We are looking to cast the following roles for the upcoming Indie Film "Anac Ti Pating" LEAD: Boy 11 to 13 yrs. old / must be fluent in English and Ilocano Father 50+ yrs. old / ...
Watch Out For "Anac Ti Pating" to be shown on June 2012 at the Sineng Pambansa Festival in Davao!!! “ANAC TI PATING”SYNOPSIS “Anac Ti Pating” happens in one school year from June to March. Si...
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His Holiness Benedict XVI Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City State, Europe Most Holy Father, The Philippines has recently been hit by another typhoon. Countless have lost what little property they p...
Yesterday I started a page on Facebook called "The Baguio We Want" -- I was wanting for a venue where concerned citizens could get together and discuss issues that are of interest and r...
Sometime in 1998 or 1999 I met a British guy in Manila. Upon learning that I was from Baguio City, he started ranting about our local politicians. Apparently, this guy was negotiating in behalf of a ...
I wonder where all the old phone booths went? I hope they didnt end up in some dump or recycle bin. PLDT could still make use of them... 1. Turn them into smoking sections along Ayala Avenue. Make su...
(Laida Lim sent me a text message last Sunday afternoon saying she couldnt make it to the Cinemalaya Awards Night and was hoping I could be her "rep" -- apparently she was holed up in Baguio ...
(Here is the essay I wrote back in 2003, which is the title of this blog. This piece is included in the anthology "Mondo Marcos" published by Anvil) (Judge Domingo Roy A. Masadao b1936 ...
Nino is one of the entries in this years Cinemalaya Festival. Directed by multi-awarded Stage Designer Loy Arcenas. Screenplay is by Rody Vera. Cinematography by Lee Meily. Production Design by Adela...
I was once six years old. Just like Jan-Jan. Actually, when I was five years old, I had my first taste of humiliation. It was summer. My family went to Pangasinan for an outing in the beach. My mom h...
Five Filipino gay caregivers in Israel decide to form a singing group (in drag) and reach for the heights, i.e. to be regular performers in a club in Tel Aviv. The Philippine Educational Theatre Asso...
After an exhausting day, I go to Chowking along JP Rizal Street corner Reposo in the hopes of getting a satisfying, warm, quick meal. And so I order Chicken Noodle Soup, 3 Pieces Shanghai Lumpia and ...
With the acquittal of Hubert Webb, et al. by the Supreme Court all over the news media, I was reminded of this letter sent to me by my sister. (names of places and people have been omitted/...
With the acquittal of Hubert Webb, et al. by the Supreme Court all over the news media, I was reminded of this letter sent to me by my sister. (names of places and people have been omitted...
I sent two photos for this project. One of me wearing a white shirt, the other wearing a red shirt as required by the project coordinators. You can see my photo (me in red shirt) towards the end befo...
(Photo courtesy of Kevin Engle. On left is Felicidad Reyes to her right is her sister, Manuela Vargas)(I am posting excerpts from my Uncle Gras Reyes essay "Embers In My Fathers Fireplace" wh...
Lately I have noticed how members of the younger set seem to be so vain. Im talking about those gays in their late teens to early 30s who preen and check themselves out in any reflective surface avai...
Its not what youre thinking. Stop snickering. Sorry no eggplants in this chapter. Everyone remembers playing with their food at one point in time. And who can forget the lashing we all got from such ...
I learned to bake at an early age. Like most kids, my first venture into baking was the brownie. It was my cousin Pia who gave me the recipe and taught me to bake. Later on I graduated to making bana...
(Photo Courtesy of Ernesto V. Enrique)I must have been in Freshman High School when I first stepped into the Art Gallery on the second floor of Cafe Amapola. Michelle Soriano, a friend of mine who wa...
The pre-earthquake Baguio had Cafe Amapola at the top of Session Road. Beside the cafe (in the same building) was The Angels Trumpet Bookshop. It was a first in Baguio that carried esoteric and art b...
I was sifting through my stuff last night and chanced upon one of my grandmothers cookbooks that Ive kept. It is old, stained, dog-eared, torn, stapled with other hand-written recipes or cut-outs of ...
Mondo Marcos now available in National Bookstore and Mt Cloud Bookshop! Grab a copy while supply lasts!
All of the 17 artworks by Carlo Villafuerte have stolen the limelight at the group exhibit titled “Self-Distraction” that just ended last August 17 at the Victor Oteyza Community Arts Space or VOCAS ...
BEING DELFIN TOLENTINO (with apologies to ‘Being John Malkovich’)By Martin MasadaoMy first vivid recollection of Delfin Tolentino’s existence at UP Baguio was in the 80s. Ninoy Aquino had just been a...
The University of the Philippines Board of Regents has officially opened nominations for the next UP President in preparation for when Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman ends her term on February 9, 2011. I here...
(two poems i dug up from the past dedicated to Sarah Palin and her clueless sense of humor)UNTITLED (ca. 1992)Trying to conquer the kitchen I suddenly thought of you. Of us.Skimming off the fa...
I spent close to a year in an island in Northern Palawan in 1992 to 1993. I was burned out from TV and Film work so I dived at the opportunity to work in a small resort in Malapacao Island. It wasnt ...
(Felicidad Reyes 1912 - 1998; shown in center cutting cake)Legend has it in the maternal side of my family that the first effort to commercially produce and retail the now famous Baguio strawberry ja...
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