A museum dedicated to one of the Philippines’ most iconic and enduring brands, highlighting over 135 years of history and brewing tradition, and paying tribute to generations of employees, has opened at the country’s oldest surviving brewery in Polo, Valenzuela City. San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President and COO John Paul L. Ang and San Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMBI) President and …
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The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) is calling on all creative Filipinos to join its newest digital initiative, a TikTok video competition aimed at highlighting the organization’s long-standing commitment to education through its “Operation Barrio Schools” project. FFCCCII President Victor Lim announced the launch of the competition, which is open to the general public. The contest invites …
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Prime Video and ABS-CBN Studios successfully hosted the Blue Carpet Celebrity Premiere and Grand Media Conference of “The Silent Noise” on March 10 at Gateway Mall 2, Cinema 11. The screening marked the highly anticipated unveiling of the series’ pilot episode, followed by an engaging media conference with the cast and creators. The Blue Carpet rolled out in style, featuring …
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The lively spirit of the 89th Araw ng Dabaw gets an exciting–and slightly chilling twist–as GMA Regional TV brings the stars of GMA Pictures’ and Mentorque Production Inc.’s upcoming horror film, “Huwag Kang Titingin,” this Sunday, March 15. Kapusong Dabawenyos are in for a vibrant and unforgettable afternoon as Sparkle stars Sofia Pablo, Allen Ansay, Charlie Fleming, and Anthony Constantino take center stage at the fun-filled Kapuso Mall …
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By Boy Villasanta The number of multimedia stars who are throwing invective on Quezon City Fourth District Congressman Jesus “Bong” Suntay over his lewd comments on actress Anne Curtis is increasing by the day. Since Suntay thrusted his sexual fantasies on Anne as a trigger of male’s worldly desires the same imagination as the sedition, insurrection and political destabilization cases …
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Politics and show business are indeed no strange bedfellows. It has again surfaced when Jesus “Bong” Suntay, Quezon City Fourth District Representative said in his partisan privilege speech at the recent impeachment hearing of Vice President Sara Duterte that the charges of sedition, insurrection and political stabilization against her are just products of one’s imagination. Here, Suntay presented an analogy …
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After a month-or-so-stay at the Gateway Hotel and Suites in Iloilo, one is tempted to say that its General Manager’s quest for quality in music as an artistic pursuit however on the pop culture level. After having jazz couple Jeannie Tiongco and Henry Katindig waxing out soothing and mesmerizing soulful tunes and Amazing Diva Armida Zuniega belting out goldies anthems …
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Despite documentary films finally finding spaces, however gradually, in commercial circuit screenings in the Philippines and elsewhere, their filmmakers still find it hard to make the genre more popular and accessible to most viewers. “It will take a village…” said feisty and award-winning doc maker Baby Ruth Villarama as if saying it indeed costs a lot, money and otherwise the …
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It must have been tiring and tedious for fashion designer Erick Valena to be shuttling from Lopez town in Quezon Province to Manila and back to attend to his dress shop in the countryside and stay half of the week in Muntinlupa and Makati where he maintains ateliers in both cities (although he just shares workshop with the iconic haute …
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I came to the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, at the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue or simply EDSA, purposely in the afternoon of February 25, 2026 after beating deadlines and finishing some domestic chores in our house in Villa Castillo, Pacita 2, San Pedro, Laguna. Apart from them, I was still nursing an already receding lump in …
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