Doña Benita enlists Eduardo's older brother, Diego (Alarcon), who is also attracted to Amor, to separate them.

Pregnant and banished from the Buenavista hacienda, Amor returns to her mother in Manila, living at the Payatas dumpsite.

Amor catches the eye of a rich American, James Powers (Cooper), who brings her to the United States.

Believing her mother and daughter have died and retaliating for his abuses, Amor does not seek medical help when James has a stroke.

Eduardo serves as the governor of Punta Verde, while Claudia becomes the elusive queen of illegal gambling in the province.

Angelo, a rebel, dislikes his father, whereas Lia is a sweet, devout Catholic teenager who cares deeply for her loved ones.

Claudia's father switched the babies after Doña Benita demanded a male heir, with Angelo being the boy who replaced the girl.

The daughter, Clarissa (dela Fuente), was raised by an old woman named Puríng (Linda) as María Amor.

Claudia kills María Amor/Clarissa to exact revenge on Amor but is deeply crushed upon learning the girl's true identity.

Filled with anger and regret, Claudia, Coring (Aguilar), and her henchmen plan to kill the Buenavista family at Yna and Angelo's wedding.

In June 2002, the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP) accused ABS-CBN of copyright infringement due to alleged unpaid royalties for its songs, with the Regional Trial Court 90 of Quezon City issuing a temporary restraining order towards ABS-CBN that prevented them from using "Pangako sa 'Yo" and other FILSCAP-owned songs in their programs for 20 days.

[3] Pangako sa 'Yo was the first Filipino television program to air in Kenya on the national broadcaster KBC.

In Malaysia, through a local satellite TV channel, Astro Bella, starting November 22, will air Pangako sa 'Yo because of high demand.

Pangako sa 'Yo was adapted in Cambodia when Cambodian Television Network (CTN) acquired rights from ABS-CBN.

The Promise was broadcast peak-time on CTN, Cambodia's most popular TV channel, running three shows a week until July 2014.