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Pop sensation JLo comes to Manila

AMERICAN pop sensation Jennifer “JLo” Lopez is set to arrive in Manila today for her one-night concert tomorrow.


According to the Manila International Airport Authority, Lopez will be arriving today on a chartered flight at about 4:10 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Lopez’s plane, a Gulfstream 4 jet, has been granted the use of the Balagbag Ramp for parking.

Security personnel said that the event organizer requested that media coverage of Lopez’s arrival at the airport be disallowed for security reasons.

The 43-year-old singer-song-writer-actress is arriving, along with 12 people, for her “Dance Again World Tour” concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City tomorrow evening.



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