A CONTINGENT performs during a parade that kicked off the week-long celebration of Sinulog Festival on Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City on Friday, Jan 6. (Calvin D. Cordova) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival is officially back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Top officials of Cebu led by...
Two Filipino films featured at Blue Chair Film Festival in Luang Prabang LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE Q&A With the film producers and director (from left) Mario Cornejo, Monster Jimenez, and Martika Escobar, following the film screening at the Sofitel Luang Prabang (Photo courtesy of the Blue Chair...
CEBU CITY -- Police checkpoints will be intensified as part of the enforcement of gun ban in Central Visayas. The gun ban took effect on Thursday, Jan. 5, and will last until Jan. 20, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7). The gun ban is part...
ILOILO CITY – At least nine diplomats will attend the Dinagyang Festival here this month. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background at the ‘Dagyang sa Calle Real’ event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Confirmed to attend...
EDITORS DESK ROBERT REQUINTINA Looks like the people are finally heading back to movie theaters! Acting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Atty. Romando “Don” Artes revealed that the ongoing 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival is a certified box-office hit in terms of...
Cinemas were packed with moviegoers on the first day of the 48th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) on Christmas Day on Sunday, Dec. 25, bringing joy not only to the families who watched the eight competing films but also to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Photo by MMDA / MMFF...
It is that time of the year again when Korean film journalists choose the worst movies, worst film actors, and stars, directors and film officials with the worst manners under the 6th Raspberry Film Festival. The Raspberry Film Festival is the Korean version of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or...
Are we expecting cinemagoers back with a vengeance at the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival? If there is a tourism revenge, will the moviegoer return to the theaters with a vengeance for the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)? Noel Trinidad and Liza Lorena, stars of 'Family Matters' film The past...
CLARK, Pampanga – More than 15,000 Global Peace Advocates participated in the three-day Global Peace Festival 2022 from Dec. 1 to 3 here. GLOBAL Peace Advocates attend the Global Peace Festival in Clark, Pampanga. The event was organized by the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) – an international...
At the conclusion of the Philippine Web3 Festival, held November 14-18, 2022, in Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila, festival co-hosts Yield Guild Games (YGG) and BlockchainSpace donated PHP 1,000,000 to the Apl.de.Ap Foundation to support Filipinos in uncovering earning opportunities in web3...
Cebu’s Best to see its first-ever branch in the south of Metro Manila It’s time to feast and gather with loved ones at the merriest time of the year! Cebu’s and Manila’s all-time favorite Rico’s Lechon is making its way to its first-ever branch in the south of the metro. Rico’s Lechon...
NATIVE dancers perform at the launching of the Panagbenga Festival 2023 in Baguio City on Monday, Dec. 12. (Rizaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – With the theme "A Renaissance of Wonder and Beauty," the city government on Monday, Dec. 12, officially launched the highly anticipated and popular Baguio...
