The highest box-office films for 2023-24 are Petersen Vargas’ Un/Happy for You and Cathy Garcia-Sampana’s Hello, Love, Again , and Mae Cruz-Alviar’s Rewind all romantic movies by real ex-lovers Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto, reel hottest love team, Alden Richards and Kathryn...
ILOILO CITY – Bayan Panay slammed Mayor Jerry Treñas here for banning political speeches in the upcoming 2025 Dinagyang Festival. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos addresses the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. With her are Mayor Jerry Treñas and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (Mayor...
President Marcos has enjoined Filipinos to support the 10 films that are part of the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), saying this year's entries offer "golden lessons" that reflect the Filipino story. MMFF AT 50 — Stars of the entries to the 50th year of the Metro Manila Film Festival...
The yearly Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is considered by American filmmakers as a market access issue that US trade officials should address. "During typical film festivals, such as the annual MMFF in December, only local independent films are allowed to screen. Such restrictions without...
Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan is now pushing for a measure that seeks to grant cash incentives of up to P1 million to film makers, literary writers and other performers in the creative sector who will win major awards in international competitions. In filing House...
As the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) celebrates its golden anniversary, let us look back on cinematic treasures produced in the last five decades. Eddie Romero’s Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? was screened on Christmas day of 1976. The epic period drama starring Christopher de...
ILOILO CITY – More than 3,000 athletes, coaches, staff, and officials converged for the 2024 Regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Sports Festival hosted by the Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology. THE softball team of the Iloilo State University of...
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), student filmmakers take the spotlight as 10 short films vie for the Best Short Film, second Best Short Film, third Best Short Film, and a Special Jury Prize, which will earn for the winners cash prizes and...
CAN-AVID, Eastern Samar – Although constantly hit by typhoons, this town in Eastern Samar proved that Christmas is unstoppable as it staged the annual lighting of their Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival on Dec. 9. COLORFUL Christmas lanterns at the Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival in Can-Avid,...
Malacañang has declared Dec. 2 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental. Through Proclamation No. 754, President Marcos declared Monday, Dec. 2, as a special non-working day in the municipality of Bonifacio for the celebration of the Kutsitsa Festival....
The Adamson University Communication Department successfully held its fourth annual KOMMotion Film Festival (KMFF), a showcase of short films created by its third-year students, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. CELEBRATING STUDENT FILMMAKING — The comedy short film 'Bert, Tubero!' bags the Audience...
Revelers at the Christmas lighting ceremony at Carmona City Park on Nov. 24 (Photo from the City Government of Carmona/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – The city government of Carmona officially welcomed the holiday season with a Christmas lighting ceremony and the launch of the Sorteo...
