Seasoned actor John Lloyd Cruz bagged the Boccalino d'Oro prize (Golden Jug Award) for Best Actor at the 76th Locarno Film Festival for his remarkable performance in Lav Diaz's "Essential Truths of the Lake," the country's representative in the main competition of the festival. View this post on...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 11, said it has canvassed 46 election returns (ERs) of local absentee voting (LAV) out of the 188 ERs . Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco said the total canvassed LAV was around 25 percent as of May 11. “Again, to stress,...
The number of local absentee voting accomplished ballots received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reached nearly more than 74,000. Comelec/MB The partial report of the Comelec showed that as of May 8, the number of LAV accomplished ballots received by the Reception and Custody Units...
Nearly 50,000 local absentee voting accomplished ballots have already been received by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB As of May 5, the partial report of the Comelec showed that the number of LAV accomplished ballots received by the Reception and Custody Units was already at...
Photo courtesy of the Eastern Police District Facebook Page A total of 143 personnel of the Eastern Police District (EPD) are set to cast their votes during the three-day local absentee voting (LAV) period, starting on Wednesday, April 27, until Friday, April 29. The 143 personnel, approved for the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday, Jan. 23, started printing the automated ballots for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) set to be used in the May 2022 polls. Comelec/MB "Printing of AES ballots for the BARMM is set to start this morning, at the National...
Get to know the filmmaker behind the country’s longest and slowest films GRAY AREA Melancholia starring Angeli Bayani and Perry Dizon Lav Diaz sent to Manila Bulletin Lifestyle a short anecdote on a local film that influenced him the most. He described the night in the mid-1970s when he was going...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a short story from one of the Philippines’ foremost contemporary auteurs, who is known for his long, slow films, a brief glimpse into the beginnings of his filmmaking dreams, with a nod to one of the most influential films he saw in his youth. By Lav Diaz Maraming jeep...
Lav Diaz's latest film will vie for honors at the 77th Venice International Film Festival organized by La Biennale di Venezia. His "Lahi, Hayop (Genus Pan)" is among the line up under the Orizzonti Competition, along with 18 other participants from France, India, Iran, Italy, USA, Australia,...
