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...
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...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte on Friday, November 1 urged fellow lawmakers to expedite the passage of the measure that would expand the list of basic goods and commodities to be covered by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) prize freeze during natural...
(Center, upper row) Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Abalos Team) In a bid to attract more moviegoers, Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
Forecast track and intensity of Tropical Storm “Kristine” (international name “Trami”) as of 11 a.m., Oct. 22, 2024 (Courtesy of PAGASA) Tropical cyclone wind Signal No. 2 was raised in Catanduanes, while more areas, including Metro Manila, are now under Signal No. 1 due to the approaching...
A new transportation hub, set to rival the scale of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), is in the works in Quezon City, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced. In a statement, the pension fund said on Monday, Oct. 21, that four government agencies have joined...
(Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) While Metro Manila may be notorious for its perennial heavy traffic, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) maintained that it was still far from being the worst in the world. Caloocan 2nd district...
Malacañang has suspended classes at all levels and government work in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Calabrzon on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, due to the ongoing rains caused by Tropical Storm Enteng, the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) announced on Monday evening. The suspension...
Retail price growth for general goods in Metro Manila posted a slight uptick in July this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Preliminary PSA data revealed that the general retail price index (GRPI) for the National Capital Region (NCR) settled at 1.9 percent...
Taal Volcano (Photo from Pixabay) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that Taal Volcano’s degassing activity continues to produce volcanic smog or “vog” on Tuesday, Aug. 20. In its Taal Volcano bulletin issued on Tuesday, Phivolcs said that sulfur dioxide...
