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A LOOKALIKE of Prince Harry of Wales has caused quite a stir in the town of Dumanjug, where the young man has joined volunteers repainting and fixing a public school.

Alas, southern lasses hoping that someday, their prince will come, will have to wait longer.

Asked whether the prince, nicknamed Harry, was indeed staying in his town, Dumanjug Mayor Cesar Baricuatro was at a loss. “Your guess,” said Baricuatro, “is as good as mine.”

“What happened was, when I was inspecting my projects yesterday (Tuesday), a teacher approached me and asked if I had time. She said that there would be a certain Erik Santos who would visit me, with Prince Harry,” said Baricuatro.

Santos, coordinator of the Lantaka Youth Club, arrived with the mystery guest at the municipal hall Tuesday afternoon for a courtesy call on the mayor.

“I asked how to address him, thinking if I should call him ‘Your Highness’ or ‘Your

NEW YORK – At least seven people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu as the number of cases nationwide rose to 64 on Tuesday and a federal health official warned that deaths were likely.

Most of the nation’s confirmed cases were in New York City, where the health commissioner said “many hundreds” of schoolchildren were ill with what was “most likely swine flu.” The city announced 44 confirmed cases, all affiliated with a Catholic high school.

Richard Besser, acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that although ordinary human flu accounts for 36,000 deaths every year, he was concerned by this strain.

“I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection,” Besser said at an Atlanta news conference.

He said he did not know about a newspaper report of two deaths in two southern California hospitals in which the victims appeared to have suffered

A never-before-seen strain of swine flu has turned killer in Mexico and is causing milder illness in the United States and elsewhere. While authorities say it’s not time to panic, they are taking steps to stem the spread and also urging people to pay close attention to the latest health warnings and take their own precautions.

“Individuals have a key role to play,” Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday.

Here’s what you need to know:

Q: How do I protect myself and my family?

A: For now, take commonsense precautions. Cover your coughs and sneezes, with a tissue that you throw away or by sneezing into your elbow rather than your hand. Wash hands frequently; if soap and water aren’t available, hand gels can substitute. Stay home if you’re sick and keep children home from school if they are.

Q: How easy is

Sexy actress Maui Taylor, who bared much of her body in movies like “Hibla” and men’s magazines like FHM, now bares the key anatomical parts that she had cosmetically enhanced.

Her nose, chin, breasts, and tummy had undergone some retouching, the April 2002 FHM cover babe admitted while strapped to a lie detector in Sunday’s “Showbiz Central,” under questioning of John Lapus in the “Don’t Lie To Me” segment of the weekly entertainment show.

She’s had some problem with her nose job that has been corrected.

“Ang laman na lang talaga ng ilong ko is yung tip na lang. So it’s the cartilage from my ear. So yung bridge ko ngayon, it’s natural already,” Taylor said.

["What my nose has at the tip is some cartilage from my ear. So my bridge is now natural."]

Her chin – firmed up to give her roundish face more definition – also needs regular maintenance.

“Pinadagdagan

Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, the US marine convicted in December 2006 by a lower court of raping a Filipina in Subic, was acquitted ironically by the women justices of the Philippine’s Court of Appeals Thursday.

“Wherefore, on reasonable ground, the accused Lance Corporal Daniel Smith is hereby acquitted of the crime of rape as alleged in the information,” said the appellate court in its 71-page decision.

The ruling, penned by Associate Justice Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa of the CA’s Special Eleventh Division, reversed and set aside the decision of the Makati Regional Trial Court on December 4, 2006. The Makati-RTC’s decision made Smith the first-ever American military personnel convicted of committing crime on Philippine soil.

Concurring with the CA decision were two other female magistrates, Remedios Salazar-Fernando and Myrna Dimaranan-Vidal.

Not rape, just a romantic episode

The CA likewise ordered Smith’s immediate release from detention unless there is another case filed against him. Smith is currently being

Valerie Concepcion could be the epitome of “sugar and spice and everything nice,” but the experiences she’s been through all these years will tell you otherwise. With her series of ups and downs, she may be a woman scarred, but she’s headstrong, proving her worth to be in show business and to everyone’s hearts.Valerie Concepcion was born on December 21, 1987, in Manila, Philippines. Val, unlike her other contemporaries, didn’t actually enter show business should she could support her family. It was her love for the craft—and her desire to entertain people—that prompted her to join the family of Click, a noon-time teen show of GMA 7 where she played the role of Yasmin. Otherwise, she would just be a full-time student who’s taking up a degree in Mass Communications or in a cooking school, turning one of her hobbies into a