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COLUMNIST INSISTS ON CARMINA-MONSOUR ROMANCE

Manila, Dec. 29, 1997 - Are Carmina Villaroel and Monsour del Rosario really romantically linked? The Philippine Inquirer's Dolly Anne Carvajal, TV host and daughter of Inday Badiday, thinks the two most probably are.

In her last column, Dolly Anne writes that Monsour and Carmina remain blasé about the rumors linking them to each other. Once again, she says, the all-too-familiar showbiz line "friends lang kami" is rammed down rumor mongers' throats, but tongues are still wagging.

"Insiders insist, though, that there's more than meets the eye between Mon and Mina," Dolly Anne writes. "Their body language says it all!"

"Observers say Monsour is just holding back because he's waiting for the annulment of Rustom Padilla's and Carmina's marriage to be settled," she continues.

Dolly Anne ends her article in an optimistic mood. "Meanwhile, both Mon and Mina's hearts are under renovation. Would it be ready for occupancy by 1998? Let's wait and see!"

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