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By Boy Villasanta In his 86th death anniversary, Jose Corazon de Jesus, better known as Huseng Batute, will be feted with a day-long observance of his meaningful contributions to Philippine letters and to popular culture on May 26, 2018 at the theater named after him, the Tanghalang Huseng Batute of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

By Mary Michelle M. Bonifacio Four contemporary “Maximo Violas” positively responded for the publication and launching of the novel “Venceremos” written by the prolific Filipino writer-poet-teacher Joe Lad Santos.

Veteran, no-nonsense and award-winning actress Pilar Pilapil once uttered: “In life and in show business, nobody’s indispensable.”

By Boy Villasanta Who would ever think that the worlds of two beauty queens Andrea del Rosario and Danielle Castaño would ever be at par with each other?

By Ben Cal Even as a young journalist more than three decades ago, Pulitzer Prize winner for 2018 Manny Mogato has been known by his peers as a resourceful and prolific writer whose only passion is to get the facts and write the news fair and square without fear.

While some volunteer groups push for the provision of gadgets and technology to enhance education in far-flung areas, Bohemian coffee artist Renato Tuzon promotes the teaching of the arts, particularly painting, to develop skills in students that can help them excel academically.

Barangay Sta. Teresa, Lopez, Quezon—It’s amazing that until this very moment the name Nora Aunor has been spelling magic and how.

By Boy Villasanta At the rate AlDub is going, it is bound to regain its foothold despite instabilities from all directions. No matter how unstable the state of popularity of the team, AlDub Nation isn’t saying die. It is still one of the strongest and toughest tandems in the local entertainment scene while the separateness of Alden Richards and Maine …

By Boy Villasanta Immediately after the 1986 EDSA Revolution, while ABS-CBN was rebuilding its studios in its reclaimed Bohol Avenue home, it had to temporarily house its news and production outfits at the Chronicle Building in Ortigas Center.

The 2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, also known as BiFan, in Bucheon City, South Korea got in touch to assign me to write again the domestic film industry in the Philippines including the Top 3 box-office hits in 2017 in their book “Made in Asia,” a program meant for all Asian filmmakers and the region’s market trends.