with Liezl, a son named Ali and three daughters Queenie, Kylie who are actresses and Zhen-Zhen.^[11] He also has a son named Mico to actress Jobelle Salvador^[12] and a daughter named Camille Orosa, a model and aspiring actress, with former model Leah Orosa. He owns a house at Pines Ville Street, Greenview Executive Village, Barangay Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City, where thieves stole his cellular phone and handgun loaded with 6 bullets, on May 3, 2008.^[13]

In 2009, Padilla announced that he has been divorced from Sicangco and that she has a new husband in Australia.^[14]

On August 19, 2010, Padilla and Mariel Rodriguez were married in Taj Mahal in India.^[15] Padilla and Rodriguez had met during his stint as a host of Wowowee.^[16]

Filmography[link]

Movies[link]

Television[link]

Writer[link]

References[link]

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Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla (born Maria Erlinda Lucille Suazon Termulo in 1984) is a Filipino commercial model, endorser, TV host, former MTV VJ and actress. She first started as an MTV VJ. Currently, she co-hosts the noontime variety show Happy Yipee Yehey!. During its run, she has also been a host for the reality franchise Pinoy Big Brother and the now defunct noontime show Wowowee.

Starting her career as a model for Clean&Clear facials and became a VJ on MTV Pilipinas, she was brought in by GMA-7. Later she moved to station ABS-CBN Network to host the noon-time program Wowowee and Pinoy Big Brother. On September 2011, she resigned on ABS-CBN and moved to TV5.^[1]

Other than hosting jobs on TV, Rodriguez-Padilla acted in the Bud Brothers Series played as Betsey (Betchay), Varga series and several films.

Biography[link]

Born as Maria Erlina Lucille Sazon Termulo, she was known by the nickname 'Mariel' as a child.

Rodriguez studied at De La Salle Zobel in grade school and high school. She graduated at De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication

Her sister, Kaye Rodriguez-Garcia is a model and a designer.

Career[link]

She started her career at the age of 15, modeling for commercials and ads. Her big break came when she was cast in MTV Asia's TV show Rouge. Introducing herself through the webcam, she flew to Singapore for an audition and got the part. Her role in the show caught the eye of MTV Philippines executives and was made an VJ in December 2004. She left MTV in April 2006.

GMA-7 signed her as one of their stars. While in the network, she became one of the regular hosts of Extra Challenge. She has also appeared on several shows, such as Love to Love. In 2005, she moved to ABS-CBN.

She became host of Pinoy Big Brother and co-host to the noon time show Happy Yipee Yehey. She used to be co-host of Wowowee and Pilipinas Win na Win.

She has endorsed many products and clothing lines, such as Meg Clothing, Zen Zest, Hot Pink Lingerie, Close-Up, Rexona, Clean&Clear, and Pizza Hut

She is one of the former original main-hosts of ABS-CBN's noontime show entitled Happy Yipee Yehey!.

Several months later after hosting Happy Yipee Yehey! she left the show and the network to transfer to TV5 and will reunite with Willie Revillame to co-host Wiltime Bigtime Starting October 15, 2011.

Personal life[link]

She previously dated Filipino-actor, Zanjoe Marudo, the two began dating after Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition and decided to split up early 2010. Then she met Robin Padilla on a game show where she was a co-host, Wowowee when Robin temporarily became the host of the said show. She married Robin on August 19, 2010 in Taj Mahal, India.

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Iurie Leancă
Dmitry Medvedev and Iurie Leancă
Foreign and European Integration Minister of Moldova
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 September 2009
President	Mihai Ghimpu (Acting)
Prime Minister	Vlad Filat
Preceded by	Andrei Stratan
In office 27 July 2001 – 4 September 2001
President	Vladimir Voronin
Prime Minister	Vasile Tarlev
Preceded by	Nicolae Cernomaz
Succeeded by	Nicolae Dudău
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2009
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-20) 20 October 1963 (age 48) Cimişlia
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (2009–present) Alliance for European Integration (2009–present)
Other political affiliations	Alliance for Democracy and Reforms
Spouse(s)	Aida Leancă
Children	2
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Profession	diplomat
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy

Iurie Leancă (born October 20, 1963, Cimişlia) is a Moldovan politician. He is the Foreign and European Integration Minister in Vlad Filat Cabinet.

Early career[link]

Iurie Leancă was born on October 20,^{[citation needed]} 1963, in Cimişlia. He has a multi-ethnic background, his father being a Romanian and his mother a Bulgarian. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from 1986 until 1993, Leancă worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between May and October 1989, he served as second secretary at the Soviet embassy in Bucharest, Romania, first secretary in the political department of the foreign ministry of the Soviet Moldavia (1989-1990), and counselor of Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs specializing in European affairs (1990-1993). ^[1]

Between 1993 and 1997, he was the Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova in Washington, D.C. Then, he was a deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1998-1999) and the first deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1999-2002), in the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms cabinets and in Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (1). Also, he was the acting Foreign Minister of Moldova (27 Jul 2001 - 4 Sep 2001).

Moldovan Communists received a blow when the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled in favor of the Metropolis of Bessarabia in its case against Moldova, on December 13, 2001. On October 2, 2001 the ECHR heard the case, with Minister of Justice Ion Morei representing the Moldovan government and Vlad Cubreacov, a Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party deputy, representing the Bessarabian Metropolitanate. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Iurie Leancă took the fall, and, on January 6, 2002 resigned amid charges that he had failed to vet Morei's speech.^[2]

He worked as the Ascom Group deputy CEO (2001-2005, 2007-2009). Also he was a Senior Adviser to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe High Commissioner on National Minorities (2005-2007).

