noynoy aquino and his girl friend

MANILA, Philippines—Yes, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III has a girlfriend. She is a councilor in Valenzuela City.
No, he did not think she was planning to run for Congress.
These were Aquino’s cautious answers when he was peppered with questions on Wednesday about gossip circulating in text messages and the internet that his girlfriend, whom he refused to name, was eyeing a congressional seat.
"I think she’s opting for reelection," Aquino told reporters. "She hasn’t told me she has changed her mind," said Aquino, but quickly added that it would be up to his girlfriend to decide what political road to take, and that he would be there to support her.
It was the first time the bachelor senator, who is now being touted as a possible presidential candidate, talked about his personal life.
Aquino, the only son of the late president Corazon Aquino and martyred opposition leader former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., both national icons, revealed that he and his girlfriend would celebrate their first anniversary as a couple next month.
He had already introduced her to his mother, who died on Aug. 1.
Aquino appealed to reporters not to insist that he name her. He said his girlfriend had been recently at the receiving end of many requests by some people.
"I don’t want to add to the chaos in her life," Aquino said.
The tabloid People’s Tonight, however, has already identified the senator’s girlfriend as 29-year-old Councilor Shalani Soledad, a pretty and unassuming political leader in Valenzuela City.
Asked whether his girlfriend would be supportive if he were to run for the presidency next year, Aquino said they haven’t had time to discuss the issue.
"I don’t think, if I have a decision, she will not be supportive of it," he said.
Soledad’s official website describes her as a native of Catanduanes and a graduate of Human Resources Management at De La Salle’s College of St. Benilde.
She used to work in the Senate as a staff member in the office of Senator Panfilo Lacson in the Senate (2001-2003).
A source close to the senator claimed the two first met in 2000 or 2001 when Soledad interviewed him for a media project. They met again, this time by accident, in August 2008 at Alfredo’s restaurant in Quezon City. Both were dining with their respective friends but they had their picture taken with each other and exchanged phone numbers.
The following month, Aquino reportedly introduced her to some of his friends, although he said they were just going out.
Aquino has been previously linked to a stewardess, a staff member of Senator Francis Pangilinan and two actresses.
Aquino is also known to have dated news anchors Korina Sanchez (now engaged to Senator Mar Roxas) and Bernadette Sembrano.source

'Jaws' Shark Hunted Down

The star of "Jaws" has been found resting in a Los Angeles junkyard.

No, not Richard Dreyfuss -- the shark! With the 35th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic blockbuster just around the corner, an NPR reporter set out to track down the mechanical beast that struck fear into the hearts of so many.

In order to maximize their control over the creature, the "Jaws" filmmakers built three sharks for their 1975 movie. All created from the same mold, the sharks were dubbed "Bruce" after Spielberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer. The gigantic metal creatures were 25-feet long and weighed hundreds of pounds. The heads alone came in at 400 lbs. apiece, with jaws the size of a small human.
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When reporter and "Jaws"-enthusiast Cory Turner set out to track down Bruce's whereabouts, he went straight to the source -- the movie's director. A spokesman for Steven Spielberg explained that the original Bruces had all been destroyed, as no one had thought to save them.

But theories circulated on a Facebook page for the famous shark that another Bruce might be out there. After a little research, Turner discovered that a fourth shark had indeed been cast from the original mold, just months after its brothers were constructed. The baby of the Bruce family was created for display at Universal Studios Theme Park, where it hung by its tail for fifteen years.

In 1990, the shark was taken down and shipped out to destinations unknown. Turner picked up the phone and started dialing junkyards. He finally found the creature in a yard in the Sun Valley area of Southern California -- just minutes away from Universal. Turner brought the team who built Bruce -- art department members Joe Alves and Roy Arbogast to verify the shark's authenticity.

"It's the real one," Arbogast told Turner after examining the creature. "It's just kinda' nice to see it again after 25 or 30 years. It's amazing that it's still here."

Bruce's discovery couldn't come at a better time. There's talk that Universal might be considering a 3D "Jaws" remake -- with comedian Tracy Morgan in the shark-hunter role. Perhaps Bruce will find his way onto the silver screen once again.