CEBU CITY – Include this city to the growing list of local government units (LGUs) which declared drag artist Pura Luka persona non grata. The Cebu City Council passed a resolution declaring Pura Luka Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, as unwanted person over his controversial...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board) of Nueva Ecija has declared drag artist Pura Luka Vega as persona non grata. The provincial board approved Resolution No. 475-S-2023 making Amadeus Fernando Pagente an unwanted person in Nueva Ecija over his...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city council on Monday, August 14, declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente, also known as Pura Luka Vega, persona non grata. Resolution No. 2023-478 was approved for Pagente’s “serious disrespect and mockery of the Christian faith by portraying himself as the Black...
ILIGAN CITY -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has passed a resolution declaring Amadeus Fernando Pagente, also known as Pura Luka Vega, a persona non-grata or unacceptable person in the province of Bukidnon. Authored by Vice Gov. Clive D. Quiño, and co-authored by all Sangguniang Panlalawigan...
Filipino drag artist Pura Luka Vega or Amadeus Fernando Pagente was declared persona non grata in the City of Manila on Wednesday, August 9. The city government said the resolution was unanimously approved by the Manila City Council last Tuesday, August 8. The declaration is in response to the...
BACOLOD CITY – A drag queen, who recently went viral for performing a rock version of “Ama Namin” or the Lord’s Prayer has been declared a persona non-grata in Toboso, Negros Occidental. The municipal council approved a resolution authored by former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) It seems that P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon agrees with the sentiment that Pura Luka Vega did something offensive when he dressed up as Jesus Christ and sang a rock version of Catholic song "Ama Namin (Our Father)". However, Guanzon, a lawyer, is leaving it up to...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (left) and Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo has thanked transgender solon Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman for taking a stand against the "offensive" drag performance of Pura Luka Vega. "Thank...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said people can’t force anyone to accept or reject art, amid the controversy involving Filipino drag queen Pura Luka Vega’s performance of “Ama Namin” or the “Lord’s Prayer” in a club. Vega is seen in a video wearing a Jesus Christ costume while...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman Transgender solon Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman has alluded to Pura Luka Vega's drag performance to the Catholic song "Ama Namin (Our Father)" as a disrespectful act. Roman, the prime mover of the proposed SOGIE Equality Bill in the House of...