He has been a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) since January 2009. He was elected as MP in April 2009 election and July 2009 election.

Amb. Iurie Leancă was the vice-president of The Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (2005-2009).

Foreign and European Integration Minister[link]

Leancă is deputy prime minister and Foreign and European Integration Minister in Vlad Filat Cabinet.^[3]

In a press conference on October 21, Leancă announced that official negotiations on the association agreement Moldova-EU will start on January 12, 2010.

He is married to Aida Leancă and has two children.

External links[link]

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
• Government of Moldova

References[link]

v t e Alliance for European Integration Topics July 2009 election Presidential election, November–December 2009 Constitutional Reform 2010 Constitutional Referendum Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship 2010 parliamentary election 2011 presidential election Parties Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Liberal Party (Moldova) Democratic Party of Moldova Party Alliance Our Moldova Cabinet Filat Bodiu Bujor Buliga Catan Ciobanu Cosarciuc Focşa Hotineanu Lazăr Leancă Marinuţa Negrei Negruţă Oleinic Osipov Răducan A. Şalaru G. Şalaru Tănase PLDM MPs Filat Tănase Godea Palihovici Nagacevschi Ţap Vieru Balan Hotineanu Leancă Ghileţchi Şleahtiţchi Agache Cimbriciuc Furdui Ioniţă Streleţ Butmălai Ionaş Ciobanu Olaru PL MPs Chirtoacă Ghimpu Şalaru Fusu Cojocaru Arhire Brega Vacarciuc Bodrug Guţu Hadârcă Nemerenco I. Lupu Moldovanu Vieru Apostol PD MPs M. Lupu Lazăr Corman Popov Băieşu Diacov Serebrian Stoianoglo Răducan Guma Ghilaş Buliga Jantuan Nantoi Arpentin Stratan Guznac AMN MPs Serafim Urechean Veaceslav Untilă Ion Pleşca Leonid Bujor Vasile Balan Iurie Colesnic Veaceslav Platon Valentin Chepteni Cojocaru Commission Cojocaru Caşu Musteaţă Taşcă Bahnaru Beşleagă Casian Chircă Crudu Cuşco Dragnev Enciu Eşanu Juc Moşanu Negru Negură Olaru-Cemîrtan Palade Parasca Petrencu Postică Sîrbu Smochină Stăvilă Şarov Şişcanu Tihonov Ţicu Varta

v t e First Filat Cabinet Prime Minister Vlad Filat Deputy Prime Ministers Iurie Leancă • Ion Negrei • Valeriu Lazăr • Victor Osipov State minister Victor Bodiu Ministers Iurie Leancă • Valeriu Lazăr • Victor Catan • Alexandru Tănase • Vladimir Hotineanu • Veaceslav Negruţă • Vitalie Marinuţa • Ion Ciobanu • Gheorghe Şalaru • Anatol Şalaru • Valentina Buliga • Marcel Răducan • Boris Focşa • Valeriu Cosarciuc • Leonid Bujor • Alexandru Oleinic Ex-officio members Governor of Gagauzia • Head of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova

v t e Foreign Ministers of Moldova Ion Pelivan • Gherasim Rudi • Alexandru Diordiţă • Petru Pascari • Semion Grossu • Ion Ustian • Petru Comendant • Nicolae Ţâu • Ion Botnaru (acting) • Mihai Popov • Nicolae Tăbăcaru • Nicolae Cernomaz • Iurie Leancă (acting) • Nicolae Dudău • Andrei Stratan • Iurie Leancă (2nd)

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Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto-Oconer (born July 2, 1980 in Makati City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer.

Personal life[link]

She is the youngest daughter of actress Helen Gamboa and actor and senator Tito Sotto. She is first cousins with Sharon Cuneta (their mothers are sisters) and first niece with KC Concepcion. She is also cousins with Danica and Oyo Boy Sotto. She is three-eighths Cebuano and one-eighth Chinese (her father's side),^[1] and one-fourth Kapampangan, one-eighth Spanish, and one-eighth American (her mother's side).^[2]

At age 6, Sotto made her first appearance on Eat Bulaga! and at age 17 became one of the show's regular hosts from 2005 to 2007. Before she became a regular host at Eat Bulaga, she was a member of former teen-oriented drama T.G.I.S., produced by Viva Television and GMA Network. During her teenage years, Sotto together with cousin Danica Sotto and Jocas de Leon, had a regular Saturday production number in Eat Bulaga!. They were dubbed as the "Ang TVJ (Tito, Vic and Joey) Kids." During her stint in Eat Bulaga!, she was paired with co-host Paolo Ballesteros and were together dubbed "CiaPao."

On 2008, Sotto launched her album entitled If You Love Me. She said that she was involved in different aspects of the album's production. The album contains songs written by her father and Joey de Leon with Vic Sotto along with Tito Sotto doing the back-up vocals of one song. This is Sotto's second album and it is produced and distributed by Sony BMG Music. She is currently married to her non-showbiz boyfriend Jojo Oconer.

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Films[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ciara Sotto at the Internet Movie Database
• Ciara Sotto - MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/ciarasotto
• Show website

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