CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PNA) – Drag queen Pura Luka Vega is no longer welcome in this province. Provincial board member Roland Ruga on Wednesday told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an email that the body has voted to declare Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, persona...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – This province was the latest jurisdiction in the country to declare Filipino “drag queen” Pura Luka Vega persona non grata (unwanted person). Vega’s claim to infamy came as a result of a stage performance in which he rapped the "Ama Namin" (Lord's...
CEBU CITY – Two more key cities in Metro Cebu have declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente persona non grata. Pagente, better known as Luka Pura Vega, is no longer welcome in the cities of Mandaue and Talisay where separate resolutions have been approved declaring the controversial drag artist an...
CEBU CITY – Controversial drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente, also known as Pura Luka Vega, has been declared as persona non grata in the province of Bohol, one of the top tourist destinations in Central Visayas. Bohol is the second local government unit (LGU) in Central Visayas to declare...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The city council passed a resolution declaring drag artist Pura Luka Vega, whose real name is Amadeus Fernando Pagente, a persona non grata here over his recent “Ama Namin” or Lord’s Prayer performance. The resolution was authored by city councilor Benito Brizuela Jr....
Photo Courtesy of Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN Members of Hijos Del Nazareno (HDN) Central filed charges against drag artist Amadeus Fernando Pagente alias Pura Luka Vega before the Manila City Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Aug. 17, over his controversial performance of "Ama Namin" (The Lord's...
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...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it has not received confirmation yet of any Filipinos hurt or died amid the wildfires that hit Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii last week. Taylor Ganer and Hano Ganer search for their belongings in the ashes of their family's burnt-down house in the...
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...
