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...
Angono, Rizal’s ‘higantes’ fill the streets in the Art Capital of the Country for the Higantes and Arts Festival 2024, on Sunday, Nov. 24. Garbed in native costumes, the town giants, which are tall sized version of a mascot lined-up in the streets for the grand parade which is...
ILOILO CITY – More than 500 paddlers competed in the official return of the Iloilo River Dragon Boat Festival (IRDBF) on Sunday, Nov. 24. DRAGON boat teams compete in the Iloilo River Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, Nov. 24. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) The race of teams from...
Illac Diaz, founder and global director of Liter of Light, with collaborators Liter of Light has achieved a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest display of solar-powered lamps. A global ambassador for UNESCO’s International Day of Light, t he...
The Art Capital of the Country has rescheduled the town’s biggest festival, the Higantes and Arts Festival 2024 to Sunday, Nov. 24. Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon announced that the grand parade that will feature some 200 giants popularly known as the "higantes" will push through following its...
