Carlos M. Loyzaga (born 29 August 1930) is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He led the Philippine National team to a Bronze Medal finish in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. The Philippines third place finish remains the highest rank of any Asian team in the history of the tournament. He is also the father of the Filipina TV and movie actresses Bing Loyzaga and Teressa Loyzaga.
Loyzaga was born to a Basque family during World War II and he is the son of former Philippine national football team member and player Joaquin Loyzaga. After surviving the war with his mother, sister and two brothers, he attended San Beda College, where he played for the San Beda Red Lions basketball team in the Philippine NCAA. Standing at 191 cm (6 ft 3 in), he towered over most other players in the league and came to be a dominating player at the center position. Because of his shooting and rebounding ability, he quickly became a superstar in the Philippines. He led the Red Lions to a consecutive NCAA championships win during his career.
Raymond Martin (Raymart) Santiago (born July 20, 1973 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino action star and comedian who belongs to one of Philippine showbiz's most recognizable families.
He comes from a prominent Philippine showbiz family—the Santiagos. His father is the late director Pablo Santiago Sr. He is the youngest among the Santiago siblings. He and two of his elder brothers are also known in their respective fields in show business—them being Randy Gerard (or Randy Santiago) who is a singer/actor/host and Rowell who is a director/actor. Their other brother is Reilly Pablo Jr., who was married to another local actress Sherilyn Reyes and also tried his hand at film production.
He married actress Claudine Barretto on March 27, 2006 in Tagaytay Highlands in Tagaytay City, Cavite[1]. Their wedding was attended by ABS-CBN and GMA Network executives, their families (except Gretchen Barretto, who at the time of the wedding was estranged with Claudine), their showbiz and non-showbiz friends. Claudine gave birth to their son on July 19, 2007—a day before the couple’s birthday. Rodrigo Santino joins big sister Sabina Natasha(b 2004), whom they adopted at 2 months old in July 2004. Both Claudine and Raymart are Born-again Christians which they attended at Victory Christian Fellowship.
Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born May 10, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a Mexican-Chilean footballer. He played for Unión Española, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, CD Veracruz, and now plays for Estudiantes Tecos of the Primera División de México. Ruiz is a symbol for the Santos Laguna fans along Jared Borgetti for being great players during their time on Santos.
During the qualifiers to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Ruiz played a match with the Chilean national team against Uruguay at Centenario Stadium, that Chile lost 1-0.
Ruiz was one of the best players in the Chilean team Unión Española. There, he played in the Copa Libertadores, where the team lost in quarterfinals against São Paulo.
Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo also known as Kathryn Bernardo (born March 26, 1996) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her role as Mara in the Filipino drama, Mara Clara. Kathryn is currently a contract artist with Star Magic and most recently starred as Ana Bartolome in the 2011 drama film, Way Back Home. She now casts as the main protagonist of Princess and I as Princess Areeyah or better known as Mikay.
Bernado was born in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija and was a school student of the OB Montessori Center Inc. in Greenhills
Bernardo began acting in 2003, appearing as Young Cielo in It Might Be You. She has acted primarily in television but has also appeared in several movies. Her first breakthrough was "Mara Clara" with her Co-star Julia Montes. The actress is currently working on Princess and I, an upcoming romance-drama television series, following on from the success of the television series, Growing Up in 2011.