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Last Wednesday (May 13), gunshots echoed inside the Senate amid rumors of an impending arrest for Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa following a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the previous administration’s bloody war on drugs. Before the chaos erupted and his eventual departure from the Senate, Sen. Bato gave Jessica Soho one final sit-down interview. Will he surrender to the ICC? What is his reaction to the thousands of EJK (extrajudicial killing) victims? Is his sudden appearance at the session, after a nearly six-month absence, politically motivated? Amidst the turmoil and the change in Senate leadership, how will this impact the scheduled impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte? Meanwhile, in a special interview with Jessica, Dingdong Dantes looks back on his nearly three decades in showbiz—from his days as a teen star to becoming one of the most respected leading men of this generation, and now, the lead of the new series The Ma...

Actress Claudine Barretto has revealed that she has been suffering from panic attacks since 2002 after her boyfriend Rico Yan passed away. During an exclusive interview on the Kapuso magazine show "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" aired last January 21, Claudine said that she was then taping the Kapamilya teleserye "Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan" when the panic attack started. "Ang natatandaan ko lang, yung time na nagte-taping kami, nag-cold sweat ako while we were reading. Tapos, sabi ni Direk Wenn (Deramas), parang iba na," said Claudine. "Sabi ko, 'I'll just go to the room for a while, inom lang akong water. And then he went inside the room, and then sabi niya, ang putla ko daw. I was just walking and walking 'tapos sabi niya, 'Ano nangyayari?' 'Hindi ko alam;" "Ayun, I started crying na and I couldn't breathe. Noong sinabi sa akin ni Direk Wenn na, 'You need to see a psychiatrist, something's wrong...