Charo Santos hosts lunch for August-born friends

MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN president Charo Santos-Concio hosted a lunch for August-born friends last Monday at the Little Asia Tomas Morato (Quezon City) branch.

As usual in a gathering like that, the mouth-watering ‘main course’ is the latest in showbiz gossip (all off-the-record).

The group includes (front row, from left) Star Cinema exec Malou N. Santos, Regal Matriarch Mother Lily Monteverde, Marichu ‘Manay Ichu’ Maceda, Dolor Guevarra, Ethel Ramos, Charo and Girlie Rodis; and (back row, also from left) Boots Plata, ABS-CBN exec Cory Vidanes, Ronald Constantino, June Torrejon, Lawrence Tan, Shirley Kuan, Charlene Lim (who co-owns and co-manages Little Asia with brothers Charlemagne and Charlton), Ricky Lo, ABS-CBN exec Linggit Tan, Pat-P Daza and Grace Poe-Llamanzares. Inset (from left): August-born Ethel, Mother Lily, Grace and Boots making a wish. — PHOTOS BY GIRLIE RODIS