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The Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) or the Writers’ Union of the Philippines, the largest group of creative writers in the country, held its 51st National Writers’ Congress on Saturday, 26 April 2025, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the Gimenez Gallery, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. A significant part of the National Literature …

Nora Aunor is alive. Her body had died but her soul lingers. In the Christian faith and tradition, where the majority of Filipinos thrive, it is believed that, in death and in the afterlife, the separation of the physical body from the spiritual soul is a divine intervention. In this context, Nora’s spirit, therefore, is around—mostly in layman’s or various …

By a stroke of fate, award-winning actress Janine Gutierrez had to manage her state of loss and shock when two of her loved ones kicked the bucket one after the other. First, it was her paternal grandmother Pilita Corrales who passed on peacefully. According to Jackie Lou Blanco, Janine’s aunt, Pilita died in her sleep. Being a daughter of Corrales’ …

by Boy Villasanta Actor Kristoffer Ian de Leon has announced the passing of her mom, Superstar Nora Aunor yesterday, April 6  2025. “With deep sorrow and heavy hearts, we share the passing of our beloved mother, Nora C. Villamayor “Nora Aunor” who left us on today April 16, 2025 at the age of 71. “She was the heart of our …

PASSERBY By Nestor Cuartero Fire and Ice LIVE!, the innovative production company founded by Liza Diño and Ice Seguerra, is thrilled to announce the limited rerun of their original stage play, Choosing: We Are the Choice We Make, from June 6 to 15, 2025, at the Doreen Black Box Theater, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University. Choosing is a powerful theatrical …

The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is thrilled to announce the honorees for the 2025 Parangal ng Sining as part of the celebration of excellence and innovation in Philippine cinema.  This year’s awards recognize the living legends and pioneers who continue to shape Filipino filmmaking. The awards ceremony took place on April 11, 2025, at 5:00 PM at …

Curiously, it’s a one-way ticket. Professional ramp models are mostly confined to walking the runway and wearing the latest collection of designers. Rarely are they appearing or have appeared however short-lived onscreen as movie and television stars or as theater performers except perhaps for beauty queen-models like Michelle Dee, Melanie Marquez, Maria Isabel Lopez, Pia Wurtzbach, Pilar Pilapil, Evangeline Pascual, …

In theater, I was taught by my professor, the late erudite Dr. Carolina U. Garcia, the concept and trend that are embodied in the literary philosophy of Relativity of Truth. Dr. Garcia utilized the modern European play “Right You Are If You Think So” written by Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello to illustrate the dogma. The theater piece is about a …

Although kabuki as a theater form in Japan has been around and embedded in the Japanese arts and culture for four hundred years, it has not reached mass audiences in the Philippines except perhaps to lit students and theater enthusiasts and practitioners and Oriental philosophy learners. Unlike anime which has swept the whole world by storm, kabuki has been relegated …

Young aspiring playwrights can now apply for the Virgin Labfest XX Writing Fellowship Program (VLF XX WFP) until April 30, 2025. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), through its Artist Training Division, spearheads the VLF XX WFP, a two-week mentorship program on the study and practice of dramatic writing for the stage. The VLF XX WFP is open to …